Tag: Movies

  • Inigo Montoya: How a Single Line Can Perfectly Capture a Character

    Inigo Montoya: How a Single Line Can Perfectly Capture a Character

    In storytelling, there are three important things you need to do to establish your characters. It doesn’t matter if it’s a book, a movie, a video game, or whatever. If you don’t do these three things, your character isn’t destined to last. They are: Give the audience their name Establish their backstory Establish their goal…

  • The Stigma Against Animation

    The Stigma Against Animation

    Let me ask you something: what’s the first thing that comes to mind when I say ‘animation’? Is it a long, expensive, painstaking process that, when well executed, can result in a visually striking product that will stand the test of time? Maybe it’s a specific movie or show. Or, if you’re an average movie-goer,…

  • Disney’s Losing Streak

    I have watched some pretty bad movies in my time. Unfortunately, we live in a world where far more bad films come out than good ones. But in the last few months, I have seen some unbearably awful movies! And oddly enough: most of them came from the mouse that rules the world himself. Just…

  • Jurassic World: Slightly Less Miserable, Much More Stupid

    Jurassic World: Slightly Less Miserable, Much More Stupid

    After the disasters that were The Lost World and Jurassic Park 3, it seemed that the lesson had finally sunk in. Jurassic Park was, at least in film form, lightning in a bottle. Yet another miracle of all the right people being in the right places at the right time. So, to everyone’s relief, the…

  • The Best Palate Cleanser Movies

    Little known fact: after you watch a few irredeemably bad movies in a row, you’ll forget that good movies exist. This is because your brain will slowly begin turning to mush, with your memory cortex suffering the bulk of the damage. Ever wonder why you get a pounding headache after watching a certain number of…