Wednesday 24 April 2013

LoveFilm Capsule Reviews

These are the things I have rented from LoveFilm.

Lawless - Never got around to watching it. I suspect it will be good, but I wasn't in the mood.
Taken - I've been to Paris; it wasn't like this.
Dredd - Exploding bodyparts FTW, but we felt uncomfortable watching with the baby in the room.
Looper - Nonsense, when you get down to it, but sufficiently compelling nonsense to let it go.
9 - High-concept, mostly successful.
John Carter - So much fun.
Surrogates - I struggled to get past 'surrogate Bruce Willis is creepy'.
50/50 - Possibly the most fun you'll have watching a film about chemotherapy.
Monsters vs. Aliens - My PhD is in dance!
Monsters - Wow. That was... What was that?
Prince of Persia - Is anyone in this film Persian?
The Walking Dead - Very good; not much fun.
Falling Skies - More please!
Pathfinder - Vikings vs. Native Americans. Karl Urban wins.
Ghost Rider - Spirit of Vengeance - Keeping Christopher Lambert in wine.
The Cabin in the Woods - Rarely have the tropes of horror been so effectively followed and critiqued at the same time.
GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra - The Baroness is not a brainwashed goodie! She's evil, damnit! Look at her outfit.
Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol - After four installments, the MI reboot finally realises how silly it is, and becomes awesome.
Underworld - Awakening - I want this time back.
Conan the Barbarian - I'm actually not sure I didn't just imagine this film based on bits of other films.
The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Has a certain something, but fails to be epic.
Alice in Wonderland - Much better than I expected.
Ironclad - History is something that happens to other people, apparently.
Solomon Kane - Much sillier than it knows.
Castle - Good, lighthearted murder-fun.
Green Lantern - Worst film with green in the title ever.
Green Hornet - Benefits from the above.
How to Train Your Dragon - DR-Rag-ON!
The Last Airbender - Rather epic.
Drive Angry - Funny as hell.
Season of the Witch - We're going to need more holy water.
Tron: Legacy - Shiny.
Kung Fu Panda 2 - Awesome. And attractive.
Kolchak: The Night Stalker - Like a very low key X-Files in a bad hat.
Inkheart - Not as good as I had hoped.
The Expendables - Self-awaredly cretinous fun.
Iron Sky - Some good moments.
Drive - Very good; very nasty.
Predators - Much, much better than I had expected.
The Secret of the Unicorn - Thrilling adventures in the uncanny valley.
Game of Thrones - Proper epic.

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