In a case of wanting to see both movies before they’re gone from the cinemas, Ice and I decided to watch both of them yesterday, one after the other. A real movie marathon, with popcorn, surround sound and theater seats. The works.
It was one of those days where I really got the most value out of my money.
The movie screams Quentin Tarantino. From the quirky music to the comedic handling of blood and gore, it’s like a mashup of his previous movies Pulp Fiction and Grindhouse, but now in a setting of Nazi-occupied France. It’s funny, irreverent and violent. Very, very much so.
Despite it being a victim of over hype, I still believe Avatar is one of the better movies this year, if only for the envelope-pushing it does on the front of CGI. Characters moved very fluidly, even when the action was quick and frantic. At some points in the movie I even thought I was watching animatronics instead of computer graphics.
Plot-wise it could have been better, since the story was a bit cliché and the characters were too one-dimensional for their own good (including, as my friends call him, Col. Badass), but geniunely, there were times when I was moved by what I saw on screen. Probably a sense of guilt for being a human.
And now onto the coming attractions. Robert Downey Jr. has been busy these past two years, fighting alcoholism and people forgetting about him, and clawing his way back into the spotlight.
Two words: Rachel McAdams. Even if some of the stuff seems out of place – RDJ’s accent, the casting of Jude Law as Watson and not as Sherlock Holmes himself – I’ll be watching it. Because of Rachel McAdams.
Just not on Christmas Day.
And finally, we have one of the most awaited sequels in a while, because the first one was successful in whetting people’s appetites. Iron Man 2′s trailer shows the usual guns-blazing, high-flying, arrogant-but-likeable Tony Stark alongside his new partner, War Machine.
Hell yeah!
