Fyre

So I've fallen a little behind with my film reviewing. I'll try and catch up:

#14 - Snow White and the Huntsman

The second Snow White film of the year, this one featuring Kristen Stewart, Chris Hemsworth and Charlize Theron.

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#15 - California Solo

This was the European premiere of Robert Carlyle's latest film, and I'm very glad I got the chance to see it.

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#16 - Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

It has Abraham Lincoln. Fighting vampires. Including Rufus Sewell. What's not to love?

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#17 - The Amazing Spiderman

THIS IS WHAT I MISSED. I didn't really like Tobey Maguire's Spiderman and I couldn't put my finger on why, but this film showed me.

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#18 - The Dark Knight Rises

The end of an era, really, that's what this film is.

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#5 - The Muppets

This film, I was going to see no matter what the reviewers said about it. I love the Muppets. I own all the films, and can recite them by heart. So yes. I love the Muppets, which is very peculiar, since puppets on the whole scare the seven hells out of me. Muppets are an exception.

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#6 - The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

This is the film I went to just because of the cast. To be honest, I didn't care if it sucked or not. It had Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson and Celia Imrie all together on the screen at the same time. I would have seen it if it was just a film about them sitting in an airport lounge.

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#7 - In Darkness

For something completely different, I wanted to see this film after seeing the trailer just before Marigold Hotel. This is not a film for easy viewing or a casual afternoon at the cinema. It's heavy and dark and claustrophobic, as you might expect with the subject matter.

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#8 - The Hunger Games

I went into this blind. No idea what it was about. Never read the books. Didn't even know there were books until they started putting posters up in the shops, after the film started to do well.

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#9 - Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists

I love Aardman Studios. I will watch pretty mcuh anything they do, just because it's them. I love them for their little details, their sly wordplays, their background jokes, their ridiculous characters. And on this occasion, they gave me pirates. In case it has not been mentioned, I also love pirates.

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#3 The Artist

I only found out that it was an almost entirely silent film the same day as I was going. I'm really not up to date with current films and what they're about. Still, as a film about the rise of the Talkies, done in the style of a black and white silent picture, this was a treat.

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While I'm not sure if I'll get it on DVD, it was a lovely piece of nostalgic escapism, and definitely worth at least one viewing.

#1 - Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows.

I'm a little undecided about it, on the whole. I like it as an over-the-top action film, but I'm not sure I like it as a Holmes film. RDJ was immensely watchable as always, and I'm never going to say no to Noomi Rapace, but I found my attention wandering at points.

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So, in summary, it's a decent action film, but on the whole, it doesn't really feel like a Holmes film to me.