City Lights: I’m still impressed with how Charlie Chaplin wrote, directed, starred, and composed the music for this film (and for many others that he made). I didn’t enjoy this movie as much as Modern times – it’s a different kind of humour though, it is not as much out and out slapstick humour as […]
Month: February 2009
Book: The System of the World – Neal Stephenson
Book: The System of the World This book has taken me an age to finish, I’ve read other books in between starting it about a year or so ago. It’s the last in the Baroque Cycle. A series I started reading in 2003 or 2004. I feel like it’s an accomplishment finishing these books – […]
Movie: Space Cowboys (2000)
Space Cowboys: A film about a team of US Air Force pilots who were training to be the first men in space. The main part of the film is about them, when they’re older, and planning a trip to space to fix something. The character playing the younger Clint Eastwood was excellent – with similar […]
Movie: Singin’ in the Rain (1952)
Singin’ in the Rain: This appears to be a film that most people have seen – I somehow missed out, and have only seen the scene with the song in it. I thought it was enjoyable, but, some of the songs seemed to just go on for a little too long, in particular the Broadway […]
Movie: Into the Wild (2007)
Into the Wild: I did not realise this film was based on a true story right until the end. But, during parts of it, I wondered if this was based on a true story, and if so, either I missed that at the beginning of the film, or, they didn’t mention it. This is the story of […]