I saw this film on 26th February at Stratford Picture House
This was an excellent film. Little gung-ho attitude is shown. And therea re many chilling scenes; the hostaged human bomb and the helplessness felt in dealing with his predicament I found particularly moving.
Saturday, 27 February 2010
Saturday, 20 February 2010
The Lovely Bones
I saw this film on 20th February at Stratford Picture House
This is a very unsettling film. The story is well told with low level but quite chilling suspense. The ending is tidy but I found slightly disappointing. Well worth seeing.
This is a very unsettling film. The story is well told with low level but quite chilling suspense. The ending is tidy but I found slightly disappointing. Well worth seeing.
Nation
I saw this performance on 19th February at the National Theatre Olivier.
The stage set is superb; the puppets are excellent. But the play was otherwise very disappointing. The story was a mish mash. I was frequently bored during the first act and often found it difficult to follow the storyline. I was very much expecting to enjoy this play but was very disappointed. Perhaps those who know Pratchett's work backwards (as many do) would have find this enjoyable; I don't and I didn't.
The stage set is superb; the puppets are excellent. But the play was otherwise very disappointing. The story was a mish mash. I was frequently bored during the first act and often found it difficult to follow the storyline. I was very much expecting to enjoy this play but was very disappointed. Perhaps those who know Pratchett's work backwards (as many do) would have find this enjoyable; I don't and I didn't.
Saturday, 13 February 2010
Every Good boy Deserves Favour
I saw this performance on 12 February at the National Theatre Olivier.
This was an incredibly powerful play. A Soviet dissident is locked in a mental hospital for having delusions, namely that sane people are placed in mental hospitals. I felt as if I had gone back over thirty years to when the political points were particularly relevant and the references to Soviet actions were either current or still in memory. But I am puzzled as to why the play is popular now. Did the mentions of Czechoslovakia or the ironic references to the Soviet constitution have any real meaning to todays audience? Perhaps so as the auditorium was packed. If you can, go and see this.
This was an incredibly powerful play. A Soviet dissident is locked in a mental hospital for having delusions, namely that sane people are placed in mental hospitals. I felt as if I had gone back over thirty years to when the political points were particularly relevant and the references to Soviet actions were either current or still in memory. But I am puzzled as to why the play is popular now. Did the mentions of Czechoslovakia or the ironic references to the Soviet constitution have any real meaning to todays audience? Perhaps so as the auditorium was packed. If you can, go and see this.
Thursday, 11 February 2010
The Wolfman
I saw this film on 11th February at Stratford Picture House
Hardly worth seeing. The plot is straight from the old-style B-movie. The photography is superb but the scenes of London felt the same as in numerous other films recently. How did they persuade Anthony Hopkins, Antony Sher, Art malik, to say nothing of Benicio Del Toro to appear in this movie?
Hardly worth seeing. The plot is straight from the old-style B-movie. The photography is superb but the scenes of London felt the same as in numerous other films recently. How did they persuade Anthony Hopkins, Antony Sher, Art malik, to say nothing of Benicio Del Toro to appear in this movie?
Thursday, 4 February 2010
Edge of Darkness
I saw this film on 3rd February at Stratford Picture House
There are some took-me-by-surprise scenes but otherwise this is very mundane. Darius Jedburgh (Ray Winstone) is a spook with none of the originality, humour and presence of the original TV character. All the same he was far superior to Craven (Mel Gibson) who was largely wooden with occasional extreme violence. The plot was weakened to little more than a cover-up. I expected something more than almost everyone being gunned down towards the end. Altogether this was a big disappointment.
I had at the beginning changed seats to move away from the people who insisted on chatting loudly but as the performance continued I began to have some sympathy with them.
There are some took-me-by-surprise scenes but otherwise this is very mundane. Darius Jedburgh (Ray Winstone) is a spook with none of the originality, humour and presence of the original TV character. All the same he was far superior to Craven (Mel Gibson) who was largely wooden with occasional extreme violence. The plot was weakened to little more than a cover-up. I expected something more than almost everyone being gunned down towards the end. Altogether this was a big disappointment.
I had at the beginning changed seats to move away from the people who insisted on chatting loudly but as the performance continued I began to have some sympathy with them.
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