I’ve just joined the blockbuster near me and spent the past few evenings watching three films I’ve bee meaing to watch for sometime. So briefly….
Bowling for Columbine is quite an interesting documentary (about gun ownership in the states). It’s quite thought provoking but I finished watching it no wiser or more informed that I started. It isn’t that I don’t agree with what Michael Moore says, I just worry about how a film maker can edit footage and use statistics to their own advantage in an argument. I should probably be more sceptical about other reports and stats I hear everywhere else but it seems to me that the media are less trustworthy than most – I could (and probably am) wrong about this.
Enigma I’ve talked about the book earlier so I won’t say too much other than the book is very good – if you’ve got even a slight interest in cryptography or the Second World War; read it. The same cannot be said for the film. It’s well produced and looks nice but as every the book is much much better. Read the book then watch the film out of interest. Sadly in this case they’ve messed around with the story, especially the ending, and made it much worse (the silly bits are obviously Hollywood rather than Robert Harris in origin). That’s quite a long way of saying: read the book, it’s better.
Groundhog Day doesn’t have anywhere near enough Groundhog’s driving pickup trucks to match my expectations. It’s a lot less wacky than I expected but it’s quite a good film to watch. A bit soppy in places, but then again I’m not a big fan of ‘Rom/Com’ far to much Romance getting in the way of comedy for my liking. Enjoyable all the say, very funny in places. Bill Murray is very good in it, which reminds me, I must rent out ‘Lost In Translation’ that was meant to be good.
