Quotes by Stephanie Zacharek

Stephanie Zacharek

“Batman Begins” leaks existential phoniness from the first frame.

Existential

Firsts

Leaks

Children of Men is a solemn, haunting picture, but it’s also a thrilling one, partly because of the sheer bravado with which it’s made. It left me feeling more fortified than drained. [Director Alfonso] Cuarón, the most openhearted of directors, prefers to give rather than take away.

Children

Giving

Men

Ewan McGregor stars as Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi, again doing a fine Alec Guinness impersonation but otherwise seeming lost and alone in the galaxy as the one actor attempting to give a real performance in this mess.

Giving

Real

Stars

I can’t remember ever feeling so glad that a movie was finally over. [Director George] Lucas may have held my imagination hostage for two hours, but reclaiming it afterward wasn’t hard at all.

Feelings

Imagination

Two

It’s guilty of the very thing that makes kids hate history as a subject when it’s taught badly: The Da Vinci Code makes the past feel like a dull, grainy, faraway thing, instead of something vibrant and alive.

Hate

Kids

Past

It’s impossible to tell what’s going on at any given moment in Tomb of the Dragon Emperor; it’s even harder to care about being able to tell.

Able

Care

Dragons

It’s time to start recognizing that not all escapist entertainment is created equal. And that some of it isn’t even entertainment. “Miss March” is, to use the vernacular of the escapist moviegoer, the biggest pile of crap I’ve seen in ages.

Age

Missing

Use

Monster is a compassionate picture without any obvious agenda. And it’s effective precisely because it’s not a polemic.

Agendas

Monsters

Polemics

Oldboy makes us feel a part of something bigger than ourselves. It’s a grand, gritty, indelible experience, the sort of picture that mimics great literature in the way it envelops you in a well-told story while also evoking subtle but strong gradations of emotion.

Literature

Stories

Strong

Pan’s Labyrinth works on so many levels that it seems to change shape even as you watch it. It is, at times, a joyless picture, and its pall of sadness can begin to weigh you down.

Labyrinth

Sadness

Watches

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Able

Age

Agendas

Believe

Betrayal

Bigger

Blue

Broadway

Care

Character

Children

Directors

Dragons

Drama

Epic

Excess

Existential

Explicit

Eye

Feelings

Film

Firsts

Fun

Gauges

Giving

Hate

Heroism

Imagination

Kids

Labyrinth

Leaks

Literature

May

Men

Missing

Monsters

Moving

Past

People

Phantoms

Polemics

Radio

Real

Sadness

Sky

Song

Stars

Stories

Strong

Tales

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Quotes by Stephanie Zacharek

Stephanie Zacharek

“Batman Begins” leaks existential phoniness from the first frame.

Children of Men is a solemn, haunting picture, but it’s also a thrilling one, partly because of the sheer bravado with which it’s made. It left me feeling more fortified than drained. [Director Alfonso] Cuarón, the most openhearted of directors, prefers to give rather than take away.

Ewan McGregor stars as Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi, again doing a fine Alec Guinness impersonation but otherwise seeming lost and alone in the galaxy as the one actor attempting to give a real performance in this mess.

I can’t remember ever feeling so glad that a movie was finally over. [Director George] Lucas may have held my imagination hostage for two hours, but reclaiming it afterward wasn’t hard at all.

It’s guilty of the very thing that makes kids hate history as a subject when it’s taught badly: The Da Vinci Code makes the past feel like a dull, grainy, faraway thing, instead of something vibrant and alive.

It’s impossible to tell what’s going on at any given moment in Tomb of the Dragon Emperor; it’s even harder to care about being able to tell.

It’s time to start recognizing that not all escapist entertainment is created equal. And that some of it isn’t even entertainment. “Miss March” is, to use the vernacular of the escapist moviegoer, the biggest pile of crap I’ve seen in ages.

Monster is a compassionate picture without any obvious agenda. And it’s effective precisely because it’s not a polemic.

Oldboy makes us feel a part of something bigger than ourselves. It’s a grand, gritty, indelible experience, the sort of picture that mimics great literature in the way it envelops you in a well-told story while also evoking subtle but strong gradations of emotion.

Pan’s Labyrinth works on so many levels that it seems to change shape even as you watch it. It is, at times, a joyless picture, and its pall of sadness can begin to weigh you down.

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