Dallin: The Film Fanatic

For the last five and a half years, I have written about films old and new. In that time it has been a great opportunity for me to develop my English skills, deepen my vocabulary, and expand on my love for film most of all. I will never forget that day, May 9, 2016, when I published my first review, which was on Marvel Studios' "Captain America: Civil War." If you revisit that review and compare it to what I have done most recently, it is impressive to me to notice a great difference in their structure and thought communication. Additionally, it is hard to go back to my earlier posts and not think, "What was I trying to say here?" Deep down I recognize that I'll always be adapting my work, using the skills that I continue to learn to make something personal and that's as accurate as possible to my identity, my passions, and my integrity. Because I feel so strongly about film and about writing, I've continued writing my reviews, however infrequent the...

And now, an early review for the last new Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film I watch in the next two years, "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings."

One needn't watch the entirety of Christopher Nolan's filmography to get an idea of what his filmmaking method is. Although he has adapted his execution methods as he's gained more experience and funding over the years, the key elements are consistently the same. He loves to tell his plots out of sequence, in reverse, backwards and forwards simultaneously, and often include some bit of information at the end to generate multiple discussions about everything that came before. The cinematography is picturesque, a mix of establishing shots, long shots, close-ups, and low-angle/high-angle shots that are all done with incredible depth of field. Characters and character dialogue are tied to some part of the human experience or human nature and used in philosophical stories about ethics and moral choice. And, finally, the overall presentation of the film will be as close to reality as possible. Or, as Nolan himself has coined the phrase, a cinematic reality. It's the mix of al...

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