A couple more movies to add to the list.
Children of Men (13/02/10)
A movie that’s sat on my ‘to-watch’ list for a very, very long time. I’m a bit sad that I missed out on seeing this at the cinema – big screen and all. Very good movie and out of movies set in the future with a bleak take on it, this feels like one of the bleakest! Where fertility’s an issue and the population of the planet is just declining to an inevitable end. I like my sci-fi movies to not always look so glossy so I loved the look of this movie. Made the bleak future look all the worse. I was surprised by Clive Owen. In most of the movies he’s in he just looks so blank and that he’s just phoning it in. He was good. I don’t want to give away any major spoilers here, so I’ll just say – good movie, people should watch.
Rating: 4/5
We Own the Night (14/02/10)
I haven’t watched any cheery movies this weekend, that’s for sure. This didn’t exactly have the happiest subject matter either. Joaquin Phoenix before he went all mad and beardy – he was really very good. As was the rest of the cast – Mark Wahlberg and Robert Duvall. On the surface of this movie it’s about drugs, police and crime, but underpinning it all is a movie about family and what family do for each other, no matter what’s happened in the past. Which is the one part of the movie which got me through the movie. In the beginning I wasn’t feeling it too much, but as it got more into the characters, I got sucked in. Very good movie.
Rating: 3/5
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I seem to be doing pretty well so far. Average of nearly 1 movie a day since the beginning of the year. I’ll tell you now, it won’t last. But I’ll try and make it last a bit longer.
Unfortunately I watched 2 pretty dufftastic movies, but came back on track to some quality movie watching after those two. Hope to stay back on track. At least for now until I crave a bad movie. I hear they’re good for you every now and then.
(Also for history’s sake I’m adding the date of when I saw the movie)
Max Payne (09/01/10)
I’ll admit, I have a guilty pleasure for 1 game franchise turned to movie – Tomb Raider. I love both of them. Though I never really expect much when it comes to video games turned into movies. Thankfully I was pre-warned about this. It is, not quite the worst movie I’ve ever seen, but close to it. Fair enough it has some decent visuals and the action scenes are pretty to look at. If your attention’s still on them when you get to them.
Rating: 1/5
Mirrors (09/01/10)
Follows the standard American version of Asian horror movie plot line. Down to a T. To its credit it had some decent jumps. Jason Flemyng’s New York accent was amusing at best. Kiefer Sutherland was just Jack Bauer. Wardrobe even dressed him like Jack Bauer – hoodie with short jacket on top. All he was missing was his shoulder bag. Also don’t forget the twist ending. Which wasn’t exactly hard to figure out.
Rating: 2/5
Ali (10/01/10)
Now back on track to some quality. And funnily enough, another biopic. AND the third movie this year with Jamie Foxx in it. Well, I think it’ll be the last, for now. Brilliant movie. The last Michael Mann movie I really enjoyed was Heat. I did like Public Enemies last year, but it looked more fantastic than the movie was. Ali had everything. A lot probably down to the subject matter and Will Smith’s stellar performance. I was in awe. Shame he didn’t get the oscar for this role. I’m not sure when he’ll next get the chance for one. Just everything about this movie was brilliant. Even though I knew the outcome of the George Foreman fight, the way it was done, I was on tentahooks!
Rating: 5/5
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A few days into the year and I’ve finally seen my first movie of this year.
Three Kings
This movie had been on my to-watch list for far too long and I am happy now that I’ve seen it. It was funnier than I thought it was going to be. The humor worked well in the movie along with the whole message of what went on at that time.
Rating: 4/5
