tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032793263028305190.comments2023-06-30T11:47:24.048+01:00Wall ShadowsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger325125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032793263028305190.post-65838915129739343142010-03-01T18:02:35.970+00:002010-03-01T18:02:35.970+00:00It was pretty, but I agree. Dr Kermode on Radio 5 ...It was pretty, but I agree. Dr Kermode on Radio 5 made an interesting point about the lack of editing. Example - Sigourney Weaver gets off of futuro-helicopter, walks across heli-pad, walks in door, walks across room, opens fridge. Cut to new scene which is actually plot related. 5 shots there totalling maybe 20 seconds that were irrelevant. <br /><br />Total up all the extrenuous stuff - you have an hour off the film. But I also agree with you generally, looked pretty. Ooh lovely colours...but it lacks in every other department.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032793263028305190.post-34327862864168703242009-12-22T20:11:07.297+00:002009-12-22T20:11:07.297+00:00In fact I did consider giving it the "turd tw...In fact I did consider giving it the "turd two" but essentially thik it's just plain better on that particular day than John Carpenter's Vampires or Ghosts Of Mars (which haven't got as many unintentional laughs) and certainly isn't as repugnant as The Strangers which, while preachy and smug lacked even Avatar's level of bonding with characters.<br /><br />Maybe it would have been more accurate to class Avatar as a 2.5, but that's a can of worms I am just not willing to open.<br /><br />It's got good company at 3/10, though, including a fat Steven Seagal movie, The Matrix Revolutions and Wanted.<br /><br />Frankly, I think the actual text in the review review may sound worse simply because I could get angry about it, whereas, say, X Men: The Last Stand just couldn't get me interested enough for even that emotion.<br /><br />Different crimes, same sentence.<br /><br />Thanks for posting.<br /><br />AALGOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06491809958760369383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032793263028305190.post-41584827900976827372009-12-22T08:01:24.825+00:002009-12-22T08:01:24.825+00:00So I'm not exactly clear about this from readi...So I'm not exactly clear about this from reading your review: Did you like Avatar or not? :-)<br /><br />You said 'On absolutely every other level, it is a horrific, bloated, trite, patronising, vacuous, heartless failure.' But you're telling me that with a 3/10 it was less of a failure than, say John Carpenter's Vampires - a movie you described as an 'outrageously tepid jaunt'?. Did the 3D on Avatar mean it got an extra mark?Gary Comerfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12067807863623048247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032793263028305190.post-19474242605751766692009-12-05T13:27:17.240+00:002009-12-05T13:27:17.240+00:00Algo - Couple of suggestions for updates to the bl...Algo - Couple of suggestions for updates to the blog. Check out my Process Cafe or Musings Cafe for more information (These, incidentally, came from an article I read an attracting visitors and keeping them)<br /><br />1) Add the subscribe option at the top of your sidebar, not part way down. Make it obvious<br />2) Remove the blog archive section. Nobody searches by date, they search by title or content.<br />3) Add a search bar. (Obvious really in the context of the previous option)<br />4) Add a re-tweet function to each post (You can add it to the post template. Use Backtype (http://www.backtype.com/widgets) to do this for you.)<br /><br />That's probably enough for now... :)<br /><br />GazGary Comerfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12067807863623048247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032793263028305190.post-25246180275618341332009-12-03T14:12:17.090+00:002009-12-03T14:12:17.090+00:00Aren't you glad you begged to borrow it now??Aren't you glad you begged to borrow it now??Lonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032793263028305190.post-73540676863079336492009-12-03T11:47:56.282+00:002009-12-03T11:47:56.282+00:00I love everything about this review!
Also, what ...I love everything about this review! <br /><br />Also, what Gabby said about shame!Lynnenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032793263028305190.post-37245114332150211502009-12-03T09:59:05.130+00:002009-12-03T09:59:05.130+00:00The successes of the Twilight saga and Mamma Mia m...The successes of the Twilight saga and Mamma Mia make me ashamed to have a uterus. ASHAMED!Gabbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032793263028305190.post-4111241302410572572009-12-03T08:50:31.534+00:002009-12-03T08:50:31.534+00:00The problem with Twilight is that it has an in-bui...The problem with Twilight is that it has an in-built fan base. They can - by all accounts - produce whatever dross they want to (and according to early reviews of ‘New Moon’ they’ve done just that), and the female 12 - 18 year old demographic (and sometimes older....) will lap it up. It is interesting that traditional movie marketing logic says that your male 15 - 24 is the big ticket demographic who go and watch most movies, but Twilight has managed to throw that theory out the window. Young females are now the way to go. This will guarantee a slew of similar themed movies (In fact I hear that the final Twilight movie is going to be split into two <i>a la</i> “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” to rake in even more money)<br /><br />I don’t think we should actually be surprised at this. I watched Twilight and found it....O.K. It created it’s own reality, stuck within that reality and delivered an average performance. Like you I am not the target audience for this and, frankly, R-Pattz does nothing for me (although Ashley Green can have the top off my egg any morning). Yes it messed up royally with the traditional Vampire canon although that is sometimes to be applauded. But the director on this was inexperienced and shouldn’t - really - have been allowed within 500 yards of the set. You and I have both worked with directors who know what they’re doing and those who don’t know what they’re doing. This shows up on the screen in the final film. Frankly Twilight was a disappointment on that level too. Fortunately they’ve replaced this director with Chris (American Pie/About a Boy) Weitz for the next installment and the final movies will be done by David (Hard Candy) Slade so technically they will be a higher level. We hope.<br /><br />But they still won’t appeal to you and I, Algo.Gary Comerfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12067807863623048247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032793263028305190.post-13086252425170699322009-12-03T01:01:12.261+00:002009-12-03T01:01:12.261+00:00Ick... I genuinely considered seeing the second on...Ick... I genuinely considered seeing the second one just to trash it, but what's the point?<br /><br />Thanks for the comment!ALGOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06491809958760369383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032793263028305190.post-59003325469675446112009-12-03T00:07:00.237+00:002009-12-03T00:07:00.237+00:00Your story of Daubney was better constructed than ...Your story of Daubney was better constructed than Twilight. But Twilight is longer and therefore better. A logic that also apparently applies to the second film.Brendanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05093216932046115734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032793263028305190.post-49140302359517353352009-11-24T17:14:16.048+00:002009-11-24T17:14:16.048+00:00This movie disgusted me on so many levels that the...This movie disgusted me on so many levels that the words to describe it escape me completely.Albino Cavewomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08013599312254841388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032793263028305190.post-84460842232638603372009-11-14T09:15:46.678+00:002009-11-14T09:15:46.678+00:00Nice post
SEO Training Institute DelhiNice post<br /><br /><a href="http://www.seotraininginstitute.yolasite.com" rel="nofollow">SEO Training Institute Delhi</a>sachin sharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17965768445172544721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032793263028305190.post-74231217204936257982009-10-15T08:12:07.309+01:002009-10-15T08:12:07.309+01:00Just saw "Eagle Eye" on Sky and I must s...Just saw "Eagle Eye" on Sky and I must say your review hardly does it justice. There was waaaaay more boooooooooom, screeeeeeeeeech, Boom! Bang! Smash! than you mentioned, and a good deal less Zzzzzzzzzzzzz. Although - to be fair it was everything else you mentioned and - just to indicate that your 5/10 rating was apt - it had plot holes so big you could drive the proverbial bus through them (I think a bus was the only thing they didn't crash or destroy wasn't it?) Why go to the trouble of sending them all the way to Indianapolis to hijack a serum to slow their heart beat for the unpressurised plane flight when alcohol or any number of prescription medicines would have done the same?<br /><br />Funny how Aria sounded like Julianne Moore wasn't it?Garyhttp://musings-cafe.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032793263028305190.post-90057522367234918202009-08-21T20:04:12.427+01:002009-08-21T20:04:12.427+01:00A belittling of the Matrix sequels? But I've a...A belittling of the Matrix sequels? But I've already had the live version from the Ashford cinema foyer/car ride home...<br /><br />Ah, Movie Tuesdays...good times!Lynnenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032793263028305190.post-26991406154410058102009-08-18T11:54:33.972+01:002009-08-18T11:54:33.972+01:00thank you sir.
Nice to know people are still out ...thank you sir.<br /><br />Nice to know people are still out there. Stay tuned for a nice belittling of the Matrix sequels...ALGOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06491809958760369383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032793263028305190.post-32917893904148455012009-08-16T16:43:13.571+01:002009-08-16T16:43:13.571+01:00Mmmmm.. Cheese toasties.
Might give this one a mi...Mmmmm.. Cheese toasties.<br /><br />Might give this one a miss I think, unless it comes on Sky. Hoping to see the new Harry Potter in the next day or so. Read varying reports about it. I'll take my chances.<br /><br />Good to see you back in the reviewing businessGazhttp://musings-cafe.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032793263028305190.post-40774345495264395112009-06-04T21:16:34.926+01:002009-06-04T21:16:34.926+01:00How kind. Nice to know you're still reading af...How kind. Nice to know you're still reading after all the silent periods.ALGOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06491809958760369383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032793263028305190.post-66740988452808382862009-06-04T08:19:27.294+01:002009-06-04T08:19:27.294+01:00"Darren Mullet". Too funny.
Good little..."Darren Mullet". Too funny.<br /><br />Good little article. Says just the right thing. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032793263028305190.post-68397849857629827372009-05-30T22:48:17.437+01:002009-05-30T22:48:17.437+01:00The Devil Wears Primark is utter bollocks. Cliche ...The Devil Wears Primark is utter bollocks. Cliche after fucking cliche. Not quite as patronising as Mamma Mia, but getting there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032793263028305190.post-1533290923866017202009-05-25T21:42:25.284+01:002009-05-25T21:42:25.284+01:00Saw it last night - liked it immensely.
I agree t...Saw it last night - liked it immensely.<br /><br />I agree that it would be nice to see any other women on the Enterprise at all, but maybe, having established the 'new' circumstances under which new characters can now be added, they will begin to introduce more women in the next one.<br /><br />Given that they had to introduce and utilise all 6(?) of the main characters, plus having something resembling a plot, within the space of one movie it's probably not really fair to expect too much more this time round!Lynnenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032793263028305190.post-90653287418027197112009-05-13T15:52:00.000+01:002009-05-13T15:52:00.000+01:00What are you basing "it would seem" on?
I'm inter...What are you basing "it would seem" on?<br /><br />I'm interested in your view.<br /><br />AAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032793263028305190.post-58902656379819497902009-05-11T18:02:00.000+01:002009-05-11T18:02:00.000+01:00it would seem that Chris Pine's Capt. Kirk encapsu...it would seem that Chris Pine's Capt. Kirk encapsulates all that Capt. Kirk was meant to be more than William Shatner's versionCoffee Nomadhttp://www.coffeenomad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032793263028305190.post-61408057716150343692009-05-08T16:47:00.000+01:002009-05-08T16:47:00.000+01:00Quite insightful! I wish a number of the haters of...Quite insightful! I wish a number of the haters of this game approached it with your attitude. Too many, I think, were hoping for a Blade-Runner themed, neo-RPG experience.<br /><br />My biggest issue is not with the game's mechanics, but as a dad of six in his late 30s, I have trouble finding other folks my own age and in the same place of life as me with four hours to kill. :)JDMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032793263028305190.post-81621027893900752062009-05-06T01:15:00.000+01:002009-05-06T01:15:00.000+01:00Ahem, I of course mean you can't say how good a fi...Ahem, I of course mean you can't say how good a film is solely by its reviews.<br /><br />Which makes a mockery of this site, I suppose.ALGOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06491809958760369383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032793263028305190.post-81023351829944868152009-05-05T23:18:00.000+01:002009-05-05T23:18:00.000+01:00"Indeed in it's first release it was almost univer...<I>"Indeed in it's first release it was almost universally panned."</I>This is not, and never will be, the measure of a good film.<br /><br />Aside from that, it's all subjective of course, but this is by far superior to Cape Fear, and I would rather see it again than Goodfellas, Casino or any of the other more "conventional" movies he made.<br /><br />Once again, I agree to disagree on this one, Gary - but nice to know you see Gangs Of New York my way, what a dog.ALGOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06491809958760369383noreply@blogger.com