District 9: I did not realise that a large part of this film was done in a documentary style – a style of filming that I’m not really very much of a fan. However, this film, even though it started quite slow, did manage to keep me interested in what was going to happen next. […]
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Film: A Knight’s Tale (2001)
A Knight’s Tale: A silly, but fun film about a peasant who becomes a knight. It’s comedy mostly, with an attempt to be a bit of a drama/romance. I give it 7/10
Film: We Were Soldiers (2002)
We Were Soldiers: A film about the first major battle in the Vietnamese war. It’s actually an amazingly good war film, yet again. Though it is definitely very ‘American’. The battle scenes did get to be very confusing – I really wasn’t too sure what was going on for chunks of the actual battle. I […]
Film: Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Brokeback Mountain: A film about the love between two cowboys. This film was good, but I didn’t think the film really explained the attraction, and how it started. It seemed that one minute they were just friends, and the next, they were in love/lust. I did enjoy the film, however, other than that part. I […]
Film: Cinderella Man (2005)
Cinderella Man: A film that I didn’t know a whole deal about before I started watching – I didn’t even know it was based on a true story. Anyway, the film is about a boxer, James Braddock, who had a good life, and then lost it all in the Great Depression, and was in poverty, […]
Film: Gangs of New York (2002)
Gangs of New York: I thought this was only a little over average, this film. Great acting, but, I just didn’t think the story was all that interesting. Lots of stuff about honour among criminals. Apparently it’s based on a nonfiction book called by the same name, written in 1928. I give it 6/10
Film: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: Everyone knows that this story is all about the action, not the story. However, the story wasn’t as bad as I imagined it might be. The action, like another Michael Bay film I saw recently, was fun, but, difficult to follow, with too much stuff happening at once, and I […]
Film: Tears of the Sun (2003)
Tears of the Sun: A film about troubles in Nigeria, and the US military trying to take some US citizens out of troubled areas. It concentrates on the rescue of one doctor, who will not let her patients be left to suffer against the rebels who would massacre them. It’s got some really brutal imagery […]
The Island (2005)
The Island: An action packed film – I had no idea what it was about, which helped. The film starts with a setting in a kind of utopian safe place. Everything seems very controlled, including emotions, and diet. It’s not clear to me what is going on, until almost halfway into the film. So I […]
Film: The Eagle Has Landed (1976)
The Eagle Has Landed: A film about German Paratroopers who were tasked with kidnapping Churchill, in an attempt for Germany to have a negotiated peace, not necessarily to win the war. A good thriller, keeps you wondering what’s going to happen next, and where the story will go. I never quite figured out the point […]