#1 - THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS
Stars - George Clooney, Ewan Mcgregor, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey
Director - Grant Heslov
Memorable Quote - Lyn Cassady: 'It's ok, you can "attack" me...'
Bob Wilton: 'What's with the quotation fingers? It's like saying I'm only capable of ironic attacking or something.'
Review - Hurray, Ewan Mcgregor! It's been too long since I saw a new film of his. Anywho, this film is one of those that suffers from the trailer curse: you watch the trailer, get really excited about it, and then watch the movie, and realise that all of the good bits were already in the trailer. Loses it's impact a bit after that, doesn't it? Still, this is a very nice job as far as comedy is concerned, allowing Clooney to explore that 'wacky' image he seems so desperately to be trying to create, and letting Mcgregor deliver one of his usual roles as the bewildered, slighty out of his depth character (Stay, Moulin Rouge!). It's not bad, but it could certainly have been better. And the Jedi thing was at first a funny joke, then later on embarrassingly clumsy. Terrible shame. 3/5
#2 - THE FULL MONTY
Stars - Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy, Tom Wilkinson, Paul Barber
Director - Peter Cattaneo
Memorable Quote - 'Anti-wrinkle cream there may be, but anti-fat-bastard cream there is none.'
Review - This was actually quite refreshingly surprising for me. How many times recently have I seen a so-called classic, only to find it mediocre at best? The Full Monty, however, does not disappoint. It is actually hilarious, from start to finish, including the famous dole queue scene. It is so inherently British, moreover, that it actually makes you feel sort of proud to live in this country, though I don't really know why male strippers should make one feel proud - anyway, the point is that it's heartwarming and highly entertaining, a winning combo. 4/5
#3 - ALICE IN WONDERLAND
Stars - Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Mia Wasikowska, Helena Bonham Carter, a ton of really famous people
Director - Tim Burton
Memorable Quote - 'Have you any idea why a raven is like a writing desk?'
Review - I actually think the most entertaining part of this film was the race to spot the cameos. 'That's Stephen Fry!' 'Professor Snape is the slug!' et cetera, et cetera. Although the Hatter's Futterwacken really did rival it in excitement levels. Anyway, pretty good as far as adaptations go, and pretty good as far as creepy CGI goes too. I can just sort of imagine members of the team who worked on it cackling into their coffee mugs every time they added a crazy new effect. Anyway, this isn't much of a review, so I'll get down to some proper points: parts of it were a little overdone, perhaps, and there were issues (such as Alice's dress choosing whether it can grow or not every time) that should really have been dealt with. The white Queen was really, really annoying, possibly more so than the red Queen, and I have serious doubts that Alice actually managed to restore any sort of goodness to the world. Where has all the colour gone, eh? 3/5
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