Category: Movies

Today I went to see “Hidalgo” in the cinema. The movie leaves a good feeling after you’ve seen it, but it is not particularly capturing while you are at it.

Firstly, there was a lot of “foreign talk”. I mean there were few people talking arabic, some indian dialect and maybe some other language. The only subtitles available were greek, so I don’t know if there were any english ones originally. Some of these talks were a bit longish without much point. That leaves you at the stage of trying to entertain yourself for awhile. Secondly, the movie is rather shallow. The story is simple. So is the acting. There are no special effects (or maybe just a few), and the film lacks action. It’s also rather long – 3 hours with no break.

The good feeling that it leaves in you (or at least in me) might be built upon few nice scenery shots and animal care throughout the film. If these don’t touch you, then you probably should skip it alltogether. :)

They were showing the “Blues Brothers 2000” on TV today. I’ve tuned in a bit late, but I’ve seen this movie before in the cinema.

It’s a really nice action comedy with a lot of music in. It has this ol’times rock-n-roll atmosphere to it, but I guess it’s the same thing with all good music – from jazz to punk rock. :)

One special thing which sets this movie from all the rest is the combination of hippy kind musicians doing lots of driving. There are plenty of cars, car crashes, car chases, and car tricks in this movie with the best one being car parking.

This is one good movie to watch once in a while and it is also surely worth having in the home DVD collection.

For the fifth time or so we’ve watched “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” today on DVD at Hazard’s place. This is an absolute classic and a must see for everyone. I bet it will be funny watching it for the millionth time too. :)

My favourite places are the arguing with French soldiers in the castle (“…you English pig-dogs…”), giving instructions to the guards (“…do not let anyone leave this room…”), and the song about the brave Sir Robin (“…and he is not afraid to die in many naughty ways…”). These are thought just slightly ahead of many others. Great movie! :)

We just came back from the movies where we went to see “The Butterfly Effect“. Short story: I would rate it 9 out of 10.

Long story: it’s an interesting and original drama which keeps you glued to the screen from start to finish. The story itself is interesting and dynamic as well as all the details around it. There is plenty of good acting by familiar people. Most noteably Ashton Kutcher (“Dude, Where’s My Car?“), who finally gets his serious role, performs excellenty together with Amy Smart (“Road Trip“). Few other people add to the mix.

Special effects, soundtrack, make-up, decorations – everything is matching everything in this film.

Defenetely a must see. Also, it can be seen several times, so adding it to one’s DVD collection isn’t a bad idea at all. :)