“In the stout-hearted person of Harrison Ford, Indy was a new generation’s Ethan Edwards—a young John Wayne-bwana dispatched to curate the Third World. Not an identity-cloaked sci-fi superhero but a bullwhip-toting, fedora-wearing, two-fisted sophisticate who respected the Bible and saved the children of India—a superb hero yet an intrinsically nostalgic figure.” HeroismIndiana JonesJohn FordSpielberg Book:Make Spielberg Great Again: The Steven Spielberg Chronicles Source: Make Spielberg Great Again: The Steven Spielberg Chronicles
“Toy Story 3 is so besotted with brand names and product-placement that it stops being about the innocent pleasures of imagination -- the usefulness of toys -- and strictly celebrates consumerism.” StoriesNamesImaginationPleasureProductsInnocentCelebrateBrandsToysConsumerismUsefulnessPlacementBrand NamesToy Story 3 Author:Armond White
“Now that the Harry Potter series is over, maybe the truth can be realized: This has been the dullest franchise in the history of movie franchises.” Has BeensSeriesHarry PotterPottersHarry Potter Series Author:Armond White
“Like one of those fake-smart, middlebrow TV shows, the speciousness of The Social Network is disguised by topicality. It's really a movie excusing Hollywood ruthlessness.” ShowsSocialTvsSmartHollywoodFakeTv ShowsSocial NetworkRuthlessness Author:Armond White
“The generation of consumers who swallow this pessimistic sentiment can't see past the product to its debased morality. Instead, their excitement about The Dark Knight's dread (that teenage thrall with subversion) inspires their fealty to product.” PastDarkGenerationsInspireProductsMoralityConsumersExcitementSentimentsDreadTeenageKnightsPessimisticSubversion Author:Armond White
“If critics and fanboys weren't suckers for simplistic nihilism and high-pressure marketing, Afterlife would be universally acclaimed as a visionary feat, superior to Inception and Avatar on every level.” IfsWould BeLevelsPressureCriticsMarketingSuperiorsAfterlifeVisionariesNihilismSuckerFeatsInception Author:Armond White
“The corniest movie ever made about the white man's need to lose his identity and assuage racial, political, sexual and historical guilt.” MenNeedsMadePoliticalLosesWhiteIdentityGuiltHistoricalWhite Man Author:Armond White
