Too Many Ideas - Archive for the ‘Review’ Category
Rise of the Planet of the Apes Movie Review
Thursday, August 18th, 2011The Planet of the Apes franchise isn’t one of my personal science fiction classics – I always found the actors in ape costumes distracted me. I wasn’t even sure I wanted to see this addition to the series like X-Men First Class though this proved to be well worth the price of admission. However I’m […]
Super 8 Film Review
Monday, August 8th, 2011Super 8 is classic Spielberg late 70s / early 80s teenagers have an encounter / coming of age film fun made with the sort of effects that are very much 21st century state of the art. Think Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial or The Goonies. I’m going to keep this short because […]
Captain America: The First Avenger Movie Review
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011Captain America: The First Avenger tonight. Really enjoyed it. I’m starting to think that (after X-Men First Class and The Watchmen) I prefer my super hero movies with period settings rather than modern day. Hugo Weaving on top bad guy form. Richard Armatage’s appearance fun if somewhat truncated. Tommy Lee Jones, Stanley Tucci, Hayley Atwell, […]
X-Men First Class
Friday, June 24th, 2011X-Men First Class wasn’t a film I had particularly high expectations of. Super hero films aren’t my first choice for a night out and the X-Men haven’t really done a lot for me in the past. On top of all that I was struggling to imagine James McAvoy as a young Patrick Stewart. So I […]
Doctor Who: A Good Man Goes to War
Sunday, June 5th, 2011There were some nice things about the latest Doctor Who episode: A Good Man Goes to War. It started very well with the Cybermen and the collection of various allies from across Time and Space. There was the nice idea that Doctor becoming word for warrior in many cultures that have encountered him. There was […]
Blitz Film Review
Thursday, May 26th, 2011Blitz is a rare type of British film – the cop film. They just don’t come along too often these days – our cops spend their time policing TV screens in all their variegated variety – to the point where Hot Fuzz was a pastiche of how a US cop film set in a small […]
Doctor Who: The Rebel Flesh
Saturday, May 21st, 2011The latest Dr Who episode The Rebel Flesh was a nicely done, solid story with nothing to complain about. That’s a relief after the time I’ve spent on reviews for The Doctor’s Wife or Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. The Gangers are nicely realised I may be over reading one comment by the […]
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Movie Review
Saturday, May 21st, 2011I thought Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides was a hundred and thirty-seven minutes of silly pirate fun. It missed some of the magic of the PotC: The Curse of the Black Pearl and lacked some of the elements that sustained PotC: Dead Man’s Chest and PotC: At World’s End. However better than some […]
New Doctor Who Episode: The Doctor’s Wife
Sunday, May 15th, 2011So was the new Doctor Who episode, The Doctor’s Wife, a return to the form of The Impossible Astronaut and The Day of the Moon after The Curse of the Black Spot last week with its rather damp powder? Would Neil Gaiman writing an episode turn out to be a stunt to promote both the […]
Doctor Who: The Curse of the Black Spot
Sunday, May 8th, 2011Just watched the latest Doctor Who – The Curse of the Black Spot. Very much in the monster of the week / concept based science fiction mixed up with pirates. In theory it had all the elements to be a really good episode. Unfortunately somewhere along the way something got lost. I don’t think the […]