what Dave thinks about movies, books and everything
{4.5/5} “Actually, Enzo had a perfectly good reason to be utterly terrified of Hickory and Dickory, who were already vaguely suspicious of him and would happily cycle him out an airlock if he did anything stupid with me. But there was no reason to let him know that yet. Good rule of thumb: When your […]
The Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony is celebrating its 70th season. To kick it off, they had 3 Beethoven concerts over this weekend. All of the pieces played during these concerts, except for “O Canada,” were by Ludwig van Beethoven. The symphony is conducted by Edwin Outwater. Beethoven wrote 5 piano concertos — all 5 were played during […]
{5/5} “A-a-a-anyway, something weird’s been going on with me lately: I have been sleeping more, I’ve been drinking alone… less… I’ve even started complimenting people.” Scrubs season 3, aired in 2003-04 Elliot changes her image and tries to make a long distance relationship work, JD dates Danni who happens to be Jordan’s sister, and Turk […]
{2.5/5} “I thought I wore a hat when I came in.” Thunderball, released in 1965 Emilio Largo is now number 2 at SPECTRE. He has an audacious plan to get millions of dollars out of NATO — steal two of their nuclear weapons and hold them for ransom. He steals the weapons, and James Bond […]
{4.5/5} “Humans — the few who knew the story anyway, — naturally regarded Boutin as a traitor, a man whose plan to topple the Colonial Union would have caused the slaughter of billions of humans. The Obin equally and naturally regarded him as one of their great racial heroes, a Prometheus figure who gave them […]
{4.5/5} “‘Tell me something I can hold on to forever and never let go.’ ‘Let go.’” The Age of Adaline, released in 2015 Adaline Bowman doesn’t age, so she has to move every few years, change her name, and restart her life. The FBI caught up with her one time, wanting to run tests on […]
{4/5} “This isn’t a personal vendetta, 007. It’s an assignment, like any other. And if you can’t treat it as such, coldly and objectively, 008 can replace you.” Goldfinger, released in 1964 Bond is assigned to figure out how Auric Goldfinger is smuggling gold between countries. When Goldfinger kills a woman Bond was involved with, […]
Many of the films on the list of highest-grossing movies are part of a series, and therefore in this list I made yesterday. Here are my comments on the ones that are left. 1. Avatar The best ever use of 3D, it was amazing to see once on the big screen. On second viewing, the […]
Here’s what I think of the highest-grossing film series. The list comes from here on Wikipedia, on September 8, 2015. Marvel Cinematic Universe I’ve seen all of them except for Ant-Man, and they are all worth seeing. Unlike DC’s mostly serious movies, most of these ones have a great sense of humour. If forced to […]
{4.5/5} Shaun the sheep is tired of the daily grind and decides to take a day off. His plan partially consists of letting the Farmer sleep in the trailer. When the trailer rolls down the hill into the Big City, Shaun and the rest of the sheep — and Bitzer the dog — must go […]