What I'm watching

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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Top 10 Films from January, 2012 (Excluding re-watched films) Total watched this month: 29 (19 new) The Descendants 5/5 Warrior 5/5 127 Hours 5/5 The Artist 4.5/5 The Help 4.5/5 Fantastic Voyage 4/5 Drive 4/5 Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol 4/5 Arthur Christmas 4/5 Puss In Boots 3.5/5

Top 10 Films from January, 2012 (Excluding re-watched films)

Total watched this month: 29 (19 new)

The Descendants 5/5

Warrior 5/5

127 Hours 5/5

The Artist 4.5/5

The Help 4.5/5

Fantastic Voyage 4/5

Drive 4/5

Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol 4/5

Arthur Christmas 4/5

Puss In Boots 3.5/5

#303/#20 Arthur Christmas When a little girls gift is the only one missed by the current Santa Claus (Jim Broadbent), it’s up to his son Arthur (James McAvoy), a single elf (Ashley Jensen) and the previous Santa (Bill Nighy) to try and get it to her on time while Arthur’s brother Steve (Hugh Laurie), next in line to be Santa and more militaristic/tech heavy in his approach, wants to call it a night. A tad late for a Christmas film I know, but I kept hearing such good buzz about it that I decided to give it a go. The buzz was not wrong; this is a great animated feature film and will probably go on to be a Christmas classic in years to come. The premise, first of all, updates the Santa story to the here and now. It’s no longer wooden trains and tin soldiers, it’s play stations and blackberries. It has a novel idea on how Santa manages to get round every house in the one night, even given the massive scale of the task now, and tackles every question you’ve ever had on the subject. It’s actually a rather clever film in this respect. The voice acting is top notch as well with McAvoy lending the heart the story needs, Laurie playing belligerent and under appreciated perfectly, Broadbent being the epitome of a do nothing figure head and Nighy just stealing the show with all of his comedic lines. Add to this some good animation, some really funny jokes and a familiar, yet new spin on an old story and you are beginning to get a picture of this film. I’ll be checking it out again next year in the right festive mindset and I suggest you do the same as well. 4/5

#303/#20 Arthur Christmas

When a little girls gift is the only one missed by the current Santa Claus (Jim Broadbent), it’s up to his son Arthur (James McAvoy), a single elf (Ashley Jensen) and the previous Santa (Bill Nighy) to try and get it to her on time while Arthur’s brother Steve (Hugh Laurie), next in line to be Santa and more militaristic/tech heavy in his approach, wants to call it a night.

A tad late for a Christmas film I know, but I kept hearing such good buzz about it that I decided to give it a go. The buzz was not wrong; this is a great animated feature film and will probably go on to be a Christmas classic in years to come.

The premise, first of all, updates the Santa story to the here and now. It’s no longer wooden trains and tin soldiers, it’s play stations and blackberries. It has a novel idea on how Santa manages to get round every house in the one night, even given the massive scale of the task now, and tackles every question you’ve ever had on the subject. It’s actually a rather clever film in this respect.

The voice acting is top notch as well with McAvoy lending the heart the story needs, Laurie playing belligerent and under appreciated perfectly, Broadbent being the epitome of a do nothing figure head and Nighy just stealing the show with all of his comedic lines.

Add to this some good animation, some really funny jokes and a familiar, yet new spin on an old story and you are beginning to get a picture of this film. I’ll be checking it out again next year in the right festive mindset and I suggest you do the same as well. 4/5