Luke Skywalker is a learner of the force after his uncle and aunt are killed by the Empire. He wants to destroy the Empire the whole way through, especially after they kill his friends, including his father, aunt, uncle, mentor, and best friend. Then defeats them in the end of Star Wars/Episode IV.
In Episode V, he ironically finds out that his father is his enemy.
In Episode VI, with another friend/mentor loss in Yoda, he must make the decision to save his family and possibly betray what he's stood for, or destroy his family, and keep himself intact.
Warning: the following is not for those who use the Red Letter Media interpretation of the Kylo Ren character. If you believe in their interpretation, do not continue.
In Episode VII, Kylo Ren is introduced as an anti-Luke Skywalker. Luke Skywalker, is a master Jedi Knight mentor, Kylo Ren is a First Order Sith Apprentice. Luke Skywalker is a man who prides in family, Kylo Ren is a man who wants to get out of the shadow of his non-Jedi father, un-Jedi educated mother and become his own man, a Sith. He disobeys the teachings of his Uncle, Luke, and takes a much different path from where Luke did in Episode IV from there.
In Grand Leader Snoke's first appearance in the film, he basically implies a test for Ren, where his father, Han Solo could get in the way of his Sith training. This adds the stake for Ren encountering Solo at the end of the film.
In addition, Solo previously offered Rey a position on the Millenium Falcon, a position Rey denied. She has a chemistry with Solo, enjoys Chewie's company. is a great pilot and mechanic, but wants to stay on Jakku to see if the family who left her will ever come back. Finn wants to leave the First Order's territories; Rey wants to stay on Jakku. She's young like Luke was in IV and is a hybrid of former Star Wars characters.
Rey and Ren play off each other and the theme of family in the film, as Rey is waiting to find out why her family abandoned her and Ren purposely abandoned his family. Rey is a Jedi; Ren is a Sith. In the scene where Ren attempts to get secrets out of Rey, Ren mentions Rey feeling that Han Solo is a father figure to Rey. Rey becomes a new co-pilot for the Millenium Falcon.
And of course, the Rey-daughter theory that everyone talks about which doesn't necessarily need to happen.
In contrast to Red Letter Media's interpretation that Ren is a sequel to prequel Anakin, and a line that is in the film that pretty much ruins this theory, (where he praises a Darth Vader mask,) I'd pretty much just go with and retcon that Ren is about pride. He doesn't want to be in his family's shadow, with Han and Leia, doesn't want to be on the light side like with Luke and family, and wants to be his own man. I feel like that's a much more powerful interpretation of him not wanting to become a Jedi like his father wanted.
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Sunday, December 27, 2015
My thoughts on Steve Jobs, my brother's thoughts on Star Wars and Mad Max: Fury Road
My brother thinks the Force Awakens is a film that you can watch multiple times and still enjoy. I feel that way for Spectre.
My brother thinks that Steve Jobs wasn't the Steve Jobs story for him. I still think it's good and feel that Star Wars: The Force Awakens wasn't the Star Wars film for me.
Fury Road is a film where my brother feels that the first watch could get ruined by multiple viewings. I feel the same way with how I watched Steve Jobs, mesmerized by the performances and dialogue, only for it to feel simplified on repeat viewings.
My brother thinks that Steve Jobs wasn't the Steve Jobs story for him. I still think it's good and feel that Star Wars: The Force Awakens wasn't the Star Wars film for me.
Fury Road is a film where my brother feels that the first watch could get ruined by multiple viewings. I feel the same way with how I watched Steve Jobs, mesmerized by the performances and dialogue, only for it to feel simplified on repeat viewings.
Thursday, December 24, 2015
Everything Wrong With Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Bleeding hand for shock value without a lot of visual symbolic significance.
Max von Sydow dies in another blockbuster.
Continuity error: Stormtroopers can aim
Nazi flamethrower
Ripping off episode IV intro
Bond/Jones-like intro
Eating crack
Fake CGI
Droid Jawas
Resistance/Rebel tells Stormtrooper how to pilot a TIE Fighter
They forgot to untie the ship.
Actor pretending you're a bad actor.
Hand holding
Hand holding again
Finn doesn't think Rey can fly a ship.
Millenium Falcon has shit security.
Map is worst MacGuffin ever.
Prequel reference (Clone Army)
(Why not another?) Why not droids?
Finn tells BB gun he's a Stormtrooper one foot away from Rey.
Rey doesn't hear.
Han doesn't like Rey cuz she's a woman driver
Planet that looks like Naboo
Not Yoda lives on Not Naboo.
Rey is a furry.
Empire Strikes Back homage to the Luke-Vader-Yoda scene for fans who didn't actually understand Empire.
Not Rebel, but Resistance
Resistance AND Republic
Prequel homage.
More Han Solo
Admiral Ackbar.
Admiral Ackbar CGI.
Other dude with no name from Jedi CGI.
The fact that Jedi is canon.
Jedi mindtrick without explanation.
Rey has force powers and doesn't hear Finn talking about being a Stormtrooper.
Rey has force powers and can't sense Finn is a Stormtrooper.
Rey uses force powers, mind tricks stormtroopers. Ren uses more stormtroopers.
Captain Phasma is put in the garbage chute
Rogue Rebellion Squadron characters have no name.
Rogue Rebellion Squadron have no video game.
Han lives after Return of the Jedi
Han dies in this movie
It's obvious he's going to die this movie.
Luke says wassup after Han's dead.
Cinema Sins: 45
Max von Sydow dies in another blockbuster.
Continuity error: Stormtroopers can aim
Nazi flamethrower
Ripping off episode IV intro
Bond/Jones-like intro
Eating crack
Fake CGI
Droid Jawas
Resistance/Rebel tells Stormtrooper how to pilot a TIE Fighter
They forgot to untie the ship.
Actor pretending you're a bad actor.
Hand holding
Hand holding again
Finn doesn't think Rey can fly a ship.
Millenium Falcon has shit security.
Map is worst MacGuffin ever.
Prequel reference (Clone Army)
(Why not another?) Why not droids?
Finn tells BB gun he's a Stormtrooper one foot away from Rey.
Rey doesn't hear.
Han doesn't like Rey cuz she's a woman driver
Planet that looks like Naboo
Not Yoda lives on Not Naboo.
Rey is a furry.
Empire Strikes Back homage to the Luke-Vader-Yoda scene for fans who didn't actually understand Empire.
Not Rebel, but Resistance
Resistance AND Republic
Prequel homage.
More Han Solo
Admiral Ackbar.
Admiral Ackbar CGI.
Other dude with no name from Jedi CGI.
The fact that Jedi is canon.
Jedi mindtrick without explanation.
Rey has force powers and doesn't hear Finn talking about being a Stormtrooper.
Rey has force powers and can't sense Finn is a Stormtrooper.
Rey uses force powers, mind tricks stormtroopers. Ren uses more stormtroopers.
Captain Phasma is put in the garbage chute
Rogue Rebellion Squadron characters have no name.
Rogue Rebellion Squadron have no video game.
Han lives after Return of the Jedi
Han dies in this movie
It's obvious he's going to die this movie.
Luke says wassup after Han's dead.
Cinema Sins: 45
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
System sellers to attach to the Dreamcast 2
Next Grandia
FFIX remake
FFVI remake (REAL ONE, not some Android bs)
Shenmue 4
Rez Oculus Rift
Next Panzer Dragoon
Rival Schools 3
Skies of Arcadia 2
Final Fantasy Tactics 2 or Spiritual Successor
Fallout 5
Random ass Star Wars game, probably based on VII's Black Leader
FFIX remake
FFVI remake (REAL ONE, not some Android bs)
Shenmue 4
Rez Oculus Rift
Next Panzer Dragoon
Rival Schools 3
Skies of Arcadia 2
Final Fantasy Tactics 2 or Spiritual Successor
Fallout 5
Random ass Star Wars game, probably based on VII's Black Leader
Tuesday, December 22, 2015
Star Wars: the Force Awakens analysis: Captain Phasma
Cool superior officer type. Cold even. Murderous. War mongering. Uniform. Sold out. Bossy. Kill you all.
Then they fucking put her down the garbage chute.
Let's put fucking Jar Jar where Phasma and Solo went.
Don't forget the other stuff in there:
The prequels.
The Star Wars Holiday Special
The 7th movie made of cartoons
Everything Lego.
All that merch.
Return of the Jedi.
Darth Maul.
George Lucas.
The midochlorians.
That piece of manure Jar Jar Binks steps in.
Then they fucking put her down the garbage chute.
Let's put fucking Jar Jar where Phasma and Solo went.
Don't forget the other stuff in there:
The prequels.
The Star Wars Holiday Special
The 7th movie made of cartoons
Everything Lego.
All that merch.
Return of the Jedi.
Darth Maul.
George Lucas.
The midochlorians.
That piece of manure Jar Jar Binks steps in.
Monday, December 21, 2015
Why is the Empire Strikes Back considered one of the best films of all time?
What really was Yoda's training?
What is the film so depressing?
Why is The Empire Strikes Back different from the other two Lucas Star Wars films?
What is the film so depressing?
Why is The Empire Strikes Back different from the other two Lucas Star Wars films?
Thursday, December 17, 2015
Mega Man 2 Review
I recall 2 being very hard on the Gamecube.
On easy mode on the NES on my Retro Entertainment System, it's been fairly easy.
One big issue with this game is that Energy Tanks aren't carried over during a Game Over. So collect heads and don't be afraid to use up.
It's cool that the Robot Masters set up was becoming standard.
And everyone recalls that epic Mega Man 2 intro.
On easy mode on the NES on my Retro Entertainment System, it's been fairly easy.
One big issue with this game is that Energy Tanks aren't carried over during a Game Over. So collect heads and don't be afraid to use up.
It's cool that the Robot Masters set up was becoming standard.
And everyone recalls that epic Mega Man 2 intro.
James Bond film, "Goldfinger" notes
Pretty awesome theme song and intro
Oddjob is weird
Shooting a gun at a bulletproof person is a bit unnecessary.
Shooting a gun at a bulletproof person is a bit unnecessary.
Why have sex where Goldfinger is before coming back?
Laser cut in half
Laser cut in half
Jill sister assassin plothole
They keep letting Bond live.
Double peephole
Goldfinger killing people
Gassing people
He's a Nazi
Pussy Galore's double peephole
Pussy Galore's double peephole
Agarest Generations of War initial reaction
WASD should be changed to ESDX
Mouse is VERY good.
The theme of war and racism is interesting.
Auto battling is good till you die.
Some problems with the plot:
Protecting people in war, on the other side, isn't a smart move. Maybe it's an honorable in danger thing, but the translation perhaps just made the guy seem dumb.
Blushing.
Mouse is VERY good.
The theme of war and racism is interesting.
Auto battling is good till you die.
Some problems with the plot:
Protecting people in war, on the other side, isn't a smart move. Maybe it's an honorable in danger thing, but the translation perhaps just made the guy seem dumb.
Blushing.
Mega Man 28th Anniversary thoughts
Weird choice of Anniversary years, Facebook.
But anyway, I love Mega Man. Great platformer. Great story. Text was use sparingly during these generations and it was quite enjoyable how Mega Man was able to tell a story using visuals rather than the talkie way. It was quite a cool series for the silent era of video games.
It's a story about weapons created to destroy the world in action figure form. It was The Matrix 12 years early! It was 8 years pre-Ghost in the Shell. Not quite pre-Blade Runner though. It's obviously Neo Human Casshern and Toei's Metal Hero inspired. Although creator Keiji Inafune claims its because of technical specs, the blue is an example of Asian metal industry rising. And there do seem to be many elements of Blade Runner involved.
And it was really cool. Blade Runner and Tim Burton's Batman used to be the standard for telling a story visually. But in this series, you told so many stories thanks to the different level designs of each world. The henchman, and levels were designed with a Robot Master in mind.
With Superman vs Batman coming out, rumors of Jesse Eisenberg playing Dr. Wily would be pretty awesome if it ever happened. Something topical now for the 28th Annniversary, having a mad scientist play a mad scientist.
Wednesday, December 16, 2015
According to Red Letter Media, Star Wars The Force Awakens will have people burning down cities
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oifhpT0HZ7Q
So according to this video, with evidence as seen from Episode IV trenches and cannon towers, Episode VII will have the Imperial Ice Base as a Death Star.
People will fucking hate that.
Just like, Super 8 alien, Star Trek Red Matter, the Lost ending, everything involving Into Darknesses so called Star Trek references.
This is bound to be a movie everyone hates.
The Red Matter was not a big deal, yet everyone hated it, and '09 in general for not very being scientific. It was being its own thing.
Star Wars fans are even worse though. It's like the nuke at the end of Beneath the Planet of the Apes.
I'm going to a nuclear fallout shelter at eat canned beans for 5 years. This is going to be terrible. Good luck, world.
So according to this video, with evidence as seen from Episode IV trenches and cannon towers, Episode VII will have the Imperial Ice Base as a Death Star.
People will fucking hate that.
Just like, Super 8 alien, Star Trek Red Matter, the Lost ending, everything involving Into Darknesses so called Star Trek references.
This is bound to be a movie everyone hates.
The Red Matter was not a big deal, yet everyone hated it, and '09 in general for not very being scientific. It was being its own thing.
Star Wars fans are even worse though. It's like the nuke at the end of Beneath the Planet of the Apes.
I'm going to a nuclear fallout shelter at eat canned beans for 5 years. This is going to be terrible. Good luck, world.
JJ Binks week: Super 8
Everyone seems to love this film. No news of a sequel.
The kids' acting was cool. And the storyline that they're film students will have everyone nerd out.
The alien attacking train special effects are really cool. Family drama etc..
The extra terrestrial moments are very disappointing though. The alien is basically a special effect and the kid who has a telepathic link with it only says like one sentence about him and expects us to believe him. You expect from a film student kid that that would be more believable, but it isn't.
There's no real surrealism about a film within a film though. It's just there. Not a lot of work or auteurship here.
There's no real surrealism about a film within a film though. It's just there. Not a lot of work or auteurship here.
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
James Bond film, "Thunderball" Ranking
Thunderball was so good they made it twice.
So many memorable things:
The rocket jetpack,
The underwater fight in the end,
Largo,
Sharks
Really love the slow pace of this film. I can really imagine film lovers enjoying this film.
Everyone keeps complaining about the underwater fights and long shots in the film, but later give another British director in the current generation for overusing even longer shots, (Steve McQueen for those who don't know what I'm talking about.) Hollywood wouldn't use the Scorsese long shot yet, and I'm hoping he got the inspiration from Bond, albeit it was probably the New Wave.
The shark is sort of a symbol of sex, predators, violence, blood, death, sneakiness, silence. The attacks are used silently.
Water is a theme.
The main problem with this film though was that it was fucking dangerous.
Largo's stunt double had to get paid extra to do the role.
Sean Connery nearly got bitten.
The glass and safety measures weren't that good in this film.
So many memorable things:
The rocket jetpack,
The underwater fight in the end,
Largo,
Sharks
Really love the slow pace of this film. I can really imagine film lovers enjoying this film.
Everyone keeps complaining about the underwater fights and long shots in the film, but later give another British director in the current generation for overusing even longer shots, (Steve McQueen for those who don't know what I'm talking about.) Hollywood wouldn't use the Scorsese long shot yet, and I'm hoping he got the inspiration from Bond, albeit it was probably the New Wave.
The shark is sort of a symbol of sex, predators, violence, blood, death, sneakiness, silence. The attacks are used silently.
Water is a theme.
The main problem with this film though was that it was fucking dangerous.
Largo's stunt double had to get paid extra to do the role.
Sean Connery nearly got bitten.
The glass and safety measures weren't that good in this film.
Sexo facil, peculias triste (2014 pelicula)
Well acted. Sorta Woody Allen indie influenced. Not really gritty, but tells its stories effectively.
Romantic comedy writer whose work seems to inspire the film.
Talk of work.
Romantic comedy writer whose work seems to inspire the film.
Talk of work.
What if Padme is a Sith Lord? (Pre-Force Awakens)
Natalie Portman plays opposite her role in Leon: The Professional for notable reasons. She seduces a young child and also worked with Palpatine in Naboo. She has pale white skin when in Queen makeup mode like Palpatine post-Windu. Speaking of seduction, Obi-Wan refers to Vader in the original trilogy as being seduced by the Dark Side.
Also Palpatine mentioned Darth Plagueis power of life and death which was implied to have been used to resurrect Padme. She also has no parents, like Anakin. She also has a role in the Senate, like Jar Jar.
Also, Vader may not be the only reason why their children have Force powers.
Also Palpatine mentioned Darth Plagueis power of life and death which was implied to have been used to resurrect Padme. She also has no parents, like Anakin. She also has a role in the Senate, like Jar Jar.
Also, Vader may not be the only reason why their children have Force powers.
Sunday, December 13, 2015
James Bond films, "From Russia With Love"
From Russia with Love
Nothing wrong but sorta suffers in sequelitis not being as good but feels good in Bond formula.
The fight with Spanish
Shooting through the Mouth
The blonde spectre reveal
The maid in the end
No big superdevice to destroy at the end of the film regretably, unlike No's nuke. A well judged mistep in later films.
Nothing wrong but sorta suffers in sequelitis not being as good but feels good in Bond formula.
The fight with Spanish
Shooting through the Mouth
The blonde spectre reveal
The maid in the end
No big superdevice to destroy at the end of the film regretably, unlike No's nuke. A well judged mistep in later films.
James Bond Films: "Dr. No"
Dr No
The Bond theme is the theme of the film. How awesome is that?
Introduces Bond
Introduces M and Q
Introduces Bond Girls
Gunshot camera Bond trope.
There's not a lot of plot other than everybody wants to kill Bond.
Introduces Spectre
It was really oft putting playing Joseph Wiseman as No, but he does a serviceable job.
The Bond theme is the theme of the film. How awesome is that?
Introduces Bond
Introduces M and Q
Introduces Bond Girls
Gunshot camera Bond trope.
There's not a lot of plot other than everybody wants to kill Bond.
Introduces Spectre
It was really oft putting playing Joseph Wiseman as No, but he does a serviceable job.
NYC Arcade 2015: Space Cats
Spacecats
Really fun game where you can rotate.
Advantages:
Different flying shooter system
Great story
Great voice acting.
Nitpicks:
Pace: sometimes nothing on the screen, sometimes everyone on the screen.
Slow controls.
I can run away.
Could develop trigger finger with the R button.
With a rotating mechanic, I would've started in the middle of action.
No graphic novels.
No merchandise.
No SWAT Kats crossover. XD
Really fun game where you can rotate.
Advantages:
Different flying shooter system
Great story
Great voice acting.
Nitpicks:
Pace: sometimes nothing on the screen, sometimes everyone on the screen.
Slow controls.
I can run away.
Could develop trigger finger with the R button.
With a rotating mechanic, I would've started in the middle of action.
No graphic novels.
No merchandise.
No SWAT Kats crossover. XD
Saturday, December 12, 2015
Oh! RPG doesn't seem complete
Can't recommend.
Damage numbers on top of things.
HP on the bar that demonstrates the same thing.
Colorful.
I really dislike the Gobby design. His ugliness doesn't resonate with his own in game character even.
Walking always seems laggy.
Dialogue doesn't seem human. How long can they discuss the damn cloak before getting it?
Sound doesn't match game.
There's a theme of racism when the goblin general who isn't dead or something wants to kill the goblin that let humans escape.
Codpiece
Don't get it on Steam.
Damage numbers on top of things.
HP on the bar that demonstrates the same thing.
Colorful.
I really dislike the Gobby design. His ugliness doesn't resonate with his own in game character even.
Walking always seems laggy.
Dialogue doesn't seem human. How long can they discuss the damn cloak before getting it?
Sound doesn't match game.
There's a theme of racism when the goblin general who isn't dead or something wants to kill the goblin that let humans escape.
Codpiece
Don't get it on Steam.
Friday, December 11, 2015
2015 NYC Arcade: The Hero Trap, a 2D Zelda sequel we've been waiting for
The Hero Trap is really fun.
The story
Basically, you're in a crypt trying to get treasure.
There are many dangers in attempting to get to the crypt or artifact or whatever.
NO DIALOGUE used to express this.
The game pretty much as I said in the title is Zelda inspired and really good. The game is from the top down view. You use a sword weapon, long ranged attacks, etc..
You can also jump REALLY far. Something Zelda never did, and it sorta plays like a 3D Mario platformer ironically despite being a Zelda title when jumping from platform to platform.
Health bottle drops are regular.
Enemies have multiple patterns and really unique abilities compared to like Ocarina of Time, where you just aim at a weak spot.
Red for when they're about to strike.
White for when you can attack them.
(Please double check. Correct if I'm wrong.)
I just hack and slash the whole time.
The game sorta has a Final Fight-ish life bar for each villain to keep audiences aware. Sorta nifty and different. Very visually pleasing.
The story
Basically, you're in a crypt trying to get treasure.
There are many dangers in attempting to get to the crypt or artifact or whatever.
NO DIALOGUE used to express this.
The game pretty much as I said in the title is Zelda inspired and really good. The game is from the top down view. You use a sword weapon, long ranged attacks, etc..
You can also jump REALLY far. Something Zelda never did, and it sorta plays like a 3D Mario platformer ironically despite being a Zelda title when jumping from platform to platform.
Health bottle drops are regular.
Enemies have multiple patterns and really unique abilities compared to like Ocarina of Time, where you just aim at a weak spot.
Red for when they're about to strike.
White for when you can attack them.
(Please double check. Correct if I'm wrong.)
I just hack and slash the whole time.
The game sorta has a Final Fight-ish life bar for each villain to keep audiences aware. Sorta nifty and different. Very visually pleasing.
2015 Golden Globe multiple Award nominees
The following 16 films received multiple nominations:
| Nominations | Films |
|---|---|
| Carol | |
| 4 | Steve Jobs |
| The Big Short | |
| The Revenant | |
| 3 | Room |
| Spotlight | |
| The Danish Girl | |
| The Hateful Eight | |
| The Martian | |
| 2 | Joy |
| Love & Mercy | |
| Mad Max: Fury Road | |
| Spy | |
| Trainwreck | |
| Trumbo | |
| Youth |
Series with multiple nominations
The following 13 series received multiple nominations:| Nominations | Series |
|---|---|
| 3 | American Crime |
| Fargo | |
| Mr. Robot | |
| Outlander | |
| Transparent | |
| Wolf Hall | |
| 2 | American Horror Story: Hotel |
| Empire | |
| Flesh & Bone | |
| Mozart in the Jungle | |
| Narcos | |
| Orange Is the New Black | |
| Veep |
Thursday, December 10, 2015
Star Wars Jedi Power Battles for Dreamcast review
Really cool, classic MK-ish graphics.
It was cool the variety of characters you could play as even if some broke the game.
Blaster deflections were executed well.
There was a good variety of Jedi to play as. As a Power Ranger fan, I would've liked this team to have worked on this version of a game for them.
You pretty much play through the whole Phantom Menace movie. It's pretty fun. Less plotholes than the movies, even if you can play as Droid Dekas and Droid bosses.
It was cool the variety of characters you could play as even if some broke the game.
Blaster deflections were executed well.
There was a good variety of Jedi to play as. As a Power Ranger fan, I would've liked this team to have worked on this version of a game for them.
You pretty much play through the whole Phantom Menace movie. It's pretty fun. Less plotholes than the movies, even if you can play as Droid Dekas and Droid bosses.
Wednesday, December 9, 2015
Monday, December 7, 2015
The 15th Anniversary of 2000
- In the Mood for Love
- Memento
- O, Brother Where Art Thou
- Battle Royale
- Gangster No. 1
- Traffic
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- Amores Perros
- Snatch
- The Crow: Salvation
Coen
Wong Kar-Wai
Christopher Nolan
Kinji Fujisaki
Guy Ritchie
Actor
Malcolm McDowell
Tony Leung
Eric Mabius
Actress
Maggie Cheung
Supporting Actor
Takeshi Kitano
Supporting Actress
Michelle Yeoh
Best Cinematography
In the Mood for Love
The best films of 1990
- Goodfellas
- Days of Being Wild/Hamoun
- Total Recall
- Troll 2
- Dances with Wolves
- An Enemy of the People Satyajit Ray
- Close Up Abbas Kirastromi
- Metropolitan
- Dick Tracy
- Robocop 2
Best Director
- Paul Verehoeven
- Martin Scorsese
- Wong Kar-wai
- Wilt Stilman
- Troll 2
Best Cinematography
Days of Being Wild/Goodfellas
Best Editing
Days of Being Wild/Hamoun
Best Screenplay- Adapted
Total Recall
Best Foreign Language Film
Days of Being Wild/Hamoun
Best Production Design
Dick Tracy
Best Actor
Leslie Cheung
Best Actress
Maggie Cheung
Best Supporting Actor
- Joe Pesci
- Gabriel Damon
Best Supporting Actress
Tess Trueheart
Madonna
Best Makeup
Dick Tracy
The 30th Anniversary of 1985: Film
- Back to the Future
- Ran
- Return to Oz
- Rendez-vous
- My Life as a Dog
- The Color Purple
- A Nightmare on Elm Street II: Freddy's Revenge
- Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
- Clue
- Cocoon
- Rambo: First Blood Part II
Actress
Juliette Binoche
Actor
Anton Gazelius, My Life as a Dog
Supporting Actress
Melinda Kinnaman, My Life as a Dog
Supporting Actor
Robert Englund
Director
Robert Zemeckis
Screenplay
Back to the Future
Cinematography:
My Life as a Dog
The 40th Anniversary of 1975
- Barry Lyndon
- The Mirror
- Jaws
- One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
- Dog Day Afternoon
- Murder on the Orient Express
- A Woman Under the Influence
Actress
Gena Rowlands
Actor
Al Pacino
Best Supporting Actress
Louise Fletcher
Best Supporting Actor
Chris Sarandon/John Cazale
Director
- Stanley Kubrick
- Andrei Tarkovsky
- John Cassavetes
- Sidney Lumet
- Milos Forman
Screenplay
Dog Day Afternoon
Jaws
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Celebrating the 55th Anniversary of 1960
- Psycho
- The Naked Island
- The Letter Never Sent
- Devi
- The Warped Ones
- The Housemaid
- L'avventura
- Spartacus
- A Cruel Story of Youth
- The Sun's Burial
- Night and Fog in Japan
- Everything Goes Wrong
- The Virgin Spring
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Nagisa Oshima
- Kaneto Shindo
- Sayajit Ray
- Kim Ki-young
- Stanley Kubrick
- Michelangelo Antonioni
Yasuke Kawazu
Norman Bates
Kirk Douglas
Actress
Lee Eun-Shim, the Housemaid
Monica Vitti
Miyuki Kawano
Janet Leigh
Supporting Actress
The Housemaid
Cinematography
- Breathless
- The Naked Island
- The Letter Never Sent
- Spartacus
The 75th Anniversary of 1940
Top 5 Films
5 The Thief of Baghdad
4 Pinocchio
3 Fantasia
2 Rebecca
1 The Great Dictator
Animated Film
Fantasia
Adventure
The Thief of Baghdad
Director
Charlie Chaplin
Actor
Charlie Chaplin
Actress
Joan Fontaine
Supporting Actress
Judith Anderson
5 The Thief of Baghdad
4 Pinocchio
3 Fantasia
2 Rebecca
1 The Great Dictator
Animated Film
Fantasia
Adventure
The Thief of Baghdad
Director
Charlie Chaplin
Actor
Charlie Chaplin
Actress
Joan Fontaine
Supporting Actress
Judith Anderson
Thursday, December 3, 2015
The supernatural themes of Spectre
The raising of the dead is a key theme in the film. The beginning of the film does take place on El Dia De Los Muertos after all.
Hans Ouberhauser supposedly died with his father in a skiing trip. What if he did? What if Ernst Stravo Blofeld really is a new man?
He also survives the largest explosion ever in cinematic history somehow and doesn't get killed by Bond in the end. Are the bullets missing in Bond's gun a sign from God like in Pulp Fiction?
There's also a reference to Jesus among other biblical references throughout the film. Bond is mentioned through his life as a child and a thirty year old, but like the Bible has a big gap.
The ghosts of Bond’s family are present throughout the end of the film in the old MI6 building, which will be explored later.
Fratricide, and other family deaths are a theme in the Daniel Craig Bond films.
White like a ghost and the dead is present through the use of white clothing in addition to the tape of him appearing in front of Bond, through the god-like omniscient Nine Eyes program.
Bond is also a story of the Old Testament. Killing many for good, losing all of his loved ones prior to gaining the love of his life and perhaps more.
At the end of his film, the ghost that haunt him through the old Testament Egyptian Pyramid maze-like MI6 building are destroyed and he able to go on. There is something even that of Japanese religions if you've ever watched anime with youkai, etc. in them.
Blofeld when torturing Bond, damages his head as if he were Jesus. Also while tied up while being the process.
Bond then supernaturally recovers as if given a second life with Madeline, able to take on an army.
Madeline, Magdalene
A really bad stretch could be C standing in for Christ. I don't have a lot of backup for that other than C introduces a program given humanity God's omniscience. Would a son of God not have that kind of power? Also, betrayal of ones family and brothers is a key theme in the film. He may also be a God taking his name in vain, albeit he's not one who wanted to take that name. I recall Jesus not doing that either, though I can't recall where exactly in the Bible.
Funeral of Sciarra takes place in Italy. Jesus was killed by the Romans.
There are also notable references to the Shining.
The film begins on the Day of the Dead and is named Spectre, both ghost related. Bond goes into room 327 (like Danny Torrence goes into room 237) before taking off his Dia De Los Muertos disguise. Mexico gives the film a North American connection, in addition to a Native American one.
The themes of family and ghosts are present throughout the film as in the Shining
Bond kills Marco Sciarra, before seducing Madam Sciarra. Bond witnesses Mr. White’s death, before having his presence sort of resurrected through the next generation in Madeline. His savior’s killer becomes his hope and his ability to go on through the life of killing. Throughout the film, many wear the color white. It’s not coincidental and is intentional. Blofeld even mentions how an assassin’s daughter may be one of the few to understand him. Bond displays some sort of moral ground for this.
In the end, he gives up his life of killing and starts his life of creating with his new family with Madeline.
(Or maybe not, if he's not the family type. Depends on you. I'm sure all you old school Bonds think so and already don't like my analysis anyway.)
Hans Ouberhauser supposedly died with his father in a skiing trip. What if he did? What if Ernst Stravo Blofeld really is a new man?
He also survives the largest explosion ever in cinematic history somehow and doesn't get killed by Bond in the end. Are the bullets missing in Bond's gun a sign from God like in Pulp Fiction?
There's also a reference to Jesus among other biblical references throughout the film. Bond is mentioned through his life as a child and a thirty year old, but like the Bible has a big gap.
The ghosts of Bond’s family are present throughout the end of the film in the old MI6 building, which will be explored later.
Fratricide, and other family deaths are a theme in the Daniel Craig Bond films.
White like a ghost and the dead is present through the use of white clothing in addition to the tape of him appearing in front of Bond, through the god-like omniscient Nine Eyes program.
Bond is also a story of the Old Testament. Killing many for good, losing all of his loved ones prior to gaining the love of his life and perhaps more.
At the end of his film, the ghost that haunt him through the old Testament Egyptian Pyramid maze-like MI6 building are destroyed and he able to go on. There is something even that of Japanese religions if you've ever watched anime with youkai, etc. in them.
Blofeld when torturing Bond, damages his head as if he were Jesus. Also while tied up while being the process.
Bond then supernaturally recovers as if given a second life with Madeline, able to take on an army.
Madeline, Magdalene
A really bad stretch could be C standing in for Christ. I don't have a lot of backup for that other than C introduces a program given humanity God's omniscience. Would a son of God not have that kind of power? Also, betrayal of ones family and brothers is a key theme in the film. He may also be a God taking his name in vain, albeit he's not one who wanted to take that name. I recall Jesus not doing that either, though I can't recall where exactly in the Bible.
Funeral of Sciarra takes place in Italy. Jesus was killed by the Romans.
There are also notable references to the Shining.
The film begins on the Day of the Dead and is named Spectre, both ghost related. Bond goes into room 327 (like Danny Torrence goes into room 237) before taking off his Dia De Los Muertos disguise. Mexico gives the film a North American connection, in addition to a Native American one.
The themes of family and ghosts are present throughout the film as in the Shining
Bond kills Marco Sciarra, before seducing Madam Sciarra. Bond witnesses Mr. White’s death, before having his presence sort of resurrected through the next generation in Madeline. His savior’s killer becomes his hope and his ability to go on through the life of killing. Throughout the film, many wear the color white. It’s not coincidental and is intentional. Blofeld even mentions how an assassin’s daughter may be one of the few to understand him. Bond displays some sort of moral ground for this.
In the end, he gives up his life of killing and starts his life of creating with his new family with Madeline.
(Or maybe not, if he's not the family type. Depends on you. I'm sure all you old school Bonds think so and already don't like my analysis anyway.)
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