This weekend Green Lantern faces what might just be his greatest foe yet . . . no, not Hector Hammond, not Sinestro, not even Parallax . . . but a far more formidable adversary: a family movie based on a classic children’s book that’s spanned generations since 1938. Continue reading
Posted in Opening Weekend
Tagged dc comics, green lantern, Hal Jordan, Hector Hammond, Jim Carrey, Mr. Popper's Penguins, Ryan Reynolds, Sinestro, Tomar-Re
Mary: How happy is the blameless vestal’s lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray’r accepted, and each wish resign’d.
[Editor's note: Stay tuned for Bryan's complete Top 20 posters of 2010.]
One of my favorite things about movies, theater, concerts–any event that needs to be advertised–is the poster. They have to sell something, an entire 90-minute event summed-up with one picture. While the specific qualities and purposes for the posters are often very different, the goal is still the same: to catch someone’s eye and make them remember it. With movies, the process is in overdrive. Continue reading
Howard: Well, technically speaking, the operation is brain damage.
13. Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind (2004) – Dir. Michel Gondry
It seems pretty obvious, to me anyways, that our lives are shaped by our past experiences. Everything that makes us who we are comes from what we’ve done. Continue reading
Posted in Top 20 of the Decade
Tagged Arts, Charlie Kaufman, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Film, Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Michel Gondry, Movie
