Screwtape Chronicles Archives: September 2007
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16 September 2007
Film Review/Op-Ed: No End In Sight
It’s been about a week since I saw the searing documentary No End In Sight, and its effect on me is lasting longer than most narrative films. The most obvious reason for this is because it is about something real, rather than something imagined and its purpose is to inform (and perhaps incense) rather than to entertain. No End In Sight tells the story of the months leading up to and the resulting years after the beginning of our military conflict in Iraq. It attempts to list the successes and failures of this endeavor, although if you believe the worldview that the film posits, the only thing there is to list is failure. The filmmakers’ focus, then, is to outline who made what decisions when, why they made them, and why those decisions failed to bring about positive results.
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16 September 2007
Film Review: 3:10 To Yuma
3:10 To Yuma is a remake of the 1957 film of the same name. As should be obvious from the opening paragraph, I never saw it. Nor have I ever read the short story by Elmore Leonard upon which it is based. I have no reference points, then, and the only thing that mattered to me when I saw the film was whether it worked on its own terms. And I’m happy to say that it pretty much does.
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12 September 2007
Film Review: Shoot Em Up
If I had to write a one sentence review for Shoot Em Up, this is what I’d say: Shoot Em Up is a blast of movie, absurd almost beyond expectation, and it contains stuff that you’ve never seen put onto a movie screen before; it’s a fun time at the movies, but it’s not for everyone. I guess I kind of cheated with the semi-colon, because that’s really two sentences; however, I edit my own stuff, which means I get to make the rules. Or break em, if I so choose.
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5 September 2007
Film Review: Death Sentence
I don’t really know why I’m taking the time to write this review because, chances are, if you wanted to see Death Sentence, you’ve seen it already. It only made about four million in its opening weekend at the box office, which means that it is already on its way out the door. So if you’re a revenge genre junkie and you haven’t seen this thing yet, you should get your ass to theater, pronto. If you’re not, well, Death Sentence was never meant for your eyes in the first place.
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