Insurgent, the second installment made after Veronica Roth's "Divergent Trilogy", is not worse than the first, Divergent itself. Despite what other critics say, I liked it as well. I remember giving Divergent a 9 out of ten on imdb, which was a great rating. I wouldn't do the same with their rival franchises, "The Hunger Games Trilogy" or "The Maze Runner Pentalogy". With all the glam they have being very trendy post apocalyptic dystopia bloody "game shows", I like this one better. Based on what … [Read more...]
Winners of the Golden Globes 2016 – The List
Finally, the (73rd) Golden Globe 2016 Awards, Winners List. Only the winners are here. Because the Golden Globes are produced by Dick Clark Productions in association with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, there must be a little bit more objectivity in how the awards are being distributed. You have the nominees list here, so I'm not going to fill the spaces again, with everybody. I like it a lot that one of the most brilliant comedians in Great Britain was chosen yet again to host the … [Read more...]
Divergent
Divergent is the first movie in an young-adult dystopian series, created on the model of Hunger Games. Great success, and quite enjoyable, comparative with that absurd Hunger Games. I have to say that I couldn't bring myself to watch the sequels. They have no logic. But this post is about Divergent, not Hunger Games. This is a movie made after the first volume of Divergent trilogy, which is a series of young adult science fiction adventure novels by Veronica Roth. The trilogy consists of … [Read more...]
Quills
"Quills" is an extraordinary essay about talent and brilliancy. It doesn't matter that the critics and historians consider the movie historically inaccurate. It is perfectly acted and the ideas are very clearly presented. As the producers said in the year 2000, when the film was released, it was not about the accuracy, "but exploring issues such as censorship, pornography, sex, art, mental illness, and religion." (cf. Wikipedia) [source] - and all the others The movie depicts the period … [Read more...]