Truly wonderful movie. Very visually stunning, great script, great acting. The dragon (Smaug) at the end was fantastically done, and actually the whole film kept me gripped from start to finish. I've never actually read The Hobbit, but this makes me want to read it. Unlike the first LOTR movie where I fell asleep half way through!
I would thoroughly recommend this movie to anyone who likes fantasy movies, or anyone who wants to get engrossed in a decent story for a few hours. I don't even think you have to watch the first Hobbit movie either, it pretty much explains itself.
Truly wonderful movie. Very visually stunning, great script, great acting. The dragon (Smaug) at the end was fantastically done, and actually the whole film kept me gripped from start to finish. I've never actually read The Hobbit, but this makes me want to read it. Unlike the first LOTR movie where I fell asleep half way through!
I would thoroughly recommend this movie to anyone who likes fantasy movies, or anyone who wants to get engrossed in a decent story for a few hours. I don't even think you have to watch the first Hobbit movie either, it pretty much explains itself.
The advantage that youngsters (aged ten and upwards) have today is that they have the luxury of seeing The Hobbit, before The Lord Of The Rings.
Kickass - never fancied watching it before but watched last night and thoroughly enjoyed it, even if watching a little girl get beaten up was a bit weird.:o
When I mentioned this film in another thread, I realised I never seen it, even though I was given a DVD as a present years ago. Turned out to be a very decent film. Great performances, compelling story and a surprisingly confident effort from director Robert Redford. Great cast, too. Paul Scofield's wonderful performance made me mourn his passing all over again. (The weirdest sighting: Ethan Hawke, who makes a five-second cameo. What's up with that?) Negatives: Rob Morrow's weird eyebrows and accent, and Ralph Fiennes's occasionally irritating Hugh Grant impression.
Kickass - never fancied watching it before but watched last night and thoroughly enjoyed it, even if watching a little girl get beaten up was a bit weird.:o
It doesn't really get going until she shows up but the film's hilariously disturbing on a number of levels.
British crime drama has Christopher Trace, one of the original Blue Peter presenters, as an investigating cop. I think he made the right career move to become a children's TV presenter.
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8/10
Bittersweet romantic fare, with a lot more to say than usual!
Thoroughly enjoyed this movie.
Great performances from Vera Farmiga & Andy Garcia.
6/10
A massive pile of steaming arsecheese. A waste of an otherwise decent trilogy.
Not easy to follow (but I suspect that was part of the idea) and I certainly wouldn't have been able to have follow it without the help of subtitles.
Truly wonderful movie. Very visually stunning, great script, great acting. The dragon (Smaug) at the end was fantastically done, and actually the whole film kept me gripped from start to finish. I've never actually read The Hobbit, but this makes me want to read it. Unlike the first LOTR movie where I fell asleep half way through!
I would thoroughly recommend this movie to anyone who likes fantasy movies, or anyone who wants to get engrossed in a decent story for a few hours. I don't even think you have to watch the first Hobbit movie either, it pretty much explains itself.
The advantage that youngsters (aged ten and upwards) have today is that they have the luxury of seeing The Hobbit, before The Lord Of The Rings.
Girl crime caper... and a not very good one at that
4/10
5/10
A smart-looking Harry H. Corbett as the cop in this Edgar Wallace mystery support feature.
Polisse (2011) 8/10
6.5/10
When I mentioned this film in another thread, I realised I never seen it, even though I was given a DVD as a present years ago. Turned out to be a very decent film. Great performances, compelling story and a surprisingly confident effort from director Robert Redford. Great cast, too. Paul Scofield's wonderful performance made me mourn his passing all over again. (The weirdest sighting: Ethan Hawke, who makes a five-second cameo. What's up with that?) Negatives: Rob Morrow's weird eyebrows and accent, and Ralph Fiennes's occasionally irritating Hugh Grant impression.
It doesn't really get going until she shows up but the film's hilariously disturbing on a number of levels.
6/10
7/10. Would have 8 if not for the above
5/10
British crime drama has Christopher Trace, one of the original Blue Peter presenters, as an investigating cop. I think he made the right career move to become a children's TV presenter.