We all know of movies we shouldn't watch on a full stomach - certain horror movies or gross-out comedies, for instance. But far more insidious are the movies that actually make you hungry while you're watching them.
(Originally posted on Channel Awesome on April 13, 2015)
We all know of movies we shouldn't watch on a full stomach - certain horror movies or gross-out comedies, for instance. But far more insidious are the movies that actually make you hungry while you're watching them.
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(Originally posted on Channel Awesome on November 10, 2014)
Now that the extended edition of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) is available and The Battle of the Five Armies will be hitting theaters soon, it seems like a good time for this particular Top 10 List. (Originally posted on Channel Awesome on August 25, 2014)
I've always liked movie music, but I'm pretty sure Michael Kamen's score for Disney's The Three Musketeers (1993) was what got me to love it. Until this movie, I don't think I fully appreciate how a film's musical score can affect the energy and mood of a scene, although I was definitely aware of it. Sometimes the score can be the best thing about some movies...and later on, I learned that sometimes it's the only good thing about certain films, even some I used to like. (In case you're wondering, no, the Disney Three Musketeers movie doesn't fall into this category of bad movies with good music. I think it's a good, way the hell under-rated movie with excellent music. In fact, it used to be my all-time favorite film.) (Originally posted on Channel Awesome on April 21, 2014)
Villains can sometimes be the best part of a movie. Heck, sometimes they're the only good thing about a movie. Street Fighter (1994) may have been god-awful, but I have to admit that I had a lot of fun watching Raul Julia hamming it up for all it was worth as General Bison. Sometimes I'll get excited about a movie solely because of who's playing the bad guy, either because he or she is well-established as being able to play awesome villains (like Basil Rathbone, Alan Rickman, or Sean Bean), or they usually play good guys and it's a chance to see them play against type (like Denzel Washington in Training Day, or Teri Hatcher in Coraline). And usually, I'm thrilled with the results. (Originally posted on Channel Awesome on December 9, 2013) Swashbucklers have been a key part of my life for as long as I can remember. My interest in fencing, fight choreography, and pretty much anything having to do with sword fighting originally came from the movies, and from there, I got into literary sword fights as well. As I began writing my novels, and my own fight scenes, I'd turn to these books and movies for tips and pointers (pun only slightly intended) on how to choreograph them, and how I want them to play out in the readers' imagination. In fact, the sword fights in my novels, particularly The Brotherhood of the Black Flag, are designed to resemble the sword fights from movies, rather than realistic combat.
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