New Moon

I liked it. But it was just as I did with the book, I just sat there waiting for Edward to come back. All the stuff with Jacob bores me.
I wasn't happy with all of the Volturi casting at first, but I gotta say I loved how they turned out. Props to Michael Sheen, loved how he portrayed the character. All in all I thought they did a good job of following the key points of the book. It's over a year since I read it, but there's nothing I felt was really missing. Maybe a little more time with Alice, but I get why they couldn't do that.

2012

I thought the movie was hysterical. I probably wasn't meant to laught at all the stuff I found funny, but I was entertained. I probably would have cut the last 30 minutes from the film, but other than that I enjoyed myself.

Star Trek

J.J. Abrams took it upon himself to bring the original Star Trek crew back to the big screen. Not being to familiar with the original franchise I was curious if this movie would pull me in and introduce the characters to me in a way that would be satisfactory to a non-Trekkie.

From the get-go there are a few clichés, but one can forgive this as the story is well put together and you’re taken on a fun ride. It servers up a good story, with humour and intrigue. Abrams manages to introduce us to the main players in a good way, but I couldn’t help feeling it wasn’t enough. We follow Kirk (Chris Pine) and Spock (Zachary Quinto) from childhood, and the rest of the crew are introduces as the story progresses. Personally I wanted to know a little more about the characters, but there simply wasn’t enough time to do this and keep the story moving.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

I was among the lucky ones to have X-Men Origins: Wolverine open in theatres last night. So here's the review.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine is hitting cinemas around the globe, but will it live up to the standard set by Bryan Singer, or end up in the dumps with Brett Ratner’s X3?

Being a fan of the franchise I was really looking forward to another film, but after X-Men 3: The Last Stand I’ve learned to keep my expectations as low as possible, and I actually managed to enter the cinema without any big expectations.

I am surprised by the amount of negativity for this film, but I think the level of expectations has a lot to do with that; personally I just went to see a movie. And I had fun. There were a few small things that bothered me, some interactions, and maybe not enough time with one or two characters, and one scene featuring a sink that seems to have been put in for cheap laughs; they really could have left that scene out of the film.