My Movie Thoughts

Sisters Review

Posted on by John Hayeck

Preface

  • Sisters is a new movie starring Amy Poehler and Tina Fey where they play (you guessed it) sisters.
  • Their parents are selling their childhood home, but the sisters want to have one last memorable party at the house before it’s gone.
  • And I did not have high expectations going into this movie. The trailers looked terrible, I didn’t know much about the creative team, and it seemed like a joke that this thing was coming out the same weekend as Star Wars.
  • But the movie wasn’t as terrible as I thought it would be. That being said, it still wasn’t good…

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens SPOILER-FILLED Thoughts

Posted on by John Hayeck

Preface

  • Spoiler alert!
  • If you guys haven’t seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens, then go on over HERE and check out my Spoiler-Free Review.
  • Then go on out to watch the movie, THEN you can come back here and read this!
  • There were some pretty specific things that I couldn’t talk about in my Spoiler-Free Review in regards to The Force Awakens, but now the movie has been out for a weekend, so I can talk about them.
  • Clicked away if you haven’t seen it? Cool.
  • You should’ve seen this thing by now… I’ve seen it twice already!!

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Editorial: Why Star Wars Actually Matters

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Why Star Wars Actually Matters

an Editorial for My Movie Thoughts (and English Essay…) by, John Hayeck

 

In the 2001 census, the necessary number of people listed “the Force” as their subscribed belief system for Jediism to now legally be listed as a legitimate religion. (“Jedi Makes the Census List”) As a fan of movies since childhood, I am very much looking forward to this month’s release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. As my passion for film has grown over the years, I have discovered more of the impressive social impact that the Star Wars franchise has on all of its fans and the world as a whole, the Jediism faith being just one example. In looking further at this overall impact, the original Star Wars trilogy (1977-1983) strongly influenced the future of film to come after it, and the prequel trilogy (1999-2005) established a line of strategic merchandising incomparable to any other series. These two accomplishments are in a class of their own, and are just two of the many achievements that helped Star Wars take over the galaxy.

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