Videogame movies are always interesting to see. Especially the bad ones. Adaptation is a harder game than it looks from the outset: storytelling conventions, expectations, tropes, archetypes, pacing, and length all differ greatly between mediums, and that's not even getting into the factors relating to stripping interactivity from a work whose engagement relies on that interactivity. I open with this to remind people that Detective Pikachu is first and foremost a videogame adaptation, and a pretty solid one at that.
Thursday, May 30, 2019
Tuesday, May 28, 2019
A Post in Search of a Topic
So how's about that new Godzilla film... I'm excited for that. But it's not out yet and I'm no big shot film critic who gets invites to press screenings. So can't talk about that. I'd love to talk about one of the 30 some other Godzilla films but I don't have anything new to add to the discussion surrounding those and those not familiar probably wouldn't care anyhow. That Detective Pikachu movie is doing well, but I haven't seen it yet so I don't have anything to say about that either... So what to talk about...
Thursday, May 23, 2019
Michael's Guide to Sounding Smart About Film
As someone who has spent a lot of time studying film in an academic environment (roughly 5 years now). I have gotten really good at sounding like I know what I'm talking about. The secret, as with any pretentious fan club, lies in learning the club's secret language. What follows is a crash course in film criticism's secret language so you too can sound really smart while making some pretty simple observations.
Reboot!
I think I'm gonna reboot this blog. After a few years dormancy I want to refocus on writing. Especially media theory and criticism. I like the title of the blog and don't really want to change it (I might) but the purpose of the blog is going to change slightly.
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