Snippet Movie Reviews...

Am tempted to do a poll on Avatar to see a)how many people have seen it, b) how many actually like it, c) how many hate it, d) and how many don't care and won't see it.
I really can't tell if people like the thing or not. At the moment the consensus seems to be pretty much what one of my cousins posted in Facebook:

"Avatar spectacularly brilliant, but it does make you appreciate the work George Lucas put into a backstory in the Star Wars epics."

(Uh. Okay. In other words, visually great, but you really really don't want to read the book.
James Cameron reminds some novelists - great at the descriptive prose or describing the setting in detail, but truly sucks at the whole nuanced character development/plotting bit.)

I have not seen Avatar, in case you are wondering. Not really sure I want to. Came close a couple of times - during Xmas, but we opted for a nature walk, walk on the beach and a nice lunch instead, and last Friday (New Years Day), but I decided Sherlock Holmes would be more fun. (It was fun. Nothing deep or memorable, but if you adore Robert Downey Jr and the tv show House, specifically the House/Wilson relationship, you will be suitably entertained. If you require a movie to shake your world, be brainy, or provide a full course meal? You'll probably hate it. Keep in mind, a lot of people have tough brainy day jobs, they need pure escapism at the movies...no brain required. Which may explain the phenomenal success of Avatar which beat out Transformers Sequel as the biggest hit, wait, maybe not - since Tranformers Sequel was last year's box office hit. Trust me when I say, Transformers makes Sherlock Holmes look like Shakespeare in comparison. ) May still see Avatar, am admittedly curious - but not sure I'm willing to sit for three hours in a crowded noisy movie theater for curiousity's sake.

Movies I've seen in the past month. (I'd do the bullet thing, but I've no idea how.)

( movies from Julie and Julia to Frost/Nixon, Sherlock Holmes, Coraline, and On the Waterfront )