GIGLI - Finally decided to watchi it. It was horrible.
DREDD - Pretty good. Nice atmosphere. A huge improvement over Stallone's Dredd film.
REAL MCCOY - A movie I saw last when I was maybe 12 years old and I remember having such a crush on Kim Basinger. There's nothing special about this film but she's cute though.
NAUSICAÄ OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND - One of Hayao Miyazaki's earliest films and also one of his best. If you have kids of, say 12 years old, I recommend you show them what anime can be at best. Beautifully animated and great score.
THE FIVE-YEAR ENGAGEMENT - Not a great movie but tackles familiar issues like making sacrifices in relationships. I actually laughed out loud in a couple of places and that's quite rare for me.
THE WRAITH - I saw this when I was like 7 years old and all I remembered was the cool black car that was indestructible. Nothing special but the 21-year old Sherilyn Fenn is mad cute.
SIDE BY SIDE - A documentary about movies making the transition from film to digital. Keanu Reeves as the interviewer. Pretty interesting.
LARS AND THE REAL GIRL - Considering the subject this could easily have been turned into a farce but it's actually a really sweet movie with great performance from Ryan Gosling.

Oh I would love to see the Perks of Being a Wallflower! It hasn't been released in Belgium, yet.

300. Not an historical-drama type recreation of the Spartan stand at Thermopylae but rather a translation onto screen of the graphic novels which concern King Leonidas and the Spartans famous stand at the gates of fire against the Persian army.

Yes there are some historical inaccuracies (it isn't meant to be that sort of film) and imaginative additions. But I absolutely loved the whole style and rendition of this movie. It is a violent film (certificate 15 in the UK) but then when one considers its subject matter that is frankly unavoidable. The first battle scene is absolutely fantastic!

This film was well-received by critics when it came out (2006) but slightly less well-received by the public. I suspect this is due to the fact that it derives from a graphic novel and follows it carefully in many respects. I thought the use of little 'colour' apart from red in some scenes was brilliant. The use of CGI for many of the effects is great e.g. The Persian fleet being shipwrecked. The wall of the dead is also impressive.

The fight choreography is amazing and it is no surprise that the actors spent a good 6 weeks prior to filming in physical training and weapons training.

I got this on DVD which is definitely worth it as it has the extra of the director's etc commentary.

I loved this film 

My daughter bought me two DVDs for Mother's Day. The first is Anonymous which is an historical drama set in the reign of Elizabeth l and is based upon the academic theory that William Shakespears did not, in fact, write his plays but that they were written by a nobleman. I enjoyed this film very much indeed.

The other DVD is Argo, which I aim to watch in the next couple of days and will post here thereafter. It is a Ben Affleck movie and was an Oscar nominee and winner in many categories. I wanted to see it at the cinema but missed it so I'm really pleased I got the DVD.

I also watched A Clockwork Orange for the first time ever the other night. A Stanley Kubrick film it was banned in the UK and US for many, many years by Kubrick himself after a number of copycat events by weirdos. It is a very violent, disturbing film in many, many respects. Set in a dystopian future it is the story of a young man who is completely, deeply, criminally maladjusted (putting it mildly) and his subsequent (mis)treatment for his 'behaviour'. Despite its themes I admired the cinematography, the use of classical music throughout and the acting. Made in 1971 it has not dated as much as many other films. The language used in the film is not quite our English so it takes a while to attune one's ear. Malcolm McDowell is excellent in the lead role. I would say that this film is most definitely an 18 certificate! It poses questions about society, criminality and deviance and how it is dealt with.

Last edited by Davina (March 14, 2013 7:25 am)

My daughter just recently borrowed A Clockwork Orange from the library and had a lot of trouble with the made up slang in the book. She did say that the more she read it the more sense it made, but that it was a slow process. The problem with reading a made up slang language is that without being able to hear tone and inflection, figuring things out by context is a bit more difficult. I suggested she see the film so that she could get a "feel" for the language.

I never knew that the film had been banned. I remember seeing it on television when I was quite young. I was probably in my late teens when I saw it putting the date around the early 80s.

Last edited by AliceI (March 14, 2013 9:54 am)

Good but violent.

Blood Diamond is an excellent film. Today I watched what has become a cult classic Donnie Darko. This stars a young Jake Gyllenhaal. It is a fantasy film which revolves around his character as a disturbed teenager who starts to see the apparition of a weird rabbit. The film plays with the concept of time. It has a 15 certificate here. It is a great movie. Has a good solid cast, great script and storyline.

Goodness gracious, I forgot he directed those!
I love the SPACE films.

Cinema I saw Identity Thief last Saturday.. and at home on Sunday watched Iron Man (now wanting number 2 so can see No3)

Bring on STID though... mmmmm Star Trek and Benedict :D

Warm Bodies: Good movie! Way better than I expected. The humor is great