25 March 2010 ~ 2 Comments

Repo Men (2010)

Probably the greatest aspect of any science fiction is that it has the power to make the unbelievable believable. It isn’t necessarily easy to accomplish, though, and I think Repo Men is a good example of how a clever and startling idea can be mishandled by failing to inject enough believability into the story.

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25 January 2010 ~ 3 Comments

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)

Proof that an imaginative premise doesn’t make for an interesting story.

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