Berardinelli Quotes

#1. Assumptions are what we don't know we are making

Douglas Adams

#2. A generic vampire tale in the Underworld vein that comes closer to the infamous Van Helsing than a memorable re-interpretation of a legendary monster.

James Berardinelli

#3. If you thought it was impossible for a film to contain less effective comedy than Date Movie , here's evidence to the contrary.

James Berardinelli

#4. In every life, there have to be some shadows. Look at me. My life has been filled with sunshine. A beautiful and caring wife. Five healthy children. I got to do what I loved. How many people are that lucky?

Joe Paterno

#5. I'm sorry, ladies, but Mr. Johnson will not be making any second dates.

Angel Haze

#6. callings have little to do with formal job descriptions. In fact, she believes that just

Angela Duckworth

#7. A sci-fi yarn that ponders the meaning of time and the importance of evolution while occasionally throwing in some shootouts.

James Berardinelli

#8. The Phantom Menace is not a masterpiece, but it's an example of how imagination, craftsmanship, and technological bravura can fashion superior entertainment out of something that is far from flawless.

James Berardinelli

#9. The easiest way to avoid wrong notes is to never open your mouth and sing. What a mistake that would be.

Pete Seeger

#10. People need gods. They need faith. They need to believe in something bigger than themselves. It gives them succor when the world around them seems to be collapsing. They don't want truth. Those who desire it can seek it out.

James Berardinelli

#11. Being snarky and smug doesn't equate to providing insight, and there's more than one occasion when the filmmakers lose sight of this in their zeal to spread the Gospel According to Maher.

James Berardinelli

#12. Although I am not averse to wasting a few hours playing computer games, I have never tried my hand at Doom . Judging by sales figures and testimonials, playing the game has to be an infinitely preferable experience to watching this pathetic excuse for a movie.

James Berardinelli

#13. Forget horror icon, Kety Bates is an icon. She's an acting icon. I was raised on so many of her films, everything from Misery to Fried Green Tomatoes to Delores Claiborne, all films that I've watched multiple times and been inspired by.

Matt Bomer

#14. John Wick is a rousing action thriller of the sort rarely encountered in theaters these days.

James Berardinelli

#15. I love my garden, and I love working in it. To potter with green growing things, watching each day to see the dear, new sprouts come up, is like taking a hand in creation, I think. Just now my garden is like faith - the substance of things hoped for.

L.M. Montgomery

#16. This is as brain-dead as a movie can be and it assumes the audience will have the I.Q. of a rutabaga.

James Berardinelli

#17. Since 1977, there have been many science fiction movies, but none has managed to equal [ A New Hope 's] blend of adventure, likable characters, and epic storytelling.

James Berardinelli

#18. This is my third ABC show over the last four years, so we were afraid that nobody would find it. ABC was really struggling and so we just weren't very confident that it would find an audience.

James Denton

#19. There's nothing terribly wrong with The November Man in a serviceable late-night cable TV sort of way but neither is there anything terribly right about it. It's unnecessary and derivative.

James Berardinelli

#20. There's good news and bad news about 2 Fast 2 Furious , the moronic follow-up to The Fast and the Furious and a contender for the worst movie of 2003. The good news is that it's better, albeit marginally, than Freddy Got Fingered . The bad news is that it's 15 minutes longer.

James Berardinelli

#21. Sometimes the best way to find what you really desire in life is to stop looking for it.

T.R. Wallace

#22. Parodies are hard to do well, as is shown by the mediocrity of so many recent attempts. No matter how ripe a genre is for satirizing, unless you know how to do it, there are no guarantees.

James Berardinelli

#23. Side note to parents: Anyone who thinks 'Dude, Where's My Car' is more appropriate for children than 'American Pie' because it obtained a PG-13 rating needs to stop trusting the MPAA.

James Berardinelli

#24. I care. I care about it all. It takes too much energy NOT to care ... the WHY of why we are here is an intrigue for adolescents; the HOW is what must command the living. Which is why I have lately become an insurgent again.

Lorraine Hansberry

#25. I'm a DJ who makes dance music who got to play with Sting.

Afrojack

#26. Norbit operates on the principle that vulgarity is automatically funny. Crassness doesn't need a joke attached because it is (in and of itself) the height of hilarity.

James Berardinelli

#27. For the most part, however, Lady in the Water comes across as a movie that's too bad to be good, and not bad enough to be so bad that it's good.

James Berardinelli

#28. Sculpture is like farming. If you just keep at it, you can get quite a lot done.

Ruth Asawa

#29. Never be afraid to be sexy!

Alysha Speer

#30. No, that can't be so.' 'Believe me, it is. All kinds of things you told them like sunsets are good and killing small birds is bad.' 'Oh please, may I have said something less banal. Please!

Maeve Binchy

#31. The Drop's unpredictability is organic rather than sensationalistic. The movie doesn't pull surprises out of thin air for the sole purpose of shocking an audience - it lets them develop naturally.

James Berardinelli