SGRWebster.com » Film http://sgrwebster.com God alone is the perpetual novelty Sun, 18 Jul 2010 03:21:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Inception http://sgrwebster.com/2010/07/15/inception/ http://sgrwebster.com/2010/07/15/inception/#comments Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:39:44 +0000 S.G.R. Webster http://sgrwebster.com/?p=1991

This has the potential to be the most innovative film in many many years.

The consensus from Rotten Tomatoes: “Smart, innovative, and thrilling, Inception is that rare summer blockbuster that succeeds viscerally as well as intellectually.”

Thusfar it’s 87% fresh.

There’s very little chance I won’t be seeing it at 24:00 today [tomorrow?].

]]> http://sgrwebster.com/2010/07/15/inception/feed/ 0 The Voyage of the Dawn Treader – Trailer Revisited http://sgrwebster.com/2010/07/03/the-voyage-of-the-dawn-treader-trailer-revisited/ http://sgrwebster.com/2010/07/03/the-voyage-of-the-dawn-treader-trailer-revisited/#comments Sat, 03 Jul 2010 15:07:53 +0000 S.G.R. Webster http://sgrwebster.com/?p=1971 Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Just watched this for the first time with my family and am tremendously excited about it all over again. It does indeed (from the trailer, at least), look as if the film will divert from the book in some ways. Regardless, I’m very hopeful that this film will inject some life into the film franchise.

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I’ve now seen this film three times, and am increasingly astonished by its beauty & emotional force.

I’m on board with this review line-by-line.

An excerpt that captures it for me:

“Winsome, touching and arguably the funniest Pixar effort ever, the gorgeously rendered, high-flying adventure is a tidy 90-minute distillation of all the signature touches that came before it.”

]]> http://sgrwebster.com/2009/11/12/up-2/feed/ 0 Amazing footage from the new TRON movie http://sgrwebster.com/2009/08/29/amzing-footage-from-the-new-tron-movie/ http://sgrwebster.com/2009/08/29/amzing-footage-from-the-new-tron-movie/#comments Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:06:07 +0000 S.G.R. Webster http://sgrwebster.com/?p=1469 I was totally transported back 20 years when I saw this. Remarkable stuff…

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Enjoy.

Film: a matrix of meaning from CPX on Vimeo.

Also, as a super-terrific bonus, he’s made a fascinating documentary called Purple State of Mind

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I offer my own humble petition that this great work may not go unrecognized by the tv gods and find its rightful place somewhere on my dial for years to come.

I have written letters to the fickle tv gods, I now offer this as proof positive that this show must not go away forever.

It would be shameful…

The tv gods are no gods at all!

]]> http://sgrwebster.com/2009/07/26/kings-finale/feed/ 2 Christianity & the Arts http://sgrwebster.com/2009/07/15/christianity-the-arts/ http://sgrwebster.com/2009/07/15/christianity-the-arts/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 02:22:29 +0000 S.G.R. Webster http://sgrwebster.com/?p=1395 Lord, raise up a generation committed to serving you in this medium.

From the Centre for Public Christianity

Trevor Hart: Christianity and the arts from CPX on Vimeo.

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I saw it after ranting against Dan Brown’s “creative” retelling of history (justified), and dismissing the film as a waste of time (not justified).

I agree with literally every line of Greg Clarke’s review here from the Centre for Public Christianity, who says EXACTLY what I was thinking on my way out of the theater and in the days that followed (albeit with an Australian accent).

Angels, Demons and the Christian Church from CPX on Vimeo.

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The fact that I can take my 6 year-old daughter?

Bonus!

]]> http://sgrwebster.com/2009/05/27/up/feed/ 1 RELEVANT’s Top Ten Films of 2008 http://sgrwebster.com/2009/01/07/relevants-top-ten-films-of-2008/ http://sgrwebster.com/2009/01/07/relevants-top-ten-films-of-2008/#comments Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:37:17 +0000 S.G.R. Webster http://sgrwebster.com/?p=947

I wholeheartedly agree with their top two choices, and Iron Man.

As the father of two small children, I cannot speak intelligently about the rest.

What say you to their list?

Have you seen any of the others?

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