Anyone with even a passing interest in fantasy fiction will know of J.R.R. Tolkien’s work. The award-winning The Lord of the Rings films and the tomes they were based on have amassed an army of adoring fans, and rightly so. Tolkien has built a richly detailed fantasy world full of hobbits, dwarves, orcs and …
… Cars?
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A sad fact about videogame soundtracks is that, unlike their movie counterparts, they are often under-appreciated. It’s a shame because they take just as much skill and craftsmanship to compose and they’re perhaps more integral to the whole experience than that of a film score.
Due to the interactivity of videogames, it requires a unique skill to craft a soundscape that adapts to the players’ agency. One such composer that has this skill in spades is Jason Graves.
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Whether or not you consider Die Hard to be a Christmas film (it is, by the way), one thing we can all agree on is that it’s a fucking good movie. A large part of that is thanks to Bruce Willis’ portrayal of NYPD detective John McClane. Before this, action heroes were often great, hulking men that looked as though they were carved out of granite, lumbering about the place dispatching hordes of bad guys and gleefully spouting one liners, usually with a thick Austrian accent.
I bloody love Arnie.
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Well, only if you go by release dates and not the series’ timeline…
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When you think of Rambo, what comes to mind? I bet it’s something like the image above – an impossibly ripped Sylvester Stallone slaughtering wave after wave of bad guys. With that in mind, you’d be surprised at how low the death toll for First Blood actually is.
So just how many died in Rambo’s first cinema outing?
Well… At least most of it, anyway.
Bethesda finally released their much-anticipated massively multiplayer online role-playing game (crikey that’s a mouthful!), The Elder Scrolls Online, back in 2014. Unfortunately it wasn’t exactly well-received, with many people criticising everything from the needlessly greedy business model to the overall performance of the game.
Thankfully, after many patches and a bevy of additional content, TESO is now the game it promised to be, but is it too late?
Over the past few days I have picked out five festive films for your perusal. They’ve definitely helped me get in the mood for Christmas, hopefully they’ve helped you too.
If you missed any of my posts this week you can click on the links below.
Just Friends
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Gremlins
Elf
It’s a Wonderful Life
So that’s it from me for another year. Thanks to everyone who visited this site, I really do appreciate it.
All that’s left to say is Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you all have a great one, and I’ll see you in the new year.
Part #5 of the 2017 Christmas Countdown.
It’s easy to see why Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life regularly tops polls for best Christmas movies; it’s the quintessential festive film. It encompasses the full range of human emotions – you’ll feel sad, despair, hopeful and by the end you’ll be weeping tears of joy.
Well, if you’re a big softy like me anyway.
Part #4 of the 2017 Christmas Countdown.
Jon Favreau directs Will Ferrell in this charming Christmas comedy. Ferrell is at his awkwardly hilarious best as Buddy, an “elf” who is going through something of an identity crisis.
