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So, the great and wonderful BBC decided to take my weekly special time with David Tennant away to show the Eurovision Song Contest (Russia won, UK came joint last – that’s what we get for entering someone who can’t even win The X Factor) so I was facing a night in slowly drowning in my own boredom.
Then I thought about what I was going to do last night (but my leg hurt so I didn’t go) – cinema. Couldn’t decide what I wanted to see so did a little tinkling with the times on the Odeon website and figured I could see two.
I really wanted to see Indiana Jones (I know reviews all over the shop say ‘hopeless’ but I’m a sucker for Spielberg) and got there just in time. Getting to see a good trailer beforehand really helps me with the buzziness. And the one today was for The Dark Knight which I now cannot wait for.
Turns out that was the most exciting thing I was going to see in that screen.
I mean, yes, there was all the elements that made the old ones great. The humour and the chases and the excitement and the rest of it were all there and they were the same as before. And that was the problem. It was all the same as before. This film would have been a winner if it had been released in the 80s – reviews would have been jumping about extolling the wonders of the Lucas/Spielberg team. And they would have been right. For then. But now, we, the great cinema going public want and demand a little more.
And that’s exactly what I got with the next film I saw – Iron Man.
Holy God, that was a good film. I knew it was going to be full of action and heavy bass lines and adrenaline but I never expected it to be funny. And I laughed and felt good and… I have no idea how close to the original it was and I don’t really care – it was a damn good experience. I am very glad I saw it. And Robert Downey Jr? Oh how I have always loved him in things and oh how I love him in this.
So much I will probably see it again during the week.
OH I FORGOT.
The many deaths part of the title – all the people I killed because they rustled, talked, moved, coughed and slurped during the film, trailers and adverts.
6 Responses to “Two Films, Many Deaths”
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May 25th, 2008 at 2:05 am
Still gonna see the new Indy movie. I’ll watch it with my teenage eyes.
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May 25th, 2008 at 4:54 am
I felt the same way about Indy, but I’m totally going to see it again. Iron Man, though, I’ve already seen three times in the theaters. What a tremendous movie!
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May 25th, 2008 at 3:25 pm
I have just finished watching the Eurovision Song Contest. Hilaryus. Those Russians know how to rock out, don’t they? I am still laughing at the inclusion of the ice-skater. And those Latvian pirates? Oy. My fave of the night, however, was the Spanish guy. I want whatever drugs he was taking. Chica Chica. Brilliant stuff!
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May 25th, 2008 at 11:16 pm
Karl – yes, still see it – this is in no way meant to stop people seeing it – maybe I just shouldn’t have seen it on the same day as Iron Man… never see two films together…
Avitable – I will be buying the DVD of both but will be going to see Iron Man again during the week for a happy!
Selma – am very happy to say I have not seen so much as 30 seconds of it. Honestly I think all of them are on special beans! The Irish one so should have got through though!
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June 2nd, 2008 at 11:03 pm
Indy IV wasn’t too bad, but it was that ending that threw me for a loop.
The Dark Knight should really be awesome.
Iron Man was the best this so far, IMO.
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June 2nd, 2008 at 11:15 pm
martymankins – I think I expected too much from it. Am going to see Iron Man again this week and will be sleeping outside the cinema to make sure I get seats to Dark Knight!
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