Last movie of the month for 2012 and it features Life of Pie, a movie that has already made my top ten of the year. will it be my movie of the month?
Sightseers: A comedy that about a caravanning couple on a killing spree. Not as fucked up as director Ben Wheatley’s previous film Kill List. The humour is dry and jet black, not for everyone but I loved it.
Life of Pi: I was a little skeptical about seeing this movie, I had heard it was a bit preachy and how interesting can a film about a boy in a boat be? I also hate 3D. I shouldn’t have worried, as previous mentioned; the 3D is the best I have ever seen, the story is great as well as being stunning to look at.
Seven Psychopaths: This film was always going to be compared to director Martin McDonagh’s previous film In Bruges, it isn’t as good but does have its moments and is worth watching for Sam Rockwell alone.
The Man with the Iron Fists: Wu-Tang Clan founder RZA makes his directorial debut with this ‘Quentin Tarantino Presents’ martial arts pastiche. Taken on its own merits it isn’t terrible but I would rather watch an old Woo-ping Yuen or Toshiya Fujita movie. Russell Crowe is really wooden and should be banned from attempting English accents.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: I was sceptical about Peter Jackson’s return to Middle Earth, particularly turning 310 pages into nine hours of cinema. It is too long and it isn’t as good as The Fellowship of the Ring, but it is still really good and enjoyable. Martin Freeman is possibly the most perfectly cast hobbit to date.
Jack Reacher: Like so many successful book to film adaptations Jack Reacher takes the cliff notes of the book and finds its own way from A to B. It has its problems, but Tom Cruise’s height isn’t one of them.
Pitch Perfect: Collage drama about an a cappella singing group. It doesn’t offer anything that hasn’t been done before. Rebel Wilson is funny and deserves her own vehicle. Anna Kendrick is as great as ever but is better than the movie deserves.
Movie of the Month is:
You couldn’t have picked a more deserving film. 🙂 All the best to you in 2013!
Saw Reacher the other day, really good. An intelligent action film. Cruise got Reacher spot on I thought.
Good to see I’m not on my own on that one.
I saw Life of Pi myself yesterday. Clunky frame story aside, it’s a great movie. Visually stunning, and a powerful story of the kind rarely told in films of this magnitude. Glad to hear you liked it too.
I’ve still got to catch “Life of Pi”. It seems to be getting many good reviews. “Pitch Perfect” was a lot of fun (the song selection was awesome) !!!
Due to the high ranking in IMDb I thought of seeing In Burges but after running it for about 15min I just thought it’s one of those movies like Serious man which is not enjoyable by all..but just thinking from your post, may be I should give it a try again.. thanks.