The Wrestler: This was a mostly depressing film about the life of a wrestler who was a pretty famous character, but is now way past his prime, and leads a very lonely life. It’s quite a tough film to watch – from the violence in the wrestling itself, to the life he has outside of […]
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Film: The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
The Ox-Bow Incident: This film starts fairly early on with the news that a local farmer has been murdered and his cattle stolen. The local town are up in arms and are wanting revenge straight away – however, the sheriff is currently a few days away, so a posse is formed – possibly illegally. They […]
Film: District 9 (2009)
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. […]
Film: Inglourious Basterds
Inglourious Basterds: A Tarantino film, but, I think you could’ve got away with not realising it was. A film set in a slightly alternate reality of the second world war. It’s very violent/gruesome at times, and also incredibly funny, with a few emotional parts too. I also thought that Brad Pitt’s acting in this film […]
Film: Changeling (2008)
Changeling: I watched this on recommendation from a friend. It’s about a single mother, who has a son. One day, she goes to work, and comes back home, and he’s not there. There’s a bit of a spoiler here, but, not much – apparently, in reality, she gave her son a dime, to go watch […]
Movie: The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
The Bride of Frankenstein: I haven’t seen the earlier Frankenstein movie yet – it was a mistake on my part that I didn’t put a lower priority on this film on my lovefilm subscription..Anyway, I thought the introduction to this film was done a little oddly – I couldn’t tell whether the acting was purposely […]
Movie: La Dolce Vita (1960)
La Dolce Vita: I guess this really isn’t my kind of film. It made very little sense to me, I wasn’t sure where it was going, what was happening, etc. Right at the beginning, where he meets Maddelena, it all seemed fairly okay. But then, with the other parties, and the oddness with the party with […]
Movie: La Haine (1995)
La Haine: I found this film a bit difficult to watch at first – not because it was gruesome, but simply because the subtitles were white, on an often very light background, making it a problem to read. It also seemed rather slow moving, with perhaps far too much time on character development, which made […]
Movie: Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)
Howl’s Moving Castle: A film by the same director as ‘Spirited Away’ – this film is newer than Spirited Away. What a weird film! I did not totally understood this story, I am sure. I however still enjoyed it. I have questions in why certain things were happening, etc. But, perhaps they are not meant […]
Movie: Oldboy (2003)
Oldboy: I think I’ve been desensitized – I was warned that this was quite a violent movie, and rather gruesome in parts. It really is a very odd film – a man is locked up for 15 years, and has no idea why. He is then released, and is out for vengeance on whoever it […]