Coaster Ollie said:
Just watched I Robot on channel 4.
Great film, and has reminded me of how much filming technology has evolved over the years.
Everything in the film is so shiny.
Mediocre film, but it sums up EVERYTHING which is dreadful about films nowadays. Filming technology means film-makers have become lazy, so all films end up shiny and bland.
nadroj123 said:
I finally finished watching Pan's Labyrinth, which is one of the most surreal films I've ever seen. It's like half war film, half weird scary fantasy thing, with some horror and swearing thrown in for good measure. It was good, just strange I guess.
Reviewed it a lot of pages back. I thought it was really "grabbing". It's everything that SHOULD be happening in the movie industry now. Using new filming techniques to create superb and believe worlds which you can lose yourself in for two hours and feel utterly engrossed in.
LiveForTheLaunch said:
Mehh, I have to disagree. The first fifteen minutes is amazing though, and apparantly it's the most accurate portrayal of what that battle was like. Chilling, really, but the rest I didn't find to be great.
I agree actually. The start was superb, and there were some excellent set pieces, but it had none of the guts and intensity of films like Apocalypse Now or Platoon...
Oooops... Forgot to add my recommendations :lol:
Saw Ratatouille on the way over to the Canary Isles. I have never been so let down by a film, ever. A bland Pixar film? So sad
They then had Rush Hour 3, which I was fortunately saved from by having the baby stab out my gonads with a very blunt, plastic spoon.
On the way back was The Bourne Yawntimatumemecy. Whatever the third bland film, in this pretty mindless series is called.
The first Bourne was adeptly made, and mildly intriguing. the second was brain at the door, great action film. The third was just leave your wallet at home and slam your head in the doors of a local bus - it's cheaper and less painful