Saturday, February 25, 2012
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
The Grey
The Grey
Review: Not a bad movie. Just predictable and a bit too long. Without Liam Neeson though, The Grey would have been more of a pain to watch.
Rating: 4.5/10
Review: Not a bad movie. Just predictable and a bit too long. Without Liam Neeson though, The Grey would have been more of a pain to watch.
Rating: 4.5/10
The Adventures of Tintin
The Adventures of Tintin
Review: First things first. Amazing animations! The characters truly come across as real humans instead of cartoons. The storyline is not as full bodied though. A true Spielberg adventure, but I've outgrown them all I'm afraid. Still, I really recommend it to younger people who might enjoy it much more than me.
Rating: 5/10
Review: First things first. Amazing animations! The characters truly come across as real humans instead of cartoons. The storyline is not as full bodied though. A true Spielberg adventure, but I've outgrown them all I'm afraid. Still, I really recommend it to younger people who might enjoy it much more than me.
Rating: 5/10
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Portlandia
I'm going to give the show Portlandia a go. I know I've been warned about this one, but hey, sometimes boredom wins over sense.
The Help
The Help
Review: A young woman in the 1960s decides to write a book telling the African American maids point of view regarding working in white homes and raising their children. It's a very well made movie that is aimed at the heart and conscience of the viewers and it succeeds. But as a movie it's don't really go all the way. Even though the cast, with amazing Emma Stone in the lead, really portrays their characters well, it's not a very challenging film. I wish that it somehow had dared to get a bit darker and grittier, because in the end it in many ways turned out as a old fashioned family movie about racism and the civil rights struggle. Still worth watching and in some ways I can understand the praise that it's recieved.
Rating: 6/10
Review: A young woman in the 1960s decides to write a book telling the African American maids point of view regarding working in white homes and raising their children. It's a very well made movie that is aimed at the heart and conscience of the viewers and it succeeds. But as a movie it's don't really go all the way. Even though the cast, with amazing Emma Stone in the lead, really portrays their characters well, it's not a very challenging film. I wish that it somehow had dared to get a bit darker and grittier, because in the end it in many ways turned out as a old fashioned family movie about racism and the civil rights struggle. Still worth watching and in some ways I can understand the praise that it's recieved.
Rating: 6/10
Friday, February 17, 2012
Underworld: Awakening
Underworld: Awakening
Review: Sometimes all you need is some well choreographed mindless violence and action. Nothing more, nothing less. That's what you get when you watch Underworld: Awakening. If it's a good movie? Perhaps not.
Rating: 4.5/10
Review: Sometimes all you need is some well choreographed mindless violence and action. Nothing more, nothing less. That's what you get when you watch Underworld: Awakening. If it's a good movie? Perhaps not.
Rating: 4.5/10
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
We Need to Talk About Kevin
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Review: We Need to Talk About Kevin is the story of how a mother deals with the fact that her son was responsible for a high school killing spree and for the deaths of her husband and daughter. The movie is shown mostly in flashbacks leading up to the tragedy. All his life Kevin treats his mother badly, but she doesn't really come off too sympathatic all the time either. Is she to blame for who Kevin is, and what he has done? Or is Kevin just plain evil? The acting both from Tilda Swinton as the mother and all 3 actors playing Kevin (Ezra Miller, Jasper Newell and Rock Duer) are doing a superb job. I'm not a 100% convinced by the use of some of the symbolism throughout the movie, which I think is too obvious. But never the less, it is a very strong film that touches upon a dark subject and I think it deals with it straight on without too much sugar coating.
Rating: 8/10
Review: We Need to Talk About Kevin is the story of how a mother deals with the fact that her son was responsible for a high school killing spree and for the deaths of her husband and daughter. The movie is shown mostly in flashbacks leading up to the tragedy. All his life Kevin treats his mother badly, but she doesn't really come off too sympathatic all the time either. Is she to blame for who Kevin is, and what he has done? Or is Kevin just plain evil? The acting both from Tilda Swinton as the mother and all 3 actors playing Kevin (Ezra Miller, Jasper Newell and Rock Duer) are doing a superb job. I'm not a 100% convinced by the use of some of the symbolism throughout the movie, which I think is too obvious. But never the less, it is a very strong film that touches upon a dark subject and I think it deals with it straight on without too much sugar coating.
Rating: 8/10
J. Edgar
J. Edgar
Review: Even though Leonardo DiCaprio is doing his best in this role as one of America's historically most notorious men, it's sadly not enough to make this movie what it could have been. Clint Eastwood's dull direction, plus a make up apartment gone over the top in the end makes this a lack luster film that isn't really going anywhere. What could have been an intriguing and fascinationg movie mostly feels like an old man's reminiscence. I give it a 5 only because of the acting in the movie.
Rating: 5/10
Review: Even though Leonardo DiCaprio is doing his best in this role as one of America's historically most notorious men, it's sadly not enough to make this movie what it could have been. Clint Eastwood's dull direction, plus a make up apartment gone over the top in the end makes this a lack luster film that isn't really going anywhere. What could have been an intriguing and fascinationg movie mostly feels like an old man's reminiscence. I give it a 5 only because of the acting in the movie.
Rating: 5/10
Monday, February 13, 2012
Kevin Smith: Too Fat for 40
Kevin Smith: Too Fat for 40
If you're a hardcore Kevin Smith fan like me, shows like Too Fat for 40, is high entertainment. It's him doing a Q & A for 2 hours. Might not sound like much fun, but I think so and that's all that really counts.
If you're a hardcore Kevin Smith fan like me, shows like Too Fat for 40, is high entertainment. It's him doing a Q & A for 2 hours. Might not sound like much fun, but I think so and that's all that really counts.
Comic Book Men
I know a lot of people were excited yesterday since it was the season premiere of The Walking Dead. As much as I love zombies and the comic book that it's based on, I got bored with the show quite quickly to be honest. I was however really looking forward to another premiere yesterday, one that aired just after The Walking Dead. And I'm talking about Comic Book Men. It is an one-hour unscripted television series set inside Kevin Smith's comic book shop Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash. Very geeky I know, but I loved it and will keep watching it from now on.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Hugo
Hugo
Review: It took me several hours to get through this movie. I fell asleep about half way through it. Not Hugo's fault though. It's a sweet, well made movie from the hands of Martin Scorsese. Good acting over all and really nice cinematography. It's however not really a movie for me. Way more suitable for my oldest brother and his family I think, because it's more for the family and for the young ones.
Rating: 5/10
Review: It took me several hours to get through this movie. I fell asleep about half way through it. Not Hugo's fault though. It's a sweet, well made movie from the hands of Martin Scorsese. Good acting over all and really nice cinematography. It's however not really a movie for me. Way more suitable for my oldest brother and his family I think, because it's more for the family and for the young ones.
Rating: 5/10
Friday, February 10, 2012
The Book Group
I recently began watching The Book Group, a British TV series from 2002. I got interested after seeing a trailer for it, but I have to say that after 4 episodes, I'm not impressed at all. We'll see if I keep watching much more of it.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
The Iron Lady
The Iron Lady
Review: Meryl Streep is amazing in the role of Margaret Thatcher. Unfortunately that's the most positive thing about the movie. Because no matter how good she is, she never manages to lift the movie entirely on her own. Still worth watching though.
Rating: 5/10
Review: Meryl Streep is amazing in the role of Margaret Thatcher. Unfortunately that's the most positive thing about the movie. Because no matter how good she is, she never manages to lift the movie entirely on her own. Still worth watching though.
Rating: 5/10
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Knuckle
Knuckle
Review: SVT (Swedish national TV) showed this documentary yesterday as a part of their great series of documentaries called Dox. I missed it, but sat down to watch it online today and it was definitely worth it. Knuckle is a documentary that over a period of 12 years follow some Irish families who have been in a feud with each other for decades, and the way that they choose to deal with it is to arrange bare knuckle fights between members of the families. It's a very strong documentary showing us the way of some travellers. It's not pretty, it can seem quite insane, but it's well done and the movie shows just that. What pride in ones family name can make you do. Well worth checking out.
Rating: 7/10
Review: SVT (Swedish national TV) showed this documentary yesterday as a part of their great series of documentaries called Dox. I missed it, but sat down to watch it online today and it was definitely worth it. Knuckle is a documentary that over a period of 12 years follow some Irish families who have been in a feud with each other for decades, and the way that they choose to deal with it is to arrange bare knuckle fights between members of the families. It's a very strong documentary showing us the way of some travellers. It's not pretty, it can seem quite insane, but it's well done and the movie shows just that. What pride in ones family name can make you do. Well worth checking out.
Rating: 7/10
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