My original intention was to watch this as it aired with it being a Doctor Who spin-off I expected great things similar to the tributary …read more »
The Sarah Jane Adventures
Films of the Year
This year (including the films yet to be published) I have watched 141 films, not including repeats. That is a lot of films if you think about it, roughly 2.7 films per week, at an average film being 100 minutes long it totals 270 minutes each week.
In a week there are 10080 minutes, thats roughly 6720 minutes awake.
…read more »Casino Royale
I’ve just been to see a special preview of the 21st Film in the Bond Franchise, Casino Royale. First and foremost Daniel Craig, yes he’s handsome, young but not too young, strong, virile and witty but he lacks the charm and charisma of previous (or future depending on your perspective) Bonds …read more »
A Sound of Thunder
Synopsis: In the future the ability to travel through time has been mastered and a new branch of the Government created to regulate the company “Time Safari” that uses this technology to travel to the Cretaceous period and take down an allosaurus 5 minutes before it dies. There are 3 rules: Don’t change anything in the past; don’t leave anything behind; and most important, don’t bring anything back…..
…read more »Superman Returns: The IMAX Experience
On the doomed planet Krypton, a wise scientist placed his infant son into a spacecraft and launched him to Earth.
Raised by a kind farmer and his wife, the boy grew up to become our greatest protector… Superman.
But when astronomers discovered the distant remains of his home world, Superman Disappeared.
This was my second viewing of this slice of cinematic history, I wasn’t particularly impressed with the 3D effects though, either it was the glasses being bent out of shape, just plain ineffective or my position in the theatre but I really didn’t feel part of the film. Falling with the plane as Superman tries to correct it’s tail spin was completely wasted on me and it all as a bit of a blur.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Wowzers, good sequel. Its not quite what I expected through, I anticipated a movie that felt like the first half of an adventure not an enduring quest that draws out the action. What I mean is the punches felt spaced out rather than a rapid succession. The first film was and still is a swashbuckling adventure the second more of a journey across middle earth to save the entire world. …read more »