Movies..Movies...Movies

I clearly remember, since November 2006 to Feb 2008 I can exactly count the number of movies I saw in a movie theatre. Definitely NMT 5 and these are, Nov 06: The Last King of Scotland, then saw The Inside Man, then The Da Vinci Code, and then Ice Age 2.

I have started watching movies again:

The Dark Knight: Excellent movie..many say it is too long. But I liked it, didn't feel a moment that the movie was stretched. Maybe cos I am also watching hindi movies lately and my threshold has gone up. Another positive thing about the movie, it had 2 of my all time favorite 3 actors: Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine; the third favorite is Jack Nicholson. Batman's gadgets and FX are cool! Batmans cape, his Batmobile and the Bat-bike were the coolest!!! Overall a must see, it is money well spent!!

Journey To The Centre of the Earth: Didn't know it was a 3D movie. Would have put my contacts on before going :P But anyways the 3D glasses that the theatre provided, were big enough and it was good to know that they designed them keeping in mind people who wear spectacles (wow, haven't used the word 'spectacles' for quite sometime...seems like an ancient word now :-)
The 3D effects are good. The movie is a good one time watch. Try to take the matinee show (before 6pm) and I would say it is money OK spent. It is of course a movie to see with your brains aside. Do not try to put logic in the movie, just go with the flow, you will enjoy it especially the journey to and from the centre of the earth.

Pineapple Express: This is a different action-comedy movie. You may like it or may not. Seth Rogen and James Franco make up a good team. The last part of the movie does feel stretched and I just got up and left not waiting to see the ending 10-15 minutes I guess. But the humor and the acting is good. The movie is about Dale Denton (Seth) who works as a guy who delivers supeonas to people. If he is not doing that, he is smoking weed all the time. He buys his weed from Saul (James) and one fine day Saul sells him a new type of weed called Pineapple Express. Dale while smoking Pineapple outside a house, witnesses a murder by a corrupt cop and her drug lord accomplice. Dale throws the Pineapple Express cigratte butt there and flees and the cop and the drug lord are hit on his heels. The movie is all about Dale and Saul trying to get away and save themselves from getting killed by the corrupt cop and the drug lord. Saul has to join Dale since he is the only one who is selling Pineapple Express in that city.
Overall a free flowing movie which I said you may like or you may not. See it by your own choice.

Swing Vote: I think Swing Vote is next best to The Dark Knight or even better since they both belong to different categories. Swing Vote is about how the U.S Presindential race boils down to one single vote of Bud (Costner) which will decide who will become the next U.S president. Bud's daughter is Molly (Madeline Carroll) who is really intelligent and witty with her head right on her shoulders. Costner and Carroll make up an excellent Father-Daughter team.

I am glad that my first four movies of this summer have been good and not a let down. This also prompted me to go in for the Regals Reward card since I will now be watching quite some movies!! That reminds me I haven't seen a real good horror movie since The Grudge. Hmm I hope a good horror flick comes by soon.

   [ posted by PseudoFreud @ 3:45 PM ] [ | ]