Archive for March, 2008
It’s been an ultra busy week at work.
This morning, a letter lands on my desk from Yellow Pages offering a free business listing.
To avoid adding yet more to the mountain of untouched papers already sitting on my desk, I give them a call straight away.
Firstly, I ask what the catch is. The fella on the other end of the phone tells me there isn’t one. So we talk shop for a while and I tell him about what we do. He asks me a few questions, I answer them. Simple.
Finally, he asks my name. “Chris”, I said, “…and I’ll spell my surname for you…” proceeding then to spell out my last name using the phonetic alphabet.
“Ok, thank you very much, now, is that Miss or Mrs?” he asks.
Not happy.
Bang. Bang. Kaaabooom!!
Oh my. It seems like the president of the United States has only gone and got himself bloomin’ shot. How on earth did that happen? I think we need to find out, err 8 times…
Vantage Point starts off quite well. We’re quickly treated to the smell of tension, a lick of action and the taste of the dramatic aftermath.
Unfortunately, that’s as good as it gets because the films main selling point - telling the story from multiple perspectives, is also its downfall. After going through (basically) the same thing over and over in an unfunny Groundhog Day style, it just gets annoying. The final 30 minutes pick up the pace again, but by then it’s too late and you’re frankly just relieved you don’t have to sit through another ‘rewind’.
<rewind…>
Bang. Bang. Kaaabooom!!
Oh my. It seems like the president of the United States has only gone and got himself bloomin’ shot. How on earth did that happen?
I think we need to find out, but this time, from another perspective…
4/10.
It’s the long Easter weekend and it’s actually snowing outside. Brrr!
So if you’re bored and need warming up - then why not try out Keeley’s Lady Selector? Apparently it’s something to do with the FHM Sexiest Women 2008 poll - but eeh, whatever.
Anything that starts with “Hello, I’m Keeley Hazell, and today you can use me as you please” gets bookmarked by me straight away.
Oh, if I don’t blog (or leave the house) for the next few weeks, you’ll know why…
Goooood morrrrrnin’.
Video rental store, Be Kind Rewind, is on the brink of closure. Almost bankrupt, with premises facing demolition, things go from bad to worse when Jack Black shows up and accidently wipes all the tapes in the store. Yikes.
There’s only one way out - re-record all the videos of course! Passing the dodgy homemade recreated vids off as being “from Sweden”, their “sweded” movies become a surprise hit and people are soon flocking from far afield to get the latest releases.
Surely this all amounts to side-splitting comedy and riotous belly laughs…?
Well, no.
Jack Black is as amusing as a Meet The Spartans deleted scene. Well, probably.
The film is imaginative - I’ll give it that. It’s sometimes clever too. It’s just not that funny.
Be Kind Rewind should have been one of the best films of the year, so it’s really quite disappointing that we just got a big old mess with a cheese-ridden sentimental ending. Bah.
4/10.
Blood! Guts! Violence! War!! Ad-riiiiiii-annnnn!
Well, that’s pretty much summed Rambo up. Don’t let it ever be said that I don’t do in-depth movie reviews.
Actually, it’s a pretty solid, ultra violent, action flick. Sly is always better when they don’t give him too much to say and you’ll be pleased to hear that his saggy granny boobs aren’t on display this time - phew.
Considering he’s nearly 62 he can still open a can of whoop-ass, but what is with his arms? Yikes.
7/10.
