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The Circle (2017)
Valid attempt at something already done in The Dream Chip
This movie seems to be partly a bastardization of a novel written by William Thien titled THE DREAM CHIP, that part of the novel which involves the discussion of the democratic processes. Will have to read Egger's novel from which the movie was supposedly adapted.
Hollywood has already made money off of Thien's book in THE FINAL CUT starring the late Robin Williams though they didn't pay Thien anything for it and Lionsgate (kittygate) said it was written by a Jordanian writer whom they could no longer contact when Thien wrote to them inquiring about the similarities.
Then somebody committed suicide after it was discovered that much of his acting/comedic career (The Final Cut, Good Will Hunting, Dead Poet's Society) was fashioned after a real person who didn't profit from it one bit. Hollywood is the complete parasite.
This is of course why The Writers Guild of America has The script registry. Hollywood doesn't have any ideas of its own anymore.
Isle of Dogs (2010)
A Dog Alright, as in a bunch of "Beeches!"
This was one of the worst movies I've seen in ages. The gangsters were a bunch of weak, school yard knuckleheads. Furthermore, they treated gorgeous women very severely in a number of scenes.
I won't be able to tell you how it ended because I turned it off after about five or ten minutes when the knot headed moron who supposedly was a tough guy gangster began beating his gorgeous wife on the arm or hand, I couldn't tell with a meat hammer because she went around on him. No wonder. Of course it's only a movie. It's just a really, really bad movie. Don't waste your money.
Hold it. Or was it propaganda? People shouldn't have to pay for propaganda.
Archangel (2005)
Likely Scenario
While watching this film I kept thinking of the Forbes journalist Paul Klebnikov who wrote about political and economic matters in Russia and got very close to the inner circle of Oligarchs and then was eventually assassinated.
He was the editor for Forbes in Russia and was shot while leaving the office one night. Transported to the hospital in an ambulance with no oxygen, upon arrival the elevator broke down while being taken to surgery.
Though the main character played by Craig in this film is not shot, he comes close to getting assassinated.
This is a very interesting film if you are into the political history of Russia. But it is slow at times and everyone is a bit too aloof, so the character development is shallow.
But it's a good film in other respects. Seven stars.
The Imitation Game (2014)
Powerful
You can't imagine how far society has come concerning the treatment of homosexuals until you see a film like this. I was aware of the incredible effort involved in the development of the machine, but this film really isn't about that.
This film isn't really about defeating the Enigma machine. The Imitation Game is more about the culture that develops between personnel involved in a complex military/political/war effort.
Ultimately though you can't help ask "why" when you reach the end of the film.
See it. Ten stars.
One Shot (2014)
Very Interesting parallel premise
I enjoyed this flick a lot. There was subtle propaganda in that a few of the characters appeared to be Pashto alongside the aliens, but if you are into the military/action genre, this coupled with a SciFi element made for a very interesting premise. There was some slow periods, but the SciFi angle really spiced it up.
The only thing is that the command and control element hovering in low earth orbit appeared to be taken at a local fast food restaurant with red tables in the booths and the female military personnel wearing the type of baseball style caps you see them wearing in such restaurants. Maybe this is all meant for that audience.
Nevertheless, I enjoyed it. Nine out of ten stars.
Unbroken (2014)
Best Movie I've Seen in Ages
Unbroken was the best movie I've seen in ages. It is probably difficult to portray the intensity of the camp personnel and the detail but the focus was on LS and not the conditions of the camp. If anything was lost it was in feminizing the Japanese prison camp Corporal Watanabe who was probably more brutal in appearance at the time than Takamasa Ishihara is now, being that Takamasa looks more like a runway model for Japanese clothing than a prison camp guard. That's a casting issue.
And those who have never been in any military setting of any kind would also have difficulty understanding that there are always long periods of waiting in the military, so things can get drawn out. In a film, drawn out can get boring.
But other than that, this was the best movie I'd seen in ages. Ten Stars.
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Hollywood Propaganda on behalf of socialism
This is just Hollywood communist, big government propaganda. Admittedly the craft of the film is beautifully done and it deserves an eight at least for that. But enough of the psychobabble communism and socialism coming from Hollywood, please. Two stars.
What is scary is that so many adult males identify with "Batman." That is scarier than the joker, if you ask me.
What really makes me wonder about Hollywood is that they could be doing so much more that rehashing old ideas with new film techniques.
I think the fact that Hollywood is really just a socialist, communist, big government propaganda machine constricts them from making real art anymore.
The Dark Knight (2008)
It is Scary that So Many Adults Like Such Propaganda
You know though the film was beautifully made, after just watching this again what is scary to me is not the joker so much, what is scary is that the adult population in America has such a mentality that the material appeals to them in a way as if the emotional IQ of the American male is about three years of age, maybe four, and they buy this stuff.
Didn't the director of this version of Batman make the b.o. flop, Transcendence? Wasn't that film pilfered from William Thien's novel The Dream Chip? Why is Hollywood so afraid of this guy named William Thien and his novel The Dream Chip? Hollywood isn't entertainment, it's socialist, big government propaganda. One should not have to pay for propaganda. Six stars for being well made.
The Final Cut (2004)
Sounds like The Story Line is Pilfered from William Thien's Novel titled The Dream Chip
The premise of this novel is almost identical to William Thien's novel titled The Dream Chip where a corporation uploads the thoughts and memories of the recently departed.
But William Thien's novel has way more guts as the premise also involves the same corporation that creates the technology to do that and taking on big, overbearing, intrusive government as well.
Another title, one more recent, Transcendence, has a very similar premise as The Final Cut and William Thien's novel The Dream Chip as well. In Transcendence the main character even has the same first name as the author of the novel titled The Dream Chip as if for some reason Hollywood is fixated on this guy named William Thien and making all of these box office flops instead of just buying the rights to his novel and making the real thing. It's as if Hollywood insists on pilfering ideas from the novels of relatively unknown writers so they don't have to pay anyone.
Clearly Hollywood is in the business of making propaganda, some of it pretty unsettling. But is it socialist, big government propaganda or corporate propaganda or are for some reason members of a particular religion involved in some form of religious propaganda? Maybe reading Thien's book before you watch this movie, will give you some answers.
And why does The Writer's Guild of American (WGA) have a script registry again?
Divergent (2014)
Is Hollywood Making Entertainment or Socialist Propaganda?
Boy, they really get the teenagers at an early age with the socialist propaganda these days. This movie reminded me of era of the Soviet Union. But there is romance and adventure, after your kids are indoctrinated, of course. Be careful of the nature of this movie.
More socialist propaganda from Hollywood. If it were entertainment, I wouldn't mind paying for it. One should not have to pay for propaganda. Maybe Senator McCarthy was right.
You know, if you look at America then and now and look at our forms of entertainment, what is coming out of Hollywood, the big brother shows in TV, the underlying message, you would probably reach the same conclusion. But is it government propaganda or corporate propaganda?
Transcendence (2014)
Sounds like a book called The Dream Chip by William Thien
This movie reminded me a lot about a book by a guy named Thien called "The Dream Chip," almost too much like Thien's book. In The Dream Chip people's thoughts and memories are uploaded into a super computer. Hollywood approximated Thien's book The Dream Chip very, very closely in The Final Cut with Robin Williams. Maybe that's why The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has something called The Script Registry, to protect writers from such unscrupulous behaviors by Hollywood studios. It's probably all just a coincidence. Or why does The Writers Guild of America (WGA) have something called the script registry?
But this movie doesn't have the strength and guts of Thien's book titled The Dream Chip. Nor did The Final Cut. Thien's book has much more "guts." Too many coincidences for me and way too boring. One star.