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John Adams (2008)

"John Adams" just saw the first one,and it's undeniably great. Not sure if i'm "hooked" or not ,yet..Paul Giamatti is sooo watchable ,but my overall impression was of a really well made "schools programme" ,a high production value version of what (still running) Brit kids "magazine show "Blue Peter" used to do.( Probably still does.Only now,instead of inviting letters and drawings they get steered towards the web-site and encouraged to e-mail.)

First episode starts in 1770 Boston,(so,you think "six" years to go...),when the English started to really piss off the "settlers". Adams.ends up reluctantly signing up for the Independence cause ,after "home-rule" is imposed...it's so historically and "present-day" instructional,it HURTS!!!

In London ,this week .plans begin, to move the American Embassy from Grosvenor Square to a site south of the river in Wandsworth..(I used to live in Wandsworth)..Adams used to live on the Grosvenor Square site in 1780,apparently,prior to becoming the second President of the USA ...

Yeah,it's sounding more and more like a schools project required viewing for all those of voting age and all that.. dont get me started on the Hollywood re-writes..

more power to HBO's elbow.

Posted Thursday, October 02, 2008 3:06 PM by chrismorrell | with 0 comments

..."and the red red viino did flow...(In Bruges)

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Sexy Beast (2000)

Intermission (2003)

In Bruges (2008)

I've heard people saying,they didnt think of Colin Farrell as doing "funny" .. They obviously didnt see,or forgot "Intermission" ..The "movie within a movie" being made in "in Bruges",is supposedly a rip-off of "Dont look now" .. That set-up provides THE most preposterous of pay-offs imaginable.. lots of "claret" a sprayin...and Ralph Fiennes seems to be reprising Ben Kingsley's character from "Sexy Beast"..The other reference there being ,tally of "F"-word usage (still beaten by "Resevoir Dogs" methinks..but probably outscoring on the "C " word quotiant. All that said..this is a great example of a movie that will have you laughing out loud at disgusting characters and disgusting behaviour .. with enough redeeming ,believable qualities in those characters to make it all okay.

Posted Thursday, October 02, 2008 9:47 AM by chrismorrell | with 0 comments