Surprisingly I liked this. I loved the first, but was bored during the second, so I wasn’t expecting great things from the third in the series. Maybe this was the reason I liked it, low expectations and all, but whatever the cause I’m glad. It isn’t as good as the first; I don’t think I’d (Read More)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End
dir. by Gore Verbinksi
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
dir. by Gore Verbinksi
Took me long enough, but I finally managed to catch POTC2, and despite loving the first one I have to say that this just isn’t that great. Yes it has wonderful bits of Jack Sparrow-ness, but overall it is too long and too silly to really entertain. Of course it does suffer because the story (Read More)
Love Actually
dir. by Richard Curtis
Saw Love Actually on Sun evening. Was quite surprised at how enjoyable I found it. Basic plot: lots of boys meet lots of girls and all (well pretty much all) get together and may someday live happily ever after. A rom-com, in many ways similar to Four Wedings or Notting Hill I thought this was (Read More)