I enjoyed Battle Royale a few years ago. Haven't seen the second one though. Funny. About 5 years ago my wife's book club was reading Hunger Games and raving about how great it was. I didn't read the book but was trying to explain to them how it sounded very similar to Battle Royale. They had no idea what I was talking about. Oddly enough, there was another recent book they read (I don't remember the name) that was about a baby that washes ashore at a light house in a life boat. The light house watchman raised the child as his own. This is a similar plot line of the 1924 Baby Peggy movie Captain January. Goes to show that everything old is new again.
On New Year's Day we went to see The Hobbit - part 3 in the Brussels cinema: 4K, 3D, 60 frames per second, 60.000 lumen (the newest Barco laser projector) and Dolby Atmos (128 discrete audio tracks and up to 64 unique speaker feeds). Amazing experience! I really enjoyed the movie as well!
Charade Really good mystery/suspense in the vein of Hitchcock. Cary Grant was still a smooth character in his late 50's.
I only managed 15 minutes of the Hunger Games. The economic structure of the society was too flawed to be believable and I just couldn't take anymore. Maybe I should have had a few drinks before watching....
Just checked out Out Of The Furnace with Christian Bale and Casey Affleck. I thought it was great. I've always like Bale and Casey Affleck is becoming one of my favorite actors.
In bed with a bad back. Recovering is a non-prescribed scotch and some movies. Feeling like an old, broken man I thought this was a great choice. That and I love this movie (probably third time watching it). I find the acting to be....'effortless' in lack of a better word and really just a great watch.
Last night on Blu-Ray: The Wild Bunch. On the Silver Screen this past weekend: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies in 3D.
British scifi from the 50's and 60's is usually pretty good. A lot different than the US flicks of the time.
John Carpenter's They Live. I like the overall message of the movie almost as much as I like the awkwardly dragged out fist fight with gratuitous amounts of nut shots delivered via knee to groin.
