At The Movies

It has crossed my mind to watch Eclipse. I even found a girlfriend willing to suffer through the 90 minutes with me. But we haven't gotten around to watching it for those fakey wolves leaping all over the place. The trailers of those wolves promise that the movie could be mildly amusing. But since this isn't high on the priority list, I'll probably catch it in dribs and drabs somehow.

The girlfriend suggested that I should watch Despicable Me for the cute little minions. But I absolutely refuse to because I don't share the humor in the movie. I've this thing about reading up before going to the movies and knowing the spoilers. I don't like walking into a cinema blind.

We've had a good run of movies recently at the mainstream theatres. Since we've nothing the likes of Curzon, then given our limited choices here, we zealously choose what we want to watch and the rest are sorted over cable and the internet. 2 shows that I do want to make a note about are Inception and The Crazies.

Inception

While it's rather entertaining because it doesn't carry the usual Hollywood stink of brainlessness, it isn't as intriguing as I had hoped. I came out of the theatre with slight disappointment. The movie isn't shallow, but it isn't as complex as expected; not to people who stay deep in the world of fantasy epics. The premise isn't mind-blowing. The actors aren't the best. But the portrayal of the concept is characteristic of the brilliance that is Christopher Nolan. However, I very much prefer Memento for its mind-boggling-ness. Do not even mention Primer in the same paragraph. I'm of the view that Primer (2004) is the true mind-fuck sci-fi movie of the decade.

The Crazies

What I do like, is laughing my guts out at The Crazies. It's a good B-grade re-make of the 1973 film with the same name! The action-sequence is quite exciting. Of course how the events unfold is totally predictable, it's still cool to see the 2010 interpretation of what happened in 1973! I love how there isn't one mention of 'zombie' throughout. It isn't a zombie movie per se. The blood, gore, punches, screams, explosions and all are so delightful! The man was beyond tickled. He cackled non-stop in the cinema and sniggered at my preferred genre of movies. Hey, brainless flicks are cool. Watching them arms you with a great sense of humor to deal with the real crazies out there nowadays.