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69. Forbrydelsen season 2.
Okay, so it's a perfectly fine crime show - but honestly, two seasons was too much for one murder case, especially since season two was basically one red herring after the other. Hopefully the new season they just announced will do better.
70. Swingtown season 1.
Not really all that interesting - why does Jack Davenport always seem to get parts with ridiculous hairstyles?
71. My Beautiful Laundrette
Still good the second time around - a young Daniel Day-Lewis as a gay ex-skinhead punker is awesome.
72. Wall-E
Okay, so everybody else has always watched pretty much everything before I get there, so there's really no reason for me to say anything - still, it was fun. Cute.
73. Public Enemies
I admit I'll go see anything that has Johnny Depp in it, but let's just say I probably won't be getting the dvd of this one and leave it at that, shall we?
74. Kinky Boots
This movie feels kinda like it's been done according to a recipe - take Brits facing problems in modern world come up with innovative solution and succeed, despite initial misgivings. The Full Monty recipe, basically. Not bad, but not really all that interesting...
75. Ansiktet
It's funny how much of this movie you actually spend wondering - are they or aren't they? Are they frauds - like they claim and the authorities think? Or are they the real deal pretending to be frauds? And of course they're frauds, except... Okay, so it's not half as deep as that, but it's entertaining.
76. Live Free or Die Hard
Explain to me, why the big bad guy never seems to actually do any of the superhacking? I mean, he's supposed to be a superhacker, but you never really see him in action, just ordering his minions around. Also, forgive me for not quite getting why you ought to be afraid of someone just because they are really good at hacking - I mean, if we're talking someone Lisbeth Salander style, then yes, scary, but the simple ability to be able to hack into a particular database shouldn't inspire fear for your life. Nice explosions, though...
77. Patrik 1,5
A gay couple decides to adopt to complete their coupledom, but someone misplaces a comma and the toddler they were expecting turns out to be a somewhat homophobic juvenile delinquent. Basically a feel good film, but I doubt the moviemakers intended for me to think the main character an absolute idiot for actually wanting his cheating son-of-a-bitch boyfriend to come back - but maybe that's just me...
78. Commentary the musical
Not as fun as I had expected.
79. Ratatouille
I honestly don't quite get why we're supposed to find Linguini sympathetic, but Remy is cool and the movie's generally fun, so it's alright.
80. Repo! the Genetic Opera
Oh, this is cool - Grand Guignol gothic cyberpunk rock opera. Admittedly, a bit too gory for me in places and most of the songs aren't really the kind to stick (although Zydrate Anatomy has a bit ear worm over it), but the movie is fun. Also it has Paris Hilton playing basically a cyberpunk Paris Hilton. Only thing that really annoys me is that I simply can't figure out what game the graverobber is playing - why does he keep helping Shilo and playing exposition guy? What's his stake in all this?
81. Azur et Asmar
The plot is pretty basic fairytale quest with a bit of sibling rivalry thrown in for good measure, but the interesting bit is the animation. I can't quite make my mind up about it, actually. Oh, there's lots of gorgeous - the landscapes are beautiful and the bird Simurgh. But the animation itself is pretty stiff and the people I'm not so sure about...
82. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
I suspect I've develop Potter-fatigue. Of course, I'm in the camp that thinks Dumbledore's a manipulative son of a bitch and that the whole wizarding world is pretty screwed up, but that's just how it goes. This movie, though - loads of nice special effects, but not really that much story. I liked Slughorn a lot better than in the book, but I'm left wondering why it's not mentioned that he's a Slytherin even once. Also, Draco's has very nice scenes and all, but I don't really think he's growing up half as pretty as one could have hoped - though that might just be because he spends most of his scenes twisting his face into weird grimaces...
83. Jumper
I was expecting a laid-back action movie - you know, some nice special effects, a few fights, not too much plot. It did have that, sure - the teleporter showdown is particularly nice. But the thing is, something is wrong when I am left wondering if the bad guys might have a point. See, apparently some people are teleporters - jumpers. And there's a religious organization - the paladins - that basically exists to hunt and kill them and has all sorts of cool gadgets, and some of the time they spout religious nonsense as the reason for the hunting part, but in the only scene where there's an actual discussion, the head paladin tells our hero that jumpers always go bad. Of course he'd say that, but looking at the movie - we actually only see three jumpers. One just shows up in the beginning to be killed by the bad guys, so we actually don't know anything about what sort of a guy he is, but lets look at the other two. First, there's our "hero" - a teenager finds himself able to teleport and promptly uses it to - run away from home, rob some banks and then live the high life. It's not a superhero tale, which is made pretty clear - one scene has our "hero" watching the news and despite having this convenient teleport power, he doesn't even seem to consider trying to help the people caught in a flood. After the climactic battle, he tells the head paladin that he is different from all those bad jumpers and to prove it he promptly teleports him to a cave halfway up the Grand Canyon, with no obvious exit points, no food or water - I really hope that guy has a cell phone or the "hero" plans on returning with supplies... As for the other jumper, he actively hunts and kills paladins (justifiable since they're hunting and killing jumpers) and show a complete and total disregard for bystanders property and lives - I really hope that poor guy whose car got teleported to Chetnia got out before the tank rolled over it, but somehow I doubt it. Also, you have to wonder why there's no secret organisation or government agencies trying to recruit jumpers - perfect covert asssassins, really - while all that money comes rolling into the paladins hands and they obviously has some serious influence with the authorities... Anyway, that got a bit longwinded...
Okay, so it's a perfectly fine crime show - but honestly, two seasons was too much for one murder case, especially since season two was basically one red herring after the other. Hopefully the new season they just announced will do better.
70. Swingtown season 1.
Not really all that interesting - why does Jack Davenport always seem to get parts with ridiculous hairstyles?
71. My Beautiful Laundrette
Still good the second time around - a young Daniel Day-Lewis as a gay ex-skinhead punker is awesome.
72. Wall-E
Okay, so everybody else has always watched pretty much everything before I get there, so there's really no reason for me to say anything - still, it was fun. Cute.
73. Public Enemies
I admit I'll go see anything that has Johnny Depp in it, but let's just say I probably won't be getting the dvd of this one and leave it at that, shall we?
74. Kinky Boots
This movie feels kinda like it's been done according to a recipe - take Brits facing problems in modern world come up with innovative solution and succeed, despite initial misgivings. The Full Monty recipe, basically. Not bad, but not really all that interesting...
75. Ansiktet
It's funny how much of this movie you actually spend wondering - are they or aren't they? Are they frauds - like they claim and the authorities think? Or are they the real deal pretending to be frauds? And of course they're frauds, except... Okay, so it's not half as deep as that, but it's entertaining.
76. Live Free or Die Hard
Explain to me, why the big bad guy never seems to actually do any of the superhacking? I mean, he's supposed to be a superhacker, but you never really see him in action, just ordering his minions around. Also, forgive me for not quite getting why you ought to be afraid of someone just because they are really good at hacking - I mean, if we're talking someone Lisbeth Salander style, then yes, scary, but the simple ability to be able to hack into a particular database shouldn't inspire fear for your life. Nice explosions, though...
77. Patrik 1,5
A gay couple decides to adopt to complete their coupledom, but someone misplaces a comma and the toddler they were expecting turns out to be a somewhat homophobic juvenile delinquent. Basically a feel good film, but I doubt the moviemakers intended for me to think the main character an absolute idiot for actually wanting his cheating son-of-a-bitch boyfriend to come back - but maybe that's just me...
78. Commentary the musical
Not as fun as I had expected.
79. Ratatouille
I honestly don't quite get why we're supposed to find Linguini sympathetic, but Remy is cool and the movie's generally fun, so it's alright.
80. Repo! the Genetic Opera
Oh, this is cool - Grand Guignol gothic cyberpunk rock opera. Admittedly, a bit too gory for me in places and most of the songs aren't really the kind to stick (although Zydrate Anatomy has a bit ear worm over it), but the movie is fun. Also it has Paris Hilton playing basically a cyberpunk Paris Hilton. Only thing that really annoys me is that I simply can't figure out what game the graverobber is playing - why does he keep helping Shilo and playing exposition guy? What's his stake in all this?
81. Azur et Asmar
The plot is pretty basic fairytale quest with a bit of sibling rivalry thrown in for good measure, but the interesting bit is the animation. I can't quite make my mind up about it, actually. Oh, there's lots of gorgeous - the landscapes are beautiful and the bird Simurgh. But the animation itself is pretty stiff and the people I'm not so sure about...
82. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
I suspect I've develop Potter-fatigue. Of course, I'm in the camp that thinks Dumbledore's a manipulative son of a bitch and that the whole wizarding world is pretty screwed up, but that's just how it goes. This movie, though - loads of nice special effects, but not really that much story. I liked Slughorn a lot better than in the book, but I'm left wondering why it's not mentioned that he's a Slytherin even once. Also, Draco's has very nice scenes and all, but I don't really think he's growing up half as pretty as one could have hoped - though that might just be because he spends most of his scenes twisting his face into weird grimaces...
83. Jumper
I was expecting a laid-back action movie - you know, some nice special effects, a few fights, not too much plot. It did have that, sure - the teleporter showdown is particularly nice. But the thing is, something is wrong when I am left wondering if the bad guys might have a point. See, apparently some people are teleporters - jumpers. And there's a religious organization - the paladins - that basically exists to hunt and kill them and has all sorts of cool gadgets, and some of the time they spout religious nonsense as the reason for the hunting part, but in the only scene where there's an actual discussion, the head paladin tells our hero that jumpers always go bad. Of course he'd say that, but looking at the movie - we actually only see three jumpers. One just shows up in the beginning to be killed by the bad guys, so we actually don't know anything about what sort of a guy he is, but lets look at the other two. First, there's our "hero" - a teenager finds himself able to teleport and promptly uses it to - run away from home, rob some banks and then live the high life. It's not a superhero tale, which is made pretty clear - one scene has our "hero" watching the news and despite having this convenient teleport power, he doesn't even seem to consider trying to help the people caught in a flood. After the climactic battle, he tells the head paladin that he is different from all those bad jumpers and to prove it he promptly teleports him to a cave halfway up the Grand Canyon, with no obvious exit points, no food or water - I really hope that guy has a cell phone or the "hero" plans on returning with supplies... As for the other jumper, he actively hunts and kills paladins (justifiable since they're hunting and killing jumpers) and show a complete and total disregard for bystanders property and lives - I really hope that poor guy whose car got teleported to Chetnia got out before the tank rolled over it, but somehow I doubt it. Also, you have to wonder why there's no secret organisation or government agencies trying to recruit jumpers - perfect covert asssassins, really - while all that money comes rolling into the paladins hands and they obviously has some serious influence with the authorities... Anyway, that got a bit longwinded...