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brendanelks
IMDb member since April 2011
At noon on the fifth day, a Lockheed Ventura swung in low and he spotted us, a young pilot, lot younger than Mr. Hooper here, anyway he spotted us and a few hours later a big ol’ fat PBY come down and started to pick us up. You know that was the time I was most frightened. Waitin’ for my turn. I’ll never put on a lifejacket again. So, eleven hundred men went into the water. 316 men come out, the sharks took the rest, June the 29th, 1945.Anyway, we delivered the bomb.”
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Top Shelf Action
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As ever, the line is where an action blitz slips into a sci-fi romp, but here are my bangers. I love a well-paced action movie, but they're hard to do well, in these days more than ever. There are some masters, the first few that come to mind are Steven Spielberg and more recently Christopher Nolan, who manages to attain imagery and patterns with the themes moving through his films. It's about exposition versus characterization for me and that tricky task of making you give a damn about a character. Movies don't have a lot of time to create that and this has been to the benefit of TV which allows for larger, longer character arcs. Anyway here is my top action movies, in their ranking.
Best Romance Movies
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Top Shelf Comedy Movies
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Elkano's top ten (ish) movies
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It's hard to nail a top ten, as you'll find out. It takes courage and a little give and take.
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Reviews
The Silence (2019)
Trope after trope
11 April 2019
This was a somewhat enjoyable romp but trope after trope lent to its ultimate detriment. There is a fine line between lazy writing and concise writing and this felt more like the former. It had the beginnings of being a good film but would've benefited from another round of rewrites to deal with the uneven pacing.
With more than half-formed characters that you could relate to it was a shame to see them barely react when thrown into hectic, testing, violent experiences that would probably unsettle, test and provoke them.
Oh, the beloved uncle character has been mauled to death by the beast? *No reaction from the characters.*
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