Category: Movies

Watched “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. Overall it was an average thing. Not much fun, but not particularly boring. The best scene is a fight while on the ropes somewhat in the beginning of the movie.

Exprompteous trip to the movies to see “A Man Apart” (with Vin Diesel). The movie was nothing like all his previous ones and I guess was supposed to show good and serious acting. It was as ugly and cheap as five billion other films of this type, but I wouldn’t give Vin an Oscar for the best man role, if you know what I mean.

Overall, the movie was kind of boring. It’s a usual plot along the lines of: successfull cop fights drug mafia, they kill his wife, he gets pissed off and nails down the whole organization. The only thing which can make this kind of movie entertaining is LOTS of action. Loads of it even. But, for some reason, “A Man Apart” didn’t have that much of it. Long pauses, serious looks, etc. Body count is low and blood wasn’t floating as it was supposed to. It’s good to see Vin getting serious about serious roles, though.

Today was the day when Hazard and Olga planned to go to see “Matrix Reloaded” for the second time. We didn’t call Lev, since he would refuse to go for sure. I was kind of against going, but I was in minority. And when majority is Hazard and Olga – I am in absolute minority. :) So, we end up in front of the K-Cineplex at about 21:40 where we discover that “Matrix Reloaded” is shown only at something like 17:15. I will not lie by saying that it didn’t make me happy.

Since we already were in front of the cinema, it would have been terrible to miss the chance and see something else. Fast look on the announce board and we see that everything apart from “Kangaroo Jack” and “Identity” has been seen. Now, that is one dilemma. Kangaroo Jack is ugly and is for stupid kids. Not that I hate kids. I like kids. But movies like Kangaroo Jack are for stupid kids. Though I haven’t seen it myself. But I never was a smart kid myself. :)

“Identity”, on the other hand, had a terrible trailer and it seemed that it was a trivial half horror, and half thriller movie from the trailer. And it also seemed very cheap. Not that I am against cheap completely, but sometimes it is good to see something that has some moral value. :) So, here goes my P800 (yes, I am still glad I bought it) helping us out on the rating, which happens to be 7.0/10.0 (IMDB staff). And we decide to go…

I’ve seen a lot of excellent movies. I even saw few recently. But the feeling of complete satisfaction coming from the movie noone was even eager to see in the first place is kind of shocking and shaking. Excellent movie. Good acting, lots of well-known, seen many times actors. Soundtrack fits the picture almost perfectly. Camera is excellent. But the plot is the best of all. And it somewhat misses the traditional American happy end. :) Overall – stongly recommended. Maybe I will even buy it later. :)

Pizza Hut with Olga in the evening. After some hot and spicy deep pan we went to Hazard’s place to pick him up, then for Lev and went to Chesters. Not a lucky day for Hazard who couldn’t get a proper pint for the whole evening. First they’ve brought the wrong brew, then they gave something that smelled bad, afterwards they gave something that smelled better but tasted worse… Poor guy.

After the short Chesters session we returned back to Hazard’s place to enjoy the “Go“, which is a kind of American answer to “Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels“. One of the best drug movies I’ve seen, especially considering American routes. British ones are still better, but this one was pretty close. :)