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Attack of the English Language Remake
Herschell Gordon Lewis once said “I see filmmaking as a business and pity anyone who regards it as an art form.” Well Mr. Lewis is right, sadly. Movies are a business, they get made to make money – whether that means by making a truly remarkable film to earn that cash or by exploiting pop culture or the work of someone else. One thing that seems to be more recurrent is the deadly English language remake of foreign films. Whenever a film from overseas attains success or simply just has a captivating and original story, there’s always a Hollywood bank account on the case. Now I’m not opposed to More >
About the Critic Nic Rating System
I wanted to take a moment to clarify my rating system, as I’m sure readers might often get confused when seeing truly great films get docked a point or two and others, such as “The Half Blood Prince,” get a perfect seven. Basically, when rating, films are compared to standards of their particular genre or class. For example, when rating “The Half Blood Prince,” it’s not being compared to “The Godfather” standards, but rather other teen supernatural dramas. If I were overanalytical and extremely critical of every single thing I watch, quite frankly all the ratings would be low and the reviews More >
Historically Accurate?
One thing that drives me mad is when people claim that films are not “historically accurate.” This sparks much debate on the forums in sites like IMDb and quite frankly I find it incredibly annoying. If you want to watch a movie for historic facts, get a documentary or enroll in a history class at the local community college. Movies are made to entertain. Unless that particular movie is claming to be based on fact when in fact it is not, please settle down and enjoy the show. We watch films to have a good time. Sometimes movies are based on real events or are offshoots of certain events, but More >