Weekend wrap up - movies
July 28th, 2008
Great weekend movie wise for me, I actually got to watch a couple that I’ve been meaning to for a real long time! Â Rather than write a separate post on each of them which would take me a while and stop me watching more stuff and playing with a new gadget that just showed up in the mail (more about that later).
The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
It took me ages to actually get this from the video store, they have like one copy which was never there and I missed it on television the other week. Â I actually found this movie a little light on considering its source material. Â I mean I know it was a movie aimed mainly at kids and I wasn’t expecting Lord of the Rings but I just couldn’t find much in this to really draw me in. Â Cast are all very likeable and the effects were all pretty good, not fantastic but good enough. Â There were parts of it that bug me, battle tactics for one thing were completely ridiculous, that’s no way to wage a war. Â Also the Christianity overtones felt really forced and distracting but that may simply have been me being overly aware of it. Â A little more time building the characters up would have helped. Â I’ll watch the sequel.
One scene that did have us rolling around in laughter was at the end where the fox had drawn glasses and a moustache on some lion… hilarious, probably not for the right reasons.
X-Files: I want to Believe
OK I’ve savaged this film enough already, and I’m beginning to wonder if it was completely fair as I’ve started reading some positive reviews about it and some of the negative ones I don’t necessarily agree with their reasons. Â Maybe the cinema didn’t help the whole movie along either, I know Tracey will still have some fairly strong feelings over the film. Â But I’m now resolved to checking this out again on DVD when it comes out. Â I may have nicer things to say then. Â I doubt it, but I’m open to it.
Crank
Much to my friend’s horror I hadn’t actually seen Crank and was assured that I would indeed love such a film. They were right. Â It was a fantastically violent, frantic, fun film that makes me really happy that they have a sequel. Â The film itself accentuates the action and the urgency of its plot. Â It’s high voltage fun and it made me feel like a Red Bull.
I got The Transporter one and two out as I haven’t seen them either but that will probably be later in the week.
Harold and Kumar 2 Escape from Guantanamo Bay
Neil Patrick Harris is a living god! Â He had me in stitches with his shroom eating bad boy of the entertainment world. Â I love the fact that he is now openly gay but he completely makes you believe that he is this parody.
This film is in no way politically correct. Â But it does have a not too subtle commentary on the current state of things in America. Â Fortunately the political commentary is covered by a lot of rude jokes. Harold and Kumar are just funny guys and I hope they do another like it is being rumoured.
The one eyed Sloth like child is creepy but hilarious.
Stargate: Continuum
Wow it took me ages to sit and watch this, I saw the start about eleven times so it was quite a relief to get past the first fifteen minutes and discover probably one of the more solid stories to come out of the Stargate universe. Â I’m not going to deeply into this (like I have with all these others lol) but the time travel story is really well handled and some of the effects are particularly clever. Especially the boat sequence.
I can’t leave leave this without sharing what I think is a hilarious poster and a very funny website - click on the poster to find out what NPH would do!
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Categories: Movies | Tags: continuum, Crank, guantanamo bay, harold and kumar 2, lion the witch and the wardrobe, Neil Patrick Harris, stargate, x files | 4 Comments
