Catches up....
Smelly said:
I've avoided V for Vendetta.. as I love the comic book so much..
And I heard bad reviews of the movie.
Had fears of it being another hell boy.
Vendetta is alright, some lovely visuals and Hugo Weaving is brilliant as V. But the script feels tired and plays off the usual dystopian clichés too much. Natalie Portman is pretty useless as well.
Hellboy was a near-miss for me, again awesome visuals, and Ron Perlman is fantastic, but the pacing and story are inconsistent which undermines the film. Here's hoping Hellboy 2 nails it.
And I just watched the Sixth Sense for the first time in years. I'd forgotten what a masterpiece that film is. It starts slow-ish, but from the cupboard scene to the end, it's fantastic. It's scary, it's emotional, it's flat-out brilliant. Shame everything else M. Night has made has been horse-turd (other then Signs).
As for Sixth Sense, I adore it, it's a perfect film. I like Unbreakable a lot too, would have loved a sequel; Signs was really well made but didn't deliver on it's premise.
Furie said:
I watched 'O Brother where art thou' last night.
For me, O Brother, Where Art Thou is another perfect film, it's highly original and is exquisitely well made, the humour and pacing and tone are just perfect. If you want more Coen brothers try Miller's Crossing (gangsters) or The Big Lebowski (bonkers comedy).
Ben said:
And HBC is brilliant. I've hated her in everything else I've ever seen her in, but she looks brilliant in this.
She can't sing! She has the weakest voice there, yeah she looks the part and always acts well, but she can't have been the best choice - don't see how Tim Burton can be impartial when it's his wife :lol:.
Currently waiting for the Oscar bait to grace Swansea with it's presence: No Country For Old Men, There Will Be Blood etc. Bloody multiplexes...what's the point in having 2 cinemas 5 minutes apart showing exactly the same trash? :x