3D NIGHT

or where my love of visual effects brought me.

TRON

Saw the beginning again. The only remarkable scene was the opening one. I felt like on a rollercoaster ride. Then I left.

ALICE IN WONDERLAND

Walked out as soon as I realized it was dubbed. A 3D night was supposed to be for adults after all.

FINAL DESTINATION 4

Recommended again. Fascinating action with great twists in a movie showcasing what 3D has been invented for.

CLASH OF THE TITANS

Watchable. Sam Worthington was difficult to take eyes off. All the rest was quite run-of-the-mill. The colours could vary more.

SANCTUM

Only managed to see the ending - completely flat.

CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS

Walked out. A boring film inspired by French dokumentary making - showing every minute of the expedition, as if it made it more philosophical.

STEP UP

Watchable second time round. Cheerful and makes you feel like dancing. It really does.

ANIMATIONS

Mostly promoting the Euro 2012 and merits of Polish regions, with an emphasis on extreme sports, very artistic, I'd personally prefer something more realistic.

COMMERCIALS

Better of worse. Some would just show a flat picture pointing in your direction. Still, Australian ads looked reasonably good and I loved the property one - your eyes get a chance to walk through houses.

TRAILERS

"1920 - The Battle of Warsaw" was fully 3D - puts you right in the middle of the battlefield. "Final Destination 5" looked mediocre - I'm afraid the storyline may be over the top, the cliffhanging moments on a collapsed bridge seemed farfetched.

Can't wait to attend the Classic Night of the Cinema in 3 weeks.

THOR 3D AT IMAX

Watchable. If a 3D film is flatish even at IMAX it puts the whole idea under a question mark. What saves the movie are spectacular visual effects full of colour and an imaginative creation of the Kingdom of Asgard. The plot is stereotypical but involving and fun. A sequel ("The Avengers") is coming and I'm going to see it.

Btw, have you noticed that Natalie Portman is becoming more and more similar to Demi Moore - in appearance and roles enacted?

PRIEST 3D

Watchable. As usual recently, the "3D" movie is flat, no need to pick up the 3D glasses on entry at all. Visually - it has a dark hue throughout, presumably imitating the comic book it's based on. The plot is stereotypical but fun - there's certainly more of it than the trailer indicates. I liked the train idea.

SOURCE CODE

Watchable. The SF bits were fantastic - old good hardcore science fiction with a soldier hero, the timeless question of what makes us human and a space travel motif. The story itself is recounted carefully - scraps of information are being dripped to the viewer at the same time as to the protagonist with whose eyes we follow the developments. The story stays clear and comprehensible throughout and yet there are a few surprises along the way. While the plot is centred around explosions, we're spared watching them any more than necessary, in fact an average action movie has more, whether it makes sense or not. What detracts from the enjoyment is the cheesiness of the realistic layer, especially the romantic bit.

I felt a bit weird afterwards - the same route home by the same mode of transport as a couple of months ago which made it "the same but a little different" and there was a white van parked outside my place...

SCREAM 4

Watchable. The makers of the fourth instalment do their best to send up slasher movie sequels and the eponymous celebrity victim webcasting murders makes fun of how you become famous nowadays and how no one reads books any more. I couldn't guess the killers' identities till the end and the red herring was misleading indeed. Still, the subject is treated so lightly that the whole story washes off quickly. It lacks the thrill, the creepiness and the physical attractiveness of the characters of the original "Scream". Of course most sequels are doomed by definition.