Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time 4
Far too much CGI and very strange accents throughout with the characters constantly explaining what was going on to each other. Bad.
Cloverfield 7*
Brothers 7
Depressing, but a thought provoking story.
The First Day of the Rest of Your Life 8
Great French film focusing on several generations of one family. Cute actors too!
Edge of Seventeen 7
Gay film with a silly story, but fun to watch anyway.
The Lovers on the Bridge 2
Classic French film? No!
A Handful of Dust 7
The Fluffer 6
Another gay film that couldn't decide whether it was funny or serious.
Amadeus 8
Avatar 8
Far better than I thought it would be. Pretty good fantasy film.
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! 5
I like Almodovar, but this was not good at all.
Went the Day Well? 7
Classic war film, surprisingly violent for the time it was made in 1942.
Manhattan 6
I know that I am meant to love this - I thought it was adequate.
Phone Booth 8
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus 7
Terry Gilliam is mad.
The Girl from Paris 7
Private Fears in Public Places 5
Kingdom of Heaven 4
Felt like it went on for several days. Looked stunning, but I wouldn't recommend.
The Damned United 7
Excellent docu-drama about old big 'ed.
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I thought Prince of Persia was poor too. I agree, why did the characters have to keep explaining to each other what was happening?
ReplyDeleteBetter late than never, but for those I've seen (all on 'big screen' as usual):-
ReplyDeleteCloverfield - a bit more than you - 7.5
Brothers - ditto - 7.5
Handful of Dust - film improves on each viewing, I think (Aren't Angelica Houston and Kristen S.-T. just marvellous? But then they always are.) I'd now give it a score of 8. I've only recently caught up on reading the book, also v. good.
Amadeus (which I said last time had been 'spoilt' a bit for me by being very familiar with the far superior play on which it was based.) Recently I saw for the first time on TV (was it on More4?) the 'director's cut' version which adds about half an hour and I thought that this was quite a substantial improvement. In this light I might move my score up to agree with yours, though I feel it could have been EVEN better!
Avatar - I just don't its adulation. Even being the first full-length film I've ever sen in 3D I thought it rather dull and predictable. If I was generous I'd give it a 5.
Tie me Up.... I did see it and usually quite like Almodovar but I honestly can't recall a thing about it, so I'd hold back on the score until I see it again.
Manhattan - I think most of Woody admirers, of whom I'm definitely one, would nominate this as his best film of all. I'd put it in his top 5 (Hannah....is my own favourite) but it still gets a worthy 8.
Phone Booth - yes, good entertainment - 7.5.
Doctor Parnassus - as always with Gilliam, visually astonishing, but doesn't hold together very well. Yes, 7.
Damned United - Okay. Passes the time reasonably well. 6.
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