Category: Movies
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The Batman: Fixing a Damaged Man
In the last few years, I have suffered major burnout on the character of Batman. Once, he was my favorite superhero. But between the Snyder movies that butchered the character, the over-abundance of animated movies or shows that range from middling to decent, and the overuse of characters like the Joker and Harley Quinn, I…
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The Hobbit: Battle of Five Armies Is Depressingly Bad
Here we are. The last movie. The worst of the whole trilogy and one of the most disappointing films I have ever seen. During his attack on Laketown, the dragon Smaug is struck down by the hero Bard. Now, the Lonely Mountain is free of the beast’s tyranny again. But Bilbo and his friends can’t…
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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is When It Falls Apart
Last time, I focused heavily on how these movies failed as an adaptation of Tolkien’s original book. This time around, we’ll concentrate more on how these movies failed as their own thing. Mostly because this is the one that really broke away from the source material in many ways. Bilbo’s journey towards the Lonely Mountain…
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Is the Least Disappointing of the Three
Time to plunge the spear into my white whale. The Lord of the Rings movies are some of the most beloved book-to-film adaptations of all time. Fellowship of the Ring, Two Towers, and Return of the King are all still touted as some of the best movies of all time. For good reason; most everything…
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Shrek: A Meme and a Masterpiece
I have seen so many damn memes of this movie over the years that it’s hard to take this movie seriously anymore. It’s kind of twisted my childhood nostalgia for it into something bizarre that I can’t really describe. But I’m going to put all of that aside as best as I can and look…
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