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Just finished a double bill:

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Crap. First one is still a very effective exploitation horror, this does the same film but with more annoying and 'actory' acting and a dash of pointless CGI of the 'witch', think that's what it was meant to be anyway. At least the first sequel had that foxy Goth chick it it.

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First time I've seen this since the flix and it's held up well, neat idea, good fillum. Although it's no Moon (just a space station). Looking forward to seeing 'Mute' - http://m.imdb.com/title/tt1464763/
 
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So bad, it's good.

Russell Crowe manages to turn Noah into his Gladiator character.

Ray Winstone plays a biblical Ray Winstone.

Anthony Hopkins plays a biblical Anthony Hopkins.

Jennifer Connolley plays a biblical anorexic.

Emily Watson plays a biblical Hermoine.

And somehow they manage to fit stone monsters into it too.

Tremendous big budget B movie entertainment ;)
 
4) Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets : The latest sci-fi epic from Luc Besson, coming 20 years after his initial foray into the field with The Fifth Element. Not seen much positive press on this, which means it probably bombed - however I loved it. Certainly plenty of depth to the environment within which it was set and the leads had a sparky chemistry which allowed me to buy in to their story. Well worth checking out in my opinion.
 
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Based on a Teen Novel - Not a bad movie for a Sunday evening.
 
Crap. First one is still a very effective exploitation horror, this does the same film but with more annoying and 'actory' acting and a dash of pointless CGI of the 'witch', think that's what it was meant to be anyway. At least the first sequel had that foxy Goth chick it it.
Went watching this when it was on the pictures and although it wasn't bad in and of itself it's just utterly pointless if you've seen the original. There's a couple of good things with the time changes and all but not enough to justify a remake. And the bit with the Confederate Flag seems a bit odd as it doesn't go anywhere....seemingly a simplistic way to create artificial tension within the group but it just doesn't happen.
 
i re-watched saving private ryan yesterday, its a good film but i cant help think that hanks and spielberg trumped themselves with band of brothers making it a lesser film now
 
4) Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets : The latest sci-fi epic from Luc Besson, coming 20 years after his initial foray into the field with The Fifth Element. Not seen much positive press on this, which means it probably bombed - however I loved it. Certainly plenty of depth to the environment within which it was set and the leads had a sparky chemistry which allowed me to buy in to their story. Well worth checking out in my opinion.

Took the wife to see that in 3d.

My view at the time was that as a film I knew little about and just sat in the cinema watching I really enjoyed it. If you over analyse the film then it probably wouldn't hold up well afterwards but just as a movie that you don't overthink it was enjoyable.

3d adds very little in hindsight though
 
i re-watched saving private ryan yesterday, its a good film but i cant help think that hanks and spielberg trumped themselves with band of brothers making it a lesser film now
The budgets in TV has definitely moved the goalposts, allowing writers time and scope to develop stories and characters in a way that films don't, regardless though I would agree with you anyway, I think 'saving private ryan' is a series of great moments rather than a great film, the mindblowing opening scene, the letter scene and the tense knife fight being great stuff, but overall when I watch it now it feels like a propaganda exercise for some reason
 
The Replacements with Gene Hackman. Surprised I hadn't seen it before, but enjoyed it, an easy watch and American Football films tend to translate quite well to film. Brooke Langton was an added bonus.
 

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