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Waterford cinema

Friday, January 26th, 2007

Perusing the Oscar nominations list I realised how living in Waterford has pole-axed my cinema habits. Back home in Cape Town I had the choice of 7 or so cinema complexes all of which were good quality. Here in Waterford we have one dingy complex that I have been to two times too many. I saw more films at the cinema during my months holiday to South Africa than I have seen in over a year here in Waterford. Supposedly Dungarvan has a nice cinema but driving 45 minutes for a cinema is crazy.

Waiting for DVD is now my habit.

Of the Oscar list I have seen just 8; The Devil Wears Prada (good), Cars (entertaining), Pan’s Labyrinth (brilliant), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (entertaining), Children of Men (very good), United 93 (good), An Inconvenient Truth (very good) and Superman Returns (disappointing.)

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V for Vendetta

Saturday, August 26th, 2006

V for Vendetta poster


To be honest I was dreading the watching of V for Vendetta. The trailers I had seen looked horrific, low grade cinema with a blunt, ridiculous story. But my girlfriend is a big fan of the graphic novel and so I rented it out. To my surprise I was gripped in the first 5 minutes and only released as the credits rolled. The movie isn’t brilliant, not by a long shot but it is well worth watching. There is a middle sequence that wavers somewhat but surrounding that is an engaging, well done movie which is appropriate to our times of Guantanamo Bay, the war on Iraq and fear at home.

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