Friday 13 August 2010

Laws of attraction


You don't need to be a film buff to realise that this is an updating of those old Tracy-Hepburn legal comedies. Two family lawyers end up accidentally married. The main problem is that the filmmakers replace fast dialogue and pacing with fast editing. So most scenes are over before you understand what happened. For example when they first visit Ireland I had to rewatch the previous scene (with subtitles!) to find out why. Then there are the stereotypical Irish characters with their drinking competitions, lies, and ugly women! This movie is just too contrived and the characters are too bland to appeal. Also, this is the second Irish-themed movie where Sheen imitates Russell Brand!

Master of the world

Dated movie from the 1960s with Vincent Price trying to stop wars around the world. He uses an airship to attack from the sky. A group of ...