Bludging at Work: A True Aussie Talent
Ahh, the lack of work at work makes employees jumpy. Do you spend time scouring the internet for porn or other salacious material, or engage in cleaning your desk and drinking coffee?
For me, right now, things are painfully slow. There is almost no freight anywhere, and we are sitting about twiddling our thumbs. So I thought I'd do something unusual and post more than once today.
Movies I have seen recently:
Syriana: Clooney won Best Supporting Actor for this film, and it's easy to see why. The film is staggeringly slow, but brilliant nonetheless. Intelligent and well acted, its a little confusing to begin with as all the major characters are introduced, but once you get your head around it, its excellent ensemble material. And a great/terrible ending.
Stealth: Dumb, shallow and brainless. Utterly enjoyable though, as long as you aren't looking for anything resembling logic of intelligent thought. Completely the opposite of Syriana. Effects are occasionally dodgy, but thats not really a problem for a film like this. Its all happening too fast to really care.
Cinderella Man: Underrated film about a boxer who comes from nowhere and pummels the fight world into submission. Crowe is great, Zellweger is his equal, and Giamatti is a scream. Lacklustre box-office returns were a crime against this film. Grab a copy and see it.
Sin City: Violent, crazy and pulp noir, Rodriguez makes up for Once Upon A Time In Mexico with this CGI-fest thats so far above Star Wars for technical achievement its dazzling. This is true pioneering filmmaking. Bweare: its pretty gory and occasionally a nude person struts across the screen. You have been warned. Special mention to Bruce Willis and Mickey Rourke for their work in this film.
Serenity: Dazzlingly shot but ultimately empty sci-fi resurrection of TV series Firefly into motion picture form, I was slightly baffled by the characters interations at first, and wished I had more background for them (I never saw the TV show). As it was, the special effects were typicaly awesome (with only a few exceptions) and the best fight scenes since The Matrix.
Flight Of The Phoenix:
Better than average remake of the 60's film, with Dennis Quaid leading the desperate crew out of the desert and into a special effects/adventure yarn thats entertaining enough without straining the brain cells. Eowyn has a great supporting role.
Just Friends: Great little PG comedy with Ryan Reynolds (Blade Trinity, Van Wilder) that I found utterly hysterical, but Lisa I don't think enjoyed as much as I did. We went in with my low expectations being dashed quite quickly, and I was entertained the entire time. Better than I thought it would be.
Thats about it for recently seen films. I cannot wait for Harry Potter 4 or King Kong at the start of April. Well, work has arrived, so I must go and do something.
Might check back with you later.
Have a good one.
For me, right now, things are painfully slow. There is almost no freight anywhere, and we are sitting about twiddling our thumbs. So I thought I'd do something unusual and post more than once today.
Movies I have seen recently:
Syriana: Clooney won Best Supporting Actor for this film, and it's easy to see why. The film is staggeringly slow, but brilliant nonetheless. Intelligent and well acted, its a little confusing to begin with as all the major characters are introduced, but once you get your head around it, its excellent ensemble material. And a great/terrible ending.
Stealth: Dumb, shallow and brainless. Utterly enjoyable though, as long as you aren't looking for anything resembling logic of intelligent thought. Completely the opposite of Syriana. Effects are occasionally dodgy, but thats not really a problem for a film like this. Its all happening too fast to really care.
Cinderella Man: Underrated film about a boxer who comes from nowhere and pummels the fight world into submission. Crowe is great, Zellweger is his equal, and Giamatti is a scream. Lacklustre box-office returns were a crime against this film. Grab a copy and see it.
Sin City: Violent, crazy and pulp noir, Rodriguez makes up for Once Upon A Time In Mexico with this CGI-fest thats so far above Star Wars for technical achievement its dazzling. This is true pioneering filmmaking. Bweare: its pretty gory and occasionally a nude person struts across the screen. You have been warned. Special mention to Bruce Willis and Mickey Rourke for their work in this film.
Serenity: Dazzlingly shot but ultimately empty sci-fi resurrection of TV series Firefly into motion picture form, I was slightly baffled by the characters interations at first, and wished I had more background for them (I never saw the TV show). As it was, the special effects were typicaly awesome (with only a few exceptions) and the best fight scenes since The Matrix.
Flight Of The Phoenix:
Better than average remake of the 60's film, with Dennis Quaid leading the desperate crew out of the desert and into a special effects/adventure yarn thats entertaining enough without straining the brain cells. Eowyn has a great supporting role.
Just Friends: Great little PG comedy with Ryan Reynolds (Blade Trinity, Van Wilder) that I found utterly hysterical, but Lisa I don't think enjoyed as much as I did. We went in with my low expectations being dashed quite quickly, and I was entertained the entire time. Better than I thought it would be.
Thats about it for recently seen films. I cannot wait for Harry Potter 4 or King Kong at the start of April. Well, work has arrived, so I must go and do something.
Might check back with you later.
Have a good one.
posted by Fernby at Thursday, March 09, 2006
1 Comments:
Bludging, indeed.
I saw Harry Potter 4 at the cinema in Korea (the Korean subtitles are only a little distracting - I guess I'll have to get used to it). I thought it was great. Someone else who had read the book didn't think it was as great as I did.
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