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Ambrose Bierce: Civil War Stories (2006)
Three of Bierce's Civil War Stories
As a high school English teacher I welcome this video as an opportunity to show my students how a very strong writer of short stories can manipulate his audience. The discussion in the parlor adds to the students' understanding of the times and of the attitudes of the people.
The twist at the end of each story grabs my juniors and takes them by surprise every time. The discussion by Bierce, Hearst, and Atherton between the stories allows the students to get a glimpse of the writing process and the ideas from which a writer gets his ideas.
If you want car chases and explosions look elsewhere. If you want a very nice glimpse into the civil war and the mind of one of America's great writers then this is an excellent place to look.
Skeleton Man (2004)
What an awful waste of time and money.
My wife and I enjoy bad science fiction movies. Some movies are so bad they are good. Mansquito was one of those. That one was bad but it had some redeeming qualities. It makes you wonder how a self respecting actor approaches lines like "Hey! Mansquito!"
This one is so bad it has now taken its place as our standard for bad. It isn't just a bad movie, it really stinks. There was the coed strike force, the "Indian" that rode around in a black cloak and used a SWORD for crying out loud. He shot down a helicopter with an arrow!!
We tried to laugh at this movie but there were no points at which it didn't rise above pitiful. We couldn't come up with any redeeming features except for one. Those were the words "The End"
There seemed to be no plot, no character development, and no point to the movie. Someone in Hollywood needs to be fired.