Movie Review: Captain Phillips

As you know, in recent years I have found myself moving more and more away from based on true story type movies. I have discovered that I am much more enticed by genre film making, or film making that seems to be more creative and interesting to me. The idea of recreating real life stories has lost some of its luster. This is not to say there cannot be very good craft and skill involved in making them, but I find I am less interested, kind of like the recent Ron Howard movie, Rush. That just looked exceptionally dull to me.

Movie Review: Cloud Atlas

I see a number of reviews praising Cloud Atlas, with some proclaiming it one of the best films of the year. I truly wish I saw the same film. Well, of course I saw the same film but I did not see it quite the same way. I found Cloud Atlas to be dull and not involving on an emotional level. I think the latter is the more egregious problem I had. This movie, and when you see it you might understand what I am saying. I felt no connection to the characters or the story and it seems like an important element.