Reviews

Review: Submerged (2005)

Back in the days, I enjoyed most Steven Seagal movies that came out. They were fun action flicks, with plots that didn't vary too much from the other movies in the genre, but which had enough exciting action scenes and dry wit from Seagal to stand out from the pack. For some reason, Seagal has drifted into 'shitty, straight to DVD movie' territory recently, and I had not seen any of post Exit Wounds-pictures since the plots screamed "we have seen this twenty times before, but let's do it one more time anyway cause we might make some cash with it". But even though my expectations were low, I could not have expected Submerged to be this horrible.

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Back in the days, I enjoyed most Steven Seagal movies that came out. They were fun action flicks, with plots that didn't vary too much from the other movies in the genre, but which had enough exciting action scenes and dry wit from Seagal to stand out from the pack. For some reason, Seagal has drifted into 'shitty, straight to DVD movie' territory recently, and I had not seen any of post Exit Wounds-pictures since the plots screamed "we have seen this twenty times before, but let's do it one more time anyway cause we might make some cash with it". But even though my expectations were low, I could not have expected Submerged to be this horrible.

Review: Casino Royale (2006)

I've always been a big fan of the Bond movies, even though in recent years I've seen the series become more and more 'by the numbers', with gadgets and set pieces that were too outrageous for their own good, bordering on parody. I enjoyed seeing Pierce Brosnan as Bond, and still think his work in Goldeneye was outstanding, but missed the grittier style that was the main attraction of the early Sean Connery pics. It only takes a few minutes of Casino Royale to realise that this harder Bond is back in full effect, and that the choice of Daniel Craig is one of the best casting decisions we have seen in years. His Bond may not be as suave and sophisticated as Brosnan's, but Craig is much more believable when it comes to being a cold, murderous bastard, who still has some emotions going on behind those icey blue eyes.

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I've always been a big fan of the Bond movies, even though in recent years I've seen the series become more and more 'by the numbers', with gadgets and set pieces that were too outrageous for their own good, bordering on parody. I enjoyed seeing Pierce Brosnan as Bond, and still think his work in Goldeneye was outstanding, but missed the grittier style that was the main attraction of the early Sean Connery pics. It only takes a few minutes of Casino Royale to realise that this harder Bond is back in full effect, and that the choice of Daniel Craig is one of the best casting decisions we have seen in years. His Bond may not be as suave and sophisticated as Brosnan's, but Craig is much more believable when it comes to being a cold, murderous bastard, who still has some emotions going on behind those icey blue eyes.

Best Animated Movie of 2006: Monster House

It would seem that 2006 has been a good year for animation. It looked like there was a new animated movie playing in our local cinema all the time, and many of the movies released throughout the year did great business. But when you look at the quality of the movies, 2006 has not been as stellar as some of the previous years. Pixar's movie was not as grand as expected, Disney released a very average third party movie and the other studios seemed to be stuck in 'cute animal'-territory. There was one exception however, a fun picture called Monster House, which was both a throwback to the great teen-movies of the eighties, and a model for other studios to follow.