Thursday 16 September 2010

September Movie Update

Here are the films that Pete and I have received from Lovefilm.com and watched on TV and DVD over the past month, in reverse order, with my ratings out of ten from my movie list on IMDB.
  It's been a busy few weeks!


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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2 comments:

  1. I thought Prince of Persia was poor too. I agree, why did the characters have to keep explaining to each other what was happening?

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  2. Better late than never, but for those I've seen (all on 'big screen' as usual):-

    Cloverfield - 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.

    THE END

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