Films....

Must finish watching Duplicity
Also quite looking forward to watching Awaydays
Of course I've got Watchmen the Directors cut to watch as well
..... sure there's a couple of more ...oh I know got to finish watching New in Town (inflight movie but plane landed before it finished...could have 'stacked' till the end of the movie inconsiderate sods!)...American Rom-com 'chic' movie ...but entertaining non the less..

This is my reality...what's yours?

Franklyn

Film has already been premiered at the London film festival, and has garnered positive and negative reviews - depending on who's reviewing it.

The film is a split narrative set simultaneously in contemporary London and in a future metropolis ruled by religious fervor. It's the story of four lost souls, divided by two parallel worlds, on course for an explosive collision when a single bullet will decide all their fates.

Remains to be seen if it is a 'Cult' hit - has been compared with 'Dark City' and also 'V for Vendetta' - though that maybe just because of the Dark Dystopian feel the Film Trailer gives out - rather than because of Premise.

Trailer and WIKI entry

A Woman in Berlin (2008)

A new film from Germany is aiming to open up old wounds over the 'allied liberation' of Berlin by the 'Red Army' in 1945.
A tale not familiar to modern ears - but a brutal truth hidden in the 'shadows' for nearly 70 years.

Films of note....

"Die welle" (The Wave)
A dictatorship experiment at school goes wrong ....echoes of 'Das Experiment' anyone?

"Gomorra" Guardian Film Review here
Even the trailer is hard to watch..... makes the Godfather mafia look like chivalrous Knights of old.....Trailer.

The Dark Knight....Batman reborn?

Well I've seen 'The Dark Knight' and to be honest it is fantastic....dark, marauding, malevolent and true to the 'Spirit of The Dark Knight comic.
Christian Bale wavers a bit in the film but Batman does not- he reigns supreme over the chaos that is Gotham City.
Supporting the Chaos theory full throttle is Heath Ledger as the Joker (complete with nods to the Arkham Asylum comic character)

You could say it is a tale of two cities...
One that wants to be reborn via Batman...so the caped crusader can hang up his cape once and for all - though we all know Heroes do not retire they die.
The joker on the other hand wants chaos for chaos sake, and therefore to bring the City to it's knees - so that it may face upto what it really is rather than what it believes it is or could be.

This film really is that deep in the way it plays out it's strands of the story - yea there's denied love, hope, fights, action and big bangs. However the way it is all weaved together is like a comic book every scene tells a story of the characters portrayal through the cities eyes... and it is played out against the backdrop of Gotham beautifully.

Ultimately that is why it works, the principal and minor characters are fighting for the soul of Gotham.

Channel 4 review here
Official movie site here

The Day the Earth Stood Still Remake

I can't believe they are remaking this film.

One of the definite 'Atomic age' films of the 50's.

Probably end up being like the hash that was 'The war of the worlds' remake, no substance no style.....and no hope - seeing as it's got the 'actor' Keanu Reeves in it...says it all really.
And a really simple plot incase anybody has to actually think during the movie.
God I'm depressed about this idea already...and it doesn't come out till December...
It's all going to go "Klaatu barada nikto.

Check out the original film trailer here

Movie Quote Time....

"I am trapped in a world in which I just do not belong"

Taken from George Pal's 1960 version of 'The Time Machine' based on the novel by H.G.Wells