Welcome back stalwart readers. Had a bit of a hiatus there, huh? I know you all miss my semi-meta rantings and ravings on the subject of movies and movie-makers so this installment will be the most meta yet! If you already like my criticism of film as a general art form wait until you hear [...]
Welcome back Yourpopfiltroids. This time we’re tackling an issue I’ve long put off but deserves treatment nonetheless. Politics find their way into movies far too often, no matter what your philosophy dictates. Politics Humans are political animals. We can’t really do much of anything without some level of “politics” becoming involved. From “How do [...]
Hope everyone enjoyed The Academy Awards! Big surprise with <insert controversial award pic later>, huh?! And of course the writing awards went to <insert Original Screenplay> and <insert Adapted Screenplay>, as expected/bit of a surprise there/holy crap, really? Silver Linings Playbook?!? Writing a movie is tough and all the writers of those films nominated deserve [...]
I hope everyone enjoyed the Grammys last night (as mandated by the MPAA). Award shows are funny aren’t they? All that pageantry and pizazz just to hand out some heavy, strangely shaped objects. There’s never any skits and relatively little joking when they give out medals after a marathon. But maybe that’s because you know [...]
It’s been a while yourpopfilterites (and -ettes). But I’m back… for now at least. And what better way to get back in the mix than a new installment of “Movies Are Silly!”! If you’re unfamiliar feel free to peruse some of the older articles, this one will still be here when you get back, probably. [...]
Welcome back! In this installment we give film-makers a break and go after a different group that gives them shit: the MPAA. Film Ratings Everyone knows how the rating system works for movies. From G to NC-17 a letter/number combination lets you know what you’re getting into as a potential audience member. If it’s [...]
There Will Be Tears / Why Are They British? Welcome back humble readers. I hope you enjoyed reading nerdy rants about science and technology in movies but now we’re going to switch gears… twice! There Will Be Tears Everyone knows movies will make you laugh and cry, but have you ever wondered why? (Yeah, that [...]
Movie Science (part 3) Thus far we’ve discussed microscopes, space and faster-than-light travel. What a journey! And it’s not over yet, oh no. This time we’ll be delving into the murky depths of genetics and evolution: two related topics but not necessarily the same thing. But try telling film-makers that. This installment will be more [...]
Movie Science (part 2) Last time we talked about some of the less-than-entertaining aspects of microscopes and space that are abused, falsified or just plain ignored when film-makers get their grubby little hands on them. This time we’ll be discussing faster-than-light travel. It’ll be great, I promise. Faster-Than-Light Travel Theoretically impossible but pretty much [...]
Movie Science (part 1) Science is cool and interesting and wonderful. It brings us everything from long-winded and mostly inaccurate speeches from presidential hopefuls to the iPhone 4S. We use it to understand the world around us and change it to our benefit. So naturally film-makers tap into this font of knowledge and excitement to [...]
Blog
