Saturday 09 October
After a bit of a movie-watching drought, I've been making up for lost time: over the past few weeks I've managed to fit in loads of films (and yes, I know, some are really old). For my benefit as much as anything, with arbitrary Pitchfork-style ratings:
Milk (8.4)
It's about some curly-haired activists from the 1970s and features James Franco, so I was always going to love it. But it's also one of the most inspirational things I've seen in a really, really long time.
Cloverfield (6.9)
Some irritating beautiful people get killed in twitch-making nausea-o-vision. The bit in the tunnels was creepy, though.
Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs (7.2)
Any longer and I'd have tired of the fact it was basically a lot of giant food, but it still managed to possess some of the 1990s anarchic animation spirit that I've missed in, for example, Pixar stuff. Having said that...
Toy Story 3 (8.1)
Was very good.
Shutter Island (7.0)
Reminded me of that sudden glut of films in the early part of last decade with a sudden and not entirely welcome twist. I didn't hate the exciting conclusionary revelation in this one, although I could have done without some of the melodrama. (Mad people! Rats! Nazis! Oh, The Daily Mail.)
Kick-Ass (7.9)
Despite being more violent, and less funny, than I was expecting, I still enjoyed it muchly. Nicolas Cage update: he still manages to irritate me with his very presence.
Milk (8.4)
It's about some curly-haired activists from the 1970s and features James Franco, so I was always going to love it. But it's also one of the most inspirational things I've seen in a really, really long time.
Cloverfield (6.9)
Some irritating beautiful people get killed in twitch-making nausea-o-vision. The bit in the tunnels was creepy, though.
Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs (7.2)
Any longer and I'd have tired of the fact it was basically a lot of giant food, but it still managed to possess some of the 1990s anarchic animation spirit that I've missed in, for example, Pixar stuff. Having said that...
Toy Story 3 (8.1)
Was very good.
Shutter Island (7.0)
Reminded me of that sudden glut of films in the early part of last decade with a sudden and not entirely welcome twist. I didn't hate the exciting conclusionary revelation in this one, although I could have done without some of the melodrama. (Mad people! Rats! Nazis! Oh, The Daily Mail.)
Kick-Ass (7.9)
Despite being more violent, and less funny, than I was expecting, I still enjoyed it muchly. Nicolas Cage update: he still manages to irritate me with his very presence.
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