Film Assessment: Age of Adaline

Sunday, April 26, 2015

'Age Of Adaline' Review

I have been eagerly anticipating Age of Adaline and was not disappointed. The highlights of the film were the performances, the story, and the costuming. The costuming was quite interesting and really well fabricated. Blake Lively plays the role of Adaline quite well and creates a very compelling character. She also had really great chemistry with her love interest in the film. Harrison Ford has a small supporting role but is quite enjoyable in the role. Anthony Ingruber plays the younger version of Harrison Ford and doesn't have too much to do but is great when on screen. I hope this film allows him to take on larger projects and hopefully portray a young Han Solo in a Star War spinoff or a new Indiana Jones. The plot and story is very interesting as it is based on the premise that Adaline doesn't age and must constantly change identities. Overall, I enjoyed the film and recommend it if you are intrigued by the premise.

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

One Year Anniversary Post

Exactly one year ago today I created this blog and posted my first movie review, 'The The LEGO Movie Movie' Review, which you can view at this link. Since February 10, 2014, my blog has accumulated 2,925 pageviews, I have posted 140 posts and received 406 pageviews in the past month. I would just like to express my appreciation for all of you who read my blog and support it. I am very thankful of my readers.

Upcoming Review (over the next two months)

- Reviews of all of the TV shows I normally review

- Sponge Bob: Sponge Out Of Water Release Date- 2/6

- Kingsman: The Secret Service Release Date- 2/13

- Focus Release Date- 2/27

- Chappie Release Date- 3/6

- Cinderella Release Date- 3/13

- Furious 7 Release Date- 4/3

- Marvel's Netflix 'Daredevil' Reviews Release Date- All Episodes on 4/10

- Age of Adaline Release Date- 4/24

Upcoming Posts

- Reviews of Selma and Whiplash - so I will have reviewed all of the nominees for Best Picture
- A list of my predictions of the Academy Award winners
- A list comparing my predictions of the Academy Award winners and the actual winners
- Top 10 movies of 2014 revisited- I will post this after I have seen all of the films I mentioned in

5 movies I wish I had seen 2014.

Ideas for my blog

Given the success of this blog, I am currently considering either separating TV reviews and publishing them on a separate new blog called TVAssessment, only publishing the TV reviews as individual posts, or publishing the TV Reviews only on a page, which are the tabs you can select on the side of the site. I appreciate it if I received comments with a suggestion for this idea or expressing your thoughts of what you would like to see done. I am also considering no longer publishing TV reviews after the current season is finished since I will be going into college next semester and the TV reviews require more work and need to be posted more frequently. Please let me know your thoughts in the comments below.

Overview

I am very thankful for all for you who read my blog and it's posts and hope you continue to read my reviews. If you would like to see links to my reviews as well as keep up with movie news like my Facebook page, FilmAssessment or follow my blog's Twitter account @FilmAssessment, I currently am not as active on my blog's Twitter account because it only has 3 followers but if it receives more I will be more active on it.

David Weiser

If you're reading this, then chances are you'd like to get to know more about the writer of these reviews.

Well, I'm David Weiser (a.k.a. the nerd smiling his teeth off in the image above). Some of you know me personally, some don't. This is the internet, so odds are split in that regard.

For those that don't know me, I recently graduated from the C.T. Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston. I'd like to find a way to combine my appreciation of film and fascination with marketing and carve out a career marketing for a film studio.

My favorite films include Star Wars: The Last Jedi, La La Land, The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Back to the Future, and Jurassic Park. Those aren't all of them obviously, but a few off the top of the noggin.

I started this blog in 2014 because I was considering journalism as a career path at the time and wanted to experiment with film criticism. If you go back and read my early reviews, you'll quickly see how much my writing style has changed.

I started as a novice writer. I knew I liked film, but I never truly understood why. I had simple-minded opinions and didn't truly understand the complexity of this visual medium.

As I watched more film, read other reviews, and began writing my own, it all started to fall into place. Film was an art form that enabled filmmakers to express elaborate ideas, emotions, and messages. There was more to it than simply entertainment value. While that's certainly a vital part of the process, it's the underlying ideas that drive everything forward.

I's like to end this brief bio by thanking all my readers for bothering to stop what they were doing, read a review, and for encouraging me along the way. It truly means the world!

Stay awesome!

- David Weiser, 8/09/19.