what Dave thinks about movies, books and everything
When movies started coming out in 3D, for the first while I saw something in 3D if it was available — The Adventures of Tintin, Alice in Wonderland, A Christmas Carol, Coraline, Despicable Me, How to Train Your Dragon, Up. But the only movie where the 3D was significant was Avatar — the other movies would […]
{4.5/5} “Even if it is an alien invasion, they’re four foot high, blind and got kicked to death by a bunch of kids. We got nothing to worry about.” Attack the Block, released in 2011 Moses is the leader of a gang of teenagers in London. They start the evening by mugging a woman named […]
{4/5} “Big things have small beginnings.” Prometheus, released in 2012 Archeologists have found evidence in multiple places on Earth that aliens have visited in the past. It’s possible that the aliens even left us a clue as to where to find them. In the late 21st century the Weyland Corporation sends a ship to that […]
{4/5} “What’s the last thing that you can remember about your husband that you know to be true?” Random Hearts, released in 1999 It’s only on rare occasions now that I will watch a movie that’s on TV, with my viewing interrupted by commercials — this is one of those occasions. This was my second time […]
{4.5/5} “Although we seemed to exist in different universes, I came to understand that to be an illusion. I am as much a part of the Milky Way Galaxy as she is; the electrons and photons of which I am made, although intangible to both her and me, are real… Despite these disparities of space […]
{4.5/5} “Back on the African savannah, those who mistook every bit of movement in the grass for a hungry lion were more likely to survive than those who dismissed each movement as nothing to worry about. If you always assume that it’s a lion, and nine times out of ten you’re wrong, at least you’re […]
{4.5/5} “Anyway, check it: I’ve got this transceiver attached to my optic nerve, just behind my left eye. When it’s turned on, it’ll grab the signals my retina is putting out and transmit them to this little external computer pack I’m supposed to carry around, like, forever; I called it my eyePod, and at least […]
{3.5/5} “Love means never having to say you’re sorry. However, it is with sincere regret that I must now kill all of you.” Dark Shadows, released in 2012 In the 1770s Barnabas Collins makes the mistake of telling Angelique Bouchard that he doesn’t love her. Angelique happens to be a witch — she sends his […]
{5/5} “I’m just gonna keep talking here, ’cause I’m afraid that if I stop there’s gonna be a pause or a break and you’re gonna say ‘It’s getting late’ or ‘I should get going’, and I’m not ready for that to happen. I don’t want that to happen. Ever.” Barney’s Version, released in 2010 Barney […]
{4/5} “You’ve been wondering why I’ve been acting strange all day… You’re about to find out and you’re going to wonder why I wasn’t acting more strange, when you find out.” Midnight in Paris, released in 2011 Gil is a successful movie writer but he’d really like to be a novelist. His fiancee Inez would […]