... though I kinda have an excuse. Ive only watched 2 films in the past 2 weeks, so not really worth updating!
No idea of date - Run Fat Boy Run. Seen this movie quite alot already, but Laura wanted to watch it so i hadda sit through it again. I say that not cause its bad, but cause watching one movie too many times definatly takes away from it. Generic enough plot, generally funny the whole way through, hilarious fight scene with Pegg and Moran and a feel good ending. 7/10
My Sister's Keeper - One of those movies whose sole purpose is to make you cry. Unfortunatly it failed miserably at this. Likeable lead character, though the girl with cancer had horribly massive lips and kinda looked like jade goody... I dont mean that cause they were both bald, Im refering to her general look.. The twist was glaringly obvious. Cameron Diaz was very hateable. However, it kept my attention throughout so it gets props for that. Im gonna go for a 5/10
Monday, 27 July 2009
Monday, 13 July 2009
Long delays between film watching due to scrubs and malcolm in the middle
10/7/09 - The Number 23 - For some reason this film gets worse everytime I see it. i think this is the 3rd time Ive watched it and it really isnt an enjoyable film when you know the plot twist the whole way through the film. Sure, its a good plot twist etc, but when a film is overly reliant on this to drive the movie, it tends to get old with multiple viewings. Take The Usual Suspects for an example. The dialogue, the characters, the action was all top notch, and by the time the twist is revealed, it is just the icing on the cake. The Number 23, on the other hand, had none of these other things. Though it is great to see Jim Carey in any role. 4/10
Sorry bout the lack of updates, but its not cause im lazy, its cause Im not watching anywhere near the number of films I want to due to various factors ( the ones in the title and work grrrrr). Ill try to get more watched in the next few days.
Sorry bout the lack of updates, but its not cause im lazy, its cause Im not watching anywhere near the number of films I want to due to various factors ( the ones in the title and work grrrrr). Ill try to get more watched in the next few days.
Sunday, 5 July 2009
Bit late on this one...
3/7/09
The Life of David Gale - This was an awesome movie. Its very rare that I come across a drama that doesnt bored the crap out of me, but this one never once got me restless and it kept me thinking the whole way throughout. Combine this with a completely unexpected ending and yet another unbelievably great performance from Kevin Spacy (must be the name..) and it really is a classic. Thats why its got the highest mark to date 9/10
The Life of David Gale - This was an awesome movie. Its very rare that I come across a drama that doesnt bored the crap out of me, but this one never once got me restless and it kept me thinking the whole way throughout. Combine this with a completely unexpected ending and yet another unbelievably great performance from Kevin Spacy (must be the name..) and it really is a classic. Thats why its got the highest mark to date 9/10
Thursday, 2 July 2009
The saints go marching in...
2/7/o9
The Boondock Saints - I enjoyed this movie at the time. It had likeable characters, cool action sequences and a decent plot. In particular, the way in which each crime scene was analysed alongside time switches by the FBI agent was really well exectuted and made for great watching. However, I found it difficult to understand the motivation of the two lead characters... They were killing bad people to help the innocent thrive, something which reminded me of Dexter. Yet, unlike Dexter, they didnt really seem to have any reason to do so. Sure, they had the vision at the start of the movie, but this is killing people! How could they think it is right for them to judge and kill at their leisure? Its all very contradictory. Bear in mind these are the people who set a guys ass on fire in a bar-room brawl!! Thats pretty damn evil in itself... Another plot element I didnt like was the Il Duce twist... I wont ruin it, but it seemed pretty random and thrown together. Anyway, as I said, I did enjoy this movie quite alot, despite the plot holes. 7/10
The Boondock Saints - I enjoyed this movie at the time. It had likeable characters, cool action sequences and a decent plot. In particular, the way in which each crime scene was analysed alongside time switches by the FBI agent was really well exectuted and made for great watching. However, I found it difficult to understand the motivation of the two lead characters... They were killing bad people to help the innocent thrive, something which reminded me of Dexter. Yet, unlike Dexter, they didnt really seem to have any reason to do so. Sure, they had the vision at the start of the movie, but this is killing people! How could they think it is right for them to judge and kill at their leisure? Its all very contradictory. Bear in mind these are the people who set a guys ass on fire in a bar-room brawl!! Thats pretty damn evil in itself... Another plot element I didnt like was the Il Duce twist... I wont ruin it, but it seemed pretty random and thrown together. Anyway, as I said, I did enjoy this movie quite alot, despite the plot holes. 7/10
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
Mehhhhhhhhhhh
1/7/09
Resident Evil Extinction - After the second movie I had reasonably high hopes for this one. Unfortunatly, as the title says, it was a whole loada mehhhhhhhhh. Nothing totally awful, nothing worth a second watch. They built on the previous movie in that they added a couple more characters from the games. One of these was Claire Redfield, who I really liked in the games, but despised in the movie... So not a good job there! The other was Wesker, which answered my plea from the last movie. However, he was given a crappy, bit part role and we really didnt get to see how cool he is. Hopefully he'll be in the fourth movie and be given a much greater role and we'll see his character develop into the hate-filled, crazy supervillan we know and love! Also, where did Jill go? She was cool and added some looks which I was grateful for! Anyway, as I said, story was kinda meh, special effects were good, loads of zombie killing and crow burning. All adds up to a 5/10
Resident Evil Extinction - After the second movie I had reasonably high hopes for this one. Unfortunatly, as the title says, it was a whole loada mehhhhhhhhh. Nothing totally awful, nothing worth a second watch. They built on the previous movie in that they added a couple more characters from the games. One of these was Claire Redfield, who I really liked in the games, but despised in the movie... So not a good job there! The other was Wesker, which answered my plea from the last movie. However, he was given a crappy, bit part role and we really didnt get to see how cool he is. Hopefully he'll be in the fourth movie and be given a much greater role and we'll see his character develop into the hate-filled, crazy supervillan we know and love! Also, where did Jill go? She was cool and added some looks which I was grateful for! Anyway, as I said, story was kinda meh, special effects were good, loads of zombie killing and crow burning. All adds up to a 5/10
Sunday, 28 June 2009
An apology to the gay community
I just glanced over my reviews there and realised that my first 3 all commented on my dislike of a gay character! This does not represent ya'll and I just disliked those specific characters in those specific films. Big respect!
Ahhh memories
26/6/09
Resident Evil: Apocolypse - First off, just want to say that Im a massive fan boy of Resident Evil games, in particular the PS1 games. They havent aged that well, but damn at the time there was nothing more fun than killing crappy looking zombies while standing still and lacking any sort of mobility resembling natural human movements. For this reason, I was wary going into this movie, especially as the first blew so hard (in my opinion... just be glad I didnt have this blog when I watched it or I would have bitched so damn hard). The reason for this was mostly due to the fact that it had pretty much nothing to do with the games which made it a totally standard zombie movie using the name to get a few extra viewers. The only real links with the game in the first movie was the inclusion of Unbrella as the evil pharmacutical company responsible for the virus and the cameo of the William Birkin character at the end. The second movie did NOT get off to a good start when i realised that this character had been cut out and replaced with another character again totally unrelated to the game franchise. Sigh. Thankfully, the film only got better from this point onwards. Jill Valentine and Carlos Olivera were both lead characters, which brought back waves of nostalgia instantly. Im still not sure about the Alice character, but as long as shes got back up like this, Im happy! Also, Nemesis is just awesome. "S.T.A.R.S...." Scary stuff! Wasnt too sure about his character change, but I guess it worked in the context of the film. I perfered him as the emotionless badass in the games though. All in all, it was a good action movie, with the added bonus of having lots of characters and references from the games. I have another major gripe with it though: They had quite a S.T.A.R.S-heavy story line, but Albert Wesker is missing... The movie could have been much better if he was incorperated in some way. But still, highly entertaining! 7/10
Resident Evil: Apocolypse - First off, just want to say that Im a massive fan boy of Resident Evil games, in particular the PS1 games. They havent aged that well, but damn at the time there was nothing more fun than killing crappy looking zombies while standing still and lacking any sort of mobility resembling natural human movements. For this reason, I was wary going into this movie, especially as the first blew so hard (in my opinion... just be glad I didnt have this blog when I watched it or I would have bitched so damn hard). The reason for this was mostly due to the fact that it had pretty much nothing to do with the games which made it a totally standard zombie movie using the name to get a few extra viewers. The only real links with the game in the first movie was the inclusion of Unbrella as the evil pharmacutical company responsible for the virus and the cameo of the William Birkin character at the end. The second movie did NOT get off to a good start when i realised that this character had been cut out and replaced with another character again totally unrelated to the game franchise. Sigh. Thankfully, the film only got better from this point onwards. Jill Valentine and Carlos Olivera were both lead characters, which brought back waves of nostalgia instantly. Im still not sure about the Alice character, but as long as shes got back up like this, Im happy! Also, Nemesis is just awesome. "S.T.A.R.S...." Scary stuff! Wasnt too sure about his character change, but I guess it worked in the context of the film. I perfered him as the emotionless badass in the games though. All in all, it was a good action movie, with the added bonus of having lots of characters and references from the games. I have another major gripe with it though: They had quite a S.T.A.R.S-heavy story line, but Albert Wesker is missing... The movie could have been much better if he was incorperated in some way. But still, highly entertaining! 7/10
Thursday, 25 June 2009
Classic horror movie curse strikes again...
24/6/09
The Shining - I went into this movie dreading that it may turn out to be a disappointment due to other recent viewings of "classic" horror movies which kinda sucked (the Exorcist and Friday the 13th, Im looking at you!). While it was better than those 2 movies, it was still a lil disappointing. It was one of those films where Ive seen lots of bits of, and any I hadnt seen directly had been seen as parodies. For this reason, ill never know what impact the movie could have had had I been watching it all for the first time. Jack Nicholson is great. Not just in this movie, but in general. If he hadnt been here, I probably would have switched off half way through. There were lots of "whats going on?!" moments and nothing was really explained... For this reason, it only gets a 5/10
The Shining - I went into this movie dreading that it may turn out to be a disappointment due to other recent viewings of "classic" horror movies which kinda sucked (the Exorcist and Friday the 13th, Im looking at you!). While it was better than those 2 movies, it was still a lil disappointing. It was one of those films where Ive seen lots of bits of, and any I hadnt seen directly had been seen as parodies. For this reason, ill never know what impact the movie could have had had I been watching it all for the first time. Jack Nicholson is great. Not just in this movie, but in general. If he hadnt been here, I probably would have switched off half way through. There were lots of "whats going on?!" moments and nothing was really explained... For this reason, it only gets a 5/10
Wednesday, 24 June 2009
23/6/09
American Beauty - Seen this one many times before, but I somehow remember it being... better? Its a good movie and very artsy with a very likeable lead character. Problem was, none of the rest of the characters were likeable at all. Parts seemed to drag much more than I remember them before and I got bored a few times. Also, I never really understood the gay army guy... It just seemed to happen out of the blue and there was no real hints that he might have been before this. Decided to go for a 6/10
American Beauty - Seen this one many times before, but I somehow remember it being... better? Its a good movie and very artsy with a very likeable lead character. Problem was, none of the rest of the characters were likeable at all. Parts seemed to drag much more than I remember them before and I got bored a few times. Also, I never really understood the gay army guy... It just seemed to happen out of the blue and there was no real hints that he might have been before this. Decided to go for a 6/10
Tuesday, 23 June 2009
Boring Lawyers and rowdy batchelors
21/6/09
Michael Clayton - Fell asleep about an hour in... May be due to fatigue and the fact it was 4am, or that the film was a boring lawyer film... George Clooney is OLD by the way... Will watch the last hour sometime and come back to this...
22/6/09
The Hangover - Really funny film. Lots of great moments with likeable characters. Beard guy provided around 75% of the humour, which was no bad thing! I do have one or two complaints though... Although its great to see Mike Tyson in a film, it was really quite pointless and kinda just seemed like they were desperatly trying to fit him in. Still funny though. Another character who seemed a bit forced with that gay japanese dude. They just seemed to throw him in as a solution to the plot, and wasnt really relevent to anything else. The funniest part was probably the ending, where they find the camera and we get to see the pictures from the night. Funny stuff! 8/10
Michael Clayton - Fell asleep about an hour in... May be due to fatigue and the fact it was 4am, or that the film was a boring lawyer film... George Clooney is OLD by the way... Will watch the last hour sometime and come back to this...
22/6/09
The Hangover - Really funny film. Lots of great moments with likeable characters. Beard guy provided around 75% of the humour, which was no bad thing! I do have one or two complaints though... Although its great to see Mike Tyson in a film, it was really quite pointless and kinda just seemed like they were desperatly trying to fit him in. Still funny though. Another character who seemed a bit forced with that gay japanese dude. They just seemed to throw him in as a solution to the plot, and wasnt really relevent to anything else. The funniest part was probably the ending, where they find the camera and we get to see the pictures from the night. Funny stuff! 8/10
Sunday, 21 June 2009
Welcome to the incredibly harsh world of my film watching!
Basically, this is an idea stolen from Micky, in that I will be leaving my opinions on movies as i watch them. However, unlike Micky, I dont really have an aim of how many films to watch in a set amount of time, and am basically using this as a point of reference so i can check to see if I want to rewatch a film. Also, unlike micky, Im going to give a rating out of 10 so i know for myself exactly what films were awesome (10, though im unlikely to ever give a perfect score) or a discrace to the movie watching public (1. expect this to happen... a lot). So, on with the first review (I will be keeping them short and sweet)!
21/6/09
Rock N Rolla - Your typical Guy Ritchie film... London gangster type crowd... doing a deal with some foreigner, something goes wrong, some asshole tries to steal the cash, blah blah blah. I feel like I've seen this movie before so many times. The only real differences between this and the rest of his movies were the inclusion of a plot twist involving a homosexual gangster and the inclusion of a chavvy rockstar character (Yep, you heard right). There was a half decent ending, but one that could be seen coming from further away than the great wall of china. There were some entertaining moments and generally the humor was good. Not enough to hold my interest though. 4/10
Ok, so thats my first review. I'm off to watch Michael Clayton now (which, coincidently, has Tom Wilkinson in it, who was also in Rock N Rolla) in the hope that George Clooney can rescue what has been a poor day for film watching... Later.
21/6/09
Rock N Rolla - Your typical Guy Ritchie film... London gangster type crowd... doing a deal with some foreigner, something goes wrong, some asshole tries to steal the cash, blah blah blah. I feel like I've seen this movie before so many times. The only real differences between this and the rest of his movies were the inclusion of a plot twist involving a homosexual gangster and the inclusion of a chavvy rockstar character (Yep, you heard right). There was a half decent ending, but one that could be seen coming from further away than the great wall of china. There were some entertaining moments and generally the humor was good. Not enough to hold my interest though. 4/10
Ok, so thats my first review. I'm off to watch Michael Clayton now (which, coincidently, has Tom Wilkinson in it, who was also in Rock N Rolla) in the hope that George Clooney can rescue what has been a poor day for film watching... Later.
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