The Overly Self-Righteous Critic explores and reviews how James Cameron’s Titanic (1997) is a timeless ode to the ocean, both a love story to the forces of nature and a cautionary tale instructing people not to let the shortsightedness of greed and ego get the better of us, and forget our place in the universe.
Category: Movies
All writings and reviews of movies.
Avatar: The Way of Water — A Slice of Life Filler
Avatar: The Way of Water is a visually stunning slice of life film, that sometimes feels like a filler. While it can be improved upon, it holds its own as a sequel to Avatar 1.
Finding love in an alien world / TV Trope
The other day I was talking about aliens in fiction, which got me thinking about Avatar, which then brought to mind Stargate, and two other
Let’s create better aliens / Why the idea we have of aliens doesn’t approximate “reality”
We need more realism in the way we portray, or imagine, aliens. What do I mean by “realism”? A little less ruled by our fears, potential inferiority complex, and other negative things we like to project on the idea of extraterrestrial life.