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 […]
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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 […]
Movie: Flight of the Phoenix (2004)
Flight of the Phoenix: One from my ‘pure entertainment’ list. It was… entertaining. I did not realise this was a remake of a 1965 film of the same name. I thought the idea was good. The humour in the film was good, the desert scenery was good, the special effects good. But the story seemed […]
Movie: Raging Bull (1980)
Raging Bull: I did not realise this was based on a true story, of a man who is still alive even now. The performances of the characters in the film were excellent, but, I didn’t enjoy the story as much as I expected I might. It was still worth watching. Jake La Motta is the real […]
Movie: Das Boot (1981)
Das Boot: I thought this was a great film. The portrayal of life under the sea, in a submarine was excellent – the lack of space, being practically blind, food going bad, etc. That the characters grew beards over time was an amusing touch.Obviously some of these things are valid for most boats.I was concerned […]
Movie: Purple Rain (1984)
Purple Rain: I haven’t got a whole lot to say about this film. I thought I’d watch it, see if it helped me like Prince’s music better. I’m not so sure it did. I personally thought the movie had rather poor acting, and a really crap storyline. The scenes with the music were better, but, […]
Movie: Metropolis (1927)
Metropolis: I think this is the oldest movie I’ve seen in the IMDB top 250 so far. It’s a sci-fi story set in a world where the rich have a great city, while the workers who keep the city running live underground. According to the introduction to the film, around a quarter of the original […]