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gemmarebeccafield
I'm a 14 year old girl from South Africa, and I don't live in a clay hut. I enjoy reading, writing, and CD pirating LOL.
Fav. Films:
-LA Confidential
-Rocky Horror Picture Show
-Pirates of the Caribbean; The Curse of the Black Pearl
-The Last King of Scotland
-Pincess Mononoke
-Lord of the Rings (all three)
-Little Miss Sunshine
-The Prestige
-Rear Window
-Spirited Away
-Amelie
-V For Vendetta
-Chicago
-The Queen
-The Departed
-Hero
-Brick
-Mary Poppins
-The Hours
-Dead Poet's Society
-Unconditional Love
-Monty Pithon & The Holy Grail
-Pride & Prejudice (2005)
-Notes On A Scandal
-An Inconvienent Truth
-Million Dollar Baby
Reviews
Batman Begins (2005)
NOT just another Batman movie
Batman Begins is not just another addition to a large collection of films about some guy who feels responsible for half the world and has a fetish for bats and dressing up like one. This film is far more than that, i myself am not a Batman fan, and only saw it simply because there was nothing else on that i hadn't seen. the film itself is cleverly done, as director Christopher Nolan manages to create the darkly Gothic feeling many have come to associate with the Batman films. Katie Holmes plays the brave heroine who watches what seemed to be merely a simple drug bust become a dark plot to destroy Gotham while Christian Bale merely plays the Dark Knight sufficiently, with his stoic butler/accomplice is played with sneak and sparkle by the brilliant Michael Caine, nad the equally talented Liam Neeson as Henri Ducard, Bruce's old master whom he saved from death at the beginning of the film, and all the while, it is Cillain Murphy who I found truly believably evil, he seems to have this thing about playing creepy, omniscient villains who terrorize hot heroines. :)
Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony (2002)
A Good Docy, But There Are Better
I rented this film a few days ago, its not something I was looking forward to watching, as its a documentary, a genre I don't generally enjoy watching, but after I had actually tried to make an effort to learn about my countries history, I cant say I regretted it. Amandla! takes you through the lives of several people, black and white, and their different views of Apartheid, an Afrikaaner Separatist movement which started in 1948, and only ended in 1994. this film shows us the mistake humanity has made, and what it has done to those involved. The picture is considerably less than perfect, but as it is a documentary, such a fault can easily be overlooked, and often the interviewees are hard to understand and I must admit, it is not in the same league as some other South African films like "Yesterday" and the Oscar winning "Tsotsi", but nevertheless, it is still something one should watch if you've seen the other two.The interviews, however difficult to here, make their subject's opinions very clear, some of which are actually rather alarming. Yet, I feel obligated by a patriotic spirit buried deeply in my brain, so I will give this film 6/10
Desperate Housewives (2004)
Brillz
Desperate Housewives is an incredibly well-made show. Marc Cherry, the creator of this rather unconventional masterpiece, skillfully weaves the lives of its central characters (Bree van De Kamp, Susan Mayer, Gabrielle Solis and Lynette Scavo) together in a way that leaves you more than eager for the next episode. Most noticeably, I think, at the end of each episode, when the deceased Mary-Alice Young narrates at the end, comparing some of the characters which that particular episode has centralized on, which always seems to end it on a very Desperate note
Desperate Housewives is essentially a very darkly humorous show,and, although the plots are occasionally a bit far-fetched, and if I dare say so, predictable to some, it has not yet failed to take my breath away every Tuesday night. Which is why, if I could vote for it, I would give it 9/10, without hesitation.