"TWILIGHT" AND "NEW MOON" BOOKS BY STEPHENIE MEYER
Recommended. I loved the first movie and the first book got me hooked on the whole series. The second book mercilessly and fa-fetchedly rips off "Romeo and Juliet" but the movie may be just as good. I can't wait till November till it's released. I've yet to read "Eclipse" and "Breaking Dawn". You have to reserve the books at libraries. Then lend out straightaway. Waiting list for all of them everywhere in London. But the beautiful dreamy prose is worth the wait.
From "New Moon":
"I felt the smooth wooden floor beneath my knees, and then the palms of my hands, and then it was pressed against the skin of my cheek. I hoped that I was fainting, but, to my disappointment, I didn't lose consciousness. The waves of pain that had only lapped at me before now reared high up and washed over my head, pulling me under.
I did not resurface."
And now movies proper:
TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN
Walked out. Silly plot, lousy dialogues and far too long (2.5 hours).
TRAINSPOTTING
Recommended. Seen on DVD a couple of times and yesterday on the big screen for the first time. The best drugs movie ever. Over and over again. Exquisitely written, filmed and acted.
THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT
Recommended. So brutal that left me with a craving for sweets. I just burnt out all my sugar supplies watching it. Clever and tense.
Tuesday 23 June 2009
Tuesday 16 June 2009
POUR ELLE (ANYTHING FOR HER)
Watchable. The French movie lacks usual Hollywood glam but at least it's a realistic story of ordinary people wrongly accused or forced to break the law.
KAL KISSNE DEKHNA
Watchable. It's all mediocre. Unknown actors who play OK but no great, a silly plot that is fun but far from creative, danceable music that doesn't make your feet move while watching.
DOGHOUSE
Watchable. Surprisingly fun. while it is a wash-off of "Lesbian Vampire Killers" and "Severance", at least it has some good lines e.g. being attacked by female zombies: "Today is not the right time to stop objectifying women".
MANHATTAN
Walked out. Re-released digitally but sill in black and white. The story of an affair of a middle-aged guy with a 17-year-old is disturbing rather than funny.
Watchable. The French movie lacks usual Hollywood glam but at least it's a realistic story of ordinary people wrongly accused or forced to break the law.
KAL KISSNE DEKHNA
Watchable. It's all mediocre. Unknown actors who play OK but no great, a silly plot that is fun but far from creative, danceable music that doesn't make your feet move while watching.
DOGHOUSE
Watchable. Surprisingly fun. while it is a wash-off of "Lesbian Vampire Killers" and "Severance", at least it has some good lines e.g. being attacked by female zombies: "Today is not the right time to stop objectifying women".
MANHATTAN
Walked out. Re-released digitally but sill in black and white. The story of an affair of a middle-aged guy with a 17-year-old is disturbing rather than funny.
Sunday 14 June 2009
LAST CHANCE HARVEY
Watchable. It's a very ordinary story but acted well and with subtle humour.
LOOKING FOR ERIC
Walked out. A loser sits home smoking and talking to his imaginary idol-friend or meets up with other losers at a pub where they discuss football. Most of them are fat so can only discuss sport.
RED CLIFF
Watchable. A bit long, you really don't need battles to last nearly as long as in real life. But the strategies are ingenious and it's full of compulsory chinese tradition.
THE HANGOVER
Watchable. Crazy and entertaining even though it's gross, vulgar and not laugh-out-loud funny.
Watchable. It's a very ordinary story but acted well and with subtle humour.
LOOKING FOR ERIC
Walked out. A loser sits home smoking and talking to his imaginary idol-friend or meets up with other losers at a pub where they discuss football. Most of them are fat so can only discuss sport.
RED CLIFF
Watchable. A bit long, you really don't need battles to last nearly as long as in real life. But the strategies are ingenious and it's full of compulsory chinese tradition.
THE HANGOVER
Watchable. Crazy and entertaining even though it's gross, vulgar and not laugh-out-loud funny.
Wednesday 10 June 2009
SPARTACUS
Recommended. The 1960 version is amazing. You can sense the greatness from the beginning. And then you get action, depth, politics, moral issues - all leaving you in awe of what a person Spartacus must have been.
TERMINATOR: SALVATION
Recommended. The best of the 4 "Terminator" movies. Lots of plot and still good effects. Sam Worthington looks hot and an amazing CGI towards the end closes the loop in the storyline.
OBSESSED
Watchable. As a variation on "The Fatal Attraction" it's really good and mostly unpredictable. But the politically correct idea that a beautiful white and blonde girl falls for a black guy is really far-fetched. As a white blonde girl I can state with full certainty that normally it's the other way round.
Recommended. The 1960 version is amazing. You can sense the greatness from the beginning. And then you get action, depth, politics, moral issues - all leaving you in awe of what a person Spartacus must have been.
TERMINATOR: SALVATION
Recommended. The best of the 4 "Terminator" movies. Lots of plot and still good effects. Sam Worthington looks hot and an amazing CGI towards the end closes the loop in the storyline.
OBSESSED
Watchable. As a variation on "The Fatal Attraction" it's really good and mostly unpredictable. But the politically correct idea that a beautiful white and blonde girl falls for a black guy is really far-fetched. As a white blonde girl I can state with full certainty that normally it's the other way round.
Thursday 4 June 2009
SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK
Walked out. A loser revaluates his life.
DRAG ME TO HELL
Watchable. Kitsch but fast and well shot and acted.
FIGHTING
Walked out. Too ordinary. Even fights aren't exciting.
AWAYDAYS
Walked out. About anti-social and swearing youth.
JONAS BROTHERS 3D
Walked out. From time to time a microphone flies in your direction, other than that it's flat. And whoever has heard of the group music-wise?
FIREFLIES IN THE GARDEN
Walked out. Another dysfunctional family.
12 ROUNDS
Walked out. So fast and so furious that there's no time for any plot.
TORMENTED
Walked out. Goth bullies see a ghost of a fatso.
Walked out. A loser revaluates his life.
DRAG ME TO HELL
Watchable. Kitsch but fast and well shot and acted.
FIGHTING
Walked out. Too ordinary. Even fights aren't exciting.
AWAYDAYS
Walked out. About anti-social and swearing youth.
JONAS BROTHERS 3D
Walked out. From time to time a microphone flies in your direction, other than that it's flat. And whoever has heard of the group music-wise?
FIREFLIES IN THE GARDEN
Walked out. Another dysfunctional family.
12 ROUNDS
Walked out. So fast and so furious that there's no time for any plot.
TORMENTED
Walked out. Goth bullies see a ghost of a fatso.
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