In creating The Lord of the Rings epic film trilogy, director Peter Jackson and his cohorts have been able to take a popular book series with a large cult following, and turn it into a huge, mainstream box office success, showered in critical accolades, amassing a total of 17 Academy Awards®. Produced with a production [...]
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The Matrix Trilogy
Posted by admin on January 6th, 2011
When it was released in 1999, The Matrix was nothing short of a revelation. Though it could be argued that no particular element was completely original, The Matrix showed us a new combination of martial arts, gunplay, and science fiction, wrapped up in a plot layered with philosophical overtones that echoed Plato, among others. Did [...]
Star Wars
Posted by admin on January 6th, 2011
For a generation of moviegoers, the 1977 release of Star Wars: A New Hope was the seminal event of the 1970′s. George Lucas drew heavily from Joseph Campbell and old Flash Gordon serials (among others), but at the time Star Wars was so unlike anything else that had been in the theatres in recent memory, [...]
Monty Python
Posted by admin on January 5th, 2011
Monty Python has the rare distinction of being a comedy troupe whose humour has stood the test of time, wildly popular in the 70s (though America was slower to catch on), but able to boast a perhaps even more pervasive fan base today. Of the six members who would eventually form Monty Python’s Flying Circus, [...]
