Directed by Peter Berg Lone Survivor is an assault on your senses. It's gritty, romantic, larger than life and frames its central four characters like they are Greek gods. Berg clearly looks up to the marines, and everything he does glorifies their brotherhood, loyalty and sacrifice, in a way that almost fetishizes it. It's a strange … Continue reading Lone Survivor (2013)
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Into the Wild (2007)
Directed by Sean Penn I've had a hard time getting Christopher McCandless out of my head this week. While in a Wisconsin cabin I picked up Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild, learning in more detail about McCandless' journey which I had first come to know about upon the film's release over a decade ago. Armed with … Continue reading Into the Wild (2007)
