Resolutions

A few days ago I created this post with the note (to myself) "Closure / Decision" in it, which I suppose sums up the typical retrospective/forward looking dichotomy of these end of year posts. So let's run with that. (more to follow)

Jake Gyllenhaal Double Feature - Donnie Darko / Prince Of Persia

Please note: My reviews might contain spoilers and be overly critical. Um sorry about that. Rambles follow.

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Disney's Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time is an action movie, with a hint of the free running (evolved platforming) from the video game. The "twist", "romantic" subplot, and OMG SACRIFICE moment were predictable (and resolved with barely a whimper). Also, Jake puts on an annoying accent. There are worse movies to watch. Certainly for a "Video game movie" it does well. Humour doesn't quite match other movies in the genre like "The Mummy".

Rating:      ★ ★ ★ ✩  ✩
Verdict: T'was OK.

Donnie Darko: The Director's Cut is a movie about mental illness. I'm not particularity fond of those. It's set in the 80's. Negative on partiality to that particular era. About a teenage boy/arson. Ding ding ding. Trifecta. Parascience. Oh Dear.

Okay. It's no "list of things that James likes stuffed into a movie" but that's to be expected, it covers some vaguely difficult ground, obviously with some insight from the writer/director (which IIRC were the same person).

I'm not going to watch the movie again to try and ascertain the message.

Rating:      ★ ★ ★ ★  ✩
Verdict: T'was OK. Artsy/Indie (styled) movies gets an extra star to impress girls. Will probably end up as a English text at some point.

Bonus Review: Skyline


 "Who are you people and what have you done with the rest of the movie?"

In some ways you just want it to hurry up and kill off all these unlike-able characters (they even pull the pregnant card!) other times you want it to slow down and do some exposition about the antagonist. Then the movie ends and you start to think what a strange opening cinematic this game has, I hope the gameplay is good.

I guess what I'm saying is that this movie has some interesting ideas (alien super power brain transplant invasion!!), suffers from the same lack of scale as war of the "worlds" and failure to establish tension as Paranormal Activity.

Rating:      ★ ✩ ✩ ✩  ✩
Verdict: Quite Bad. Better than Pandorum.

Movie Review - Pandorum (2009)

Opps forgot to post this. I wrote this about 3 months ago I think.

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 Today, to procrastinate because I've wanted to for a while, I'm posting up the first of what will be (hopefully) many movie reviews.

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Plot is non-existent.

Rating:  ★ ✩ ✩ ✩ ✩
Verdict: Watch-able, depending on your *cough* state of mind. I didn't like it. (derr)

The house before this one...

Immediately prior to moving out to woop woop, the house I lived in had a walk in linen closet. Full of towels, sheets, lightbulbs and security system we never touched by had alarmingly blinky lights. Quite a few times I remember wandering in there to enjoy a little moment of peaceful silence in a small, dark, linen-y room.

I miss that sometimes.

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I pushed the limits, they pushed back. Lesson learned. #melodrama

I went to a wedding and all I got was a picture of some candles - Day 21

The bride was pretty, etc. but mostly it was just a bunch of people I don't know dancing to songs from the 80's.

Incidentally, I think I need a new camera.

(backdated 12-Sep-2010)

OMG Driving. - Day 20

I'm up to like 8 hours total now. =)

It's a long way, I'm proud of myself.

this post took place over the last two days, photos of what I actually did, coming right after this nap...