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Mon, 30 Mar 2009
Recent movies - 15:06
 
I have seen two movies in the last week or so, first was Watchmen a week or so
ago and then last night Duplicity. I liked them both quite a lot. Watchmen had
some patently silly scenes and some things that did not quite work, however on
the whole I liked the effect of the movie. Even at 2h40m in length it felt a
little bit rushed trying to tell it all, however it does make me stop and
think about a lot of the stuff they wanted to push through, the style of the
film was interesting too, I think they did the 1985 and the historical
montages well and also brought through the characters well. Strangely being a
comics geek I have never gotten around to reading Watchmen.
 
Duplicity was also good, I have a habit of spoiling movies and have to work
hard to stop myself spoiling this one. I think it is let down a bit in that it
is a little bit hard to care about any of the characters, however the twists
are fun and the premise is entertaining and carried out well. Next on the
movie agenda I think I will in fact make the effort to go and see the new
Star Trek movie, I did not bother seeing the last one, however I look forward
to seeing if this reboot of the universe works somehow or not.  
 
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