By Dr. Bombay, on March 22nd, 2009
Not that it take a lot to set fire to the factual underpinnings of your average Ashton Kutcher vehicle, but its sure funny when your concurrent law school studies bring the gasoline. To wit, I was flipping through HBO late last night, and caught the first 15 minutes of “What [...]
By Casebook Sherpa, on February 14th, 2009
How would you capture the essence of law school? I’ve felt since the very first semester that the movie The Paper Chase gets at something central to law school – a challenge to your ego inviting you to take up an intellectual quest for knowledge and growth. A bit dramatic, I know, but I think [...]
By Casebook Sherpa, on March 3rd, 2008
“There Will Be Blood” is a good movie (for the first time ever, Mrs. Sherpa is wrong on this). Daniel Day Lewis – though he’s playing a similar character to Bill “The Butcher” Cutting – is excellent and his character is exceedingly evil. The trouble is you can’t find much sympathy for his victims.
The movie [...]
By Casebook Sherpa, on January 14th, 2008
I can’t imagine a law school blog that does movie reviews without including one on The Paper Chase.
Having watching it recently, I’ve been thinking about it a lot. And there’s probably not much I could say about the classic movie The Paper Chase beyond what’s already been well-said.
It’s the story about Hart a 1L at [...]
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