I saw this film on 26th April at Stratford Picture House
This was the closest I have seen to a Marvel Comic, not the sanitised, sentimental, clean-cut and full of pathos versions we are used to but a black Marvel throughout. The real superheroes' histories are actually told in a comic book story within the film. If you like lots of mindless violence, blood and torture you will have it (although I did not see any spilled guts). But if you don't like the violence or depiction of the nastines and sillines of humanity comic-book style give it a miss. I thought it was great but I've been reading and enjoying Marvels since when Stan Lee was a lot younger than I am now.
Tuesday, 27 April 2010
Tuesday, 20 April 2010
The Ghost
I saw this film on 19th April at Stratford Picture House
An excellent thriller and a clever plot. Adam Lang, a British ex-prime minister, is accused of war crimes because he helped the Americans to torture people. I found the film compulsive watching. I almost felt sorry for the ex-PM holed up in the God-forsaken island off New York.
The plot was tight but detail often seemed misplaced. Would there really have been such an American public outcry outside of the media? Was the London first mugging setup or was it a mistake? Did it actually matter about the manuscrpt's content once Lang's secret was out? Would the CIA have made such a simple mistake over dates?
Well worth seeing though. The performance was well attended.
An excellent thriller and a clever plot. Adam Lang, a British ex-prime minister, is accused of war crimes because he helped the Americans to torture people. I found the film compulsive watching. I almost felt sorry for the ex-PM holed up in the God-forsaken island off New York.
The plot was tight but detail often seemed misplaced. Would there really have been such an American public outcry outside of the media? Was the London first mugging setup or was it a mistake? Did it actually matter about the manuscrpt's content once Lang's secret was out? Would the CIA have made such a simple mistake over dates?
Well worth seeing though. The performance was well attended.
Monday, 19 April 2010
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
I saw this film on 6th April at Stratford Picture House
This was excellent. I have rarely been so gripped by a film. The plot was largely very tight, violence went to the edge of being too much but without going over. I confess to start feeling rather sick at the rape scenes but they ended just before I felt I had to leave. The ending was not predictable (at least to me). The film lasted two and a half hours but I did not even think of looking at my watch once. This for a film with sub-titles! For reasons not clear to me some (but only a very few) credits had English descriptions, the rest in Swedish.
This was excellent. I have rarely been so gripped by a film. The plot was largely very tight, violence went to the edge of being too much but without going over. I confess to start feeling rather sick at the rape scenes but they ended just before I felt I had to leave. The ending was not predictable (at least to me). The film lasted two and a half hours but I did not even think of looking at my watch once. This for a film with sub-titles! For reasons not clear to me some (but only a very few) credits had English descriptions, the rest in Swedish.
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