I am NOT a critic. I'm merely an observer. (Books, movies, plays, musicals etc.)

( source ) My eleven-year-old nephew loves to play BORDERLANDS , which incidentally was featured in this trailer: The movie is stupendous, spectacular, exciting, nail biting and a lot of other superlatives that you could think of in a positive way.  It's like Christopher Nolan's INCEPTION, but not.  It is designed for the younger viewers that even older ones would appreciated.  As one of the critics mentioned(not verbatim), it's a Steven Spielberg 1980s movie at its best. The music and the games are from the 1970s and 1980s.  John Hughes films are mentioned and a whole lot more. Since Ernest Cline is also one of the screenwriters, he was able to convey to Steven Spielberg how he envisioned it to be, and thankfully, Mr. Spielberg interpreted it very well and even made Mr. Cline's imagination more believable. The movie and the story is set in the future around twenty-seven years from now.  It's a dystopian future...to live in the mind or...

It doesn't matter what other people think of you. What matters is knowing you did the right thing. Jimmy Donovan  to a trembling U-2 Pilot,  Gary Powers (Poster from Rotten Tomatoes ) Directed By: Steven Spielberg Written By: Matt Charman ,  Ethan Coen ,and  Joel Coen Inspired by True Events A dramatic thriller set against the backdrop of a series of historic events, DreamWorks Pictures/Fox 2000 Pictures’ “Bridge of Spies” tells the story of James Donovan, a Brooklyn lawyer who finds himself thrust into the center of the Cold War when the CIA sends him on the near-impossible task to negotiate the release of a captured American U-2 pilot. Screenwriters Matt Charman and Ethan Coen & Joel Coen have woven this remarkable experience in Donovan’s life into a story inspired by true events that captures the essence of a man who risked everything and vividly brings his personal journey to life. ( source ) The first time I heard of James B. Donovan was ...