Deckard

I finally got around to watching vicky cristina barcelona this weekend. Woody Allen does it yet again. Great dialogue, sexy women, Penelope Cruz steals the show with an outstanding performance. Well worth watching.

Terminator: Salvation. I'm a huge fan of the Terminator franchise but I had BIG doubts about this film.

 

But it was fucking ace!

 

I'm sure the plot holes / dodgy character motivations / whatever will come to bug me over the next few days, but right now I'm just thinking how good it was. There are so many references to the previous films (the first two at least) and not just the obvious one liners. It felt like a real continuation of the films I love and was obviously made with a lot of attention to detail. The CGI is flawless, so much so that you barely notice it. There's always a part in Terminator films where the machine's mask starts to slip and you see the hybrid nature start to show. Normally it's Arnie with some make up bulging out from his face, but this time it's CGId - you have a 'wow' moment when you first see it but then it becomes background, as it should be.

 

I even loved the sound effects. The best sound ever on film, I think, is in Spielberg's war of the worlds when the first tripod is warming up after its long hibernation - a completely mechanical sound but full of menace. the sound of the machines in this film reminded me of that.

 

It wouldn't stand alone - you could see it without having seen T3 and possibly even T2 but you need to know the basics to appreciate it.

 

Highly recommended.

But it's a 12, and thats not right for a Terminator Film. The first one was and still is the best.

What do you call a man with no arms and no legs who can swim the english channel ?

Clever Dick

Eastenders like you have never seen before

Definately NSFW

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jdy_42n2uQ

Watched Son of Rambow yesterday. I missed this first time around. Cracking story and really well filmed.