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Avatar, a review by dfmorgan

Avatar

Year: 2009
Director: James Cameron
CastOverviewWatched: 1st May 2010
My Thoughts: I hadn't seen this in the cinema and to be brutally honest I was disappointed, probably my expectations were too high after hearing all the bruhaha about it. Not to say that I didn't enjoy it just that it wasn't possibly quite what I expected, maybe because this was flat 2-D. Visually and sonically spectacular with an excellent cast (does Michelle Rodriguez play any roles other than fiesty kick-butt females?). A friend who went to see this in the cinema said that he thought that it was an action remake of Ferngully and I could see that, but it was more with Cowboys vs. Indians, boy meets girl/loses girl/gets girl back again, plus a large dose of Braveheart and Independence Day thrown into the mix with the rallying speech. Overall though I did enjoy it and will probably buy again when the super-duper improved extended edition rears its head.

My Rating: An enjoyable 3

Dave

Addendum: 2nd May 2010
I have given some more thought to this and decided that the disappointment sprang from the friend mentioning action Ferngully. I now realise that I watched the film and was looking for other films within it rather than just sitting back and enjoying it as a good action thud and blunder film.

Dave

(From Dave's DVD/Blu-ray Reviews on May 1st, 2010)

Super , a review by Tom

Super (2010/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia (United Kingdom) Director: James Gunn Writing: James Gunn (Writer) Length: 92 min. Video: Widescreen Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 Subtitles:

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Stars:
Rainn Wilson as Frank Darbo
Ellen Page as Libby
Liv Tyler as Sarah
Kevin Bacon as Jacques
Gregg Henry as Detective John Felkner

Plot:
When Frank's (RAINN WILSON - THE OFFICE (US), TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN) ex-junkie wife Sarah (LIV TYLER - LORD OF THE RINGS, THE INCREDIBLE HULK) leaves him for the arms of sleazy drug-dealer Jacques (KEVIN BACON - X-MEN: FIRST CLASS, APOLLO 13), he is touched by the finger of God and decides to take the law into his own hands, becoming his own crime fighting superhero: 'The Crimson Bolt'. What Frank lacks in superpowers he makes up for with his trusty wrench in his one-man war on petty criminals.
Powers or not, every superhero needs a sidekick! Enter Libby (ELLEN PAGE - INCEPTION, JUNO), a cute psychopath working at the local comic book store. Transforming into 'Boltie', Libby teams up with Frank to take Jacques down in his quest to win back his wife.

From the warped imagination of writer-director JAMES GUNN (SLITHER) comes Bolt and Boltie, a crazed crime fighting duo her to save the day, or at least to beat you up!

Extras:

• Bonus Trailers
• Featurettes
• Scene Access
• Trailers

Another superhero-without-powers movie. This time with Rainn Wilson (The Office). His character here is very much like his character on The Office, only much more deranged. He is great. His sidekick is played by Ellen Page, who is the highlight by playing this psychopath. This movie is written and directed by James Gunn, who has also written "The Specials", another fun superhero movie. Nathan Fillion also has a fun supporting role.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on August 3rd, 2011)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

La Linea (2008/Italy) IMDb | Wikipedia (Austria) Length: 297 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: Italian: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles:

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La Linea
1.01 La Linea 1

As a kid I always loved it when I caught one of the short episodes on TV. The first episode is nothing special though.

Rating:

(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on June 5th, 2012)