The Interpreter

Pretty good
Nicole Kidman, looking as good as always - a trifle vulnerable, skinny, resembling the girl out of Cold Case
- spent most of the film wondering who she reminded me of & now I've got it.
Tho having checked - maybe she don't.. still no matter

Sean Penn looking as ugly as always but watchable (as always)

Plenty of twists in what could have been a fomula - plenty of others like it - so well worth a watch
- especially the first few mins - take notes

Mr & Mrs Smith

Triffic!
Leave your brain with your reality outside the door & go with the flow. Don't pick on the details
The scenes in counselling were a trifle ironic considering what else was going on but nicely done
But the action sequences were superb - espec the store shootout
- I did wonder whether they should have included the deleted scene (obviously I saw it on DVD) as the sequence was so stupidly enjoyable but it may have added another 5 or so mins to the total & the feigned cockups were probably thought unnecessary

As my old Gran used to say: it's just like sh*t from China - "far-fetched"
But that doesn't mean it's a bad film, honey

Great way to pass the time AND with jolly Miss Jolie thrown in to boot - and Brad certainly did

The Da Vinci Code

Never was so much spouted by so many for such a waste of time
What a shame & what a waste of talent (Audrey Tatou - oooo).
There's been so much hot air & hype put out about this film (the makers must've been rubbing their hands with glee over the free publicity - just like the author) - the eventual viewing was like an over-ripe banana.

The script was naff - to be expected given the subject
There were some good CG-action - used to help extricate the makers from the terminal explication scenes. But they weren't enough to keep you awake & I ended up wondering why they bothered
The whole thing had the feeling of trying to keep to much to the book - which I spose they had to do, to give it some verrisimilitude (did I get that right?) - & lets face it, if it had strayed from the book, it might have made a better film but they'd be in more trouble from the fans & "experts".
The story itself is a good yarn, Indiana Jones & (less so) National Treasure were along the same lines but a lot more fun - at least they can make sequels out of them (tho for the latter you might wonder why)
- altho I also hear that there's talk of making another Dan Browne book into a film . . . Deep joy!

But did it keep to, or stray from? Ay there's the rub. The problem I've got now is whether to bother reading it - this was not a very good incentive.

Good news: the tickets were free so I shouldn,t complain too much
Bad news: I already bought the book

Million Dollar Baby

Not the most pleasant experience I've had but that's not the film's fault, it's its success.
The two male leads (Eastwood & Freeman) were superb - completely believable as two old stagers: been around, seen & done most but just not quite made it. The regrets, mistakes & lost chances might be piled on top but they were still fighting - excellent. Made me sad to think of their passing (the characters & the actors), so accurate were their portrayals - I'm already missing them both.
Some of the fight scenes looked a bit too quick to be true but I felt them even so.

Hillary Swank deserved the award but I was less taken with the feisty no-hoper from Trailer-Park Land - probably an age thing.
To some extent the plot was standard (underdog makes good until . . . but then comes back*) but it was the little details (Dunn's visits with the priest, the interplay between Dunn & Scap-Iron), that made the whole piece complete.

Excellent film but hard to watch

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