in my ears
I could tell as I entred the cinema that this was not going to be my type of film. There was a lot of teenagers, a lot of whom were being noisy and anoying. I took my seat away from my allocated one.
During the movie i laughed once and i cant even remember what it was that made me laugh. I can see how people would enjoy this film, lots of sex jokes and lots of little quirky one liners so the entire teenage population will probably love it. Only a 2/7 for me.
2/7
animated characters interacting with live people doesnt work very well, acutally it worked well in ‘who framed rogder rabbbit’ but thats about it
A few years ago tom and i decided it would be a good idea to eat KFC on new years day cause that way food can only get better for the rest of the year.
So today we did just that with a bunch of other buddies too.
After lunch we headed to the movies and watched ‘No country for old men’
It was a pretty violent film, lots of blood but also a lot of comedy. It wasnt Shaun of the Dead kind of funny gore. It was more the quirky characotrs that made it funny. Tommy Lee Jones was a retiring sheriff and he was quite droll and funny. It was a bit all over the place this film, a lot of it didnt seem to have a lot of direction but for some reason it was really interesting and engaging too.
5/7
‘The Darjeeling limited’ was a bit of a weird one. First there was a short film with one of the charactors that was in the main film, then there was the main film.
I’m not really sure what to make of it, i think quirky is a good description. 3 brothers going on a bonding journey that doesnt really work out as planned.
lets say 3 /7
I was expecting this movie to be pretty funny and clever, I was quite dissapointed, it was boring, not really funny.
2/7
This morning wife and I went and saw death at a funeral. it was quite funny.
5 / 7
then this afternoon / night I was at impact07 a dance thingy put on by some buddies, I was a cameraman for a 3 camera live mix. It was a bit of fuin although my camera was in a crap spot casue at the last minute i had to moce becasue the OH&S nazi came and shafted me. which was a poo casue all the cables had been taped down and i couldnt really move far. so now i have a sore back. Not really sure if the mix will be good, have to ask tom he was mixing.
now i’m tired.
Last night wife and went to see Michael Clayton
It was a good film, I was really enjoying it. I wsa trying to get comfy in my seat and in the process put my hand on something, I fiddled with it a while not really knowing what it was. Eventually i picked it up during a bright bit in the film to see what it was. It was a chicken bone! it was gross!
Anyway the move was good, clooney is a hottie.
5.5 / 7
This evening I saw ‘The Kingdom’ with Tom.
It was fantastic, a really good film. I love a film that has convoys and explosions and helicopters. Of course in the end the Americans came in and saved the day. It wasnt as gory as i expected, not to say there wasnt some full on killing but i was expecting more gore and more confronting.
6/7
myself, wife and sister inlaw just saw ‘The Bourne Ultimatum”
It was good, it had the same excitement as the first 2, lots of fighting, shooting, dodging of capture and sly plans to find his identity. I’m not convinced it was the best bourne i think supremacy is my favorite.
6/7
Tonight wife and debbie are going to go watch ‘sicko’ the new Michael moore film about the US health system.
My problem is that I dont really like moores films, none of them have excited me and i havent left any o them feeling like i had just watched a great film. But then who knows this one could be good and it is another film for the year but is it worth risking it.
My other option is i could go watch something else while wife and sister in law watch sicko but the options at the same time arnt great. chuck and larry, liscene to wed, black sheep
or do i just get a dvd and go home?
wife and i got a free pas to see ‘amazing grace’ so today we did.
It was ok, not the most fantastic film i have ever seen. I find it hard to get into movies set so far in the past. I’m just not much of a period piece person.
This is the sort of film that if you are a Christian you are probably supposed to be really moved by it, the inspiring William Wilberforce standing up to injustice and fighting to abolish slavery at the same time battling with himself and eventually overcoming his self doubt and triumphing.
Its a great story, and because of him slavery was abolished. But i didnt really feel moved or inspired by it. and if a films story doesnt grab me i find myself just disecting the other atributes of the film, the camera angles the sound the acting.
It wasnt a bad film, just not a howie film. you may love it.
3/7
Today wife and I went to the city to visit homer at the movies.
Before we saw the movie we had some maccas and ran into prawn, there was this guy saying ‘howie’ I had no idea who it was. They shook my hand and we chatted for a bit. took me a while to realise it was prawn. so hello prawn.
The simpsons movie was really good fun. It was funny and a bit more naughty than the tv show which was cool. Not to give it all away but there is some nudity.
I’m gonna give it 6/7
Last night I saw ‘Transformers’
Before the movie we went out to dinner and Tom managed to knock over Lezalee’s glass of red wine. Which ended up all over the white shorts I was wearing!
Somehow in the lead up to going to chatswood I managed to loose my ticket to the movie too.
The cinema man was very nice and let me go see the movie anyway, Nathan who bought the tickets showed the man his recipt proving that i was not trying to sneak in.
I came into this movie have fairly low expectations, firstly I was never a transformers fan when i was a kid, I found it all a bit too scary and felt much safer watching the epic tales of the Care Bears. Also I didnt think transformers was going to be very good becasue old school cartoons dont always have the same impact when hollywood gets hold of them.
But this film was fantastic, it was funny, there was some kick arse fighting, and the effects where pretty cool. I was really supriesed at how funny it was, there was little gags all over the shop. The only thing I didnt really like about the film was that the Sector 7 man was a doosh bag, his charactor was crap, and also some of the robot fight scenses it was a bit hard to see what was going on. More of a technical thing, there wasnt a lot of wide shots showing the fighting lots of close up robotic bits attacking each other whcih i dont know it somehow made the fight scenes a bit less dramatic for me.
5.5 / 7
The perfect friday evening.
Wife and I just saw ‘oceans thirteen’.
It was pretty good, george clooney is so cool. it was good to see all the boys back on the casino floor after the misshap of oceans 12 which really wasnt all that impressive. The only thing i didnt like in this film was the super computer that ran security in the new casino but apart from that it was pretty good.
Go see this movie.
6/7
yet again we saw this movie for free thanks to our booklet of movie money ‘screen saver’ vouchers. the downside is that there is now only 4 free movies left, or 2 left if jenny decided to take me aswell.
Wife and I jusw saw shrek the thrid, which felt like we where seeing shrek 64. There wasnt really much to it. not ans many little one line funnies. Its been marketed to death this film and now i can see why. It cant stand up on its own.
3/7
wait til it comes out on DVD
Today wife and I saw the new pirates movie.
2 hours and 43 minutes.
Man o got quite bored in parts, i tried to go to sleep but the damn music kept waking me up. Not my type of movie, i’m sure a lot of people will find it fantastic, but really not my cup of tea.
but still in saying that it was free so I did enjoy seeing a free movie and there are much worse films out there that i could have watched.
3 / 7
(x) Grease
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean
() Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest
( ) Boondock Saints
(x ) Fight Club
(x ) Starsky and Hutch
(x) Neverending Story
( ) Blazing Saddles
(x ) Airplane
Total: 6
( ) The Princess Bride
(x) Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy
(x) Napoleon Dynamite
() Labyrinth
( ) Saw
( ) Saw II
( ) White Noise
( ) White Oleander
(x ) 50 First Dates
( ) The Princess Diaries
( ) The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Total all together: 9
(x) Scream
() Scream 2
() Scream 3
(x) Scary Movie
( ) Scary Movie 2
( ) Scary Movie 3
( ) Scary Movie 4
(x) American Pie
( ) American Pie 2
( ) American Wedding
( ) American Pie Band Camp
( ) American Pie Naked Mile
Total all together: 12
( ) Harry Potter 1
( ) Harry Potter 2
( ) Harry Potter 3
( ) Harry Potter 4
( ) Resident Evil 1
( ) Resident Evil 2
( ) Little Black Book
(x) The Village
(x) Lilo & Stitch
Total all together: 14
(x) Finding Nemo
( ) Finding Neverland
(x) Signs
( ) The Grinch
(x) Texas Chainsaw Massacre
( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
( ) White Chicks
(x) Butterfly Effect
( ) 13 Going on 30
(x) I, Robot
( ) Robots
Total all together: 19
(x) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
(x) Universal Soldier
( ) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
(x) Along Came Polly
(x) Deep Impact
( ) KingPin
( ) Never Been Kissed
(x) Meet The Parents
(x) Meet the Fockers
( ) Eight Crazy Nights
( ) Joe Dirt
( ) King Kong
Total all together: 25
( ) A Cinderella Story
(x) The Terminal
( ) The Lizzie McGuire Movie
( ) Passport to Paris
(x) Dumb & Dumber
(x) Dumber & Dumberer
( ) Final Destination
( ) Final Destination 2
( ) Final Destination 3
( ) Halloween
(x) The Ring
( ) The Ring 2
( ) Surviving Christmas
(x) Flubber
Total all together: 30
( ) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
( ) Practical Magic
(x) Chicago
( ) Ghost Ship
( ) From Hell
( ) Hellboy
( ) Secret Window
(x) I Am Sam
(x) The Whole Nine Yards
(x) The Whole Ten Yards
Total all together : 34
(x) The Day After Tomorrow
( ) Child’s Play
( ) Seed of Chucky
( ) Bride of Chucky
(x) Ten Things I Hate About You
( ) Gothika
(x) Nightmare on Elm Street
( ) Sixteen Candles
(x) Remember the Titans
(x) Coach Carter
(x) The Longest Yard
( ) Gridiron Gang
( ) The Grudge
( ) The Grudge 2
(x) The Mask
( ) Son Of The Mask
Total all together: 41
(x) Bad Boys
(x) Bad Boys 2
( ) Joy Ride
( ) Lucky Number Seven
(x) Ocean’s Eleven
(x) Ocena’s Twelve
(x) Bourne Identity
(x) Bourne Supremecy
( ) Lone Star
( ) Bedazzled
( ) Predator I
( ) Predator II
( ) The Fog
(x) Ice Age
( ) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
( ) Curious George
Total all together: 48
(x) Independence Day
( ) Cujo
( ) A Bronx Tale
( ) Darkness Falls
( ) Christine
(x) ET
( ) Children of the Corn
( ) My Bosses Daughter
(x) Maid in Manhattan
(x) War of the Worlds
(x) Rush Hour
( ) Rush Hour 2
Total all together: 53
( ) Swimfan
(x) Miracle on 34th street
( ) Old School
(x) The Notebook
(x) K-Pax
( ) Krippendorf’s Tribe
(x) A Walk to Remember
( ) Ice Castles
( ) Boogeyman
( ) The 40-year-old-virgin
Total all together: 57
(x ) Lord of the Rings Fellowship of the Ring
( ) Lord of the Rings The Two Towers
( ) Lord of the Rings Return Of the King
(x) Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
(x) Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
(x) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Total all together: 61
(x) BASEketball
( ) Hostel
( ) Waiting for Guffman
( ) House of 1000 Corpses
( ) Devils Rejects
( ) Elf
( ) Highlander
( ) Mothman Prophecies
( ) American History
( ) Three
Total all together:62
( ) The Jackal
( ) Kung Fu Hustle
(x) Full Metal Jacket
( ) Shaolin Soccer
( ) Night Watch
(x) Monsters Inc.
(x) Titanic
(x)Monty Python and the Holy Grail
(x) Shaun Of the Dead
( ) Willard
Total all together: 67
( ) High Tension
( ) Club Dread
(x)Hulk
( ) Dawn Of the Dead
(x)Hook
(x)Chronicles Of Narnia The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
( ) 28 days Later
( ) Orgazmo
( ) Phantasm
( ) Waterworld
total all together: 70
(x) Kill Bill vol 1
(x) Kill Bill vol 2
( ) Mortal Kombat
( ) Wolf Creek
( )Kingdom of Heaven
( )The Hills Have Eyes
( ) I Spit on Your Grave aka the Day of the Woman
( ) The Last House on the Left
( ) Re-Animator
( ) Army of Darkness
Total all together: 72
(x)Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace
(x)starWars Ep. II Attack of the Clones
(x) Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith
(x)Star Wars A New Hope
(x)Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back
(x)starWars Return of the Jedi
( ) Ewoks the caravan of courage
( ) Ewoks The Battle For Endo
Total all together: 78
(x) The Matrix
(x) The Matrix Reloaded
(x) The Matrix Revolutions
(x) Animatrix
( ) Evil Dead
( ) Evil Dead 2
(x) Team America: World Police
(x) Silence of the Lambs
(x) Hannibal
(x) Red Dragon
( ) Anger Management
Total all together: 86
Last night i headed into the city to see with spider man with Tom, David, Anmol, Libby, Ryan, Martin , Matt and some other guy.
It was a pretty good movie, although it wasnt like the first 2. This one maybe it was becasue it was hard to come up with new ideas or maybe its becasue they felt like they needed to make this film quite long. Anyway the problem was that there was a lot of little irrelevent funny bits in it. Now funny bits in and of themselves are good but they didnt really add to the movie at all, they probably took away a bit. The action scenes were ok.
Toby does a good job.
5 / 7
