Three More

Went to the cinema again today, saw three more films. Lisa and I saw It's Complicated first, then Did You Hear About the Morgans?. And then Lisa left and I went to see Alvin and the Chipmunks 2: The Squeakquel on my own, and trust me, there is no shame compared to the shame you feel getting up and leaving an Alvin and the Chipmunks movie on your own. No shame. And I thought being alone in Nine yesterday was embarrassing...

Well I failed

So it's what? The 13th of January and I have written a grand total of ZERO reviews. Not sure why, other than the fact that I'm a lazy sod who could never get round to it.

So since the 3rd of September I have seen (based on the dates on the ticket stubs I've got anyway, so there might be a few missing I can't remember).

9th September 2009: Inglorious Basterds
11th September 2009: Adventureland
16th September 2009: District 9
26th September 2009: Dorian Gray
12th October 2009: Zombieland
23rd October 2009: Saw VI
13th November 2009: Harry Brown
15th November 2009: 2012
26th November 2009: The Men Who Stare at Goats
2nd December 2009: The Descent: Part 2
2nd January 2010: Avatar 3D
8th January 2010: Daybreakers
11th January 2010: Avatar 3D
13th January 2010: St Trinian's II: The Legend of Fritton's Gold
13th January 2010: Sherlock Holmes
13th January 2010: Nine

So yeah, that's 16 films I've seen, and 15 reviews (I've seen Avatar twice) that I should have written.

I should probably get started at some point then...

Oh

And the "Printed" in the last post refers to me printing off the temporary pass they give you while they make you your real one.

Bought and Printed

So I've decided, as a way of trying to get myself to write more, to try and write some movie reviews. I've written them in the past, and always planned on writing more, but it never lasted.

So last night I bought myself a Cineworld Unlimited Card which will get me into an unlimited amount of movies at any Cineworld cinema in the UK (excluding London West End ones, although for an additional few pounds you can get a card which does cover these). It's highly likely that I'll not use it any cinema barring my local, Dundee, but I might go visit someone up in Edinburgh or Glasgow and it's nice to know I can use it there if I want.

So the plan is to make myself review every film I go see using the card, which to make it worth my money needs to be at least three a month. It would have been two but I become a student on Saturday so the student discount brings down the price a fair bit.

Sadly, apparently 3D movies aren't included in the deal, and you need to pay the couple of pounds extra to go see them, but I suppose it's a couple of pounds I'd be spending anyway. And I know so many people think 3D is just a big scam to get us to spend more money and stop illegally downloading, but I think although it's hardly going to revolutionise cinema (possibly barring animated movies) it still has the ability to make a fairly awful film a lot more interesting, and in the case of The Final Destination 3D, a lot more funny.

So here goes, I move out on Saturday and living in town means it's only a short bus journey to the cinema, so hopefully some time in Fresher's Week before the lectures start (the 14th), I'll have something to review!