Jim Cameron's first film in 14 years sees humans raping a moon and indigenous tribes fighting back. You can pretty much guess the rest.
While the story won't grab you or throw up any surprises, the visuals will astound. Pandora, aforementioned moon, is a wholly, brilliantly and beautifully rendered world. And while all of it is rendered, you accept this in the way you accept a cartoon so the unreality of it never jars.
Even the long running time didn't bother me and I watched from 11:30 pm to 2 am. It doesn't need to be that long but doesn't suffer for it.
A highly entertaining romp with plenty of spectacle that i'd recommend to anyone wanting to switch off for a while. The 3D is also exellent but I'm still not certain it's any more than a fun gimmick.
Monday 21 December 2009
Tuesday 1 December 2009
The Exterminating Angel
The second half of what became an unusual "Dinner Party Double Bill" sees a set of Spanish gentry inexplicably trapped in a single room of a mansion, the outside world powerless to enter.
At the moment I'm sure this starting point would be a launch into the paranormal. Bunuel however is more interested in the way these well heeled "better" elements behave when exposed to unjust imprisonment and depravation. Not well is the unsurprising answer as the initially sycophantic crowd round on each other by turns.
Surprisingly accessible from a member of the surrealist movement it shares Mike Leigh's healthy scepticism of people's better qualities generating a dark humour as the situation degrades. Fascinating.
Time to plan my next dinner party.
At the moment I'm sure this starting point would be a launch into the paranormal. Bunuel however is more interested in the way these well heeled "better" elements behave when exposed to unjust imprisonment and depravation. Not well is the unsurprising answer as the initially sycophantic crowd round on each other by turns.
Surprisingly accessible from a member of the surrealist movement it shares Mike Leigh's healthy scepticism of people's better qualities generating a dark humour as the situation degrades. Fascinating.
Time to plan my next dinner party.
Abigail's Party
A cocktail party set in British 70's suburbia see's Mike Leigh lampoon the British middle class and their hum drum aspirations with uncomfortable accuracy.
Significantly, while attire, decor and party snacks have moved on, the characters remain recognisable today so in spite of being 30 years old, it only dates superficially.
A witty incisive view of middle England which, thanks to characters who are regularly awful to each other, makes for the sort of uncomfortable viewing the Office has made so familiar.
Significantly, while attire, decor and party snacks have moved on, the characters remain recognisable today so in spite of being 30 years old, it only dates superficially.
A witty incisive view of middle England which, thanks to characters who are regularly awful to each other, makes for the sort of uncomfortable viewing the Office has made so familiar.
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