The Dark Knight
5:10 pm, September 5th, 2008 |
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Posted in boythings, geekery, mooovies by Jarod
Over the weekend Liz and I finally got around to seeing The Dark Knight. Not only did we see it but we saw it in Imax style. Well, when I say style I actually mean the cinema was tired, old and run down, but by golly it had a big screen. Only getting there 20 minutes before the screening time meant we ended up sitting too close to the front. This wasn’t so much of a problem that you were too close to the screen, but more so that you had to crane your neck up at some ungodly angle to see the top half of the screen. Yep, it’s that big.
The IMAX film is nice. The extra whiff of crisp in the scenes shot on IMAX film was very noticeable. That and the additional vision top and bottom makes the IMAX stuff a trend I’d like to see continue in Hollywood… even if it means I have to pay $25 for the privilege. Expensive, but IMAX film is nice.
Oh yes, The Dark Knight. In the first few weeks of it screening in cinemas I was tricking my brain into not believing all the hype. Telling myself that my friends that saw it 4 and 5 times in the first few days only did so due to some sort of mental deficiency. But I’m very pleased to say that it lived up to all the hype and more. The storyline and acting: brilliant and mesmerising. Cinematography and lighting: emotive and captivating.
I won’t attempt to analyse the film, there are a stack of people out there that have done a far better job than I ever could. This was just my way of saying its good to see that several hundred million dollars in the right hands can still create a two and a half hour long masterpiece. Oh, and the definition and size of IMAX screens rocks my socks.
For the record, The Dark Knight gets 5 out of 5 bats.
Hancock Movie Review
6:28 pm, August 6th, 2008 |
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Posted in boythings, idiotbox, mooovies by Jarod
Over the weekend Liz and I watched the movie Hancock. You know, the one where Wil Smith plays a drunken superhero guy? Yeah that one.
Apart from a bit in the middle section where Liz and I both turned to one another and did a bit of Rove’s ‘What the?’, it turned out to be quite a good blend of action and storyline. Once you could look past the obvious flaws in the ‘What the?’ moment, the fast paced action and well edited ending really sucked you in.
Also worth a special mention is the empathy the viewer feels for Hancock. Can’t say I often get sucked into this sort of kind of thing, but at times I wanted to jump into the screen and help poor Wil work stuff out.
In an arbitary and no doubt be a short lived feature on this blog…. Jarod gives Hancock seven hundred and twelve stars.
Batman is Badass
9:02 pm, July 18th, 2008 |
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Posted in boythings, mooovies, photography by Jarod
Like, I’m talking seriously badass. Liz and I watched Batman Begins last night and my god is that version of Batman ever badass. I’ve only ever seen the old George Clooney versions of Batman, and quite frankly they’ve got nothing on Christian Bale (or Justin Hamilton).
This was all in preparation to go see Batman: The Dark Knight which everyone’s raving about. If it’s anything like Batman Begins I’ll walk out of the cinema happy (and wishing the projectionist stopped the film a million times so Liz can explain the plot to me).