Brian's Thoughts on Movies

 "You are a good man with a good heart, and it is hard for a good man to be king"  King T'Chaka to King T'Challa in Black Panther. I have been writing about the Marvel films in groups though a couple of weeks ago I decided to do Black Panther as a solo entry film because I was so impressed with it that I felt it was worthy of a deeper look.   The tragic and unexpected passing of star Chadwick Boseman pushed me to finish it and get it out to all of you. I had an odd journey to this film.   When I first saw Civil War I was impressed by T’Challa’s debut and admired the journey the character went through from seeking revenge to showing empathy to his father’s killer.   However Black Panther was released a few months after Thor Ragnarok.  While I made an effort to see Ragnorak in the theatre feeling afterwards that I could have waited for that film to come to Redbox, which is what I had been doing for the most part since Civil War.   When the trailer for ...

 “Just what do you think you’re doing Dave?” As always, spoilers abound. I just showed Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey to my kids who lately have been into Star Wars and Marvel films.   I was curious how they would respond since they are growing up nowadays in which kids have shorter attention spans.   2001 was released in 1968 a time in which a film with slow scenes was more accepted (think Lawrence of Arabia, The Sound of Music, West Side Story).   Avengers Endgame is about half an hour longer than 2001 but is also quickly paced so the time is not felt.   2001 begins with a 20 minute sequence with apes to with no dialogue followed by a 10 minute space docking scene.   I’ve seen it twice before and recorded it a couple of years ago but it has sat on my DVR until I felt in the mood to try it out.   I was truly curious to see how the young generation would react to it. Finally I just put the film on in front of my kids and did not make them ...