I watched Mallrats

When you look past the so-so, unschooled filmmaking and excessive masturbation and sex jokes, Mallrats is a pretty cool film about the modern (90s) culture of dating and mall-cruising. Despite being nothing alike and a completely unfair comarison, this reminds me slightly of American Graffiti.

[04 Oct 2014]

I watched Four Rooms

Just like (the joke in) the final segment of this anthology film, the whole movie is a mediocre buildup to an hilarious finale. Worth a watch.

[25 Oct 2014]

I watched Taken

It’s a silly, obvious, action-driven film. But at least it’s far less cliched than so many similar films.

[27 Dec 2014]

I watched Rip van Wyk

Aag oulik! Back to the Future voor Back to the Future daar was. En Afrikaans, nogal!

[28 Dec 2014]

I watched Kill Bill vol 1

Quentin Tarantino CAN do action. Wow. He keeps impressing, and he keeps proving he can do all sorts of films expertly.

[?14-23 Aug 2014?]

I watched Galaxy Quest

The best Star Trek film ever. Until JJ Abrams’ reboot in 2009. Or so I guess, anyway, since I haven’t seen the earlier ones yet. An awesome tribute/satire.

PS. I love these kind of deconstructive and/or reconstructive films.

[10 Jan 2014]

I watched Mission Impossible III

JJ Abrams seemed to have really reinvigorated this franchise, without resorting to a reboot. Silly, self-mocking bits like the “impossible mission force” closing line, and overly sentimental love story scenes brings it down slightly, but MI:III laid the foundation for more sequels, including the action-packed Ghost Protocol.

[20 Dec 2014]

I watched Casino Royale (2006)

A successful reboot/reinvention which trades in the silly for serious.

[10 Jan 2014]

I watched The Fugitive

A cool whodunnit/suspense/thriller film that has, unfortunately, not aged very gracefully in the last 20 years.

[28 Dec 2014]