So here’s a little fact about me. I used to write screenplays when I was younger. They were mostly just action or horror stories, but I would read the screenplays to some of my favourite films to get a sense of how to structure them. I mostly did it for fun, but I had the hope that one day I’d be able to bring them to life, despite the more cynical (or realistic) people in my life very bluntly telling…

Most of my reviews are just me verbally vomitting up my thoughts. For this one I thought I’d attempt something a little more structured. I still might not be able to help a bit of gushing off on a tangent here and there so please excuse me if I start to sound a bit incoherent.

This movie is peak cinematic escapism. It’s being transported to this fantasical, invented universe, forming connections with it’s vast array of characters and relationships, and…

The first time I saw this movie was with a group of friends in high school, we told one friend that we were going to see 300: Rise of an Empire, only last minute upon handing him the ticket did he realize he’d been deceived we were seeing this instead. Honestly, the better deal, does anyone even Rise of an Empire?

What could easily have been a cynical product movie ends up being wildly entertaining, creative and full of…