I love this movie.
A lot.
Like, a lot a lot.
If someone were to write a movie specifically for ME, this would be it. Throughout the entire thing I was sitting in the theater with a ridiculous grin on my face from ear to ear.
Seriously though, did I mention how much I love this movie?
I get that this new Disney film is actually based on an older intellectual property than the Terminator series, but they should know better. Context matters.
You can’t just name the movie after the protagonist (who just so happens to have a strikingly similar name to one of the most famous protagonists in recent film history) and not expect people to scratch there heads.
The name ‘John Connor’ has a place in popular culture as humanity’s only hope for survival in our inevitable war against machines. My personal opinion is that Disney really should have taken that into consideration.
I know I wouldn’t want everyone’s first reaction to my new, blockbuster film to be, “hey, that sounds like that other guy.”
Five lines from ‘Aliens’ I use on an almost daily basis.
Video Essay: Deep Focus: Superman Returns 
I’m so upset that I didn’t think to write or create this before. It’s a brilliant, poignant look at one of my favorite movies: Superman Returns. I’m not exaggerating when I say this movie changed my life. So to see it taken so seriously and explained so well, means a lot to me. Now I’m thinking of making my own video essay perhaps. I’d love to take the time to dive into a film I love…
Never compromise. Not even in the face of Armageddon.
—Rorschach, Watchmen
A story of a decade long desire…
In 2001 a movie came out called Vanilla Sky. In it, Tom Cruise plays an extremely wealthy individual. (That’s all you need to know in the context of this story.) At one point, he checks his watch and the camera gives us a close up of it for about two seconds.
I didn’t notice it when I saw the film in theaters, but when I got my hands on the DVD and began to study the film (honestly, I watched it many, many times) I noticed the watch again. I paused the movie during that close up and examined the watch.
It was simple, sleek and sexy. I knew that one day, I wanted to wear one too.
After a couple months of on and off searching, I found it.
The IWC Mark XVI Pilot’s Watch.
(Granted, he’s wearing the Mark XV and the company has since moved on to the Mark XVI. We’ll go with the XVI because it’s still being made and I actually like the changes made.)
I’ve almost always worn watches. And I’ve always been trying to find a watch similar to the Mark XVI but it has always left me feeling like something was missing. I was always trying to find a watch that would satisfy my needs. But I’ve found fault in every watch I’ve ever owned, simply because they are not THE watch.
It’s been ten years since I first laid eyes on the THE watch…
And today… I wore it…
I finally found it at Tourneau at the Natick Collection. I had a great conversation with the assistant manager there and I shared my story with him. It was a wonderful moment.
And now I know why this has been, and always will be, THE watch.
As Wayne says of his ideal guitar, ‘It will be mine… oh, yes… it will be mine…’
Editors Note: THE watch costs $4,000…
It is an example of Chris Nolan at his best, where his visual device, as powerful as it is, it does not overwhelm the narrative. If you take a look at ‘The Dark Knight,’ as powerful as the visual of the film was, the most memorable scene in the movie, at least for me, was the talking scene between Batman and Joker. Two guys talking in an action film is the most compelling part of an action film. That’s Chris Nolan at his best.
—Stephen Tobolowsky in an interview with the A.V. Club
Don’t ever write a check with your mouth you can’t cash with your ass.
— Wise Man (played by Scott Glenn) in Sucker Punch
I don’t want no volunteers, I don’t want no mates. There’s too many captains on this island…
—Quint (Jaws, the quintessential summer movie)
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