June 26, 2005

  • I'm known to be a guy who greatly enjoys time travel stories, so naturally I had to see The Jacket.
    Unfortunately, it's not exactly the best film out there in the time
    travel genre.  The plot is very questionable in the first place,
    what with it's need for you to have a HUGE leap of faith of the story
    and the characters.  Admitedly, you have to have a suspension of
    disbelief when it comes to time travel anyway, but at least most movies
    makes an attempt to make the concept sensible, adding that sci-fi
    touch.  The Jacket refuses to explain anything to the viewer and
    it then becomes more like a Twilight Zone episode, where things simply
    happen because they do, damn you if you can't believe it. Fine, I can
    understand that and kinda enjoyed the film in that regards, but it just
    didn't completely win me over.  I also found it unecessary for the
    camera to have soo many close ups of a person's eyes or mouths, to the
    point of over excessiveness.  On a side note for you Keira Knightley
    fans, she does an attempt of an American accent here, and she once
    again shows that she doesn't mind doing some nudity in her movies. " C- "

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    I went to see Batman Begins
    again, and it still leaves me with a big smile on my face.  It's
    like the perfect super hero / comic book film, and is definitely the best movie
    adaptation of Batman's origin.  Some people said that the movie feels a
    little too earnest and that a comic book film is suppose to be pow bop
    zam fun! But once again, that complaint is due to the brainwashing that
    comic book films shouldn't be taken too seriously.  That's the
    same problem comic books have faced for many decades now, and it looks
    like it'll continue on film. Another thing I noticed is that there's a
    consensus among people that they don't want to see a reappearance of
    the villains on the previous Batman films.  I on the other hand
    wants to see a "more serious" version of those villains in this new
    franchise, and can't wait to see the next Joker.