Wednesday, May 12, 2004
So today was movie day.Back when I still bought vhs videos, I'd go into Virgin or HMV when they had one of those 3 for £20 or 5 for £30 offers, and buy a shed load of movies. Then I switched over to buying DVDs and for a long time, the only cheap ones were a bucket of shite... so buying good movies meant paying full price, thus my movie intake dropped by a factor of 10 or so.
Now however, things appear to have moved on. There's a whole load of really decent films out on mid-price and budget.
Todays movies were...
Bullet Proof Monk.
I know, I know, the reviewers said it was crap. Everyone I know who saw it said it was crap. But hey, I'm a Chow Yun Fat fan, so I had to see it, and guess what?
It's crap.
One Hour Photo
I don't like Robin Williams. Just like Tom Hanks, he's too nice. I don't do 'nice', I like an edge.
This film then is the best thing he's ever done, from an acting standpoint at least. (Yeah, I love What Dreams May Come and prefer it to this film, but he's still 'nice' in that)
Chilling.... very slow, so not one to watch if you're an adrenalin junkie or have a short attention span, but very very edgy.
Ocean's Eleven
Straightforward slick hollywood entertainment. Enjoyable, nothing more, nothing less.
Solaris
Now THIS is maginificent.
I heard about the Russian original years ago, but never saw it, and was maybe a bit concerned that the hollywood treatment would create something of a farce.
Not having seen the original, I don't know how this compares, but never the less.... this is quite the most utterly brilliant film I've seen in a long long time.
Thought provoking, emotional, edgy and fascinating. George Clooney's at his charismatic best too, which helps.
A work of art. Why can't more films be like this?
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Steve 12:15 AM [+]
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