What a great film – superb animation, and a great plot. Instantly likeable characters which you can really relate too, as well.
The only thing which wrankled a bit was why children were seen as being toxic, when clearly they’re not.. h’mmm…
Still not to detract – has to rank up there with the likes of Toy Story and Bugs Life.
Seen at Ster Century, Leeds.
Very enjoyable film.. gotta love suspense-y detective films, and I admit I didn’t see the twist coming (but wasn’t trying too hard). Morgan Freeman is just excellent, and certainly makes the film, in my opinion.
The car crash at the beginning is pretty brutal though – doesn’t do to watch that more than once!
Naff all extras though, which is a shame in this day and age. Oh, except for a “Making of..” nonsense which is horribly back-slappy about how wonderful everyone in the film was to work with.
H’mm – not very good at doing this, am I?
Right, finished Z.O.E. all through, although if I can be bothered I’ll go through again and do it a bit better, which releases new options in the head-to-head mode. Got a lack of other games at the mo, so might do it…
Saw Monsters Inc. and Ocean’s 11 at the cinema recently. Very different films, but both are very good and enjoyable. I think Monsters Inc. just gets the edge – could see the ruse in Ocean’s 11 a mile off, and personally think it could have been done a lot better (take a leaf out of “The Sting”, for example).
Also saw Along Came A Spider on DVD – very enjoyable film.. gotta love suspense-y detective films, and I admit I didn’t see the twist coming (but wasn’t trying too hard). Naff all extras though, which is a shame in this day and age.
On the DVD front, just got 3 through from Oz – Big Trouble in Little China.. superb film, and loads of extras on the DVD, although I’ve only got half way through the director’s commentary. The commentary is.. um.. interesting – seems to be Kurt Russell and John Carpenter in hysterics and catching up on all their news, and occasionally remembering to comment on the movie.
The other two are Dead Poet’s Society and Jerry McGuire, neither of which I’ve played yet.
Finally, just ordered Spyro 2 on PSX. I hugely enjoyed Spyro 1, and it turns out there’s another 2 or 3 Spyro’s on PSX, and a Spyro on PS2 on the way! Strongly tempted by Gran Turismo 3 on PS2 platinum at only 19.99 now, but am trying to save up for the Linux kit in May.
What a fab, cool, and groovy film. Could see the ruse a mile off, and personally think it could have been done a lot better (take a leaf out of “The Sting”, for example), but still highly enjoyable to watch.
George Clooney is (I’m told) pleasing on the eye, but in all his films I’m very aware it’s Clooney I’m watching.. not exactly type-case, but there’s an inescapable clooney-ism about him. The same used to be true of Tom Hanks, but (in my books) he’s more than proved his diversity.
But I digress. Lots of nice clothes, lots of cool people, very understated action, and a lot of confidence tricks!!!
Seen at Ster Century, Leeds.
Great film – not seen this for a long time, then saw it on the cheap from Oz for the special edition with 2 DVDs in. I’ve only watched the film (everything we’ve come to expect from DVD), plus half the director’s commentary (which is ok), but really looking forward to going through the second disk, which has but *loads* of extras!
Finished Jak and Daxter now (top game) – when I have some time will continue with Z.O.E. I’ve actually also noticed that there’s quite a few Spyro games for PSOne (plus a new one on the way for PS2). Saving up for a PS2 hard drive at the mo (May!), but after that…
Been dead busy of late (hence no diary entries) – life is a frantic whirl. At home we’ve finished digging up the first stage of patio stones, and the skip has been and gone. Next stage is to try and sort out the drainage, plus lay a new patio.
Anyway, main motivation for this entry is a new word – haven’t done one for a while, but it caught my fancy:
colubrine \KAH-luh-bryne\: of, relating to, or resembling a snake.
Oh yes, and you can now pre order Harry Potter I on DVD…
What a fantastic game!! I’m loving it – highly addictive, superb pitch of difficulty (puzzles get progressively harder – almost none are manageable at first attempt, but all of them are possible after several attempts, and can usually be beaten before you get naffed off / check the Internet), and awesome graphics. Well worth obtaining if you have a PS2 (nice and cheap from dvdcrave.com in Oz)
This is a very long film – I’d strongly suggest seeing it somewhere that a) has no kids, and b) has an intermission. After about 2 hours I was getting fidgetty, and starting to mutter “get on with it”.
To be honest I wasn’t greatly impressed with the film. Nothing wrong with it – very clever in many ways – but ok rather than superb. The cinematics were very good though – loved the scenary, special effects, and the casting was spot on. It’s hard to see how they good have made the film better, given the book they were working from, but it just overstayed somewhat, and defintely dragged in places.
Loadsa reviews to do!
Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Rings.
This is a very long film – I’d strongly suggest seeing it somewhere that a) has no kids, and b) has an intermission. After about 2 hours I was getting fidgetty, and starting to mutter “get on with it”.
To be honest I wasn’t greatly impressed with the film. Nothing wrong with it – very clever in many ways – but ok rather than superb. The cinematics were very good though – loved the scenary, special effects, and the casting was spot on. It’s hard to see how they good have made the film better, given the book they were working from, but it just overstayed somewhat, and defintely dragged in places.
Jak and daxter on the playstation 2 – what a fantastic game!! I’m loving it – highly addictive, superb pitch of difficulty (puzzles get progressively harder – almost none are manageable at first attempt, but all of them are possible after several attempts, and can usually be beaten before you get naffed off / check the Internet), and awesome graphics. Well worth obtaining if you have a PS2 (nice and cheap from dvdcrave.com in Oz – see link on left)
Tomb Raider was actually better then I was expecting, because everyone had slated it so much. First of all the DVD is packed full of extras, which we like, and the sound (dolby digital) is reasonable too. It seemed to be heavily biased towards the bass, and the dialogue didn’t really seem to be loud enough to hear (unless you wanted to be knocked off your seat by the explosions). That might just be my set-up.
As far as the film goes, it’s pleasingly enough on the eye. Angelina Jolie does a fair job of Lara Croft, but the ’emotional’ scenes (of which there are many) fail to engage, and the sub-‘plots’ (I use the term loosely) are just plain obtuse. One’s left not caring enough to try to work out who’s thinking what, or who has just changed sides (or not). Worse perhaps, it’s often only clear that a figure on screen is not a major character when they get killed by some ancient creature or mechanism.
Awesome CGI though – especially love the stone creatures in the Cambodian temple, and it must be said the sets and scenery are breath-taking.