Year: 2004

Sniper

“Sniper” was on TV. I must have seen it a thousand times by now, but I watched it again. There is something about this film that makes me watch it once in a while. Maybe I just enjoy everything about snipers. Maybe because there are not so many films about snipers. Maybe because of something else.

Anyway, the film is good, although it is about 11 years old by now. There is action. There is coolness. And there are, of course, snipers. There are no naked women, but who needs them when you’ve got marines in the jungle?

I’ll rate this film as 7 out of 10. A whole lot of points go the flying bullet which looked pretty impressive back in the last centure. So impressive, that even Matrix-makers noticed it. ;)

Sun or Moon?

Sun or Moon?

Shooting into direct sun with polarizing filter on can produce a picture that is very close to black and white in appearence. Shooting a moon with a high ISO setting and without a tripod can produce something which looks like a sun. The only way I could tell two images apart is by grain which is caused by low ISO setting. Today’s picture is “Sun or Moon?”

Album location: /photos/2004/2004-10-26_POTD

Man on Fire

Olga and I went to the cinema today to watch “Man on Fire“. It turned out to be a much better movie than I expected.

The story was pretty predictable and unoriginal. Except maybe for a half happy ending. Anyway, the story is not the strongest side of this movie. The way it was told is. This film is not actually an action like it seemed it would be from the trailer, and like a billion of other movies based on the same story are. This film is actually a drama. And a good one.

The movie starts very slow. And it keeps very slow until about a little after middle. Than it gets really fast. And than it slows down towards the end again, now for a dramatic ending. This way setting it was very original and did make the movie seem deeper than it is.

There was a lot of good acting. Denzel Washington was the best choice for the main role. It is exactly his type of movie and his type of role. And he did it better than he did it ever before. Dakota Fanning, a young star, was also very good and feeling provocative. Everyone else were supportive but nobody I can pick out with excellence.

Summary: the movie is a strong 8 out 10. I’ll watch it again after some time.