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Hi all, this tumblr mainly exists as a way of tracking all the movies I've been watching and some of the initial thoughts, and general feelings, I've had about them.

5/5 - Fantastic movies; movies which need to be seen and enjoyed by everyone.

4/5 - Movies which are very good but don’t have that spark which compels you to make others watch them as well.

3/5 - Average movies; watchable and enjoyable, but nothing which elevates them higher. The baseline all movies are given before watching.

2/5 - Can be watched but really bland and forgettable.

1/5 - Minimal to no reason to watch these films. It may have some redeeming factors e.g. it’s so bad it’s good or there’s one character that’s awesome enough to make it not a total waste of time.

0/5- Total waste of time. Nothing redeemable about these films.

As with every review blog/site, this is all my own personal opinion so feel free to take everything with a grain of salt.

Also I'm Scottish so all reviews will be in UK English. Get used to theatre, colour and words ending in -ised.

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#358/#75 Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow In an alternate steampunk 1940s, someone is killing off scientists right before a new wave of giant robotic devices start randomly attacking major cities and disappearing as quickly as they arrive. Reporter Polly Perkins (Gwyneth Paltrow) is hot on the trail of this mystery; inadvertently leading her to her former lover, the dashing Sky Captain (Jude Law). Will the pair be able to track down the true culprit or will their constant bickering be their own undoing? This is an interesting film to say the least. You can applaud the filmmaker for trying something a little different in an industry that, as of late, hasn’t tended to take a risk on anything that wasn’t already an established brand. It’s then unfortunate however, that it doesn’t really work. It’s an ambitious attempt at trying to combine Indiana Jones, the African Queen, steampunk and film noir together (all while on a totally greenscreened set) but it’s definitely a case of the filmmaker’s reach exceeding their grasp. Elements of it work; like Law’s performance as Sky Captain or the interesting visual effects, but on the whole it’s just a jumbled mess of genres with a really lackluster storyline and some horrible comedy. There is also no chemistry between the leads and Paltrow, in particular, is giving a really sub-par performance. If they are going to be twittering on at each other for the entire film then I really need to be interested in at least one of them or find their relationship compelling. Bogart and Hepburn these two are not. It’s not unwatchable but it’s a very poor man’s Temple of Doom without all the interesting story to make up for the rest of the short comings. 1/5

#358/#75 Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow

In an alternate steampunk 1940s, someone is killing off scientists right before a new wave of giant robotic devices start randomly attacking major cities and disappearing as quickly as they arrive. Reporter Polly Perkins (Gwyneth Paltrow) is hot on the trail of this mystery; inadvertently leading her to her former lover, the dashing Sky Captain (Jude Law). Will the pair be able to track down the true culprit or will their constant bickering be their own undoing?

This is an interesting film to say the least. You can applaud the filmmaker for trying something a little different in an industry that, as of late, hasn’t tended to take a risk on anything that wasn’t already an established brand. It’s then unfortunate however, that it doesn’t really work.

It’s an ambitious attempt at trying to combine Indiana Jones, the African Queen, steampunk and film noir together (all while on a totally greenscreened set) but it’s definitely a case of the filmmaker’s reach exceeding their grasp. Elements of it work; like Law’s performance as Sky Captain or the interesting visual effects, but on the whole it’s just a jumbled mess of genres with a really lackluster storyline and some horrible comedy.

There is also no chemistry between the leads and Paltrow, in particular, is giving a really sub-par performance. If they are going to be twittering on at each other for the entire film then I really need to be interested in at least one of them or find their relationship compelling. Bogart and Hepburn these two are not.

It’s not unwatchable but it’s a very poor man’s Temple of Doom without all the interesting story to make up for the rest of the short comings. 1/5

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