Archive for the 'Film' Category

Feb 21 2010

Watershed

Published by Paul under Film

Will this be the first year that we watch more Blu-rays than DVDs? I don’t know, but it’ll be close.

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Dec 19 2009

Genius

Published by Paul under Film

Watch this.

I am entirely serious when I say that this review had more work put into it than The Phantom Menace.

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Jul 02 2009

Lazy

Published by Paul under Film

Wow, I really haven’t been updating my recently-viewed films. Fixed now! So many I’ve seen! The best being (IMHO) Mike Leigh’s ‘Happy-Go-Lucky’, which is pretty damn near perfect. You should probably check it out.

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May 05 2009

Reasons why June will rock

Published by Paul under Film, Gaming, Macs

1. It’s the end of the financial year, and that means tax return time!

2. Gran Turismo 5, the game that tipped me over the edge to buy a PS3 over an Xbox 360.

3. WWDC. With luck, we’ll be told the release date of the new OS X operating system, Snow Leopard, and a new iPhone will be launched.

4. Ghostbusters on Blu-ray!

More reasons as they come to me.

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Apr 16 2009

Kung Fu Panda

Published by Paul under Film

Short review: Entertaining, and a fantastic sound mix. Not quite up to Pixar standards visually but a lot better than, say, Shrek. I do get annoyed by Dreamwork’s insistence on using big name actors even when they don’t fit the character they’re playing (I’m looking at you here, Seth Rogen).

Stunning low end in parts too, and how would I know that? I do wonder.

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Feb 23 2009

I yearn for a big bottom

Published by Paul under Film

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I am literally moist with excitement* at the prospect of buying a truly stunning subwoofer for the home theatre.

I picked up a pair of old Richter Wizard tower speakers that have replaced my tiny wall-mounted rear surrounds. Bass in the theatre is now being handled by four speakers instead of two, and there’s a corresponding increase in the amount of wha-hey while watching action movies.

I also finally got around to buying banana plugs for my speaker cables, so I can now pull the system apart and rewire it in minutes instead of an hour or so. Pity about the cost of the plugs – ouch.

*not really

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Feb 17 2009

This is why Gizo is awesome

Published by Paul under Film

Thanks man!

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When can you come and see it with us?

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Jan 06 2009

Slumdog Millionaire

Published by Paul under Film

You must see this film.

Why are you still here? Go.

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Dec 27 2008

Yet more proof that copyright is broken

Published by Paul under Film

Here I go again, bringing politics into it.

So there’s this woman who’s spent 3 years to make a film. She used music from the 1920s. The music itself is out of copyright but the sheet music is still tied up. The copyright owners want $200,000 – non negotiable.

This stuff is 90 years old, people. Let it go. You’ve perverted the entire concept behind copyright, just so a large corporation can maintain their stranglehold grip on a fucking cartoon mouse.

Article is here, Ebert blog post that led me to it is here.

The film itself looks fantastic and I’m upset that I’ll likely never see it.

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Dec 22 2008

The Dark Knight

Published by Paul under Film

Too grim, over-long and really not very much fun. The Blu-ray transfer is pretty disappointing too, being overly processed and edgy.

Maybe I’m just getting old, but I didn’t get very much out of this one. Lucky I paid less for the disc than I would have for a cinema ticket, then.

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