#JOURNALISM
Well well well welly well.
The final 10 films viewed before the 100th Film Awards for me were probably the best run of 10 films since the beginnings of our film nights. And since I'm pretty bored and don't want to revise Russia I thought I'd write up some notes on these films. You're welcome.
Starting on a low with Leonardo DiCaprio's 'The Beach' (2001), which neither of us particularly enjoyed, we watched a variety of films in our final 10 before we hit triple figures, from the recent 2012 horror 'Sinister' to 'the best crime film of all time' (1974), 'Chinatown'. 'Chinatown' turned out to be a bit of a let down for both of us, having heard such great things about it neither of us would've given it anything over 5/10. I had seen 'Sinister' when it was released last autumn in the cinema and Rosie had been pestering me (as usual) to get it on dvd for us both to watch. It didn't lose it's scare factor second time round. In fact it was probably scarier. Baguul, or 'Mr Boogey' for me is one of the most terrifying horror antagonists ever, and Rosie was literally hiding behind her cushion after the first 15 minutes.
After watching 'Batman Begins' and 'The Dark Knight' in the previous set of 10 films, we watched the concluding part of Nolan's trilogy 'The Dark Knight Rises'. I had enjoyed the previous two films in the Batman series however neither had really made me go 'wow'. However the third film was definitely my favourite, and I would give it 10/10, the others entries into the trilogy getting 7/10 and 8/10 respectively. Rosie gets off to this trilogy so she loves all of the films, 'The Dark Knight' being her favourite, I was just glad to have finally understood the hype of the Batman series.
One little trip to the cinema was made of late, to see the animated adventure 'The Croods' (which later inspired a soup, that's another story for another day). Enjoyable but at times bland, for the both us it was a forgettable and slightly average flick that gained momentum in the final 15 minutes. It was cute, quite emotional too, but hardly anything to write home about. We went home and watched 'Bent' after that which we both enjoyed so all was well. You can see both of our reviews for 'Bent' below.
'Inglourious Basterds' is another film we watched that I feel the need to make comments on. I feel that this is Tarantino's 'attempt' at a masterpiece, and he nearly achieves it, however one section of the film is extremely unnecessary and drawn out beyond belief. But fear not, he made his masterpiece earlier this year with 'Django Unchained', very similar to this film but much more enjoyable.
The other films we watched were 'Invictus' (nice but slightly boring and yet again... drawn out), 'Silver Linings Playbook (refreshing and fun) and 'The Sixth Sense' (seen it before but wanted to watch it again with Rosie, she liked it and hid behind her pillow again). Overall a very good selection of films. If I had to pick 3 out for you to watch I'd pick:
- The Dark Knight Rises
- Sinister
- The Sixth Sense
Avoiding:
- The Beach
- Chinatown
So thats my little (that turned into a quite large) round up of these fine selection of films. Well done to the both of us for choosing such a good selection!
After watching film 99.. 'Silver Linings Playbook', we both rushed around to prepare for our 100th film/2nd annual Rollie film awards. We shall post about that later on, however I can tell you it was very exciting and very very special.
Stay tuned for more posts!
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