Serenity: A film made after the TV series Firefly went kaput – a series that I have not yet seen, but heard good things about. Anyway, this film was a little confusing for me at times – probably because I haven’t seen the series, but still quite enjoyable. The characters were very easy to like […]
Month: October 2010
Film: Into the Blue (2005)
Into the Blue: A pretty general Hollywood film. About a bunch of poor divers who come across a potentially wealthy wreck, but also find a plane that’s recently crashed with a massive load of drugs that’s mostly intact. There’s no real story to speak of. I give it 3/10.
Film: The Hurt Locker (2008)
The Hurt Locker: I can see why this film has had such good reviews and so many awards. It’s just a very well made film. It seemed to me to have a kind of documentary style about it. I also liked the dynamic of the main characters, the fear and the fearlessness too. I don’t […]
Film: Never Back Down (2008)
Never Back Down: A kinda stupid film trying to be a modern Karate Kid and failing badly. I give it 1/10.
Film: Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
Where the Wild Things Are: I think I mostly disliked this film because I had completely different expectations – I thought it was an animated feature, and I also thought it was meant to be a happy film. However, it was not quite like that at all. The film is about a boy’s imagination basically. […]
Film: Che Part 1 & Part 2 (2008/2009)
Che Part 1 & Part 2: This was a slow going biography of Che Guevara, of days before and during the Cuban revolution in part one, and then the failed Bolivian revolution in part two. The two films had quite different imagery, Cuba seemed to be better organised, while Bolivia just didn’t quite get to […]
Film: Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Sherlock Holmes: A kind of odd re-imagining of Sherlock Holmes by Guy Ritchie – where he is a drunk, and a martial arts expert, along with Dr. Watson. The story did keep things a little intriguing, but it wasn’t that good – it was just a bit of a fun blockbuster. However, Moriarty made a […]
Film: Paranormal Activity (2007)
Paranormal Activity: A documentary style horror film. I thought bits of this were really well done, but the characters were far too annoying and stupid. Like most horrors, I suppose. It did however, kind of weird me out a bit, but not enough to class it as a great horror. I give it 3/10