what Dave thinks about movies, books and everything
{4/5} “That house was a secure location. Whoever crashed it didn’t stop by a gas station and ask for directions to the nearest safe house. They were invited. Someone told them, Matthew. Think about it. Someone you know, so you better ask yourself, can you trust your landlord?” Safe House, released in 2012 Tobin used […]
{4.5/5} “The Secretary is dead. The President has invoked Ghost Protocol. We’re shut down. No satellite, safe house, support, or extraction. The four of us and the contents of this car are all that remains of the IMF.” Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol, released in 2011 The Mission: Impossible team is disavowed after they’re blamed […]
{4.5/5} “We have nothing left to sell and we can’t afford to buy anything. You came here to help us. Offer us money… All we had to do to get it was be willing to scorch the earth under our feet.” Promised Land, released in 2012 Steve travels around making deals with landowners for drilling […]
{4.5/5} “There’s an Apache story about a man that woke up one morning and saw a hawk on the wind. Walked outside and never returned. After he died he met his wife in the spirit world. She asked him why he never came home, he said ‘Well, the hawk kept flying.’” The Missing, released in […]
{4.5/5} “I suppose in the end, the whole of life becomes an act of letting go, but what always hurts the most is not taking a moment to say goodbye.” Life of Pi, released in 2012 You will believe that a boy can survive on a life boat with only a tiger for company. Suraj […]
{5/5} “The difference between a lady and a flower girl is not how she behaves, but how she is treated.” My Fair Lady, released in 1964 Professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can take flower seller Eliza Doolittle, teach her to speak proper English, and then pass her off as a duchess. Although it’s a […]
{3.5/5} “Don’t underestimate yourself. You’re the third smartest person I know.” Transcendence, released in 2014 Will and his wife Evelyn are working on a sentient computer. When Will is shot, Evelyn uploads Will’s consciousness into the computer. Will tries to help people, but the way he’s doing it scares other people including the FBI. Johnny […]
{4.5/5} “My dream was to help my hometown, a small island hidden under the A in Atlantic, called Swallow Falls. We were one of the leading exporters of sardines, until the day Baby Brent Sardine cannery closed when everyone realized that sardines… are super gross.” Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, released in 2009 Flint […]
{1.5/5} “You don’t want to wake up, do you?” Under the Skin, released in 2013 Scarlett Johansson plays an alien who lures men to their death. There’s very little dialogue, and very little explanation. If you are willing to provide your own story when you see a movie, you might like this one. But if, […]
{4.5/5} “Guess what, Gus — this is your life! This is all you get! You get me, and you get your family and you get this world, and that’s it! And if that’s not enough for you, then I’m sorry, but it’s not nothing. Because I love you. And I’m going to remember you.” The […]