Hostage: I have to give this film credit – it wasn’t quite what I expected from the relatively lame synopsis. I thought it was just going to be any old action flick, with shit blowing up, and Bruce Willis being an arse kicker. He was, but, not in the way you might have expected. There […]
Film Log
Logs of movies I’ve watched.
Film: Terminator Salvation (2009)
Terminator Salvation: It’s been a very long time since I’ve seen this – I’ve just realised I never logged it at the time I watched it in the US, in June 2009. Anyway, I can’t remember a great deal about it anymore, apart from shit blows up, there’s a bad guy, who kinds turns into […]
Movie: 3:10 to Yuma (2007)
3:10 to Yuma: One thing amused me about this film – the lead parts were played by an Englishman (Christian Bale) and a NZ/Australian man (Russell Crowe) in an American wild west film. Christian Bale’s character is a rancher, who is rather poor, and is being pushed off his land. He comes across an opportunity to […]
Movie: Equilibrium (2002)
Equilibrium: I have no idea why IÂ ever added this to my list of films to watch. Even the premise sounds really stupid. The premise is that in a world after a third world war, emotions are banned, as they cause war, murder, rape, etc. Christian Bale’s character is one who enforces this system. And halfway […]
Movie: Hard Boiled (1992)
Hard Boiled: A John Woo fim with no pretentions – and that’s what made it good. It’s an unrealistic action film, with a cop who is a real tough guy, and has brains too. I don’t mean that part is unrealistic – I just mean the story itself, and how it plays out is unrealistic. […]
Movie: Babel (2006)
Babel: IÂ found this film just felt a bit empty, and a bit pointless. I found ‘Crash’ far more interesting, and the interlocking stories were a lot more, well… interlocking. There are apparently 4 stories in this film. Supposedly linking together, but, hardly, in my opinion. The only good thing about this film was the depiction […]
Movie: Glory (1989)
Glory: This was a film about an all volunteer black regiment in the US Civil War. It says it is the first, but I’m confused by the other black regiment they meet in the course of the story. The film is based on the letters that Col. Robert Gould Shaw would send home to his […]
Movie: U-571 (2000)
U-571: This film had a big flaw, in that IÂ didn’t think the casting was very good. IÂ just didn’t see Matthew McConaughey as any good in the role he was in. Also, the story in general just seemed to pale in comparison to Das Boot. I don’t think it’s really worth watching, unless you’re some kind […]
Movie: The 39 Steps (1935)
The 39 Steps: A Hitchcock thriller. I’ve seen the remake that was on TV last year, or the year before, at a friends house. Which I thought was quite good fun. I was in two minds over watching the original, as I thought ‘well, I’ve seen the story already’. I’m glad I did, however, as […]
Movie: Ikiru (1952)
Ikiru: It’s been a few days since I watched this film. I was hoping in that time I would’ve figured out a way to describe it. This film is about a man, who finds out early on in the film that he has cancer. It is a shock to his whole way of life, and […]