A Week in Film

Oh dear, I haven’t blogged!

What have I watched this week? Many, many things. First was Gone With the Wind, and I’ve got to say, it was incredible. Epic, romantic, heartbreaking, and about four hours long. Best thing on the Netflix queue.

Then there was Jaws. I had never seen it before, and well, I finally did! Truth be told, I thought it was amazing! Steven Spielberg never disappoints. It had some great camera angles for its time.

After was ET, which I had not seen in a number of years. Last time I saw it, I thought ET was evil! So before the movie, I had read about intercutting, and what was in the movie? An amazing example of intercutting. Overall, so touching.

And the list goes on. Here I watched Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Believe it or not, I hadn’t seen this cinematic masterpiece either! And for me, the CGI was quite incredible, actually greater than or equal to Avatar. Can’t wait for the next LOTR.

Now I’m currently halfway through The Shining, which is ok, but the actor who plays Jack Torrence, is phenomenal. He’s so creepy, and can give you the chills just by staring at you. Can’t wait for “Here’s Johnny!”.

The Silence of the Lambs came in through the Netflix mail, and I’m super excited to watch it! It’s supposed to be “One of the scariest movies of all time”, and it won many awards, so definitely looking forward to that.

I also have Casablanca, which is supposed to be amazing, but I’m not too fond of love stories. We’ll just see how that one works out. Still looking forward to it.