I remember in 1991, when I was visiting a friend and he showed me the Robocop movies (there were only two at the time, of course)–I’m tempted to go on a tangent about when one could still show someone movies… you kind of lose that opportunity with adulthood, then you just get to recommend. Anyway, […]
Entries Tagged as 'Frank Miller'
Robocop 2 (1990, Irvin Kershner)
November 5th, 2007 1 Comment
Sin City (2005, Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez), the extended version
January 13th, 2006 No Comments
When Sin City came out in the theater, three people told me to go see it. One of them had an opinion of film I respect, one had an opinion of it I–at the time–had no argument with, and one had an opinion I most definitely did not respect. But I’d read interviews with Robert […]
Batman Begins (2005, Christopher Nolan)
June 19th, 2005 No Comments
Well, now, I’m surprised. Batman Begins is not terrible.
It’s not good either. Not good at all. It has damning faults in three areas, and since this film is the first critically praised one I’ve thrashed–at least the first critically praised one currently still in the theaters–this post is going to be a little more “formal” […]