Reviews in less than ten sentences
Evelyn Waugh: Brideshead Revisited
Part One is reminiscent of E. M. Forster's Maurice, but Waugh's main theme is, in the end, Catholicism. Still, beautiful prose and decadence.
Suggestions for soundtrack: Rufus' Leaving for Paris no 2 and Tiergarten, also practically everything by Ed Harcourt.
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Fun, too long, plot-wise completely nonsensical and at times sort of anticlimactic. I enjoyed it, but not as much as the previous two.
I'm still disappointed about Norrington's death, it felt like they were wasting a perfectly good character, killing him off like that so unexpectedly. He's one of the reasons why I liked Dead Man's Chest more.
Zodiac
Didn't make me feel too queasy and has both Jake Gyllenhaal and Robert Downey Jr. Also, I watched CSI and Law & Order for years and have read a part of Patricia Cornwell's Jack the Ripper book. Serial killer stories are interesting, as long as the actual killing part isn't described or shown in too much detail.
Spiderman 3
Just one word: fanmix. For a superhero action movie, this film has been an inspiration for an awful lot of teenage girls.
And it has Kirsten Dunst.
And now I'm off to watch Miss Marple. Have a great weekend.
Part One is reminiscent of E. M. Forster's Maurice, but Waugh's main theme is, in the end, Catholicism. Still, beautiful prose and decadence.
Suggestions for soundtrack: Rufus' Leaving for Paris no 2 and Tiergarten, also practically everything by Ed Harcourt.
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Fun, too long, plot-wise completely nonsensical and at times sort of anticlimactic. I enjoyed it, but not as much as the previous two.
I'm still disappointed about Norrington's death, it felt like they were wasting a perfectly good character, killing him off like that so unexpectedly. He's one of the reasons why I liked Dead Man's Chest more.
Zodiac
Didn't make me feel too queasy and has both Jake Gyllenhaal and Robert Downey Jr. Also, I watched CSI and Law & Order for years and have read a part of Patricia Cornwell's Jack the Ripper book. Serial killer stories are interesting, as long as the actual killing part isn't described or shown in too much detail.
Spiderman 3
Just one word: fanmix. For a superhero action movie, this film has been an inspiration for an awful lot of teenage girls.
And it has Kirsten Dunst.
And now I'm off to watch Miss Marple. Have a great weekend.