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Was super duper naughty yesterday. I popped into my local record shop to investigate their autumn sale and came away with the entire series of Black Books for £12 and Sweeney Todd and Juno for £7 each. Not bad considering that's before staff discount. I wouldn't have bothered otherwise, especially where Juno and Black Books are concerned, but it was simply to good a deal to pass up. Besides, given what's been going on of late, I think I deserved to treat myself.
So I had a little film marathon today with Sweeney Todd kicking off the proceedings. It still holds up after the second viewing, something that never usually happens with me, but in this instance: oh yes. It's a definite return to form for Burton who was putting out some really mediocre films in the shape of Corpse Bride, Big Fish, and Charlie. My only real bug bear regarding the film was Anthony, who is still very annoying, but that's like saying water is wet.
I then went on to Gone, Baby, Gone, which was alright, not great, but alright. The performances were strong: Amy Ryan really deserved her Oscar nomination, and at this point I would go as far to say that Casey has more talent for acting than his brother. That might be a unpopular opinion, but I think that he's has far more range and is more nuanced than Ben is. His performance in Jesse James blew me away and isn't something I can see Ben duplicating anytime soon. Anyway, what let Gone, Baby, Gone down in my opinion was the script. There were enough plot holes big enough to drive a truck through, but that was okay. I didn't really expect much from this film, so I wasn't too disappointed.
After that I put on 3:10 to Yuma. Meh. Again, it was okay and watchable I suppose, but that might just be me. The western genre has been dead in the water for me since I watched The Proposition. That fim killed all other westerns for me the same way The Wire killed all other police shows. Anything else simply doesn't stand up in comparison. I'm glad I got a chance to see it. It was passable, just not unmissable.
Last, and by all means least was The Departed. I'd been avoiding it for along time since I wasn't too keen on any of the leads. Leo has got on my wick since that god awful film, Damon rubs me up the wrong way, and Jack is Jack. Not only that, but I didn't see how on earth it could possibly top the original film: Infernal Affairs, which was a masterpiece. Needless to say, it didn't. Not by a long shot. I suppose if I hadn't seen IA, I might have quite liked it. But what can you do.
So yeah, that was my day off. And I can't tell you how nice it was just to have a day to myself without having to speak to another human being.
So I had a little film marathon today with Sweeney Todd kicking off the proceedings. It still holds up after the second viewing, something that never usually happens with me, but in this instance: oh yes. It's a definite return to form for Burton who was putting out some really mediocre films in the shape of Corpse Bride, Big Fish, and Charlie. My only real bug bear regarding the film was Anthony, who is still very annoying, but that's like saying water is wet.
I then went on to Gone, Baby, Gone, which was alright, not great, but alright. The performances were strong: Amy Ryan really deserved her Oscar nomination, and at this point I would go as far to say that Casey has more talent for acting than his brother. That might be a unpopular opinion, but I think that he's has far more range and is more nuanced than Ben is. His performance in Jesse James blew me away and isn't something I can see Ben duplicating anytime soon. Anyway, what let Gone, Baby, Gone down in my opinion was the script. There were enough plot holes big enough to drive a truck through, but that was okay. I didn't really expect much from this film, so I wasn't too disappointed.
After that I put on 3:10 to Yuma. Meh. Again, it was okay and watchable I suppose, but that might just be me. The western genre has been dead in the water for me since I watched The Proposition. That fim killed all other westerns for me the same way The Wire killed all other police shows. Anything else simply doesn't stand up in comparison. I'm glad I got a chance to see it. It was passable, just not unmissable.
Last, and by all means least was The Departed. I'd been avoiding it for along time since I wasn't too keen on any of the leads. Leo has got on my wick since that god awful film, Damon rubs me up the wrong way, and Jack is Jack. Not only that, but I didn't see how on earth it could possibly top the original film: Infernal Affairs, which was a masterpiece. Needless to say, it didn't. Not by a long shot. I suppose if I hadn't seen IA, I might have quite liked it. But what can you do.
So yeah, that was my day off. And I can't tell you how nice it was just to have a day to myself without having to speak to another human being.
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I liked the Departed. It's one of the few films I have watched recently that I enjoyed aside from the all star cast. I need to rewatch it again though.
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I would have like the Departed better had I not seen Infernal Affairs, the original film that the Departed was based on. Infernal Affairs was simply a thousand times better in pacing, characterization, and plot. It was simply a much tighter film as well. The Departed was okay for what it was, but it wasn't great.