what Dave thinks about movies, books and everything
{4.5/5} “My hope is that we can find a common ground, break through any obstacles that may have kept us apart.” Contact, released in 1997 Ellie Arroway is a SETI researcher — she listens for signals from space using a series of giant telescopes. One day she hears a pattern — and it’s determined that […]
{5/5} “Now there comes a point when a reasonable man will swallow his pride and admit that he’s made a terrible mistake. The truth is, I was never a reasonable man.” Big Fish, released in 2003 Edward Bloom has led a life filled with one fantastic thing after another — that is, if you believe […]
{4.5/5} “I think about the lives of my ancestors and what they have meant to the future. Life itself may have a greater purpose. I know the creation of more means something, though I can’t say what. Maybe each civilization is a piece of the purpose, and when one affects another we are all closer […]
{5/5} “‘You need me to call somebody for you?’ ‘Well, I don’t think they’d hear you from here.’” Enchanted, released in 2007 The Queen doesn’t want her stepson Edward to get married because then that princess will usurp her. When Edward meets Giselle he immediately wants to marry her, but the Queen sends her somewhere […]
{5/5} “Here, put these bandit hats on.” Fantastic Mr. Fox, released in 2009 Mr. Fox writes a column for the newspaper. He used to steal chickens but he promised his wife he’d stop. He moved his family to a tree because living in a hole in the ground made him feel poor. Now he has […]
{3/5} “He made himself a god, and it corrupted him.” The Thirteenth Floor, released in 1999 Douglas Hall works at a computer software company where they’ve been working on something revolutionary — an artificial world where the characters think they’re real people. His boss, Hannon Fuller, was murdered and Douglas can’t remember what he was […]
{5/5} “Maybe you’re not dead. Maybe you’re just very… light.” Just Like Heaven, released in 2005 Elizabeth is a doctor who had been working for 26 hours when she gets in a car accident. She’s now in a coma. David is a widower who’s looking for a new place to live when he finds a […]
{4/5} “Well now, aren’t you contentious for a minor bipedal species?” Star Trek: Voyager season 1, aired in 1995 Captain Kathryn Janeway and the USS Voyager are searching for a Maquis ship in the Badlands when they’re transported 70 000 light years away to the Delta Quadrant. It will take 75 years to get back […]
{5/5} “Uri had been in an army, but I had been in a war. Soldiers win victories, but civilians merely survive, if they are lucky and clever. That can be enough, but the civilians may hate both sides, and I did. I had left Earth to escape them all, every side in every war.” Semiosis […]
{4.5/5} “Just a tip. If you start walking, don’t move the weight bearing leg first. It’s something I’ve just learned.” — Colin Whose Line is it Anyway? season 16, aired in 2020 Wayne and guest star Amber Riley sing a song about living in a shipping container home. Ryan, Colin, and Wayne are waiters at […]