Sweety
One of Jan Chapmans first flicks.
I really liked the weird little shots throughout it. Reminds me of David Lynch.
Lots of 'normal type people' tested by extreme events.
I Robot
Aussie director and I remember it being OK.
It's still OK.
I'm kinda getting sick of seeing Will Smith in films. Getting as bad as Tom Cruse.
The new Star Trek thang
It was a good ride. Bit boring cause you know that there is going to be a happy ending.
Nother 'time travel' type script device which really gets on my tits. Such a unimaginative and overused device to use in a Star Trek flick.
That said, they deliberately mention a parallel time stream, and make no effort to put history back on track, so I reckon the studio is using this movie to completely reboot the franchise.
They re-wrote Trekkie history so that they can take liberties with the characters and the environment.
There will be a lot more product (I heard rumours of a new TV show) arising from this little maneuver.
Went to see this cause I've been following the career of J.J. Abraham.
Liked Alias when it was on the tele.
Ages back I heard that John Cussack agreed to do Con Air, so that the studio would sign off on his personal project Gross Point Blank.
I reckon J.J. has done that same thing with this flick.
Possibly so he could make Cloverfeild, or maybe there is something else up his sleeve???
Moulin Rouge
We had a class recently where we were asked who hadn't seen this flick. I was the only one to put up my hand, so I thought that maybe I should make an effort.
I'm I the only one that found the adapted songs really distracting? I spent a few seconds at the beginning of each piece of music wondering where I had heard the song before. It was like a cinematic trivia night.
I don't mind musicals, and I think it's a shame that new songs weren't written specially for this show.
commercially it's genius. No need to wonder if the audience will like the songs or not.
Also, it's set in Paris, but where were all the Froggy accents?
The art design, and the music arrangements were inspired.
Last King of Scotland
Ok film.
I remember when when I was a kid, and Uganda and Amin were always in the news.
One of Jan Chapmans first flicks.
I really liked the weird little shots throughout it. Reminds me of David Lynch.
Lots of 'normal type people' tested by extreme events.
I Robot
Aussie director and I remember it being OK.
It's still OK.
I'm kinda getting sick of seeing Will Smith in films. Getting as bad as Tom Cruse.
The new Star Trek thang
It was a good ride. Bit boring cause you know that there is going to be a happy ending.
Nother 'time travel' type script device which really gets on my tits. Such a unimaginative and overused device to use in a Star Trek flick.
That said, they deliberately mention a parallel time stream, and make no effort to put history back on track, so I reckon the studio is using this movie to completely reboot the franchise.
They re-wrote Trekkie history so that they can take liberties with the characters and the environment.
There will be a lot more product (I heard rumours of a new TV show) arising from this little maneuver.
Went to see this cause I've been following the career of J.J. Abraham.
Liked Alias when it was on the tele.
Ages back I heard that John Cussack agreed to do Con Air, so that the studio would sign off on his personal project Gross Point Blank.
I reckon J.J. has done that same thing with this flick.
Possibly so he could make Cloverfeild, or maybe there is something else up his sleeve???
Moulin Rouge
We had a class recently where we were asked who hadn't seen this flick. I was the only one to put up my hand, so I thought that maybe I should make an effort.
I'm I the only one that found the adapted songs really distracting? I spent a few seconds at the beginning of each piece of music wondering where I had heard the song before. It was like a cinematic trivia night.
I don't mind musicals, and I think it's a shame that new songs weren't written specially for this show.
commercially it's genius. No need to wonder if the audience will like the songs or not.
Also, it's set in Paris, but where were all the Froggy accents?
The art design, and the music arrangements were inspired.
Last King of Scotland
Ok film.
I remember when when I was a kid, and Uganda and Amin were always in the news.
i haven't seen any of these films, though i started to watch moulin rouge a while back and just couldn't make myself finish it. i like musicals, too, but this just didn't do anything for me.
ReplyDeletei'm glad to see a review of the new star trek film that isn't all, "it's awesome!!!!!!!1!!1" i guess sean's review wasn't like that, either, but he didn't really mention much about the plot. and i'm showing my geek, but i really liked the original series. i've seen every episode and read a lot of the books. i know, i know, but i was into it in my late teens. all of this to say that i've not been too impressed with any star trek offerings since gene roddenberry died.
I found myself surprised when I first saw Moulin Rouge... the fact that old songs were written into the film was something that truly made me smile... mainly because to me it is a bit of genius when you can work something old into something new.
ReplyDeleteLast King of Scotland and I Robert were both... well... okay. I found myself slightly bored.
Haven't seen the new Star Trek yet, suppose I will in time.
I agree that the arrangements of the songs was insipired.
ReplyDeleteEspeacally when two songs were merged, or layed on top of each other.
Still, Cats, Grease, Xanadu, Chess, and numorous others were able to generate lots of hits from origonal material.
I've been telling people that this flick is a ride.
ReplyDeleteIf you're after speed and silly lines (such as most adventure type flicks) then this latest Star Trek is great.
It's alot more pacy then previous efforts.