William Goodall's Blog » Movies http://blog.williamgoodall.name Occasional mutterings Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:53:09 +0000 en hourly 1 The Girl Who Played With Fire http://blog.williamgoodall.name/2010/08/29/the-girl-who-played-with-fire-2/ http://blog.williamgoodall.name/2010/08/29/the-girl-who-played-with-fire-2/#comments Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:44:31 +0000 William_T_Goodall http://blog.williamgoodall.name/2010/08/29/the-girl-who-played-with-fire-2/ Not as good a movie as the first one but for those familiar with the books it made a decent effort at the middle volume of the trilogy.

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]]> http://blog.williamgoodall.name/2010/07/14/predators/feed/ 0 The Girl Who Played With Fire http://blog.williamgoodall.name/2010/07/06/the-girl-who-played-with-fire/ http://blog.williamgoodall.name/2010/07/06/the-girl-who-played-with-fire/#comments Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:56:56 +0000 William_T_Goodall http://blog.williamgoodall.name/2010/07/06/the-girl-who-played-with-fire/ I see the UK release of the movie, the second in the trilogy, has moved two weeks earlier to 27 August from 10 September. So that’s nice :-) I guess the third part will now be released earlier too.

]]> http://blog.williamgoodall.name/2010/07/06/the-girl-who-played-with-fire/feed/ 0 The Brothers Bloom http://blog.williamgoodall.name/2010/06/19/the-brothers-bloom/ http://blog.williamgoodall.name/2010/06/19/the-brothers-bloom/#comments Sat, 19 Jun 2010 21:11:36 +0000 William_T_Goodall http://blog.williamgoodall.name/2010/06/19/the-brothers-bloom/ Saw The Brothers Bloom today. It was a little slow in parts, and the plot wasn’t entirely clear. But I did recognise most of the locations in Prague which was neat. It’s always fun to recognise the locations in a movie or TV show.

]]> http://blog.williamgoodall.name/2010/06/19/the-brothers-bloom/feed/ 0 The Losers http://blog.williamgoodall.name/2010/05/29/the-losers/ http://blog.williamgoodall.name/2010/05/29/the-losers/#comments Sat, 29 May 2010 21:44:25 +0000 William_T_Goodall http://blog.williamgoodall.name/2010/05/29/the-losers/ Saw The Losers today. It was quite good. The best action sequences were in the first half which is a bit odd. The second half dragged a bit in places. Excellent work from the cast. Not enough Zoe Saldana. Room for a sequel. Lots of people were already leaving when the titles were interrupted with another bit of movie. And then again.

]]> http://blog.williamgoodall.name/2010/05/29/the-losers/feed/ 0 Iron Man 2 http://blog.williamgoodall.name/2010/05/11/iron-man-2/ http://blog.williamgoodall.name/2010/05/11/iron-man-2/#comments Tue, 11 May 2010 13:03:57 +0000 William_T_Goodall http://blog.williamgoodall.name/2010/05/11/iron-man-2/ The boring CGI bits were less boring than in the first one. The quirky human bits were less interesting than in the first one. Blander but less annoying perhaps. The seating algorithm for the online booking put me in a very strange seat considering the theatre was mostly empty.

]]> http://blog.williamgoodall.name/2010/05/11/iron-man-2/feed/ 0 Kick Ass http://blog.williamgoodall.name/2010/03/27/kick-ass/ http://blog.williamgoodall.name/2010/03/27/kick-ass/#comments Sat, 27 Mar 2010 22:16:28 +0000 William_T_Goodall http://blog.williamgoodall.name/2010/03/27/kick-ass/ Saw Kick-Ass today. Very amusing. A sequel couldn’t be as good, but on the other hand it might be better than most of the other stuff that comes out. And it’s out in the UK before the USA :-)

]]> http://blog.williamgoodall.name/2010/03/27/kick-ass/feed/ 0 The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo http://blog.williamgoodall.name/2010/03/14/the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-2/ http://blog.williamgoodall.name/2010/03/14/the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-2/#comments Sun, 14 Mar 2010 14:12:13 +0000 William_T_Goodall http://blog.williamgoodall.name/2010/03/14/the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-2/ I saw the Swedish film yesterday and it was very well done. The next two parts are due in the UK in September and November and I’m now looking forward to them keenly.

Previously

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There are certain works of art that achieve all that they set out to do; and others that change the direction of their very art form. Peter Aspden thinks ‘Avatar’ does both [From Simply out of this world]

At last a commentator who isn’t an idiot!

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