Watched the extended version of the second Hobbit film (Desolation of Smaug) last night. I was very pleased to see that three things I thought were omissions in the version shown in cinemas were included:

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So I accidentally left it too long to give you my immediate reaction review of the third Hobbit film, Battle of the Five Armies. Maybe I'll do a proper review once I've seen it again (definitely after Christmas). But here are a few brief medium-length thoughts for now.

( Spoilers (for the book too) )

Went to see Guardians of the Galaxy yesterday - anniversary trip for me and James, who is always trying to get me to watch superhero movies ;) Unexpectedly, this one turned out to be brilliant!

( Not very spoilery comments below )

I've seen The Hobbit (by which I mean part 1, An Unexpected Journey) twice now, so time for a review.

( Cut for spoilers - also watch out for spoilers for the rest of the book, especially in comments )

100 Historical Things, Number 19

Last night we rewatched the film Centurion, which is a British film, set in 117 AD, in Roman Britain. I recommend it very highly indeed ( Read more... )

100 Historical Things, Number 12

On this day in 1789 was the famous Mutiny on the Bounty. This is an event that has been celebrated often in works of historical fiction, including Byron's poem The Island and movies in 1935 (Clark Gable as Christian), 1962 (Marlon Brando as Christian)
and 1984 (Mel Gibson as Christian).[1] But what exactly are they ( Read more... )

Last night I watched Last of the Mohicans (1992, starring Daniel Day Lewis). I seem to have had a rather extreme reaction. From the opening, when the rather magnificent main theme started up, I sort of felt it... pouring into my heart. Does that sound horribly mushy? I know I'm very susceptible to getting lost in fiction, but it has been a long ( Read more... )

On Saturday night I watched Unknown, a pretty new DVD release (which makes a change for me!). The film stars Liam Neeson and it's a modern action thriller set in Berlin[1 ( Read more... )

(With being ill and everything I haven't had the energy for proper participation, but over the last few months I've been watching a few random films, so I figure I should do some reviews!)

Rob Roy

Last night we watched Rob Roy, which was released in 1995 and is a film I remember well from my childhood. Well, teenagerhood, let's say. In fact, in ( Read more... )

Last night James took me to see Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides (*squee* I love my James!).

What follows is a quickie review with no spoilers. Then at some point I'll do a proper review. But I figure seeing as we saw it on the first day, most people won't have seen it yet so won't be able to chat about it - so no point in posting the ( Read more... )