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shermaramaHere are the last four film reviews of the ten necessary to complete one of my 101 Things. They may not be any good or any use, but I'm determined to tick the box.
Quantum of Solace (Boxing Day 2008)
I went to see this when I was still in the tag end of being ill, and I found it sufficiently confusing to not quite have a handle on what was going on, or perhaps it just wasn't very clear? It's not like the old Bonds, and I don't mind that; perhaps it could do with a different name to stop the confusion. At the same time, whilst it's got some action and it wouldn't be a bad film to watch, I doubt I'd bother at all if it weren't for the Bond association.
Slumdog Milllionaire (something like February 2009)
You can't argue with this as a film; whatever failings it may have, it's not your designed-by-committee, target-demographic Hollywood twaddle. It's a cracking story and a good film.
Star Trek (June 2009)
Managed to wedge in shiny action stuff, some sort of plot, pretty successful new young versions of old characters, nods to old school fans and the possibility of a whole new alternative strand of films. Nice.
A Serious Man (November 2009)
I don't know what it is I like about Coen Brothers films but this had lots of it too. It's just about the things that happen in a life and how someone deals with that, which isn't big cinema shiny stuff at all, but it works. I managed to make it to the Duke of York's Picture House to see it, a cinema where you can drink beer while watching the film which is the oldest continuously operating purpose built cinema in Britain, opened in 1910, and is about three minutes' walk from my house.
Umm, I don't think this Thing has brought about the effect of me caring any more about films. The thing which briefly made me care more about films was staying in a short-term rent in early 2008, in a house full of books about film, since having someone explain the context and style of something really helps you appreciate it, and I will always like Groundhog Day as a result.
Quantum of Solace (Boxing Day 2008)
I went to see this when I was still in the tag end of being ill, and I found it sufficiently confusing to not quite have a handle on what was going on, or perhaps it just wasn't very clear? It's not like the old Bonds, and I don't mind that; perhaps it could do with a different name to stop the confusion. At the same time, whilst it's got some action and it wouldn't be a bad film to watch, I doubt I'd bother at all if it weren't for the Bond association.
Slumdog Milllionaire (something like February 2009)
You can't argue with this as a film; whatever failings it may have, it's not your designed-by-committee, target-demographic Hollywood twaddle. It's a cracking story and a good film.
Star Trek (June 2009)
Managed to wedge in shiny action stuff, some sort of plot, pretty successful new young versions of old characters, nods to old school fans and the possibility of a whole new alternative strand of films. Nice.
A Serious Man (November 2009)
I don't know what it is I like about Coen Brothers films but this had lots of it too. It's just about the things that happen in a life and how someone deals with that, which isn't big cinema shiny stuff at all, but it works. I managed to make it to the Duke of York's Picture House to see it, a cinema where you can drink beer while watching the film which is the oldest continuously operating purpose built cinema in Britain, opened in 1910, and is about three minutes' walk from my house.
Umm, I don't think this Thing has brought about the effect of me caring any more about films. The thing which briefly made me care more about films was staying in a short-term rent in early 2008, in a house full of books about film, since having someone explain the context and style of something really helps you appreciate it, and I will always like Groundhog Day as a result.
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Date: 2009-12-31 04:04 pm (UTC)