I hate headaches. Movies!
Oh well. Title says it all. I’ve got a headache tonight. Ouch!! It started just before choir and developed since then. I think choir didn’t help, what with all the sound waves travelling through my head and resonating in my head chamber. :p Bleah. Come to think of it, I’ve been getting headaches of the sort quite often lately. Tonight’s was the worse though. Wonder why. Usually I get headaches like this when I didn’t sleep enough. But I did what!!! Hmm… Anyway, I can’t think now. I shouldn’t even be on the comp now. I should just switch off and go to bed. Hello darkness my old friend.
Been really slacking the past few days. Watched movie almost every day. Since exam ended last Tuesday (can you believe it was only a week ago??), I’ve watched “The Prestige”, “Shrek 3″, “The Golden Compass”, “Night in the Museum”, “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”, “Star Wars 3″, “Star Wars 4″. That’s 7. Not counting the Ugly Betty episodes and youtube clips that I’ve been watching on the lappy either. :p I am addicted to technology I tell you. But not that the technological world cares about me. I get at least 10 emails a day, out of which only 1 or 2 are actual content stuff. The rest are junk mails – updates from stuff I subscribe to etc. Anyway, I was wanting to do a movie review but there’s just too many. I’ll do a summary.
The Prestige – Alright. Better if we had put on the subtitles cos the English accent was a tad too strong for understanding. Also better if the book was read first. Easier to understand the plot that way too. I think I over-hyped it. 3 out of 5 stars.
Shrek 3 – Tolerable. Given that I didn’t really like the previous few Shrek films cos of it’s ‘anti-fairytale’ thing. It’s entertaining and brainless. Having to resort to Puss in Boots and Donkey changing personality was gross. The introduction of King Arthur was lame and people in England DO NOT SPEAK WITH AN AMERICAN ACCENT!!!!!! 2 out of 5 stars.
The Golden Compass – I suppose it was pretty good. There was too much going on on screen and made me really really dizzy so I only could enjoy half of the movie. The rest of it was spent trying not to throw up but, I could hear what was happening and it sounded freaking cool! From what I saw, it was an interesting and engaging plot. Didn’t read the book so no idea about what all the controversy was about. Why can’t people just enjoy a movie/book (a work of fiction for freaks sake) for what it is without thinking that it’s trying to undermine religion or human rights or whatever??! 4 out of 5 stars.
Night in the Museum – Another brainless flick. I think I might have reviewed this before but lets talk about it again ya? Nice feel good movie with a moral ending to believe in yourself and to develop yourself into greatness. 3.5 out of 5 stars.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – This was a strange movie. I have NO IDEA what it’s supposed to be about or what was happening. It was like a strange Alice down the rabbit hole moment. And the strong British accents didn’t help either. So… for the comedy that made sense only in the scene that it was in and not in the context of the rest of the movie and the complete incomprehensible plot, 2 out of 5 stars. Oh, I like Marvin the Paranoid Android.
I don’t think anyone needs an introduction to Star Wars. Only this to say. HD TVs don’t work too good for stuff that aren’t in the HD format. For eg, my Star Wars 4 vcd was not HD. The picture was wonky! >.<
Ok, all for now. SleeP!!!
“Hello darkness, my old friend.” Simon & Garfunkle, right? One of the best songs ever, “The Sound of Silence.” Also good when you have a headache…darkness and silence I mean.