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video review : The Revenant

video review : The Revenant

The revenant the title refers to is a pelt hunter named Glass, the story’s most important and most annoying character. After being attacked and almost killed by a bear, an early peak as far as memorable scenes go, he’s left injured for most of the movie. His constant grunting and sighing is what irks to the point of nearly ruining an otherwise thrilling adventure.

The cinematography and choreography of the first ten minutes or so, the Indian ambush, are particularly engaging. There are underlying themes of love and war; nostalgic endearment and bitter revenge are more like it; but The Revenant is mainly a tale of survival as protagonist Hugh Glass, left for dead in the cold and snowy wilderness, fights to survive.

my rating : 4 of 5

2015

video review : Meadowland

video review : Meadowland

A man and woman lose their kid. That’s not a euphemism for death. They literally lose him at a gas station one day. The presumption is that he was kidnapped; the premise for a potentially engrossing story; but director Reed Morano ruins it by skipping to the boring epilogue. That means we’re forced to watch the parents mope as uneventful month by uneventful month goes by.

The movie focuses more on the woman, played by Olivia Wilde, as she goes down a spiral that is odd and a little absurd. Eating old cookie crumbs, smoking crack, having sex with strangers; her naked ass in the sex scene is the best part; and stalking little boys may be a part of her personality, but it seems unlikely simply losing a child of her own would make her do such things.

my rating : 2 of 5

2015

Eat That Frog [ 21 Great Ways To Stop Procrastinating And Get More Done In Less Time ] ( book ) … Brian Tracy

Eat That Frog [ 21 Great Ways To Stop Procrastinating And Get More Done In Less Time ] ( book ) ... Brian Tracy

This is a book that can; and if you take its advice, almost certainly will; permanently change your life for the better. It could literally mean the difference between achieving your biggest goals relatively soon and never achieving them. What self-help guru Brian Tracy presents with a silly frog analogy is just what the subtitle says; 21 Great Ways To Stop Procrastinating And Get More Done In Less Time.

Okay, they may not all be great; the word “Great” should have been omitted from the title; but they are certainly good enough to get your life going in the right direction. The catch is that, unless perhaps you happen to know him personally, Brian Tracy won’t be there with you to make sure you continue to Eat That Frog after the initial burst of inspiration you get from reading it. Bummer.

my rating : 4 of 5