Movie Musings
It's been a while since I wrote about any movies I've seen recently, and so I thought I'd give a quick rundown of some of the cool things I've watched over the past few weeks.
When talk first came around about animated movies, it didn't really appeal to me. I was taking it to be a thing for kids, and kids only. Then when a classmate who loves comics and is an avid fan of the whole comic-superhero movement told me they're not, and that some of the animated movies which come out nowadays are actually for quite mature audiences, I decided to give them a go. I have to say, I feel like a fool for not watching them earlier. Animated movies are so cool, and I've already made notes of future releases which I must watch.
Although not very original, Hoodwinked was one I really liked. The way the writers pinched bits from other scripts and decided to create one big twist from the very beginning was a good job nicely done. Ice Age was also cool too (no pun intended), and I can't wait to get my hands on Ice Age part 2 when it's released. I just hope that poor squirrel gets the nut. Both of these had well created computer generated graphics, and ended up being a real treat to watch. Other animated movies I've watched are Tim Burton's Corpse Bride which I didn't fancy too much, Ultimate Avengers which was fun, but since I'm not into the whole superhero thing it didn't entertain me as much, and The Incredibles which I loved very much.
I can't help but think now that some day in the future we can move away from Hollywood and blue-screens and hand crafted backdrops to fully computer generated movies in animation. I'm sure some of you will also love to see the next Bad Boys in animation - that would be so cool!
Moving away from animation, yesterday I watched Lucky Number Slevin. The promotion for this movie was up and running early on billboards and t-side bus ads everywhere in the UK and I'd made mental note to watch it since then. When the ending credits rolled on screen yesterday, I sat back and couldn't help think that this movie was a little over the top. With a lot of loopholes in the script, it was enjoyable to watch, but not so convincing. I like to watch a movie and then think 'crap, that shit can really happen' but with this movie, it was the opposite.
Following in the same trait, Chaos was one movie I quite liked. With a script lending its ideas from The Usual Suspects, it ended up being a good movie with the right amount of action and twists towards the end. Jason Stratham played a really good role in this, aswell as Wesley Snipes. Although Stratham is one of my favourites, I don't feel the same about Snipes anymore. Another movie of his I've watched recently is The Detonator which I think was a straight-to-video/DVD. The movie; it was nothing but one big rip-off.
And just before I forget, I've just caught Firewall too. I was expecting it to be some really good action filled tech-robbery, but ended up with nothing but a mere product placement movie. I could've just walked into a room full off computers in a bank operating Windows OS instead. Did that make sense?
That's it for now anyway, hopefully I'll blog some more on movies at a later date.
When talk first came around about animated movies, it didn't really appeal to me. I was taking it to be a thing for kids, and kids only. Then when a classmate who loves comics and is an avid fan of the whole comic-superhero movement told me they're not, and that some of the animated movies which come out nowadays are actually for quite mature audiences, I decided to give them a go. I have to say, I feel like a fool for not watching them earlier. Animated movies are so cool, and I've already made notes of future releases which I must watch.
Although not very original, Hoodwinked was one I really liked. The way the writers pinched bits from other scripts and decided to create one big twist from the very beginning was a good job nicely done. Ice Age was also cool too (no pun intended), and I can't wait to get my hands on Ice Age part 2 when it's released. I just hope that poor squirrel gets the nut. Both of these had well created computer generated graphics, and ended up being a real treat to watch. Other animated movies I've watched are Tim Burton's Corpse Bride which I didn't fancy too much, Ultimate Avengers which was fun, but since I'm not into the whole superhero thing it didn't entertain me as much, and The Incredibles which I loved very much.
I can't help but think now that some day in the future we can move away from Hollywood and blue-screens and hand crafted backdrops to fully computer generated movies in animation. I'm sure some of you will also love to see the next Bad Boys in animation - that would be so cool!
Moving away from animation, yesterday I watched Lucky Number Slevin. The promotion for this movie was up and running early on billboards and t-side bus ads everywhere in the UK and I'd made mental note to watch it since then. When the ending credits rolled on screen yesterday, I sat back and couldn't help think that this movie was a little over the top. With a lot of loopholes in the script, it was enjoyable to watch, but not so convincing. I like to watch a movie and then think 'crap, that shit can really happen' but with this movie, it was the opposite.
Following in the same trait, Chaos was one movie I quite liked. With a script lending its ideas from The Usual Suspects, it ended up being a good movie with the right amount of action and twists towards the end. Jason Stratham played a really good role in this, aswell as Wesley Snipes. Although Stratham is one of my favourites, I don't feel the same about Snipes anymore. Another movie of his I've watched recently is The Detonator which I think was a straight-to-video/DVD. The movie; it was nothing but one big rip-off.
And just before I forget, I've just caught Firewall too. I was expecting it to be some really good action filled tech-robbery, but ended up with nothing but a mere product placement movie. I could've just walked into a room full off computers in a bank operating Windows OS instead. Did that make sense?
That's it for now anyway, hopefully I'll blog some more on movies at a later date.
