What's the Latest Thing You Saw at the Cinema?

The Conspirator directed by Robert Redford.  The trial after Lincoln was shot.  Long but wonderful and thought provoking.  Had a great talk afterwards with friend I went with.  We had some disagreement on details but the end of movie and credits of what happened next made it more amazing.  It is made from the lawyer's point of view not from all involved.  That's where we disagreed.  The film Company is focussing on American history with great detail.

TT3D-Closer to the Edge.  A documentary about the Isle of Man TT races following  the hilarious Guy Martin through his preparations and racing at the 2010 races.  Thoroughly recommended even if you're not into bikes.

Thor

I thought it was utterly brilliant very funny in scenes didn't take itself to seriously but serious enough to make it work. I hadn't been to the cinema for the best part of two years so decided to go 3-d and that was a little disappointing tbh. The film makers could have done so much more with the 3-D effects instead of making it an after thought. Its the first film I have seen in 3-D and whilst the film was very enjoyable the I would say the 3-D was average at best. 

Hi Neil,

My main issue with 3D is that the glasses rob you of the brightness of the colours.

Certainly I have no intention of going 3D at home until they can remove the need to wear silly glasses, and will go and see 2D at cinemas given the choice.

I DO love digital cinema - no nicks or scratches.

M

Pumpkin,

I will be going to see TT3D on your rec.

M

Thor.

It's great fun, full of action and spectacular effects with a real sense of humour.

I enjoyed the 3D and thought it looked amazing at times. I'm still not sure what its long term future is though.

The Adjustment Bureau. Starts off smart with an intriguing premise and good humour, but derails in the last act when the story drops all the charm and intelligence and the actors apparently stopped caring. Really a shame the makers didn't take a page from 'Dark City': similar premise, but with the kudos to see its story through to the end in a proper fashion.

EJ

YES!  The 3-D was so annoying, and made the movie look "plastic".   I love photography, one of the great pleasures of watching a good film is the photography!     Light and shadow . . . this is what gives depth, richness, detail.   

Max

...Michelangelo's "Last Judgement".

VERY high praise.

The only M. that had more of an impact on me was the half finished works before you get to David, incredible.

M

EJS,

I too was disappointed by the Adjustment Bureau. It worked OK as a romance, but I would have LOVED the guy who was helping them on the inside to have been an agent of Beelzebub! As you say, a disappointing last act - lots of running doesn't add up to intellectual grist.

M

Hanna

Lots here that I enjoyed - esp. the scene with the 'normal' family.

Worth seeing - but overall I thought the story was a bit on the weak side. I think Joe Wright made the most of it, with some good performances from the actors.

M

M,

Emily Blunt is so gorgeous that a film that would star her as the housekeeper of Ricky Gervais would work as a romance Personally I was glad the adjustment bureau didn't go for the virtual reality / dream world plot but any other explanation would have been better than the <spoiler> 'haha just kidding remember when we said you are not in control of your destiny well you are - and oh yes this was a test' ending </spoiler>.

EJ

Loved Thor but found that the 3-D was very 2-D in a lot of places - quite disappointing in that respect. But the movie itself was great fun, deffo one for the library. Did you wait 'til after the credits to see the teaser at the end?

Regards,
Frank.
All opinions are my own and do not reflect the opinion of any organisations I work for, except where this is stated explicitly.

NOW you tell me!   Usually stay til the end because I like staying for the music creds, but this time had to rush out to take a piss .   Knew there would be a sequel because of the way it was set up . . .  Dang - wish I could of managed to hold out for the teaser . . . hahaha!

Thought that Thor was part of Marvel's master plan to bring together the Avengers?

EJ

Thor - total pants but mildly entertaining in one or two places. Not having been brought up on computer games and comics I found it rather irritating. Without Hopkins it would have been dire beyond words. Not sure I'd want to watch a sequel - 2D characters in 3D. Yawn.

Interesting - I thought Hopkins was the weakest part actually.

Yes, Thor is meant to return in The Avengers, but that wasn't the teaser at the end.

Regards,
Frank.
All opinions are my own and do not reflect the opinion of any organisations I work for, except where this is stated explicitly.

Frank, please-please tell us a little about the teaser?  I can't go on any longer not knowing!   Begging you please . . . . really want to know.

Best, Max

Ps.  Sincerely, can you say just a few things to expect in Thor 2?  Thanks.

13 Assassins.

Great film with a storming 45mins battle.

Well worth the watch if you can track it down.

Rio 3D for my son's 9th birthday and generally very good. We had the place to ourselves which was like being in a very large living room.

The 3D stuff worked at its best when done discreetly.

Jono

Max,

No idea about Thor 2 (or The Avengers as I believe it's called). As for the teaser, Erik turns up underground somewhere with Nick Fury who explains that all is not well with the world (OK worse than that). Erik is next to a mirror and in the mirror we see Loki - and Nick's message is music to his mischevious ears!

Regards,
Frank.
All opinions are my own and do not reflect the opinion of any organisations I work for, except where this is stated explicitly.

It's on youtube...

EJ

Thor as well

Not an attempt to make a cinematic statement, just a lot of fun.

I have enjoyed the Hulk, Fantastic4, X-Men/Wolverine/ Iron Man 1 films, and enjoyed this one as well.

X-Men: First Class

Mr Vaughn is a good director, and keeps things bubbling along.

My only issue with the film is the character motivations, in this sense it is just a re-run of the rest of the X-Men films, with the exception of Wolverine Origins.

The acting is all sound, the special effects are very good ....but I came out thinking it was just OK.

M

Not been the cinema for a while but got round to watching X-Men First Class. Not bad at all but i have a soft spot for the Marvel stuff having been a reader of the comics years ago. The only problem i had is a technical one where now and again, the image on the Left side would be out focus, then it shifted to the top 3rd and later on to the Right. No idea if it was the cinema's fault or on the print itself.

Don't know if it is available as 3D - I saw it in glorious 2D, which is my preference. I saw no picture issues.

There was an interesting blog I read the other day where it was pointed out that many cinemas are not removing the 3D lense from the projector when playing 2D, this is not straight-forward apparently. This results in a very degraded experience on 2D viewing.

M