Films i've watched recently.
Whilst i'm venting my spleen on Total Film, i'll comment on a couple of films i've recently seen.
Just now i finished watching P.T. Anderson's 1999 film: Magnolia. It's an interesting viewing experience, if slightly long. Many will be upset at the fact that i actually opted to watch it over the top of Punch Drunk Love , a film i know many love. In the end, i think i enjoyed it. There were some amazing performances, and the common links of family, love, betrayal between these characters did inspire in some way. Plus it had a rain of toads for no apparent reason other than to prove the point that weird things happen. Long though. Almost 3 hours. Luckily i loved Aimee Mann's soundtrack.
Also saw 40 Year Old Virgin starring the great Steve Carell the other week. Really enjoyed this film, and would rate it alongside Serenity as the best film i've seen this year at the cinema. There were a lot of points that it could have fallen into mediocre gross out humour that we've all seen before, but it never managed to fall. It stayed upbeat and true, in particular the relationship between the 4 friends. Highly reccommend.
Strangely, i think it has been a good year for cinema. I've enjoyed pretty much all the films i've seen this year. Batman Begins. Sin City. Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Hopefully it keeps up. I'm looking forward to Cameron Crowe's latest: Elizabethtown, as well as George Clooney's Good Night, and Good Luck about newsreader Edward Murrow and the Maccarthy era.
Just now i finished watching P.T. Anderson's 1999 film: Magnolia. It's an interesting viewing experience, if slightly long. Many will be upset at the fact that i actually opted to watch it over the top of Punch Drunk Love , a film i know many love. In the end, i think i enjoyed it. There were some amazing performances, and the common links of family, love, betrayal between these characters did inspire in some way. Plus it had a rain of toads for no apparent reason other than to prove the point that weird things happen. Long though. Almost 3 hours. Luckily i loved Aimee Mann's soundtrack.
Also saw 40 Year Old Virgin starring the great Steve Carell the other week. Really enjoyed this film, and would rate it alongside Serenity as the best film i've seen this year at the cinema. There were a lot of points that it could have fallen into mediocre gross out humour that we've all seen before, but it never managed to fall. It stayed upbeat and true, in particular the relationship between the 4 friends. Highly reccommend.
Strangely, i think it has been a good year for cinema. I've enjoyed pretty much all the films i've seen this year. Batman Begins. Sin City. Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Hopefully it keeps up. I'm looking forward to Cameron Crowe's latest: Elizabethtown, as well as George Clooney's Good Night, and Good Luck about newsreader Edward Murrow and the Maccarthy era.
posted by Unknown | 11/01/2005 04:10:00 pm
1 Comments:
40 year old virgin seemed like a poor excuse for dick and fart jokes to me!!!!
I try and stick to classics like Jungle 2 Jungle.
Nice Blogg!!!!!!!
Post a Comment
<< Home