Iron Man 3 - 2D (3rd Viewing)

I love this film.. That's all I need to say on the matter..

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Star Trek Into Darkness (2nd viewing)

Ummm... I fancied seeing a new film today but 'Mud' (the only one I WANTED to see) wasn't on until 6 tonight. The other 'New' options were 'Fast and The Furious 6' (after the constant publicity barrage and appalling trailers,.. NO WAY!) and 'The Great Gatsby' (and judging by Baz Lurmans past movies I didn't rate that ones chances either..)

So that left another Iron Man viewing or this.. And this won.

The question is "was it as good second time?" Put it this way it wasn't worse. I enjoyed it again. The action was again, excellent and like the second Iron Man viewing I paid more attention to the dialogue this time. That being said though the more you analyse the film the more you notice the plot holes.. 

Still, a cracking ride and still ****

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Star Trek: Into Darkness

Well that was an interesting start to the movie.. 

I was booked in to see the 10.20 Star Trek 2 in 2D and after grabbing a seat down the front in a fairly busy screening the trailers began... In 3D... sort of.. I put on my Iron Man 3D glasses and they erm... didn't really help.. it was as if they were showing two versions of the film, one slightly off centre... This carried on through the trailers and then in came the staff and handed out 3D glasses to everyone saying the movie is going to be in 3D.... It wasn't... After about 5 min they stopped the screen and in came a manager.. This debacle went on and eventually I ended up in screen 6 watching the 11.30 2D version.. 

Anyway, enough of the wining and on with the film.

I enjoyed the previous Star Trek reboot. It had humour and a certain charm with nods to the original series.  This one basically continues with that tone. I like Benedict Cumberbatch and consequently I was slightly nervous that I wouldn't appreciate him as a bad guy. And, true to form I felt my self sympathising with him instead of fearing him..  This though didn't effect the film overall, which I enjoyed. And for once Simon Pegg was almost the star of the film..! It was well paced and the effects were as expected for a movie of this budget. Also I liked the way it was almost a mirror of 'The Wrath Of Khan' (which was my favourite Star Trek movie of the franchise..)

Will I catch it again..? Probably..

Overall a solid (not as good as Iron Man 3) ****

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Oblivion (2nd Viewing)

Third and final film of the day and I thought I'd catch Tom Cruises latest.
I seemed to remember enjoying this the first time around and it was pretty much the case here too. Iceland still looks oddly gorgeous with its grey, volcanic appearance. And Andrea Riseborough just IS gorgeous.. The schmaltzy ending still grates a bit but I'm still wiling to put up with it.
Still and entertaining ***1/2

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Dead Man Down

Here we have Colin Farrell's latest film. He stars along with Noomi Rapace and Terrance Howard in a thriller that, initially I thought was set in the UK due its damp, grey appearance..
Mr Farrell plays a strong, silent henchman working for Mob Boss Terrance Howard. Naomi Rapace is the scarred neighbour who is thrown into the mix with a pretty dodgy plot device. In fact there's a few pretty dodgy plot points which I won't go into..

The film ticks along at a slow pace.  The trailer gave the impression it was an action film and half way through it was clear this wasn't the case. It wasn't a bad film.. but it wasn't a particularly good film. I'll probably have forgotten about in a couple of weeks.

Overall **1/2

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Iron Man 3 - 2D (2nd viewing)

Personally I think it was better the second time round. I paid more attention to the dialogue this time and Ben Kingsley was priceless with his 'reveal' (again!) Not only that there were plot points I missed first time..

Overall still an excellent ****

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