Here’s the weird thing about me: I absolutely have no belief whatsoever in ghosts, monsters, aliens, psychic powers – none of that. I also don’t believe too much in theoretical physics (hint: the word “theoretical” is why). No, I can honestly say I’m a pragmatist at heart. This doesn’t mean to say I’m somehow better or smarter than people who believe in things I don’t. I fully acknowledge that pragmatism itself is a kind of belief structure – I want the facts spoon fed to me by people who have them. What’s weird about that, you wonder? Well, I happen to love all that other stuff. My brain is wired to enjoy all these things, but more than that, I am wired to seek out the stories of people who claim to have experienced unusual phenomena. Which is why I watched the “aliens are real” documentary, Unacknowledged.
Tag: Conspiracy
Movie Review: ASSASSIN’S CREED – video game adaptation fails to engage as a movie on just about every level.
Given that I already knew Assassin’s Creed was a critical dud, why did I end up watching it? I’m asking that myself, having witnessed it first hand. I don’t usually read reviews of movies I’m going to watch in case they might influence my viewing and elements of my own reviews, and I didn’t with this one – one look at the Rotten Tomatoes aggregate score was all I needed to know. As anyone who’s scrolled through my reviews knows, I’m largely a genre fan, so some movies I’ll watch regardless – that’s my excuse, and I’m sticking to it.
Movie Review: OPERATION AVALANCHE – 60s-set conspiracy thriller, heavy on period detail, but light on drama
If I’d never had Operation Avalanche recommended to me by an old friend, chances are I might never have watched it. I’d seen some promotional materials for it, even read the synopsis early last year before it was released by Lionsgate, but a found-footage conspiracy drama about the faking of the first moon landing just didn’t grab me. Well, cut to January 16, 2017, and I’ve just watched it. There are a few things to like, but it does fall short of being a worthwhile 80 minutes.