Directed by James Cameron Terminator 2 is a mirror of the first Terminator. We follow a similar structure, with two nude future people showing up in a ball of electricity, one trying to kill a Connor and the other sent to protect that Conner. The first time around the villain, the Terminator, was an Arnold Schwarzenegger … Continue reading Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
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The Iron Giant (1999)
Directed by Brad Bird The Iron Giant lands in tiny Rockwell, Maine. It's a fishing village, and the intimacy of such a small town allows for a good microcosm of America at the time as a whole. The story takes place in 1957, a time smothered in post World War II paranoia, but our perspective … Continue reading The Iron Giant (1999)
Ready Player One (2018)
Directed by Steven Spielberg I really enjoyed Ready Player One, and I'm starting there because I feel like I wasn't supposed to enjoy this movie. It's cheesy and somewhat predictable, but it's also full of that wonder Spielberg seems to have trademarked early in his career. It's that type of wide-eyed, childlike sense of awe that … Continue reading Ready Player One (2018)
