Watched a few movies over the last few days. I got round to watching War of the World and Fantastic Four. I also watched a couple others including Kung Fu Hustle.
I had heard that War of the Worlds wasnt that good but I really enjoyed it. It had its flaws but overall pretty good. The ending was abit quick but apparently thats how it ends in the original and also in the book so can’t complain too much. Tom Cruise was playing a different sort of character he usually does and did a good job. He had a nice car too – not the usual fancy shiny car etc – it was a Mustang. Dakota Fanning played his daughter and acted really well but she was annoying in away – the american childstar kind off way. Tim Robbins did seem to over-act his part but it didnt ruin the movie.
Read some other reviews of it: BBC Movies, Aint it cool.
I had heard the Fantastic Four wasnt that good either – apparently it was really aimed at the younger pre-10 year old audience and it was. However it was still quite entertaining. It also had its flaws – Dr Doom was a crap baddie. He just seems the normal sleezy bad dude. A lot of ppl have been saying how bad Jessica Alba was rubbish but I thought she did an alright job. Maybe I am biased since I thought she looked so hot!!! There wasnt enough action in the movie but when there was it was pretty good – The Thing and The Human Touch were the best characters. One other thing that did bug me – Ioan Gruffudd – who is welsh – plays a American character. However, his welsh accent could be heard a few times in the movie.
Read some reviews of it: BBC Movies, Aint it cool.
Next movie,……. Kung Fu Hustle. I had heard this was really good but had some great reviews. However, I didnt think it was that good. The kung fu action was impressive but that was it really. Bit disappointed.
Continuing on the subject of movies – watched several trailers today. One of the most interesting is one called Aeon Flux. It stars Charlize Theron who has black hair in the movie (and she looks great in it). The movie is based on a MTV animated series set 400 years in the future.
Check out more on the official site – http://www.aeonflux.com/
