what Dave thinks about movies, books and everything
{3.5/5} “There are two types of people in the world, Kim. Those who like real coffee, and those who like froufrou drinks with ridiculous names.” If I Stay, released in 2014 Mia’s parents are rock and rollers but she prefers classical music — and plays the cello. When Mia is in a car crash she […]
{4/5} “Uh, yeah, and don’t even get me started about Oedipus. Let’s just say you do not want to be at his house over the holidays. It’s awkward.” Mr. Peabody & Sherman, released in 2014 Mr. Peabody is a dog who talks, adopts a boy named Sherman, and invents a time machine. Mr. Peabody and […]
{2/5} “The Koreans bought the church back, so we had to move across the street… to 22 Jump Street.” 22 Jump Street, released in 2014 Schmidt and Jenko are cops who are undercover at a university where they’re investigating the source of a dangerous new drug. They’re being drawn apart, Jenko towards football and Schmidt […]
{5/5} “Too much garbage in your face? There’s plenty of space out in space! BnL StarLiners leaving each day. We’ll clean up the mess while you’re away.” WALL-E, released in 2008 WALL-E is a robot whose day job is to compact trash into cubes and stack them up to the sky. He’s been doing this […]
{4/5} “My brain hates my eyes for seeing this.” Big Hero 6, released in 2014 On the day that Hiro, a young robotics genius, is demonstrating his microbots at the university he wants to attend there’s a fire — his brother Tadashi is killed and his microbots are destroyed. When the single microbot Hiro has […]
{4.5/5} “Anyone can cook.” Ratatouille, released in 2007 A rat that cooks? It seems like an absurd premise, but the people at Pixar make it work. Remy is different from all the other rats — he wants to eat good food rather than garbage. He makes a deal with a human, Linguini, who’s working in […]
{4.5/5} “We elves try to stick to the four main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corns, and syrup.” Elf, released in 2003 Buddy is shocked to discover that he’s not really an elf — he’s a human. He decides to travel all the way from the North Pole to visit his father, in New […]
{4.5/5} “What has eighteen legs and isn’t going anywhere?” Robin Hood, released in 2010 Robin is an archer in Richard the Lionheart’s army. At one last battle with the French, Richard is killed. Robin and his friends head for home, England, not really knowing what they will do. When Robin returns a sword to a […]
{4.5/5} “This curse will last till the end of time! No power on Earth can change it!” Maleficent, released in 2014 This is a retelling of the “Sleeping Beauty” story. Maleficent is a fairy and Stefan is a human — although they come from different worlds, they fall in love. But then Stefan betrays her […]
Here’s a unique comic called The Oatmeal, which I like quite a bit. It’s done by Matthew Inman, and his standard type of comic is to point out something about everyday life in a funny way. A couple of examples I thought were particularly funny: How a Web Design Goes Straight to Hell The 3 Most […]