Movie marathon

I have limited social life, which means I spend most of my time working and doing stuff at home. Ranging from annoying my cats to singing loudly when listening to Muse (when I said "sing", I mean making unrecognisable noises), I manage to survive with less human interaction. In these past few weeks, I have been trying to catch up with all the movies that I have missed on theater or TV series that I have never seen just because my trusted friend alerted me about it.

So here's my conclusion:

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If you wager Kristen Stewart will ever improve her acting, I think you're going to lose your money. I thought Snow White and the Huntsman will redeem her dead-face acting in the two Twilight movies (I can't bear watching the final two) or her dead-face acting in Into the Wild  (yes, i repeated dead-face acting), but no. Of course, not. I was kidding myself when I thought, oh well, maybe she would look convincing this time. The only reason I stayed on watching it because I think this movie has a good visual. I like the tone. I can't really explain in film technical terms, but the colour of the movie really captured my attention. And I think Charlize Theron isn't disappointing. Though, I wonder why she had to speak in that slooooooow way. Final verdict, I promised myself I will not watch any movie involving Ms. K-Wart anymore cause she has the ability to kill everything around her. Oh, additional note, I think my friend was right: Chris Hemsworth DOES look like a shampoo model in this film.

Next, The Avengers. I told you I WAS catching up. It means I have the right to be extra late. A reoccurring face, Chris Hemsworth. Along with Jeremy Renner (spoiler alert: I will talk about Bourne Legacy later). I think you know the rest of team Avengers. I'm a bit sad that Edward Norton is not in this installment, continuing his role as Dr. Banner aka the Hulk. Don't mind Mark Ruffalo, though. Anyway, conclusion: Tony Stark will always be a hilarious brilliant asshole and Jeremy Renner looks good in tights. Pull him out of that leather costume, he looks like a photocopier salesman. Or a repairman. Whatever, he's just not that cool. Story wise, I ought to read the comics first to be able to say anything about the story. Just a bit confused with the way they depict the Norse gods.

Okay, Wild Bill comes next. I don't think this movie ever went to our theaters. It's really old, like last year...yeah, I know. How time flies. You can find more about it here. It's an okay movie about family and messed up relationships with the typical English brawl and weird Cockney accent. I like it first cause it's English, second cause it's funny in a morbid way. It's not super brilliant, but I reckon you won't waste your time watching this. The characters development felt real, somehow.

I actually went to the theater to watch Bourne Legacy. How I wish I went for a different movie. Basically, it's another thing that happened while Jason Bourne went apeshit in his third movie. It involves a different agent from a different program by the same organisation. James Renner is the other agent. I was expecting strong plot, raw actions, deadly fighting scenes, and all. What I got is the the silly version of everything that I mentioned. Even the bike chasing scene became hilarious with Renner's gimmick. Remember when he took out the sunglasses on the bike that he stole? Remember the WAY he put on the glasses? And what's up with the Thai agent anyway? Is he so dosed up he becomes strong but lacks brain cells? I prefer if the organisation sends a killer robot from the future instead. I remember Renner explaining in an interview that the story is basically about a character wanting to belong to something. Yeah, you definitely can see it that way. You can also see it as an addict trying to get more drugs before he goes mad. And I couldn't push away the image of Renner as a repairman. Sorry, man.

Last one, Person of Interest. This is a TV series. I ran out of series when I finished watching Fringe and Games of Thrones. I read my friend's blog where she mentioned about it. I managed to get a copy and have so far watched the first five episodes. I think it's good. I like the vigilante theme. And considering it's developed (and written I think) by Jonathan Nolan (yep, brother of Christopher Nolan), I wasn't surprised finding a familiar darkness and edginess. It explains, IMO, the paranoia faced by Americans after 9/11. I think a lot of writers use that as script material. Person of Interest executes it well. At first, I didn't particularly like the main character played by Jim Caviezel. But he sort of grows on me now. Will definitely finish the first season in the next few weeks.

I got several other movies, but I will keep them for later. And now back to work.