This evening while resting in my usual end-of-day state of chemo exhaustion, I rewatched Luc Besson’s The Fifth Element, which I have not seen since the original theatrical release. ( Tweetsnark ensued... )
At some point, I need to retrieve my prior Tweetsnark about Lord of the Rings.
Posted: 7:56 pm Fri February 26 2010 | Comments(1) |
Last night while stoned on chemo, ![[info]](http://stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small}
fjm and I watched David Lynch’s Dune. ( Tweetsnark ensued... )
Posted: 4:52 pm Sat February 20 2010 | Comments(1) |
Here’s my Twitter review of Avatar from yesterday:
Need to post an Avatar review, but in sum: “magic honky” criticism is valid but overstated, the effects are paradigm shattering. Go see.
On reflection, that mostly speaks for itself. I don’t feel a need to amplify those points much if at all, except to say, go see the damned movie on the big screen. In 3D if possible. If you’re any kind of cinemaphile or media fan, you’ll regret it in years to come if you don’t.
All in all, even with the obvious and not-so-obvious flaws, if cinema is an important part of your entertainment life and cultural experience, go see Avatar in the theatre. Several times, if possible. It really does bear up under the weight of expectations.
Posted: 5:59 am Tue December 29 2009 | Comments(0) |
Saturday, calendula_witch and I went to see District 9. It was engaging, entertaining, thought provoking and hyperviolent. It was also my favorite SF film of recent times, possibly years.
Most of my observations on the movie would echo this excellent review by Howard Waldrop and Lawrence Person, so I’m just going to link through rather than largely repeating what they said.
Beyond their comments, I want to focus on a few things. ( Under cut for mild spoilers. )
Is there a lot to complain about? Sure. Could this have been a better movie? Absolutely. Was I completely taken in by the movie I saw? More than, and for that reason alone, I highly recommend it.
Posted: 4:00 pm Mon September 07 2009 | Comments(1) |
( My official, spoiler-free Star Trek review )
Posted: 9:00 pm Sat May 09 2009 | Comments(1) |
karindira and I went to see Hellboy II last night. (I’d already gotten some wordage in on “Forests of the Night”.) It was pretty amazing, in a highly entertaining way.
I wasn’t so taken with the story line — it was fairly pedestrian. But the tone and style and details of the movie were so far over the top they’d gone out the back and bugged down the street for a pint and a smoke. I don’t think I’ve seen a movie that went this far over the top since True Lies. As karindira said, you always knew you were watching a movie, but so what?
Hellboy had been pretty entertaining, as I recall, but this was something else again. And of course lots of lovely clockwork. I did mildly object to being told they were going to Giant’s Causeway in Ireland, only to have them not go to Giant’s Causeway, but otherwise, man, what a ride.
This isn’t a review so much as a gush, I suppose. Definitely worth seeing on the big screen for all the frenetic, insane detail work. Oh, and Jeffrey Tambour is my new love god. Junior Samples is so fired.
Posted: 7:44 am Sat July 19 2008 | Comments(0) |
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