The Dark Knight Rises. 6/10. So disappointing. My main gripe is there's not enough Batman. Anyone who sees it will understand.
The Dark Knight Rises. 6/10. So disappointing. My main gripe is there's not enough Batman. Anyone who sees it will understand.
While I understand why you and others might not have liked it, Mutatis, I'd give The Dark Knight Rises an easy 9.5/10. I thought it was amazing. The best of the trilogy, in my opinion.
Watched Hancock last night. It was a good funny start, but then they went and spoilt it with poorly told, immortal humans guff. I don't mind stories about immortal humans, but it was done in such a superficial way as to add virtually nothing to the story except to inadequately try to explain why he had superpowers.
5.5/10 for a good start.
I am definitely in the minority, but I honestly can't see how anyone could think its better than The Dark Knight. It was slow, the plot was convoluted and too far-fetched for the serious and realistic tone Nolan likes to set for his films, the action wasn't anything special, and there way too many little catch phrases and one liners that didn't at all fit the dark tone of the movie. I saw it a second time because I'm a huge Batman geek, and No,an fan to boot, and thought maybe I missed something. I liked it even less. After about two hours, I just wanted it to be over.Originally Posted by Desolation
And I usually don't get pissed when they deviate from the comics, but this movie really screwed with too much. I won't go into specifics, but there was one thing in particular that really bugged me, because it seemed like they intentionally deviated from the comics more than they needed to for absolutely no reason.
And even when Batman was in the movie, he didn't even do anything aside from fighting, which seemed poorly choreographed--where we're the gadgets, the bat-hook and gliding with his cape? It was like a James Bond movie where Bond doesn't get any gadgets.
Last edited by Mutatis-Mutandis; 07-23-2012 at 09:14 AM.
In which case, the movie and whether or not one likes it...
...is nothing to do with the ignorance inherent in homophobia, is it?
I watched Sondheim! The Birthday Concert and realized I didn't recognize any of the songs. Some of the lyrics were witty, but I felt they lacked heart. However, the singing was well done.
Score: 3/10
Also, I heard that Bob Babbitt died recently, and Standing in the Shadows of Motown was in the library. I recognized every one of the songs on this documentary and I especially liked the Joan Osborne and the Funk Brothers version of "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBzuNZ9DlnI
Score: 10/10
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Ice Age: Continental drift I think it was very funny, and my boy loved it. Unfortunately I saw it in Icelandic but I plan on watching it in English as soon as possible. I still think Ice age 3 is the best one, but that is probably because I love Simon Pegg.
I also saw for the first time Fantastic 4 the rise of the silver surfer it was good but I don't really know how to rate it...
We also watched Spaceballs the other night and it is still funny. My son found Pizza the hutt very funny and Yogurt. A very funny movie.
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The library has 2 for $1 movie rentals on Wednesdays. This is not only good because I am cheap, but there are more movies to choose from in the middle of the week than on weekends.
One of my selections was Bobcat Goldtwaith's God Bless America: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1912398/
The movie was entertaining. There was a lot of blood. It was a comedy.
Score: 8/10
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Having no desire to watch the Olympic ballyhoo, I decided to watch a film and chose 13 West Street after a preliminary look on You tube.
Starring Alan Ladd and Rod Steiger it deals with Ladd hunting down a gang of juveniles who attacked him when on his way home from the office where he worked as as a rocket scientist. Steiger warns him off the case as it's interfering with his own investigation so Ladd hires a private detective to carry on the hunt.
The youngest gang member commits suicide when he realises the police are after him and the private eye is killed in a car chase involving the rest of the gang before Ladd finally catches up with the ringleader and gives him a jolly good beating.
Formulaic with undertones of ' they're not bad kids really' , I wasn't taken with it and, although it was better than the embarrassment of watching the Olympic fol-de-rols, I would only give it 5/10.
"L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.
"Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.
I can no longer remember the title of the second movie I picked out on the 2 for $1 on Wednesday library deal. It had Reese Witherspoon in it as a tester of consumer products that two spies were chasing while off-duty. One of the spies got her and the other went back to his wife who found him more attractive because she saw him on TV doing some spy-stuff that nearly killed him on an unfinished highway.
I think I dozed off during it a few times so I may have missed some critical parts.
The moral of the story as I remember it was: if you're a spy make sure your wife knows you're a spy so she will find you attractive and not leave you for someone else.
Since I don't recall seeing all of it, and can't even remember the title, the score would be 0/10.
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What did you expect at 2 for $1 ?
"L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.
"Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.
I decided to watch The Green Glove (1952). Directed by the reputable Rudolphe Matè and with Glen Ford in the lead role, it looked promising. But although it began well enough it simply fell apart as it went along so I abandoned it 3/4 of the way through.
Filmed on location in Paris and the South of France there was nothing to fault the scenery. The plot however, concerns an American soldier who returns to France after WWII to recover a jewelled gauntlet that he'd left in a chateau, but some crooks are also trying to locate it and the inevitable dust-ups ensue.
The Story was written by Charles Bennet who also scripted the film and on both counts his efforts were risible. It was painful watching a good actor like Glen Ford struggling with such an embarrassing script.
2/10
"L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.
"Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.
Youtube is currently the entertainment centre of the world. Where else would I have found Pool of London, an early 1950s film directed by Basil Dearden and set in the bomb scarred docklands of London?
Filmed in sharp black and white in semi-documentary style, it tells the story of a gangland heist and the effect on some merchant seamen involved on its periphery. Here's the robbery sequence, surely worthy of a Jules Dassin film.
http://youtu.be/Gewc3Maw0Z0
8/10
"L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.
"Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.
You actually liked a film Emil? Good on you.
Also, is the following the link you meant to post? What you have up there only leads to an 8 minute clip.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mem_zb-YMCA
Last edited by Mutatis-Mutandis; 07-30-2012 at 07:04 PM.
No I deliberately chose the robbery scene because it shows the inner city to greater advantage as the gang are forced to drive around police road traps in order to escape. It's interesting to note the amount of bomb damage still around seven years after the war's end. The buildings still standing are encrusted with the grime of years of coal fired home heating that led to the infamous London smog.
Last edited by Emil Miller; 07-31-2012 at 08:18 AM.
"L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.
"Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.
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