When it comes to many things I enjoy, the amount of "heart" they have is kind of important. That basically means that they have some emotional substance, usually positive or, at least, humane. It's something that makes the show or movie (or music or book or whatever) enjoyable on a deeper level. It's the whiplash deep belly laugh to near tears that Robin Williams could bring out in movies like Dead Poets Society. Or when the Terminator says "I know now why you cry" in Terminator 2. It even exists in horror films. A little more rarely, being that horror is mostly about people at their worst and/or most harried, but it still shines through sometimes. The scene between The Monster and the blind Man in Bride of Frankensteinien. Heart is that moment when something suddenly becomes very, very real. When it crosses the line from just being … Continue reading →