James 's Recent Reviews
Yee do hung gaan (Inner Senses)
Unrated
This is a competent horror film, but if elements of it were better - it would have been a great horror film. There so many flaws here, and what makes this competent is that it was able to scare me.
The plot was creepy, but it was structured really poorly. The first half of the film is about a doctor trying to help cure a girl who states that she sees ghosts all the time. Then, we get them falling in love once she is cured, but the second half of the film was so different. It got really silly. We now follow the character of the doctor and his past. He's haunted by some ghost of his childhood sweetheart. Sure, it was scary - the ghost looked freaky. But once they started to add in all this sweet and loving themes, it just got corny and not very scary.
I did like the scary scenes in this. That was the films strong points. They used sounds and disturbing images so very well. The appearance of these ghosts - fucking scary! The shock horror is done really well because they build it up with horrifying music and suspense. It was the sounds that really scared me. The moaning and laughing of the ghosts was really scary.
It's best to see this alone in the dark. It can scare you a lot, but there are scenes that are really laughable.
James 's Favorite Movies
Transformers
PG-13
This movie had it all. Funny humour, great acting, mindblowing special effects and fun action scenes. As a kid, I loved the cartoon and when I found out that a live-action film was going to be released, I got so excited. The casting was great. Megan Fox and Shia Labeouf were fantastic. Megan Fox looked sexy in it! The Transformers themselves look spectacular and detailed as ever. The jokes are very amusing and that makes the film very fun. The action blows us all away! I was on the edge of my seat while watching the Transformers fight and transform. This is definitley one of the greatest action films ever made.
The Dark Knight
PG-13
I did laugh everytime when Christian Bale talked as Batman, very funny, but he was good as Bruce Wayne. Heath Ledger was the stand out performer. He was terrific as the Joker! He was definitley casted very well (R.I.P Heath Ledger). Aaron Eckheart was great as Harvery Dent/Two Face, and Gary Oldman's performance as Gorodn was outstanding. I've pretty much only been talking about the acting. As you can see everyone was good. The action was so well done. Christopher Nolan is such a great director, and some of the scenes in this film are just so exciting and fun. I was disapointed that I didn't see this in IMAX because I heard it was great. The explosions are really well filmed and I thought it was terrific that they didn't use as many special effects as they did in the first one. Everything was done so well and it looked really realistic. The script and characters were great. I loved the way Harvey Dent develops into Two Face, I thought it was well handled and lets not forget the character of the Joker. He was a key character and definitley one of the most effective villains in cinematic history. I highly recommend this film. Not only is this my favourite superhero film, it's probably up there with some of the best films I've ever seen.

