Wednesday, July 6, 2011

#101 and time for a break

I haven't felt that motivated in writing this lately, so I'll close up shop, at least for my summer holiday. Maybe I'll pick this up later, maybe I won't. I'll likely continue on GetGlue or a similar service, where someone will actually see what happens. :)

Yesterday I watched the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers, which I had not seen previously (only the Abel Ferrara version) and which I quite liked. There were hardly any special effects at all, something that easily dates a sci-fi film, and the basic concept is as chilling as ever.

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Nicolas Cage doing what he does best

That being a very bad lieutenant indeed in The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans. Cage was in splendid psycho mode and was able to rein it in, too, when the role required it. The rest of the cast (including Eva Mendes, Brad Dourif and Xzibit) was fine, the music was cool, the ending a little unexpected... all in all, I enjoyed the film. Extra points for singing iguanas!

I haven't seen the original Bad Lieutenant, but I understand they have little in common besides the basic idea.