Last night, we went to see a fantastic movie. The latest in Chris Nolan’s take on Batman, The Dark Knight. First… WOW! It was an all around good movie.
Christian Bale returns as Batman, Michael Caine is back as Alfred and Gary Oldman reprises his role as Jim Gordon. New to the cast are Maggie Gyllenhaal replaces Katie Holmes as Rachel Dawes, Aaron Eckhart joins as Harvey Dent and Heath Ledger is The Joker.
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I’m a little late to the game. I didn’t know anything about V for Vendetta (the movie or the graphic novel). I don’t think WB did a good job marketing this movie when it was out in the theaters. It just didn’t seem interesting to me.
Then, someone, I forget who (sorry!) suggested I check the movie out. So we added it to our NetFlix queue and checked it out.
Wow!
Spoilers below, so either see the movie or send complaints to /dev/null.
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This weekend, Holly and I saw Children of Men. Great movie. I know I’m writing this the night of the Oscar’s, but I loved this movie. I still think Little Miss Sunshine should win (at this time at 10:51 PM ET, it hasn’t).
But, Children of Men is a great movie. My only complaint is that there were some slow spots and the movie felt long. But, even after investing a (seemingly) long time with this picture, it was worth it.
Holly and I both said: “I keep forgetting his name or what he’s done, but it seems like everytime I see a movie with Clive Owen, I like him.”
This movie was great. Everything from the writing, the action, the scenery and, especially, the acting were great. Michael Caine’s part was (somewhat) small, but, as usual, he was… oh, I don’t know, knight-like.
What if every women in the world couldn’t have children? What if the last birth was 18+ years ago and the end world was seemingly “our lifetime” away. What if after 18 years, one women was pregnant?
Not the “Best Picture”, but a great movie. I like these “armageddon” movies like “28 Days Later.”
I remember watching a special on ESPN several years ago (or so) about Vince Papale – the native Philadelphian bar tender that tried out for the Eagles and made the team. I remember at the time thinking that it was a very inspirational story and pretty amazing that some “Joe” who didn’t even play football in college would make an NFL team.
Earlier this year, I was in a movie theater and saw a trailer for Invincible, Disney’s portrayal of Vince’s story. Mark Wahlberg plays Vince and Greg Kinnear plays coach Dick Vermeil. This movie was fantastic!
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I actually saw this movie a few weeks ago and never posted about it. I did like the first Pirates of the Carribean and was looking forward to Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man’s Chest.
I had heard a lot of hype about the movie and many criticisms about the decision to open Superman Returns the weekend before PotC2. If it was better than Superman, then I had to see it. I saw Superman twice. And loved it both times.
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