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Films wot I have wotched: Million Dollar Baby
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Films wot I have wotched. Thought I'd see how well I got on as a Movie Critic - if nothing else, it'll remind of which ones I've seen. Sunday, May 21, 2006. Not the most pleasant experience I've had but that's not the film's fault, it's its success. Some of the fight scenes looked a bit too quick to be true but I felt them even so. Hillary Swank deserved the award but I was less taken with the feisty no-hoper from Trailer-Park Land - probably an age thing. Excellent film but hard to watch.
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Films wot I have wotched: A History of Violence
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Films wot I have wotched. Thought I'd see how well I got on as a Movie Critic - if nothing else, it'll remind of which ones I've seen. Friday, October 20, 2006. A History of Violence. David Cronenberg always surprises and this one did by it's normality. At least, at first. The occasional glimpses of violence - sexual as well as murderous - are explicit and exciting and reveal the director. The physical effects of that violence (the "history" of it? Shocking); family protection (or not)? And finally, the ...
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Films wot I have wotched: June 2006
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Films wot I have wotched. Thought I'd see how well I got on as a Movie Critic - if nothing else, it'll remind of which ones I've seen. Friday, June 16, 2006. Now if you want to see how a sequel should work - forget MI3 and Star Wars, check this one out. Not a brilliant film but when compared to 1 and 2, just as good and with some extra effects and a good plot to bring the sequence to a close. or not. And how did they get Ian McKellen looking like he did 20 years ago? Dark and Final (is it? Well crafted i...
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Films wot I have wotched: The Da Vinci Code
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Films wot I have wotched. Thought I'd see how well I got on as a Movie Critic - if nothing else, it'll remind of which ones I've seen. Thursday, May 25, 2006. The Da Vinci Code. Never was so much spouted by so many for such a waste of time. What a shame and what a waste of talent (Audrey Tatou - oooo). The script was naff - to be expected given the subject. Lets face it, if it had strayed from the book, it might have made a better film but they'd be in more trouble from the fans and "experts". Ay there's...
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Films wot I have wotched: Closer
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Films wot I have wotched. Thought I'd see how well I got on as a Movie Critic - if nothing else, it'll remind of which ones I've seen. Friday, June 16, 2006. Well crafted intelligent piece about the comings and groanings of a group of people. Showed how blokes only think with their knob and women? But the weaving of the relationships and eventual conclusion - without a lot of explanation of the intervening periods made it. The blokes come out of it worse and rightly so. After seeing the lap dance club.
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Films wot I have wotched: Unleashed
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Films wot I have wotched. Thought I'd see how well I got on as a Movie Critic - if nothing else, it'll remind of which ones I've seen. Friday, June 16, 2006. Or Danny The Dog. As I've seen it called. Ah what a combination: Jet Li, Bob Hoskins and Morgan Freeman - writing credits by Luc Besson! And directed by a first timer - and French! Altho he worked on the Transporter so I guess it fits. Still, bluddy good time had by all (watching it that is - can't say the same for the actors). Mr and Mrs Smith.
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Films wot I have wotched: Mission Impossible 3
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Films wot I have wotched. Thought I'd see how well I got on as a Movie Critic - if nothing else, it'll remind of which ones I've seen. Friday, June 16, 2006. Good-ish fun - some of it appeared to be a poke at itself. A bit disatisfying with the involvement of a "private life" for Hunt - less cold compared to predecessors. It was like a visit to a well-used restaurant - somehow it was still as good as before but lacking in bite. Posted by phrasebk at 3:03 pm. View my complete profile. Mr and Mrs Smith.
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Films wot I have wotched: October 2006
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Films wot I have wotched. Thought I'd see how well I got on as a Movie Critic - if nothing else, it'll remind of which ones I've seen. Sunday, October 22, 2006. Another Eastern original (Infernal Affairs) remade - but this time, done well. Martin Scorcese directing and plenty of money spent on the stars, meant it was no flop (unlike Michel Gellar in The Grudge - by the time that one got to the final reel you were glad it finaly got her as well). The Boston accent that everyone was going "far" (geddit?
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Films wot I have wotched: Mr & Mrs Smith
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Films wot I have wotched. Thought I'd see how well I got on as a Movie Critic - if nothing else, it'll remind of which ones I've seen. Thursday, May 25, 2006. Mr and Mrs Smith. Outside the door and go with the flow. Don't pick on the details. The scenes in counselling were a trifle ironic considering what else was going on but nicely done. But the action sequences were superb - espec the store shootout. As my old Gran used to say: it's just like sh*t from China - "far-fetched". View my complete profile.
