In the February 2007 Spline Cast, Spline Doctors Andrew Gordon and Adam Bergen interviewed Brad Bird, where they posed this question: SD: On that kind of same path, what is it that separates good CG animation from absolutely amazing CG animation, in your opinion? BB: Well, you know, are we staying purely on the topic of animation, or …
Category: movies
Jan 25
Quotable: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
“You lost today, kid. But that doesn’t mean you have to like it.” One of the best lines in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (or any movie of that matter). It’s what the lead tomb robber (played by Richard Young) said to Young Indy (River Phoenix) as he gifted him with what would become …
Jan 16
Quotable: Raymond Chandler
“What a waste of money! What a waste of time! It’s no answer to say that I was well paid. Nobody can be adequately paid for wasting his time.” From a letter to Alfred Hitchcock, which can be seen in its entirety at Letters of Note.
Sep 24
Quotable: General Sternwood from The Big Sleep
“Hum, nice state of affairs when a man has to indulge his vices by proxy.” I thought of this as I brought in donuts for the guys this morning.
Aug 11
Review: Captain America: The First Avenger
I loved almost every minute of Captain America. I had high hopes for it, and Joe Johnston (who also directed The Rocketeer) did an amazing job with it. It was both faithful to the original story as well as new and unique. The cast was amazing: Stanley Tucci, Tommy Lee Jones, Hugo Weaving, and that …
Jul 29
So I Watched a Boring Movie
Before my wife met me she had gone on a date with some dude, no doubt neither as smart or handsome as me, and they went to see Mike Myers’s So I Married an Axe Murderer. She said it was so boring that she fell asleep. Years later when I started my current job, Jimmy …
Apr 20
Review: Fantastic Mr. Fox (movie)
I really can’t say enough good things about this movie. I love the story, direction, music, animation, and acting. I went into this movie with no preconceived notions (I barely knew a thing about it, not even that it was based on a Roald Dahl book), and it was awesome. George Clooney is hilarious as …
Mar 26
Review: Ladyhawke
Heather and I both remember loving this movie, and we rented so we could watch it with the girls. It was not the best around. The movie was directed by Richard Donner (Superman, The Goonies), so I was expecting better. Matthew Broderick is the only great part about the movie: he is totally natural and …
Mar 17
Review: Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (movie)
I saw this movie before I had read the book. In fact, I had barely even heard of the book. So I had no expectations going into it, either good or bad. It wasn’t very good. The very first conversation in the movie already seems out of place–stating a situation that already seems to defy …
