Each to his own - i really like that film (but realise most people won't - bit like my music taste) - i love the feeling that there's more to discover in a film and that it's not served up on a plate in hollywood format; and i just loved the visual and sound (drugs help) - on the other hand i found source code a bit predictable and derivative (though still enjoyable). And i agree that john carter was crap as a sci fi film (like the gravity on mars is less than the moon?); but accepting it was a disney adventure film which i could shove on when there's kids about, it was ok.
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This week's films: I'd avoided
Snowpiercer as i'm not too fond of post apocalyptic films (cos they're often stuffed with cliches, and it's just cheap to find a bit of desert and do some steampunk or whatever). Gave it a watch after a recommendation on here (ta) - was quite good as allegory or straight story. Tilda swinton's evil northener was a cool character, as was the chronol-sniffing hacker geezer (i recognise him from somewhere) - you need to stick the subtitles when when he's talking though as their not hardcoded in downloads.
Then watched
Extraterrestrial. I'm running out of sci fi, so i have to include sci-fi/horror like this. This was a pretty bad evil alien abductions/murder story with unnecesarrily nasty aliens (with ridculous extra spiky anal probe). If just looking for a straightforward slashy monster horror, it might be alright; but in scifi terms the aliens are poor with almost no mystery, just evil - which misses the point of chucking aliens in (eg The Box). As i said if looking for a 'cabin in the woods' type horror (in the generic sense, not like the film with that name) - this is probably as good as many. (bear in mind the film might have redeemed itself in the 15 minutes i fell aseep for in the middle - but i came back to the spiky anal probe...)
In a similar vein but much better -
Honeymoon. This was a similar subject of cabin in the woods and aliens, but a much better film (ymmv - remember i like upstream colour (this is much more accesible though)); less slashy more personal, quite low budget and indie, nicely built characters.
I recognised the british male actor in honeymoon from another film i might of mentioned in here:
The Disappeared. This is a british creepy horror about a boy who lives on a council estate whose brother was abducted, and who starts to have ghostly/psychic experiences. I liked this film - really good acting and some gritty realism (for a ghost story that is).
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