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Terrorist Suicide Hang Gliders by Neil Young from the album Peace Trails

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Douglas Ryan illustration for a story called, “Three-a-Day Hearts”, by John Hanlon, in Motion Picture Classic, 1922

“Ain’t you heard, kid?” Miss Randolph was charmed at this chance to spread scandal. “ . . . Lark Taylor was Frank LaVerne’s wife.  Yeh, honest-to-Gawd, with a ring ‘n everything”

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John Hanlon REVIEW: ’Thor’ Sequel Is a Feel-Good Comic Book Film

★★★⅔☆

3.68 stars for John Hanlon’s 202‑word review of “Thor: The Dark World” on John Hanlon Reviews

http://www.johnhanlonreviews.com/movie-review/thor-the-dark-world-thor-loki-bromance-highlights-this-superhero-sequel/

John Hanlon’s review of Thor: The Dark World embodies the same feel-good effect of the movie itself. A review that is surprisingly positive considering most comic book movie sequels are fair game in terms of criticism, Hanlon’s words are as entertaining as the movie probably is.  

His biggest critique concerns the film’s villain, who actually isn’t Loki (Tom Hiddleston) this time ‘round. Hanlon’s thoughts on Malekith (Christopher Eccleston) mainly focus on how underdeveloped the character is. Dude is evil, and hides in the galaxy’s “shadows” waiting to attack Thor and co. , but the why just isn’t there, according to Hanlon.  

What Hanlon does appreciate is character banter, particularly between Thor and Loki. He also takes the time to touch on a few main character deaths, but in no way suggests who it is that bites it. An effective technique in terms of getting peeps to see the film, this is especially interesting as the movie is a sequel and people are already invested in these characters. The desire to know which main characters get killed till they die from it may be enough to spur movie-goers into buying tickets.

Whether that was Hanlon’s plan or no, it certainly piques viewer interest.  

Buy Tickets: fandango.com/thor:thedarkworld_149455

Original Post: e.xst.ma/tm/7LJ7

More Reviews: e.xst.ma/t/m/771247277

Rotten Tomatoes: rottentomatoes.com/m/771247277

IMDB: imdb.com/title/1981115

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John Hanlon Suffers From Comedy/Critique Bad Dream in “The Desolation”

★★⅞☆☆

2.85 stars for John Hanlon’s 533‑word review of “The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug” on John Hanlon Reviews

http://www.johnhanlonreviews.com/movie-review/the-hobbit-the-desolation-of-smaug-fun-but-long-winded/

Is this thing on? There is absolutely no humor in John Hanlon’s Film Criticism 101 piece, “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug,” and his one-liner style of criticism must be the result of a bad dream or perhaps heavy Smaug.

The Desolation is about as basic as you can get. The piece is highly unimaginative, and Hanlon simply does enough to let his audience know that the film is exciting and better than the first. What happened to the Hanlon Hot Sauce?

The Hanman begins strong with a witty opening paragraph that drops a forceful statement on the reader. However, it’s not long before the critic offers classic cliches of criticism. Director Peter Jackson’s vision is “powerfully impressive“and the world is “visually astounding.” The critique is never developed and jaws may drop due to the lackluster analysis.

After three snoozerific paragraphs of plot summary in The Desolation, Hanlon brings even more of the vagueness by noting the action is “elevated” and “more exciting,” which may lead the reader to simply give up.

The final weak paragraph of The Desolation lets one know “the plot isn’t as compelling” but “still, the action is compelling.” It’s all compelling!

The Desolation is a collection of words from How To Write A Movie Review.

Buy Tickets: fandango.com/thehobbit3athedesolationofsmaug2013_158474

Original Post: e.xst.ma/tm/34G2

More Reviews: e.xst.ma/t/m/771315407

Rotten Tomatoes: rottentomatoes.com/m/771315407

IMDB: imdb.com/title/1170358