A DVD film marathon

I seem to be getting used to this posting regular (ish) thing now I've got the first one out the way, people always say the first bit is the hardest, and I agree. Especially in relation to essays, anyway, we're going off topic.

Today I watched, on DVD so nothing new, Billy Madison and Seven. Both are quite old now, but they are two I've never gotten round to watching and yet wanted to.

I’m quite an Adam Sandler fan, he seems to (mostly at least) star in good films, so having not seen Billy Madison, and discovering a house mate owned it, I was keen to steal if for a little while =) It was his usual film type, easy to watch, silly and funny with a bit of romance.

The film involved a beautiful woman, his teacher in this case, who he falls for whist trying to prove to his dad he is responsible enough to take over his very successful company. He tries to prove this by re-doing school all over again, and this time, without his dad’s cheque book.

Seven, was an amazing psychological thriller. Morgan Freeman, of course, played his character so well, and Brad Pitt did too. The two play surprisingly well opposite each other, the film sucks you in, you soon become captivated by the story as it unravels before you.

The case of a fat man, eating until his stomach splits, is soon discovered to be one of the seven deadly sins. The killer is making a point, and has 6 more to go. William was about to retire, but has to put that aside when young Detective Mills takes over his job, and is thrown head first into the case of the serial killer.

I’d defiantly recommend watching this film, particularly if you’re a fan of the thriller genre =D

Right, off to lessons, in which time I'll hopefully have convinced a few friends to go to the cinema for Orange Wednesdays =) I might watch another film tonight if I have time or get round to it lol. So you might even be hearing from me sooner than we all thought.

Catch up

Hi all,

Well, my second year at uni is going well, and time is flying by. Probably because I have deadlines to keep up with lol. This is my first post, a bit delayed I admit, so it's time to play catch up. Right, here goes.

For last weeks Orange Wednesday deal I went to see Up with a few friends. I saw the 3D version and took a friend who is colour blind, so we weren't sure how that would work. We discovered that as the glasses are no longer the geeky blue and red ones, it worked fine =D

I keep hearing people say that Up is a really sad film, yes it has a few sad issues and bits, which I’m not going to say, I don't want to ruin it now do I =) But the films is overall happy and upbeat.

I loved it, I think 'Kevin' the bird was amazing, and the animation was sooo good. I wish I could say more about the film but I feel like I’d give the story away.

It’s definitely a film I want to own on DVD, It’d make a good addition to my ever growing collection of 150+ films. I did warn you I was a films fan, but there are so many more films I want to own and see!

I also watched Saw 5 last week, curled up on the sofa with my housemates and my dressing gown (you can tell it's creeping into winter, though I'm always cold). I never got a chance to see Saw 5 in the cinema so as the 6th one is out now I thought I should catch up so I could watch the
new Saw in cinema this week =)

As it happens I went to see Saw 6 last night, I know, I know, it wasn't Orange Wednesdays but beggars can't be choosers. I mean, most of my friends wouldn't even consider going to see a horror film, let alone the Saw so when my housemates suggested it, (the lads in my house anyway, Steph runs from any horror), I jumped at the chance.

I love the Saw films, at one time I didn't like horrors. I could watch 'real' horrors, about things that could happen in real life, like ones about killers. But horrors that had monsters in them, like Jeepers Creepers, freaked me out. A very technical description of the matter, don't you think.

At college I totally flipped though, I couldn't get enough of horrors, all types. I even got told while writing for my college magazine that I should do a piece on something other than horror films =P

The Saw films are so well thought out, they aren't just killing with the usual suspense and gore thrown into the mix. The story is so transfixing, you’re hooked and want to know more, about why and how.

The new Saw film was no different, and again we were dipped into flash backs of events that we weren't even aware of. Allowing us to piece together the jigsaw, of what happened and why, one piece at a time, no pun intended.

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