by Melinda Snodgrass | Feb 21, 2017 | TV & Movies
I ended up seeing ARRIVAL and ROGUE ONE relatively close together. I liked both movies a lot, and have been mulling over the similarities and differences for the past month or more. I think I’m ready to take a stab at talking about them. ***********************************USUAL WARNING SPOILERS!!!!******************* In many ways they have the same theme — courage and sacrifice are sometimes worth the pain. In one film the sacrifice is personal. In the other epic, but at their core that’s...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Dec 12, 2016 | TV & Movies
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them What can you say about a movie that is kind and sweet? I say hooray and what a pleasant change from CGI violence and redemptive violence as the solution to every problem, and manufacturing conflict between friends and natural allies. (I’m looking at you Captain America: Civil War and Batman versus Superman.) ******************************** HERE COME SPOILERS************************ First the few quibbles I did have with the film. I don’t think the...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Nov 21, 2016 | TV & Movies
I got caught up on a few movies the past couple of weeks. I thought I’d try to gather my thoughts about all of them in one place rather then single posts about each. YES, THERE WILL BE SPOILERS. THE ACCOUNTANT — this was almost a good movie. it wasn’t horrible, but it went completely sideways in the final third. When it was about an autistic child then man trying to cope in the world, and when it was about forensic accounting it was really interesting and well done. And...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Aug 14, 2016 | About Writing, TV & Movies
Over the past two weeks I’ve seen two movies. STAR TREK: BEYOND and last night SUICIDE SQUAD. I only went to see the Trek film because I had been asked to do an interview about it. I had been actively looking forward to Suicide Squad. My reactions to both were polar opposites of what I expected. NOW THERE ARE GOING TO BE SPOILERS!!!!!!! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED I ended up enjoying Beyond far more than I expected, (I kept murmuring to myself, “why oh why couldn’t we have had some humor and...
by Melinda Snodgrass | May 9, 2016 | TV & Movies
Saturday was my day to finally see the latest Captain America movie though it really wasn’t a Cap movie. It more of an Avengers movie. I liked it — with reservations — and feel like I need to see it again. One thing it did very nicely was start a passionate discussion among the folks with whom I’d seen the movie. What did I like — the new Spiderman was adorable. He really was a teenager. It was fun to see Antman return. The Black Panther — OMG what a...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Apr 26, 2016 | TV & Movies
I can’t watch every show that out there. Not with some 144 scripted dramas currently showing on various platforms, however, in the shows I do watch I’m noticing a trend that is bothering me. Extremely interesting and charismatic male leads, and woman characters that aren’t as strong or interesting. It really hit me last night as I was watching the latest episode of Lucifer. A very problematic show that I keep watching because of the amazing job being done by Tom Ellis in...
