It took me a long while to get around to watching this as I didn’t have especially high hopes, but I was very impressed. Excellent performance from Will Smith, with a persuasive portrayal of loneliness-inducing-madness. And an orthodox message too.
5/5
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The Dark Knight
Excellent in lots of different ways. 4.5/5
The trouble with the Joker as a villain – and Heath Ledger is remarkably good in this, much better than Nicholson, and he wasn’t bad – is that he outshines Batman himself. I wouldn’t have rated this so highly if we didn’t have Batman Begins to fall back on.
NB the sound at the Odeon cinema in Colchester was not as good as it might have been. There were various elements of dialogue that I missed. I look forward to getting my own DVD copy and rewatching it. Once or twice…
Snatch
A bit silly, but basically fine. 3/5
One question though: I’ve always thought that one of (if not THE) most central parts of directing is eliciting believable performances from your cast. There were moments in this film when the acting creaked like a ancient floorboard. Ritchie can handle the camera but he doesn’t seem to be able to handle a cast, or dialogue.
The Transporter
Does exactly what it says on the tin. 3/5
Wall-E
Perfect. 5/5
Took the kids to see this last weekend, but I haven’t had a chance to post the review until now! Several more about to come though…
Michael Clayton
Not quite what I was expecting, but a superb film. 4/5
Wanted
Nerd fantasy wet dreams. Quite entertaining.
3/5
Munich
Very good.
4/5
The Bridge to Terabithia
Watched this with my eldest, and I wasn’t expecting something quite so serious. Pretty good though.
3.5/5
Shoot ’em up
You will never look at a carrot in the same way again.
3/5