Movie Wrongs

          Writing Movie “WRONGS” By Jim West   Ghostbusters:  Afterlife Directed by Jason Reitman Written by Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan   Reboots, remakes, reimaginings are often what gets served up most of the year in theaters.  Ghostbusters (1984) introduced the wordl to four eccentric and quirky scientists who save the world.  I have always liked the idea of science being the answer to solve the world’s problems.  Ivan Reitman directed a phenomenal cast of Bill Murray, Dan Aykryod, Harold Ramis, and Ernie Hudson in the first film in the long standing franchise.  It is almost … Continue reading →

          Writing Movie “WRONGS” By Jim West   Venom:  Let there Be Carnage Directed by Andy Serkis Written by Tom Hardy and Kelly Marcel   Fans have been wanting a Venom film for years, and every time a studio makes an attempt it always seems to falter as what fans really want is a R rated film.  What we got instead was a PG-13 version which is not shabby, but not as great as most fans really wanted.  Yet we got Tom Hardy playing the role of Eddie Brock, and with that kind of star power … Continue reading →

          Writing Movie “WRONGS” By Jim West   Eternals Directed by Chloe Zhao Written by Chloe Zhao, Patrick Burleigh, Ryan Firpo, and Kaz Firpo   Since Avengers: Endgame (2019) closed out Phase 3 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) the world has waited for what is next for the MCU.  With the MCU Phase 4 we get introduced to the Eternals.  This is a group of super powered beings created by the Celestial Arishem.  These Eternals are Ajak (Selma Hayek), Sersi (Gemma Chan), Ikaris (Richard Madden), Kingo (Kumail Nanjaini), Sprite, Phastos, Makkari, Druig, Gilgamesh (Don Lee), … Continue reading →

          Writing Movie “WRONGS” By Jim West   Snake Eyes:  G.I. Joe Origins Directed by Robert Schwentke Written by Evan Spiliotopoulos, Joe Shrapnel, and Anna Waterhouse     Hasbro launched the GI Joe franchise with toys that got dubbed action figures.  Then the comics and cartoons helped sell the toys.  One of the all time favorite characters has been Snake Eyes.  In every film the energy this character brings without speaking a word is amazing.  Needless to say when this film came out it was going to weigh heavy on whop plays the main character.  Henry … Continue reading →

          Writing Movie “WRONGS” By Jim West   Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton Written by Dave Callahan,, Destin Daniel Cretton, and Andrew Lanham   Every since Black Panther (2018), Marvel has taken steps to craft villains that are not 100% evil.  Villains which you can sort of see their perspective.  This was handled well in Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Avengers: Endgame (2019) with Thanos.  Marvel again sticks to this formula with this film’s villain and they have seemed to really nail the formula here with this film.  … Continue reading →