Formerly Known as FKAJ

Daredevil: Director's Cut. Far better than the theatrical cut, and I think that if this version had been shown in cinemas we might have got Daredevil 2. If only...

You do mean recent Disney movies, yes o_o? Actually, I had similar problems with most of the Renaisaance era ones (1989-1999) when rewatching them last year. Aladdin didn't start to get interesting until he enters the Cave. Tarzan it was in the song Son of Man (although I love the opening song, Two Worlds). The Lion King it was the Elephant Graveyard scene with the hyenas. All brilliant movies, it's just that they took a while to draw me in. I haven't actually seen a non-Pixar Disney animation in the cinema since Atlantis: the Lost Empire, and the most recent one I've on DVD is Lilo and Stitch. Unless you count Enchanted, which would go in the above category.

The Princess and the Frog. Good, although it took about 15 minutes to get interesting. Although that's the case with most Disneys that aren't Pixars, actually.

Avatar. Deserves a Best Picture nomination, if not neccessarily a win.

Since Christmas Eve I've watched: * Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World * Ghostbusters * Crimson Tide * Die Hard * Die Hard 2 * Die Hard With a Vengeance * Live Free or Die Hard

Poltergeist, which scared the crap out of me. Would go with The Last Wave and Donnie Darko as the most terrifying movies I've seen in my life.

2012 - better than Day After Tomorrow, not as good as Independence Day. Cannot wait for the planned TV spinoff 2013.

Ratatouille - Fr#$% you Channel 7! The movie is one of Pixar's best, but it really isn't a kids movie.

New Moon - see my comments in the Twilight thread.

Monsters Inc - seriously, what the hell is wrong with Channel 7? Not only did they fast forward through the credits so that they could include the same ads they'd been playing nearly every break for the last two hours, but they cut the outtakes and the musical as well. That is, they cut the left side of the screen, which would have been showing the bloopers even if it was muted, and stretched the right side to fill the bottom half. This only two weeks after they'd avoided that mistake when they showed Toy Story 2. W. T. F?!

Toy Story 1 and 2, and I thank the IPU that Seven didn't make the same mistake they did when they showed A Bugs Life two weeks ago. The second one's my favourite, although the first one's borderline perfect as well. The only thing that bugs me is Andy and his mother not noticing when Woody and Buzz drop through the ceiling. The second one, absolutely flawless, a lot funnier and more touching at the same time. I'd forgotten what a tearjerker "When Somebody Loved Me" was. I cannot wait for the third one, I'm expecting it to be the best threequel ever. Did anyone swatch Cars when it was on a few weeks ago? How did Seven handle the credits scenes then? Because I love the scene where Mack watches Toy Car Story and Monster Trucks Inc. It would have pissed me off to see them ruin that.

I just got back from the UB Residents Awards Night, emceed by - I'm not making this up - Anh Do. I was literally within a metre of him at one point, which is kind of cool. I'm not really a fan, but his comedy routine tonight was hilarious. Better than his performances on Thank God You're Here anyway.

Election. Reese was amazing.

A Bugs Life, and I truly despise Channel 7 right now for not only running ads over the blooper reel but fastforwarding the credits entirely.

^ I love the first two of those, I don't have high hopes for the third though. What's it like? Just watched Mad Max again for the first time in two years. Didn't have quite the same impact this time. Planning on watching The Road Warrior tomorrow, and Beyond Thunderdome on Sunday.

Up. Absolute masterpiece. A fraction behind WALL-E though.

Before Sunset, after watching Before Sunrise a few days earlier. Both excellent.

Dragon Ball Evolution. Not bad. It probably helps that I'm fairly new to Dragon Ball but I thought it was a decent reinterpretation of the source material. Justin Chatwin was better than I'd ever seen him, and Emmy Rossum and Chow-Yun Fat were good.

Double Jeopardy - Fantastic. I know that the legal basis of the story is crap, but I don't care, it's just that good.

I finished watching Jindabyne last Friday. I was shocked to discover that it was based on one of the short stories that was used in the film Short Cuts: Fred Ward originally played Stuart Kane with Anne Archer as Claire. Also, Inglourious Basterds. A masterpiece, although I had to look away several times. I hope Melanie Laurent gets nominated in next years Oscars.

The Plumber, a 70s telemovie starring a young and very creepy Ivar Kants as the plumber. It's directed by Peter Weir, and I recommend it.

The Searchers, directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Natalie Wood and Vera Miles. For my Hollywood Cinema course. As Westerns go it was pretty good, but the last ten minutes felt tacked on by a studio wanting a more generic cowboys-and-Indians Western. It didn't really flow with the rest of the movie up to that point, and it reminded me of what happened to I Am Legend.

Transformers 2: Far behind the first one, and not enough Isabel Lucas. Not a total loss though.

Ice Age 3D. Better than the second, possibly even the first. The 3D picture was better than Spy Kids 3D, but wasn't as impressive as at the IMAX ten years ago. Did have me ducking a couple of times though.

Half-Blood Prince. Not as incoherent as I'd anticipated, still far behind Chamber of Secrets though. More in Harry Potter thread.