RyantheFATE Blog

Although Shooter was an entertaining film, it was filled with many cliches.  The one that stands out most vividly in my mind is the walking in slow motion in front of an american flag. Also there's the obvious, cop who knows the accused is innocent but no one believes him.  My mind is hazy but there is also quite a few plotholes in the story as well. I was impressed with Mark Wahlberg's performance though. There's a reason he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor last year. If you're into mainstream action movies, check this out, I'm not so much but it was lying around and i thought 'might as well give it a chance.' You should too. Every film deserves a chance.

I can't believe I've never heard of this before my friend reccomended it to me. After all, living in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin and being a lover of films as I am, one would expect me to be an expert on it. Although the humor is quite low-brow, it still gets me a laugh everytime. Especially Mike Schank's unique scream. This film is very inspirational in the sense of showing that you can put out a successful film such as Coven with a minimal budget and not much to go on.  American Movie is a film about the struggle of making a movie and the good times that go along with it. Any filmmaker out there should watch this and even if you're not looking to put out a movie, it's still a good view.

I know I'm probably in the minority when I say this but 300 was awful. Of course the creators took a risk by putting this type of animation/visual effects onto a mainstream screen, but that doesn't make up for it's lack of story. The whole plot line is pretty much: they get angry, they hunt, they fight, they die. All of this is included with virtually no plot development nor character development. I realize that most counter-arguements would be "but films are for entertainment"  Sure films are for entertainment, that's what they're made for, but shouldn't some thought go into them as well. In this movie, it didn't really give you much to think about. It handed it all to you. Some people may like it like that. I don't.

 I first checked out Elephant by Gus Van Sant because a friend loved it. Although the story was strong and had a lot of potential, this was an overall, weak film. I understand that Van Sant just picked these kids off of the streets of Portland but he could've at least yelled "CUT!" a few times during the filming due to poor acting.  The movie tries to create realism by using abnormally long shots and following students from point a to point b. I was alright with that as well. What I didn't like was that he could never allow any character to have anything that would distinct them from other students emotionally-wise. What I mean by this is that when the students die, I couldn't really feel anything for them.