Word: evil
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Think that, and think again. You needn't be Return of the Jedi's evil Emperor, pregnant with prescience, to foresee smiles of delicious anticipation as the 20th Century Fox fanfare blares, the Lucasfilm logo fades and the sacred text appears: "A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away..." You needn't be a Hollywood accountant, mopey about this year's stagnant box office and praying for a Titanic-size hit, to forehear the cheers that will surely erupt halfway through the film when the Jedi knight Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) casts his laser stare on nine...
...Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, but also to his first features, THX 1138 and American Graffiti. It has the gifted, driven misfit; the young woman above his station but not beyond his dreams; the mystic guide, the imposing villain, the comic sidekick. Yoda, Obi-Wan Kenobi, the evil Emperor and Darth Vader are here--all of them 30 years younger, some barely recognizable. There are lots of battles and a cool drag race. It's a George Lucas movie...
...often that American audiences get a view of Germany society in the '30s that is multifaceted. Vilsmaier, while acknowledging the horrors and injustices of the Nazi Party, is too thoughtful (or perhaps just too consciously a German citizen) to categorize the regime as universally and blatantly evil. The Party is seen at one point giving The Harmonists special permission to continue their performances despite the recent constrictions. The one riot scene, in which Nazi soldiers begin to chant derisively during the middle of a concert, shows the soldiers being suppressed by a dignified Nazi general, whom they instantly obey...
...Evil sneaks inside, steals laptops, burgles rooms, even rapes. Against such intrusion Harvard deploys police, guards, locks, and awareness, what all of us see as a common and largely successful effort against harm. We glance at the stranger, report the lurker, lock the door. About all that Assassin teaches little. No one calls the game Perimeter Defense or Scotland Yard. Yet our continuous awareness, sometimes great, sometimes less, of external threat frequently deflects out attention from the very real harm now and then occasioned by people inside the gates. Assassin is basic training against date-rape...
...Evil sneaks inside, steals laptops, burgles rooms, even rapes. Against such intrusion Harvard deploys police, guards, locks, and awareness, what all of us see as a common and largely successful effort against harm. We glance at the stranger, report the lurker, lock the door. About all that Assassin teaches little. No one calls the game Perimeter Defense or Scotland Yard. Yet our continuous awareness, sometimes great, sometimes less, of external threat frequently deflects our attention from the very real harm now and then occasioned by people inside the gates. Assassin is basic training against date-rape...