Alice In Wonderland (Score)

When I watched the film I quite like the music, however, I found that on the soundtrack the main theme in the film is hard to find as in the film I don't remember it having lyrics, which it does on the soundtrack.

As it happens I actually prefer the soundtrack version as in the film I feel the main theme sounded too close to one of the themes in Avatar. Unfortunately though "Alice's Theme" is really the only track on the soundtrack that I do like. The rest is quite average I found.

Not one of Elfman's best scores, but if you feel the need to buy it then do. But otherwise I'd just buy the first track off iTunes or something.

Clash Of The Titans

Before I start I must say that I saw this film in 2D.

Wow. I wasn't expecting much of this film when I went in. I thought it could go either way. But oh my God it is absolutely amazing.

The scenes with Haydes did it for me. I wouldn't have minded if these were the only scenes in the film, because they were visually stunning. At one point a load of soldiers get sucked into a big black cloud, and then all their armour gets spat back out again. And holy shit if looks good. So real. I kind of want to go and see the film again in 3D just for these scenes.

But Haydes wasn't the only good part of the film. Overall I really enjoyed the film and found it very entertaining. It was by no means perfect, but it did pretty good. I'd recommend this film to everyone. 3D or not though is your choice. I know I wished I'd seen it in 3D.

Kick-Ass

In many ways this film was Kick-Ass, Nicholas Cage I particularly liked in it, as in his last few films his acting has been quite poor. However, in this film he was very good.

The film is mostly aimed at teens, but I suspect adults would enjoy it too, as it kind of appeals to everyone, in a similar way to Spider-Man, only this film definitely isn't aimed at little kids, as it's quite graphic and does contain the c word, which some people may find offensive.

The film is excellently made and can't really be faulted in that regard, however, for me the story lacked a little something. I'm not sure what, but since I watched Avatar and Micmacs, both films which I consider to have the magic ingredient, I seem to compare everything to them. For me Kick-Ass isn't on the same level, although it is still a very good film, and as far as comic book films go, I did enjoy it more than a number of other mainstream adaptations.

I'd recommend it. Although not really for a mature audience. But that is just my opinion.

Shutter Island

At 138 minutes I was sceptical about going to see this film, because from the trailer it looked good, but it looked like it could have a lot of slow moments. But I'm glad I did go and see it. I didn't get bored once and the film held my attention throughout it's entirety.

I did guess the ending from watching the trailer, however, it didn't spoil the film for me because whilst the twist is kind of predictable, it's not predictable in the usual sense and there is an extra twist underneath the main twist, making it very clever.

It has some quite surreal moments throughout which I find are rare in mainstream films, but which I loved, and found really added to the freaky factor of the film, and some of it is very freaky. Watch it!