Movies I watched this august
So the summer is over and I did not really do much, or maybe I did, but I'll leave that for the time when I've got pictures available :P
For starters, a brief review of movies I watched this summer:
Sin City: cool, very much like the comic, panel by panel. In fact, exactly like the comic, which might be good, or not, depending on who you ask. I spent a good time. Half the people in the cinema walked away at the middle of the film, though. Too much violence for your average neighbour (unless you live in Malaga, that is).
The skeleton key: a flick on voodoo ... sorry, hoodoo. A young woman arrives to an ancient southern house to take care of the owner, who stopped speaking some months ago. Now, the house seems to be enchanted, but she does not believe in ghosts ... yet. Much more predictable that the script writer thought, but nice, anyway. Kate Hudson played okay and the environment was well captured.
The island: did not like it much. It was so obvious that you could state how it would go from the very first minute. I should have known when I realized in horror (too late) that it was directed by that Armageddon and Pearl Harbor guy. Anyway, I went there to see Ewan McGregor and that I did.
Plus I watched on DVD the two Bourne films. Quite good, both of them. Not so original, though, if you've read Van Hamme and Vance's XIII for the last decade or so, but fun to watch, anyway.
And now in buffer, Charlie and the chocolate factory, Dark Waters, Mr and Mrs Smith, and the Nightwatch!
See ya around!
For starters, a brief review of movies I watched this summer:
Sin City: cool, very much like the comic, panel by panel. In fact, exactly like the comic, which might be good, or not, depending on who you ask. I spent a good time. Half the people in the cinema walked away at the middle of the film, though. Too much violence for your average neighbour (unless you live in Malaga, that is).
The skeleton key: a flick on voodoo ... sorry, hoodoo. A young woman arrives to an ancient southern house to take care of the owner, who stopped speaking some months ago. Now, the house seems to be enchanted, but she does not believe in ghosts ... yet. Much more predictable that the script writer thought, but nice, anyway. Kate Hudson played okay and the environment was well captured.
The island: did not like it much. It was so obvious that you could state how it would go from the very first minute. I should have known when I realized in horror (too late) that it was directed by that Armageddon and Pearl Harbor guy. Anyway, I went there to see Ewan McGregor and that I did.
Plus I watched on DVD the two Bourne films. Quite good, both of them. Not so original, though, if you've read Van Hamme and Vance's XIII for the last decade or so, but fun to watch, anyway.
And now in buffer, Charlie and the chocolate factory, Dark Waters, Mr and Mrs Smith, and the Nightwatch!
See ya around!
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Mr and Mrs Smith was okay, but just because both Pitt and Jolie are very good. No much of a script, but cool action and a great soundtrack.
Charlie and the chocolate factory was very much what I expected from Burton. J.D. was as good as usual and the factory looked as good as ever. However, I liked the original Oompa-Loompa song more. Am I sick?
About Nightwatch, my friend warned me not to go and I'm following her advise. So that leaves Dark Waters and ... Day of the Dead?