Dredd: Oh dear. I had high hopes. I’m sure I had some friends who thought this film was good. It does have 7.0/10 on imdb as I write this, but I don’t understand why. It was violent – expected, as it’s Dredd. But I thought it was a little bit too far. A little bit […]
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Film: Brave (2012)
Brave: I perhaps had higher hopes for this film than I should have had – I vaguely recall it being a ‘hit’ when it came out. I’m not saying it was a bad film, but it wasn’t a hit as far as I’m concerned. It’s not in the form of Shrek, or Toy Story – […]
Film: Total Recall (2012)
Total Recall: I went into watching this film with the expectation that it was all action, and not really much story. I wasn’t really proven wrong, but the story was better than I had pictured in my mind. The premise behind the film just seemed silly. The action scenes were good. The main actor was […]
Film: Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
Star Trek Into Darkness: So, the first sequel to the new Star Trek films by JJ Abrams. Kept me intrigued most of the time, though there were fairly slow bits that seemed slow for no purpose, as well as fairly predictable outcomes to some plot points. Possibly a bit of a spoiler – but it’s […]
Film: Serenity (2005)
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 […]
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 […]