Posts Tagged ‘Angels and Demons’
Dear Sir or Madam, Will You Read My Book? | Rental Review of “The Ghost Writer”
Roman Polanski is a master of thematic suspense. He knows exactly what to show you, and how to utilize tension that is barely there. Take for instance a scene where a character (who is in over his head) goes for a drive. The audience keeps looking around, waiting for the release that will never come. The Ghost Writer is the perfect example of the overused saying; it is not what we see that scares us, it is what we don’t. Read the rest of this entry »
“The Lost Symbol” Is Coming To A Theater Near You
That is right ladies and gents. Writer Steven Knight, screenwriter of the amazing “Eastern Promises”, has been hired to pen the adaptation of Dan Brown’s “The Lost Symbol”. Is this really a surprise to anyone? I didn’t think so. Is it a good thing? NO! I really have a hard time understanding the phenomenon that is Dan Brown. “The Da Vinci Code” was a fun, thought provoking page turner, but its translation to the screen is simply appalling. The film breaks a huge thematic rule, in my mind anyway. In which the protagonist has no affect on the things happening around him. He just watches them happen. The same goes for “Angels and Demons”. Read the rest of this entry »
Mr. Jason’s Worst of 09
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
-It’s like a 3rd grader wrote this script and the whole time was just going, “Oh man you know what would be cool…” Read the rest of this entry »
