Recent movies
I like seeing movies. I don't always blog about them, but sometimes
they're just too good to ignore them in the long run. Here's a recap of
some of the movies I saw recently:
The Core:
Somebody broke the earth, and now we have to blow nukes in the earth's
core to fix it. Over the top. Silly. Switch brain off, and it's still
not entertaining. Probably might be if you're extremely drunk, but I
wasn't at the time.
De Tweeling: Two
twin girls get separated at age 7 (or so) when their parents die, and
now they grow up at opposite sides of World War II. When they meet near
the end of the war, the differences between their lifes seem
unsurmountable, but they manage to overcome them decades later, when one
of them is about to die. Chilling movie that really, really gets to
you, without overdoing it. A real recommendation if I ever need
one.
Shackles: a
teacher with a violent history gets to work in a prison school and tries
to get these violent kids enthousiastic for poetry. Interesting camera
work, but the tempo of the movie is too slow, and I think they slightly
overdid it on the poetry—which, IMO, isn't remotely as good as the
director seems to think.
De Hel van
Tanger: About two bus drivers who end up in a Moroccan prison for
allegedly attempting to smuggle drugs. Loosely based on real events.
Wasn't what I expected from it, but still not too bad.
That's it for now.