What have you watched recently?

I had Munich in a drawer for a while and only got around to watching it over the weekend - those who say it's Speilbergs best movie are probably right. Great moral ambiguity and acting. My only complaint was that the best and most harrowing scene (the massacre at the airport) was inter-cut with what I thought was a needless sex scene between Aver and his wife. Maybe I missed the point. Fantastic film though.

Office Space - So, um, I'm gonna say that I liked it but, uh, I'm gonna go ahead and say that the hypnotism just, y'know, seemed to go away. Didn't, uh, even realise Bill was Gary Cole. Who I know, uh, best, as Harvey Birdman.

Famboys - Can't really remember much of it apart from scoffing at the Lucy Stillman. Four guys go to Skywalker Ranch to steal a rough cut of Phantom Menace with humorous results.

Gamer - Waste of an interesting idea in which games are played with human avatars. Thought the Sims/Second Life/PlayStation Home-style 'Society' was a fairly decent parallel of the seedier aspects of those simulators even if the movie seems confused about how much was virtual. Dexter Morgan gets one memorable scene that I enjoyed but the rest of the movie is junk. The whole thing isn't subtle with the usual 'games are bad' (like the Internet, movies, television, books...) message, and there's an awful child actor that can't do the one line she was given.

Ghostbusters - Only stopped to watch the start and ended up rewatching the whole thing...

X-Men: First Class - I liked it. Far superior to Wolverine and Last Stand. Some unnecessary cheese such as the name-checking for the sake of it and child Magneto's Darth Neeeeeeeeiiiiiin. If I'm remembering it correctly he does a ninety degree turn to do it aswell. Just yell to signify anguish, don't put it into words. That makes me feel angry. Wasn't convinced by or the plausibility of Banshee's flight, especially when Could have done without Magneto's sudden penchant for in the end aswell. Agree with Fysh on " I'd say the franchise is back on track anyway.

Alice in Wonderland - Didn't even realise that Crispin Glover was in it. For a movie touted as female empowerment it doesn't sit well that the movie was sold on STARRING JOHNNY DEPP with him and only him on the poster. Or that the ending seems to see Alice off to . Or that the new order in


Hn. Movie wasn't entirely awful I just didn't particularly care. Best thing was Paul Whitehouse as the March Hare.

Resident Evil: Afterlife - These are going to keep being made until Anderson and Jovovich get a divorce. Nothing like the games of course, but I kinda like that they stepped back and made it a more traditional zombie movie. Stuck in a prison besieged by zombies, Alice (a different one ) and co need to reach the ship just a short distance away. Still should have set the whole thing in Japan though. Shame Alice's
Instant Swamp - The DVD cover is rife with errors (is the punk's name Gus or Gas?) and the speed of the opening montage while having to read subtitles is hell on the eyes but I really enjoyed the film.



The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn - The most satisfying part for me was being greeted by the same font as the book covers for the opening credits' Catch Me If You Can style intro. References to other stories also a plus. Good to see the guy who did the fan version has been given a job on the next movie too.

Bit weird being set in a kind of Anglo-Belgium and Tintin's baby face was punchable. Convienient to the plot that . Bit uncanny valley at times. However, Snowy was a character in and of himself and thankfully didn't talk; enjoyed Thomson and Thompson and the chase sequence especially. Welcome adaptation of one the stories that I wasn't big on.

Now do Asterix like the Roadrunner CGI.

In Time

It was a coin toss between this and Tower Heist when with the woman in the queue at the cinema. I loved the concept, I think the whole idea of the movie is fantastic, to the point where I was thinking about it the whole way home from the cinema. In saying that, I felt it was badly executed and the 6.6 score on imdb is warranted. I felt Timberlake was good in it, but there were just a few too many silly things in it, like the "fights" (actually had me laughing).

I found it very entertaining, but just felt it was such a good idea wasted. Had somebody like Christopher Nolan been behind it, it could have been fantastic (though Nolan would improve most movies I suppose :P ).

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Instant Swamp is a delightful little film. The director's other effort Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers is equally fun. Just innocent, charming entertainment. One of his other films is due a release in the new year I believe, but another one has been denied a release outside of Japan because of mismanagement of music rights in relation to a single song

Is that Adrift In Tokyo? I was looking at that on Third Window's site while I was typing (and an Instant Swamp review on some blog called Film Ha Ha or something ).

So Insects Unlisted in the Encyclopedia is the blocked one? I see you can buy the soundtrack on Amazon. Maybe I could learn Japanese. That'd show them.

Warrior again, one of the years most enjoyable films for me, sure its a ball of predicatable cheese but the performances make it, Nick Nolte should expect an oscar nomination next year

Watched Snowtown last night. Being based on true murders in Australia, Snowtown was always going to be gritty but oh how grey and gritty it is! Think of it as This is England without the humorous bits.
Doesn't paint Australia in any pleasing light as every character is either a psycho, retarded, a degenerate or combination of the three but it's not a film you'll forget anytime soon

The Guard - absolutely brilliant. Brendan Gleeson on fire..
Hanna - Saoirse Ronan is excellent. Better film than i expected.
Tin Tin - my 6 year old enjoyed it. The Ben & Jerrys Ice Cream was far superior in my opinion.