Update: Fast & Furious 6

I can't even begin to tell you how perfectly rounded this screenplay is: from the opening scenes to the finishing, the film just doesn't leave anything out. If you are serious about film criticism and interpretation, this would be a great film to practice on because all the tools and techniques are classic, that's why they work so well. And the film wants us to know it's doing it because the dumbest character in the film, Roman, points it out to us so we don't miss it! There are so many other films being referenced in F & F 6, I literally couldn't keep track of them all, so stay alert!If you haven't been to the theater this month, I really feel s

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The Enemy Of My Enemy: Star Trek Into Darkness & the Socialist Trinity

Let's suppose that, instead, Spock (Zachary Quinto) said, "The needs of the few outweigh the needs of the many." What would that sound like to you? Liberalism? A person gets offended because they think Santa saying, "Ho, ho, ho!" is a slam against whores and wants no more ho-ho-hoing unless it's (whoring) sex; someone doesn't think the Ten Commandments belongs in a courtroom, so they are removed; a person feels offended by the Pledge of Allegiance so the country stops saying it; Spock, as the paragon of logic and good sense, doesn't support liberal "logic," he reminds Americans of the motto of democracy: "The needs of the many outweigh

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