Arthur Aringdale
- Location
- Loveland, Colorado, United States
- Birthday
- December 31
- Bio
- I write about movies and about the general goings-on of the industry that interest me. I will also try to provide as many links to movies that are free to watch online as I can.
MY RECENT POSTS
- 2010 So Far
July 15, 2010 05:11PM - Can we all agree that women go
to movies already?
July 09, 2010 03:09PM - Too Many Words About Copyright
and Piracy
July 05, 2010 04:34PM - Norm Macdonald Appreciation
Week
February 01, 2010 04:56PM - Eat Your Vegetables: An
Introduction
January 29, 2010 02:39PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Star Wars was certainly
as calculated as Avatar was in
its
creation, it is most
d…”
January 08, 2010 10:10AM - “I love your analysis of
Rudolph, and I can only say
that if
you haven't seen
the…”
January 07, 2010 06:58PM - “What a great quote.
Rated”
January 07, 2010 05:33PM - “Avatar sure did look
great, but how it has managed
to touch
so many people
still…”
January 07, 2010 02:44PM - “I usually don't read
poetry in blogs but this one
was really
touching.
Rated”
December 29, 2009 09:01PM
Arthur Aringdale's Links
JULY 15, 2010 5:11PM
2010 So Far
I hadn't really given much thought to the idea of doing a mid-year
piece about the state of cinema, but I'm getting sick of hearing
about how crappy a year 2010 has been for movies. Sure, this year
hasn't been quite as stacked with quality films as the last few so…
JULY 9, 2010 3:09PM
Can we all agree that women go to movies already?
So they're making a movie based on the Vampire Academy
novels you've seen with the 20% off stickers next to the checkout
counter at the grocery store over the past couple years. Apparently
the series is some kind of knockoff to Twilight and
Harry Potter, following a vampire named Rose
through…
JULY 5, 2010 4:34PM
Too Many Words About Copyright and Piracy
Scott Adams pointed out in a
recent blog entry that our parents' generation (and by "our
parents" I mean the group of people vaguely encompassed by baby
boomers and gen-x'ers) will likely be the last
one that sees paying for entertainment media like music, movies,
and books as the de facto…
FEBRUARY 1, 2010 4:56PM
Norm Macdonald Appreciation Week
While scanning Hulu looking for free movies to watch and share, I happened across Dirty Work, the movie that should have made Norm Macdonald a major star. I can't tell you how many times I have seen Dirty Work; despite the fact that it feels somewhat shoddily assembled it remains something/…
JANUARY 29, 2010 2:39PM
Eat Your Vegetables: An Introduction
For movie lovers, the internet is a resource that provides riches
beyond measure. Twenty years ago it would have been beyond
anybody's wildest dreams to have even a fraction of the kind of
access to the filmmaking process that we now enjoy: between the
multitude of news sites and blogs that…
JANUARY 13, 2010 5:29PM
My New Favorite War Movie
God damn.
I knew The Hurt Locker was going to be good (you don't win as many critics' prizes as it has unless you're either pretty special or Slumdog Millionaire) but I was not prepared for a work with anything close to the level of craftsmanship and vitality that I saw… Read full post »
The general public's reaction to Avatar baffles me a little bit. While I thought it was pretty good (though with serious reservations about its thematic content), it wasn't a movie that moved me in the least. I am aware that my emotional reaction to a film is by no means de… Read full post »
JANUARY 5, 2010 4:45PM
When did Bobcat Goldthwait get so brilliant?
(there is no way to discuss World's Greatest
Dad without venturing into spoiler territory, so if
that kind of thing bothers you, consider yourself
warned)
DECEMBER 29, 2009 12:29PM
Avatar: Gorgeous, Pulse-Pounding, Irredeemably Racist
It's hard to decide what to discuss first when reviewing a movie
like Avatar. My thoughts on the movie are mixed: I loved the visual
experience and was thrilled to see that James Cameron's first
action movie since True Lies lived up to the man's impeccable track
record as far… Read full post »
DECEMBER 22, 2009 11:10AM
My Farovite Movies of the 2000's
I am not really much of an authority on the entire filmic landscape of the last decade. I turned 13 at the beginning of 2000 and most of the movies that I saw around that time were the kinds of movies that any 13 year old would spend most of… Read full post »
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