Tuesday, 27 March 2012

Skid Mark

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Impressively managed to be worse than my extremely low expectations.
No story, appalling acting, excruciatingly bad direction and unimaginative special effects.
How they managed to take a character whose head turns into a blazing skull and remove any sense of excitement or interest is quite an achievement.
Avoid at all costs.

Thursday, 8 March 2012

Kari-gurashi no Arietti

Arrietty ★★★
Old school hand drawn animation from Studio Ghibli based on Mary Norton's Borrowers.
In terms of Ghibli adapatations of western stories it's more Tales from Earthsea than Howl's Moving Castle. 
Not directed by Hayao Miyazaki and with a bit too much Disney influence.