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Movie Round-Up

DVD1: Spider-Man: when I saw this in the cinema, I was somewhat under-whelmed - I suspect this was probably due it the ridiculous amount of hype the film attracted. Yes, the swingin' aroun' the city effects are overdone, but that's the films only real flaw. It's a crack action yarn which gets the clichés working for it, and doesn't take itself too seriously. Plus there's the kind of bittersweet ending that Hollywood should do more often. The quality of the DVD menus is possibly the best I've seen and there look to be stacks of cool extra features - sadly no original teaser trailer, but that's to be expected.

DVD2: Minority Report is classic Spielberg - sci-fi, action and a surprisingly good detective yarn. The vision of the future is intriguing without being implausible, and there's plenty of nifty cinematography.

Theatrical: TTT - out tomorrow (Wednesday), although for assorted reasons, I don't get to see it until Sunday (I wants it for my Birthday Present, my precious). I have every confidence that its brilliance will rise above any flaws (see a couple of posts in annamilton's journal re: Faramir). Must finish reading the book (just got to the end of book 3, now off to see how Frodo and Sam are getting on)

Trailer 1: X2 - I enjoyed the first X-Men film, and this sequel looks like it could be fun. Beware of the less-hairy Gandalf...

Trailer 2: Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle - I have no worries about this film taking itself seriously, and with Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Lui, what's not to like? Plus this trailer has possibly the most ridiculous over-the-top stunt of all time - I love it.
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jiggery_pokery

December 16 2002, 16:49:11 UTC 18 years ago

s/ck/p/g

(OK, "staps of cool extra features" doesn't make so much sense, but the general point applies.)

Have you not actually read the LotR trilogy before? If not, what do you think of it? I must admit that I only came to it myself in the last year or so and found it terribly hard going, but I'm going to try to slog through it again before I go to see TTT at the pictures.

CA:FT - more over-the-top than even the helicopter in The Matrix?

zorac

December 16 2002, 17:03:44 UTC 18 years ago

Huh? It says stacks (and no, I didn't cheat by editing it).

I've LoTR a few times before (got it as a bedtime story many years ago). I found it hard going the first couple of times, but easier now.

This involves a truck, a helicopter, a tank and a rocket launcher on top of a dam. Not even the same ball park ;-)