[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B003AQC1CQ][/pullquote] Having done the seemingly impossible and turned J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, into a feature film Peter Jackson set about editing The Two Towers ready for release in 2002. He had filmed the three films … [Read more...]
Review: Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B005HNV2OS][/pullquote] With the first two instalments of the prequel trilogy complete and the final three established almost two decades before, a lot of the basic plot elements of Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith was already known. We knew that Anakin … [Read more...]
Review: Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B005HNV2OS][/pullquote] Three years after the release of the much-maligned The Phantom Menace, George Lucas released Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones in hopes of gathering back some of his lost fans. Despite commercial success, Episode I had left a bad … [Read more...]
Review: Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B005HNV2OS][/pullquote] When Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope was released in 1977, it was hailed as an instant science fiction classic. Commercially and critically successful, it was part of the reason for the sudden popularity of sci-fi films in the late 1970s. … [Read more...]
Review: Conan the Barbarian (2011)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B00505QA40][/pullquote] In 1932 Robert E. Howard created the most famous and long-lasting barbarian in literary history. Conan the Barbarian was originally made into a film in 1982 as a vehicle for up-and-coming movie star Arnold Schwarzenegger. This reboot of the … [Read more...]
Review: Avatar (2009)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B003R0KOUQ][/pullquote] In 1997, James Cameron smashed the all-time box office record, with multi-Academy Award-winning mega-hit Titanic. He has been known throughout his career for making trail-blazing movies. His incredible work on Terminator 2: Judgment Day showed … [Read more...]
Review: Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B000K14LTA][/pullquote] When Kingdom of Heaven was released in 2005, it was met with a thoroughly mixed reception from critics and the box office alike. A vast majority of criticism was levelled at the lack of depth in the story and the performance of the main lead … [Read more...]
Review: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
[pullquote cite="" type="left, right"][amazon text=Amazon&template=carousel&chan=that film guy&asin=B003AQC1CQ][/pullquote] He can't do it. It's too long. There's too much detail. It's impossible. These were the cries that met Peter Jackson and Wingnut Films heard when they announced their intention to turn J.R.R. Tolkien's epic fantasy masterpiece into three … [Read more...]