-May 2nd 2004- It has been quite a little patch since you heard from me last, and I have quite a few things to tell you about, so forgive me for the long post today. I have done quite a few things during the period since I posted, but most of it you won't care to hear about, so I will cut to this last week end, wherein I actually did something that pertains to this web-site.
On Friday I had very little to do and so did one of my good friends, so we went out to see 'Man on Fire' a movie that I wasn't sure that I wanted to see at first, but do to the lack of other movies decided to see regardless. I do have to say that I was pleasantly surprised with the film. It had quite a bit of character developement that really made you care about the characters early on, as well as some pretty good action later on in the movie. The filming was excellent, and was directed by the man behind 'Spy Game'. The only real downfall of the movie was the completely predictable ending, and the under-acheivement of the editing. You may be thinking; "You want them to cut character developement?" No, I don't. Some of the killing sequences could have actually been shortened with out losing their potency, and you would still be more involved by the end of the story. With these problems it was still a very good movie that I would reccomend to those who like a solid movie.
On Saturday, I had things to do in the morning, but absolutely nothing in the after-noon. So, a few friends asked me to go to a dollar theatre. After a bit of thought I decided to go and we saw 'Secret Window'. This was a good opportunity as I hadn't gotten a chance to see it earlier this year. While the movie wasn't as good as it could have been (the execution was the poorest area of the production) it featured some good acting, and a wonderful plot provided by the King (Steven that is). Overall, a good but not great movie.
I am going to jump back Tarantino style to Thursday in which I rented several videos so that I will be able to fill you in on them in the following paragraph as I didn't watch the second of the two until today. The first film I borrowed was 'Isle of the Dead' (pictured above). It is a very good little horror picture from the 1940's. I would reccomend it to anyone who likes older cinema. The other movie I borrowed needs no introduction. It was Alfred Hitchcock's masterpeice, Vertigo. If you haven't seen it prior to reading this post than go find a copy.
I was glad to see that they are having a bit of a Robin Hood film marathon this evening on FMC. Some of the movies being shown include 'Robin and Marian' and 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' (which is commonly exepted as the best film adaption of the tale). Also in the news over this break, there have been several pictures posted of the upcoming film 'Batman Begins', which is said to have a killer script, and has caught my interest.