themovieblog.com review

The Movie Blog is a very large site with a large variety of features for movie lovers to enjoy.

The film includes discussion of movie news and trailers. However, if there is any problem that I have, some of the posts seem too short. There are great ideas, but due to the short length, things seem to be only dissected at the surface. For example, a post by Bud Boomer about Ben Stiller's the Secret Life of Walter Mitty, praises the film. Boomer calls it inspiring and compliments the complexity of the main character, but fails to dig into the details of why Walter Mitty is complicated, thus leaving readers feeling a bit unsure how to feel after reading the post.

If there's anything to appreciate about The Movie Blog, it's that its vague title allows a lot of movie related topics to be discussed. This includes reviews, new trailers, new posters, discussion of strong promotion vs. weak promotion, and movie lists.

Like some of the movies they criticize, the website can be inconsistent in terms of quality. This is likely due to the site being run by dozens of different people, some more experienced at writing blog posts than others. In contrast to the Secret Life of Walter Mitty review, the Saving Mr. Banks review is a far more fascinating read. The film's review is mixed, one noted criticism aimed towards the simplicity of the Walt Disney character played by Academy Award Winner Tom Hanks, while also praising the complexity of P.L. Travers played by Academy Award Winner Emma Thompson. The most interesting part of the review is when the theme of redemption is discussed and how it shapes the characters and the overall tone of the movie.

Another interesting part of the site is the sporadic interviews, a recent example being Leonardo Dicaprio and Martin Scorcese discusssing their new film, The Wolf of Wall Street. Questions asked include the obvious like why Dicaprio wanted to be in the film, but other questions are more unusual such as the purpose of some of the more outrageous sex and drug scenes in the film as well as how the film compares in terms of themes to Scorcese's 1990 gangster classic, Goodfellas.


All in all, The Movie Blog is not the movie site on the internet. Some posts are boring or too short, but when they're good, they're really good and the site is worth visiting for the good posts, even if you have to weed through the lesser ones to find them.