scswngr

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29 year old Video Store Manager. I am obssessed with movies and decided to take a job to be around them while I procrastinate on applying to graduate school. My undergraduate degrees from USC are in International Relations and English (Creative Writing). I am married to a doctor and have 7 pets. I also like animals. :)

"Belief is nearly the whole of the universe, whether based on truth or not." -Kurt Vonnegut in Bluebeard

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Spider-Man 3

The Dark Knight: Everything You ...
By scswngr in Film Obsessed
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"The Dark Knight is everything it has been advertised to be: exciting, captivating, and enthralling. It is the first major category Oscar worthy movie I have seen in 2008, and not just for the gripping and chilling final performance of Heath Ledger, who certainly deserves a Best Supporting Actor nod. This Batman movie bests all of its predecessors. It is the best Super-Hero sequel movie i have ever seen, and may just be worthy of a Best Picture nomination come January 2009. Sequel success is not a new thing in Hollywood, but more often then not Super-Hero follow ups fall short of their first chapters. Not only does The Dark Knight up the ante, it takes the whole pot, which is a relief considering one of the last Super-Hero franchises, Spider-Man, which showed early success, has trailed off into mediocrity. Heath Ledger's turn as the Joker is everything Alfred Molina's Doctor Octopus could only dream of being in Spider-Man 2. Maniacal, sadistic, and calculating, Ledger's Joker ... " [More]

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

Re:Six Degrees of Separation #1
By scswngr in Movie Games
"You can also do it in two using this: Judi Dench to Jon Stewart in Doogal. Jon Stewart to Seann William Scott in Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back. " [More]

My Blueberry Nights

Wong Kar-Wai I still love you.
By scswngr in Film Obsessed
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"About 13 or 14 years ago I fell in love with Wong Kar-Wai and foreign film when I saw Chungking Express. my blueberry nights had me reminiscing and remember why I love this director even more than many of his intervening films have over the past decade. Although I could have done without the closing line in the film (I really though the visual spoke for itself), my blueberry nights is a worthy english language addition to Wong's already phenomenal repertoire. I even watched with the subtitles on, and felt like I was a teenager again, beginning to truly recognize the beauty of film. " [More]

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Quit Hating on George and Steven
By scswngr in Film Obsessed
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"I listened to Us Weekly staff writer Daniel Holloway's review on Indiana Jones and the Kindgom of the Crystal Skull this morning which was titled 'Indiana': Great Name, Nice Guy, Bad Movie. Daniel and Bryant Park continue to poke fun at the film and trash talk George Lucas and Steven Spielberg. Trash talking Lucas isn't a new thing, there was plenty of that going on when he helmed the new Star Wars trilogy, especially the often annoying Phantom Menace. Daniel compares Shia Lebouf's character Mutt to Jar Jar Binks and the two agree that while Lucas's original trilogies are great, he seems to lose inspiration and fall short when he makes a 4th movie. First of all, stepping back from my distaste of Jar Jar Binks (the kids seem to like him, he's an Ewok for a new generation), The Phantom Menace really wasn't all that bad. Recapturing greatness is very difficult, what that film does that Kingdom of the Crystal Skull does is bring you back to the familiar. The opening scenes of both ... " [More]

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

An excavated series, still fun ...
By scswngr in Film Obsessed
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"Everywhere, a little after midnight this morning George Lucas & Steven Spielberg fanboys rejoiced aloud as the Lucasfilm trademark graced the screen and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull officially launched its opening weekend. Through the mass of fedora's crowding the theater, the year 1957 emerged onscreen, exactly 19 years after the last Indiana Jones adventure, and the audience sat quiet waiting to see a screen legend brought back to life. This summer, and possibly the year's most anticipated movie was set to deliver one incredible experience. Much like the previous three movies, Indy jumps into action, delivering a tense and dangerous opening chase scene only a few minutes into the movie. The 1957 Indy has been kidnapped by the Russians, the Cold War enemy, and daringly escapes his captors only to find himself being questioned about his political allegiances by a newly formed FBI. We soon find out that Indy has been busy over the last 19 years working ... " [More]

1984

Re:Sci-Fi Movies, A-Z
By scswngr in Movie Games
"1984 should count... it is listed as Nineteen Eighty-Four on IMDB.com Outland " [More]

The Running Man

For the voyeur in you.
By scswngr in Film Obsessed
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"Suprisingly, I liked the film Untraceable. Please refrain from laughing, no really, stop now. I too was critical going into a film about an "internet terrorist", as the film so bluntly puts it, but Untraceable doesn't try to be strikingly original and its refreshing. Instead, it is a film that very easily just lets you go, feeds you enough information to keep you interested, and then proceeds to the next step. While watching a film about the dark side of internet voyeurism you quickly become the become just that, a voyeur waiting to see the cleverness of the next killing. I could have done without the preachy rant at the end of the film by the criminal of the story, Owen, played by the masterfully cast Joseph Cross. Though Untraceable questions how far we are willing to go as a society much like the films Running Man and The Condemned did. Are we truly ready so detached from violence in our society? Don't we just want to have a peak at that car chase on the freeway, that dir ... " [More]

P.S. I Love You

P.S. Can I Get A Box of Tissues?
By scswngr in Film Obsessed
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"It is rare that a movie can bring me to tears (unless you are talking about the painful tears shed while watching an incredibly horrible film), but P.S. I Love You did just that. You might think this normal for a film that was seemingly designed to elicit exactly this sort of reaction. When I picked up the movie I already knew what I was getting into: A story about a widow dealing with the loss of her true love. Holly Kennedy (Hilary Swank) learns to cope with the loss of her husband Gerry (Gerard Butler) over the course of a year while she is receiving letters and directions that he planned before his death. Each letter pulls even more on both Holly's and our own emotional heart-strings. Where this tear-jerker gets it right is by tricking you into believing you know exactly where the film is headed, when in fact it surprises you at every turn. Although the formula is familiar, the movie is fresh enough to pull you in and challenge your emotional readiness. You may think you ... " [More]

Iron Man

Some Titles to discuss....
By scswngr in Coming Soon 2008
"Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull?Iron Man?Speed Racer?The Incredible Hulk?Wall-E?The Dark Knight?The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian?Star Trek?Quantum of Solace? (James Bond 22)Get Smart?Mamma Mia!10,000 B.C.?Sex and the City: The Movie?Fanboys?Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince? " [More]

Spider-Man 3

Worst Movies of 2007?
By scswngr in Worst Movie Ever
"Ok I definitely think there has been some crap on the screen this year. I would chalk Spider-Man 3 up as the biggest dissappointment of the year, but certainly it had some entertainment value even if every main character had to cry in it.My worst of 2007 nominees would be (these are the ones I have seen or at least started....there are other movies I avoid because I just know better): Delta Farce $8.135 Million (U.S. Theatrical Gross)I Know Who Killed Me $7.233 MillionI haven't seen them, but hear they sucked:Bug $7.025 MillionThe Last Legion $5.933 MillionWith 27 reviews in, Rotten Tomatoes rated The Comebacks a whopping 7% fresh... or 93% rotten I guess.... anyway what do you think the worst of 2007 was? " [More]

I Know Who Killed Me

I Know Who Thinks They're Origi ...
By scswngr in Film Obsessed
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"After registering a mere blip on the Box Office radar this summer, I Know Who Killed Me will attempt to make up for its poor showing with its DVD release on November 27th. On the surface the film would seem to have all that the average suspense-obssessed DVD renter would desire; sex, a "hot" young starlet, a murder mystery, and an apparent plot twist. All I can say is viewer beware! The sexy young starlet , Lyndsay Lohan, teases you with the promise of T & A, but only delivers a dissappointing and rather raunchy exotic dance without any nudity. Perhaps young Lyndsay should have taken a lessons from Anne Hathaway, another child-star who had the guts to take her top off and then landed in an Oscar worthy movie, something Lohan is eons away from. What else does I Know Who Killed Me have to offer?, not much.The movie conspicuously leads you toward all kinds of theories, but in doing so makes it very obvious that none of them hold any water. Sure, you probably can ... " [More]

Re:Spout Feature Feedback: Movi ...
By scswngr in Spout Feedback
"I think the rating system should allow you to rate movies with half stars. There are a number of movies i am giving 3 or 4 stars to when in fact I want to give them 3 1/2. " [More]

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