I watched Walk the Line whilst on a trans-Atlantic flight. It is a really good film. I thought Joachim Phoenix was excellent as Cash. He and Ray Charles definitely had similarities didn't they.

I didn't know about the phone conversation. That was some brilliant improv!

I confess that I don't like Roger Moore as James Bond. I think I was so keen on his predecessors that his portrayal just didn't ring true for me. It got too far fetched and ridiculous for my taste but was definitely a product of its time. Many, many years ago my mother worked alongside Roger in a modelling agency. He started out as a male model and she always used to say that he still looked like he was trying to sell the suits he was wearing on screen. Jane Seymour is a very stunning lady.

Must see Wreck  it Ralph. It has had such good reviews.

The past few days I watched:

Avengers Assemble: I actually enjoyed this. Really good special effects and I liked the costumes. Definitely had to suspend my disbelief but hey that does the soul good some times. Bit of fangirling over Tom Hiddleston- golly he can act and makes a deliciously good baddy (does that even make sense). I laughed at the 'I'll have that drink now' line.

The Descendents: well looking back on this film I felt rather disappointed. I get the feeling that without George Clooney it would be pretty obvious that it is just not very special. The acting was good throughout. I liked the (obvious) allusions to the Hawaaian ancestry and inheritance but just felt the whole thing wasn't great.

On a completely different note I also watched Anchorman. Found this very, very funny in places and in others it just tries a bit too hard. Gosh! I did laugh though. Not every joke works and it can be a bit 'schoolboy' humour but it was hilarious at times. 'You have bad hair'.

I recently saw the movie called "The Ultimate Gift". It's an incredibly good movie, although tear-inducing for some.

Agreed that Jaws film is complete *******. The Fly is a great film that I haven't seen in a loooong while. Sleeper is a very funny film. Though I think you'll be waiting a long while! I think there is a problem with sequels. The Abbott and Costello film sounds interesting. They were never my favourite double act, I loved Laurel and Hardy, but this sounds interesting. Where/how did you watch it?

I've just watched over the past few days:

Chicago- with Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta Jones and Richard Gere. I thought this a wonderful translation of a stage show to the big screen. You can see why Oscars were won for this.

Jane Eyre (2011)- a favourite novel of mine translated onto the screen in a wonderful BBC (of course) production. The cinematography/ camerawork is simply beautiful. There are many scenes which are reminiscent of the Dutch School of painting. The use of candlelight is fantastic. The leads are played wonderfully by Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender (her plainness and child-like quality, his eyes and sheer passion). Dame Judi Dench in a supporting role is super. Everything about this film is a delight. The scenery of the Yorkshire Moors is so brutal. Nominated for an Oscar and deserved more. Won several other awards.

Recently watched...

8 Miles
The Lovely Bones
 

Just saw ARGO. What a great movie. Especially the last 25 minutes were so damn well constructed. This is the kind of movie that they could've easily needlessly stretched to 2,5 hours but I'm glad they didn't. There's no fat in this movie, every scene and performance has it's purpose. Highly recommended.

Watched My Week With Marilyn today. Based closely upon real events during the filming of The Prince and The Showgirl starring Lawrence Olivier and Marilyn Monroe this is a super film. Although it is romantic in parts it also clearly shows the fragility of Marilyn. The cast includes: Michelle Williams, Kenneth Branagh, Eddie Redmayne, Dame Judi Dench, Zoe Wanamaker and Emma Watson and these are superb throughout. Michelle Williams in particular gives a stunning portrayal of the tragic star herself. I can thoroughly recommend this film. Action movie it is not but it has very real class.

Yesterday I watched Jonah Hex? What can I say? Loosely (word used advisedly) upon the DC comics and with, in theory, a strong cast including John Malkovich, Josh Brolin ( I couldn't understand much of what his character was saying) Megan Fox (dodgy accent) and Michael Fassbender (fantastic Irish accent but then it should be and i liked the 'tattoos') this film is pretty much a directorial car crash. I am not slow on the uptake (really...I'm not) but not having read the comics I actually did not understand what the hell was going on most of the time. The basic story line is fine it's all the 'he's half dead and is able to kind of speak to dead people thing' I couldn't get. I quite liked the steam punk nods in this Western. I am always willing to suspend disbelief when watching a film but the characters and story have to be presented by a director in a way which allows the audience to do this. Needless to say, here, it just didn't happen.

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Men Only... Do you know that feeling when you're totally regretting to have watched something? Now, I regret it. The only funny thing about it (though I wouldn't actually use the word 'funny') was that the 'nurse' was portrayed by Zoe Telford, who's playing Sarah Sawyer in TBB / TGG. And in Men Only Jamie (Martin Freeman) asks her if her reason for not wanting him is because he's no doctor. lol

Rise of The Guardians was surprisingly hilarious. I loved Hugh Jackman's voice for the Easter Bunny. Santa was portrayed as a big, scary Russian and that was an interesting twist. Very nice storyline. Jude Law was a great villain, normally his voice gives me the chills in a completely different way ;)

Well I have watched quite a few films over the past few days. I'll just give my tuppenyworth on one in this post:

PROMETHEUS- this has a stunning cast and is directed by Ridely Scott. Within the film there are some great performances but as a whole there is something not right. One problem, IMO, is the pacing, another is that some of the characterisations are poor and there does not seem to be genuine connections between some of the characters.

I loved Fassy's portrayal of David however. The allusions to Lawrence of Arabia (you even see a clip from the film near the start) and David's attempt to model himself upon Peter O'Toole's portrayal of T.E.Lawrence, even down to dying his hair and using the same voice and phrases, are interesting ones. I am assuming that the choice of T.E.Lawrence  was a reflection of Lawrence's own close liaison with the Arabs- there are distinct parallels here. Considering his character is a robot his is one of the strongest personalities on board.