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Subject: Films
Seen some movies recently. Thought I'd share my views on them.
Skyfall
- I'm not the biggest Bond fan in the world, but I do enjoy them and I guess I've seen most of them as well.
This is Daniel Craigs third one and the first two were miles apart. First one was great, the 2nd quite bad. Skyfall is much, much better. Maybe even better than the first, but it was a long time since I saw it so I can't really compare.
The story is good, though I can't help but feel that they've taken modern ideas and twists and used them, making it feel a bit cliché. But it's okay. Miss having a real Bond girl in it though. The acting is really good. Craig is as good as always as Bond and Dench is wonderful as M. The rest does a good job as well. Looking forward to seeing more of Fiennes and Whishaw as Mallory and Q.
Then we have Javier Bardem. What a lovely villain he is. He's brilliant as Silva and I like what they've done with him.
The action is great and the special effects is great, but I'm not sure if they've messed up the scenes inside cars. The view of the scenery behind the passangers does not look convincing. You can tell that they didn't really film it in a car. But is that just a bad job, or did they make it that way so as to connect with the old Bond movies.
Anyway, it wasn't that irritating.
A strong Bond movie well worth seeing.
Dredd
- When I was young I liked the Dredd movie with Stallone, but having grown up I can now appreciate just how bad it was.
Didn't think this one woul be much better, but it was.
It's not a great movie, but if you want action it's well worth seeing. Acting isn't great, but good enough for this movie. The story is solid as well.
Some scenes are very cool, especially the slow motion ones.
Want action? Give this one a go.
Frankenweenie
- One of my favourite movies is "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and on the DVD I have there's a short film called "Frankenweenie". I've seen it a couple of times and enjoy it. So now that Tim Burton made a movie based on it (he made the short film as well) I looked forward to it.
I just hoped it would like up to my expectations.
It did.
Frankenweenie is animated, but not for the young children. It's eerie and some scenes just creeped me it, but also made me laugh. It's all black and white as well, which might not be what kids want nowadays.
And I'm not sure parents want their young ones to see a movie about a kid whos dog gets run over by a car, dies and then brought back to life by the boy (in the same fashion as Frankenstein of course).
But for the older kids and teenagers this one should bring loads of laughs. I loved it!
The Hobbit
- Oh how I've been looking forward to this one. Read the book many, many years ago - before I read the Lord of the Rings even - and have read it several times since. Without a doubt one of my favourite books.
And I loved the movie version of Lotr, so my hopes was high ahead of this one.
Was is disappointed?
Not sure.
It's not easy to judge a movie that doesn't really end. I might need the entire story before I can really say if I liked this one or not.
But what I can say is that I liked the additions to the story (great the see the things Tolkien didn't mention in The Hobbit, but did in other books) and the things that was changed didn't bother me much.
I'm not overly fond of the comical stuff, but most of it works well in the movie.
The acting is solid. Freemans expressions suits the Bilbo Jackson has made in this movie, so he does what he can and it is enough. Nobody can compare to McKellen, but that's okay. Nobody is bad, but apart from McKellen, nobody is bad. It's okay.
A big movie that I really liked. Looking forward to the last two, as well as the DVD when we might enjoy loads of added scenes. The extended cuts of the Lotr movies were quite long after all.
The Impossible
- Stumbled across the trailer for this movie some time ago and felt that I had to see it.
It's about a family vacationing in Khao Lak when the tsunami hit in 2004. It's based on a true story, which of course makes it even more real.
I had expected an emotional movie which would make me cry, but it was even worse than that. I think I cried through most of the movie and there was so many emotional scenes that really touched me.
The parents is played by Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor and they are both really good in this one, but I have to say I was perhaps even more impressed by young Tom Holland who plays their eldest son. The two youngest actors are solid as well.
It's a movie well worth seeing. But bring tissues, because chances are you will shed some tears, no matter how "tough" you are.
Skyfall
- I'm not the biggest Bond fan in the world, but I do enjoy them and I guess I've seen most of them as well.
This is Daniel Craigs third one and the first two were miles apart. First one was great, the 2nd quite bad. Skyfall is much, much better. Maybe even better than the first, but it was a long time since I saw it so I can't really compare.
The story is good, though I can't help but feel that they've taken modern ideas and twists and used them, making it feel a bit cliché. But it's okay. Miss having a real Bond girl in it though. The acting is really good. Craig is as good as always as Bond and Dench is wonderful as M. The rest does a good job as well. Looking forward to seeing more of Fiennes and Whishaw as Mallory and Q.
Then we have Javier Bardem. What a lovely villain he is. He's brilliant as Silva and I like what they've done with him.
The action is great and the special effects is great, but I'm not sure if they've messed up the scenes inside cars. The view of the scenery behind the passangers does not look convincing. You can tell that they didn't really film it in a car. But is that just a bad job, or did they make it that way so as to connect with the old Bond movies.
Anyway, it wasn't that irritating.
A strong Bond movie well worth seeing.
Dredd
- When I was young I liked the Dredd movie with Stallone, but having grown up I can now appreciate just how bad it was.
Didn't think this one woul be much better, but it was.
It's not a great movie, but if you want action it's well worth seeing. Acting isn't great, but good enough for this movie. The story is solid as well.
Some scenes are very cool, especially the slow motion ones.
Want action? Give this one a go.
Frankenweenie
- One of my favourite movies is "The Nightmare Before Christmas" and on the DVD I have there's a short film called "Frankenweenie". I've seen it a couple of times and enjoy it. So now that Tim Burton made a movie based on it (he made the short film as well) I looked forward to it.
I just hoped it would like up to my expectations.
It did.
Frankenweenie is animated, but not for the young children. It's eerie and some scenes just creeped me it, but also made me laugh. It's all black and white as well, which might not be what kids want nowadays.
And I'm not sure parents want their young ones to see a movie about a kid whos dog gets run over by a car, dies and then brought back to life by the boy (in the same fashion as Frankenstein of course).
But for the older kids and teenagers this one should bring loads of laughs. I loved it!
The Hobbit
- Oh how I've been looking forward to this one. Read the book many, many years ago - before I read the Lord of the Rings even - and have read it several times since. Without a doubt one of my favourite books.
And I loved the movie version of Lotr, so my hopes was high ahead of this one.
Was is disappointed?
Not sure.
It's not easy to judge a movie that doesn't really end. I might need the entire story before I can really say if I liked this one or not.
But what I can say is that I liked the additions to the story (great the see the things Tolkien didn't mention in The Hobbit, but did in other books) and the things that was changed didn't bother me much.
I'm not overly fond of the comical stuff, but most of it works well in the movie.
The acting is solid. Freemans expressions suits the Bilbo Jackson has made in this movie, so he does what he can and it is enough. Nobody can compare to McKellen, but that's okay. Nobody is bad, but apart from McKellen, nobody is bad. It's okay.
A big movie that I really liked. Looking forward to the last two, as well as the DVD when we might enjoy loads of added scenes. The extended cuts of the Lotr movies were quite long after all.
The Impossible
- Stumbled across the trailer for this movie some time ago and felt that I had to see it.
It's about a family vacationing in Khao Lak when the tsunami hit in 2004. It's based on a true story, which of course makes it even more real.
I had expected an emotional movie which would make me cry, but it was even worse than that. I think I cried through most of the movie and there was so many emotional scenes that really touched me.
The parents is played by Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor and they are both really good in this one, but I have to say I was perhaps even more impressed by young Tom Holland who plays their eldest son. The two youngest actors are solid as well.
It's a movie well worth seeing. But bring tissues, because chances are you will shed some tears, no matter how "tough" you are.
I'll add some decent titles that I've seen lately:
The Words [struggle of a writer that can't break through and get his work publish; suddenly gets a big, but morally dark chance]
The Shame - this one you just have to watch, I don't want even to give a hint of spoiler. :P
The Words [struggle of a writer that can't break through and get his work publish; suddenly gets a big, but morally dark chance]
The Shame - this one you just have to watch, I don't want even to give a hint of spoiler. :P
Watching some older films:
Twelve Monkeys 1995
The Quick and the Dead 1995
Watch Pitch Black (2000)
Twelve Monkeys 1995
The Quick and the Dead 1995
Watch Pitch Black (2000)
am watching some older films aswell.
12 Angry Men (1957)
12 Angry Men (1957)
Les Miserables.
Absolutely loved it. Quite long, but who cares about that when there's such a good story, great actors and wonderful songs.
Absolutely loved it. Quite long, but who cares about that when there's such a good story, great actors and wonderful songs.
I liked the first RED, this one looks good :) John Malkovich is hilirious :D
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yeap
watched it last week, loved the wannabe KKK scene :p
tonight I'm off to see Final Stand
watched it last week, loved the wannabe KKK scene :p
tonight I'm off to see Final Stand
Omg, it was only a trailer and i was laughing like hell
omg, after this trailer, you'll have to pay me to go watch this movie... :-S
