Last Movie You Watched? (Part 3)

The Wolfman

Christ almighty, how much money did they throw at the screen trying to rescue this car crash? It's depressing to think Hollywood was doing this better eighty years ago. No wonder Mark Romanek walked out. Hugo Weaving is good value but, honestly, what absolute rubbish. 3/10

The Road

And this is no better. Viggo Mortensen and mopey son push a shopping trolley through grim CGI for two very tedious hours.

Greatly admired the book. Hated this. The awful flashbacks don't work at all, and the book's conceit of giving no reason for the apocalypse just seems pretentious on film. Worse is Viggo's character - a typically 'earthy', sanctimonious middle class twot, complete with requisite beard and outdoor clothing.

I couldn't wait for the humourless chump to cark it, frankly

You can tell it's meant to be really moving, but it's all too po-faced to make you care, and not once does it strike a chord of reality (apart from the Coca-cola bit). I mean, what sort of a kid calls their Dad 'Papa' these days? 3/10

What a great double bill this turned out to be.
 
Spider-Man [2002]. Director Sam Raimi

7/10

I'm not a comic book fan but this movie was good entertainment.

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Wolf Creek [2005]. Director: Greg Mclean

4/10

Cheep and nasty horror movie about a psycho in the outback torturing backpackers.
 
It was a post production process, as the directors apparently thought it would heighten tension if you couldn't see properly. Why someone didn't take them to one side and say, "Don't be muppets, all you'll do is deeply annoy the audience" I do not know. I hope one day we'll see an original 'as filmed' version, which should improve the thing immeasurably.

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Mark
 
Du Levande (aka You, The Living)

Sort of a Swedish black comedy set out in a series of vignettes that centre around various dysfunctional people who operate in a strange dream-like existence. Very odd film indeed. It was pretty bleak for the most part, but occasionally very funny.

In Bruges

Another black comedy, but much more conventional than Du Levande. Very funny, but also quite poignant. Actually much better than I expected it to be. Brendan Gleeson was brilliant.
 
"I Was A Male War Bride" (1949) ★★★
Directed by Howard Hawks
Starring Cary Grant, Ann Sheridan and Marion Marshall

Cary Grant not in his best form as he tries to pull off another ok-ish screwball comedy. Apparently he was meant to be French, not that you would know from his extremely British accent. Sheridan holRAB this one together as the female army lieutenant he falls in love with.
 
Ghost Town - 8/10
Only watched it because it was on Sky Movies and I had nothing else to do, and it really, REALLY surprised me. Sweet, funny, and genuinely touching in moments towarRAB the end. Good story as well. All round, a very entertaining film.
 
The last picture at the cinema was 'The A Team'. Not a classic ... but highly entertaining if you leave your brain in neutral ... and certainly not deserving of the awful reviews it got from the not surprisingly 'snotty/arty' film reviewers. I'd give it a 7/10.

By the way ... I didn't like the TV series ... the film was way, way better ... so perhaps that colours my judgement of it.
 
Kick Ass (4th viewing) and Defendor

Enjoyed them immensely, don't thing I will ever get tired of watching Kick Ass.
They both seem to work well as a companion piece for one another, would most definitely watch them back-to-back again.
 
This Is It
2009 - the film on the run-up to what would have been Michael Jackson's final concert.

I'm no fan of MJ but this showed him in a different way to the always tired, always turning up late, dancers annoyed with him person that some newspapers painted him as. I would have been pissed to paid cinema prices to see what looked like a behind scenes documentary but as it was shown on Sky 1 last night, it was quite an interesting look of the work that everyone did for the concert. And of course a great musician showing that he definitely knew his music and his moves too. 7/10
 
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