Holes: Yeah, It’s as Good as You Remember

Shirleon and Melvin discuss the popular 2003 Disney family movie Holes, that one where lizards are scary and the line, “I can fix that.” is eternally engrained in your brain! We dig into the films surprisingly mature content, occasionally DCOM-esque nature, and how sometimes that movie you liked as a kid is as good as you remember!

Topics:

• (PATREON EXCLUSIVE) 41-minutes discussing Madame Web: or, how movies are products to be sold, which means they are marketed, and we were not convinced the marketing had sold us on the product; an exploration on the importance of marketing; and whether someone can be critical of a film prior to having seen it. (PATREON EXCLUSIVE)
• Shirleon read the book, so Melvin asks a few questions about that.
• There’s just a lot about Holes that works on a fundamental level, and it makes the film an enjoyable watch.
• Shirleon & Melvin both observe a comfortability in the film to showcase and explore mature, hard themes while remaining accessible to a family audience.
• Shirleon gives a more specific compare-and-contrast between the book and film.
• The legalistic metaphor of perpetual, listless hole-digging contrasted against deep-and-dynamic characters.
• Shirleon & Melvin agree; all the Sam and Kathryn flashbacks were stellar.
• Discussing and contrasting the two curses.

Recommendations:

• Buy Lego! Build Lego!
• Frances Ha (2012) (Movie)

Holes is Rated PG for violence, mild language and some thematic elements. It features Shia LaBeouf, Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight, Tim Black Nelson, Khleo Thomas, Jake M. Smith, Byron Cotton, Brenden Jefferson, Miguel Castro, Max Kasch, Noah Poletiek, Zane Holtz, and Steven Kozlowski. Directed by Andrew Davis. Holes is available here.

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Melvin Benson is the Founder, Editor-In-Chief, and Lead Host of Cinematic Doctrine. Whether it’s a movie, show, game, comic, or novel, it doesn’t matter. As long as it’s rich, he’s ready and willing to give it a try! His hope is to see King Jesus glorified as far as the east is from the west!

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