In this blog I shamelessly ripped off from a former Viner, I rank the last 5 movies I watched because I'm a one trick pony and something needs to keep me off the street. There's no rhyme or reason to the movies some I chose to watch, some I was outvoted on and some just happened to be on TV during a missing-remote incident.

But the point is: they did get watched.

Scratch that, there is no point to this. ^_^

5. Now You See Me 2 (2016)

I kind of liked the first nowUCme until the end when Morgan Freeman was framed (who clearly didn't deserve it) and it was revealed that Mark Ruffalo was helping them (which for me sucked mostly because I had been loving Ruffalo's grumpy asshole cop performance until then) but this one was pretty meh. There are many things to like: the visuals, Daniel Radcliffe's character, Woody Harrelson's double performance and for the most part the actors seem to be enjoying themselves but there's a lot I also didn't like: Lizzy Caplan apparently got a lot of praise but I found her quite grating, the twists come seemingly for the sake of them, the general smugness of the Four Horsemen themselves - I actually wanted to see them get caught if only to take them down a peg a two and the fact that half the tricks have explanations and half I have to assume is actual magic... How the fk does someone manipulate the rain and then disappear into a puddle? The movie doesn't tell me. Probably because the movie doesn't know either...

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4. Bridget Jones: Edge of Reason

I haven't seen Bridget Jones' Diary but that didn't seem to hinder my first Bridget Jones experience and I wasn't too lost watching this one. I enjoyed it more than I expected considering this is one for the mothers and I am not one of those (I know my mum loves it), I like the Britishness of the humour although the slapstick is pretty cringeworthy and the movie is harmless fun, the actors seem to be enjoying themselves and Colin Firth and Hugh Grant have one of the best-worst fight scenes in movie history. Definitely not the worst comedy sequel out there but loses points for the presence of my least favourite Harry Potter character, Moaning Myrtle. Shudder...

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3. Miss Potter (2006)

This was on TV following the above movie and it was more up my alley having grown up with the books of Beatrix Potter. Renée Zellweger uses pretty much the same voice as Beatrix Potter as she does for Briget Jones and it sounds authentic at least to me, a foreigner. She's also kinda nutty talking to her drawings and seeing them come to life even in the presence of comapany. I liked the lead performances from Zellweger and Ewan McGregor who are both pretty loveable within the stuffy society they inhabit and I also really enjoyed the animated hallucinations but the movie ends at a point I assumed was only 3/4 of the way through on a note I felt underwhelmed by. I really liked Miss Potter but I wished it was longer.

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2. 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)

I'm just going to say it, this movie would've been better if it wasn't set in the Cloverfield universe or at least didn't have Cloverfield in its title. The movie keeps having John Goodman suggest, among other things, that maybe it's an alien invasion that's ocurring above them to show what a nutjob he is but the problem is we're expecting aliens because of the title. I believe Mary Elizabeth Winstead's discovery of the truth and "Oh, come on..." line would've become iconic in film history had it in any way also been a surprise to the audience as well. That said, I still really enjoyed 10 Cloverfield Lane especially John Goodman's performance with its little hints of psychopathy hiding around his gentle fatherly moments and I also really liked Mary Elizabeth Winstead which surprised me because, honestly, I thought she was actually kinda shitty in Scott Pilgrim vs the World... But yeah, 10 Cloverfield Lane - really awesome but also a bit of a missed opportunity to me.

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1. Road to Perdition (2002)

I totally regret waiting this long to watch this film, I loved this film! Gangster movies aren't usually my forte but I just ate this one up, the imagery is set out so beautifully - I especially liked the scene with all the newspapers among others that I imagine were included to bring the comic pages to life. I also really loved the dark, captivating score and scenes like in the diner had so much tension. The emotional climax of Mike's journey is very moving and Tom Hanks and Paul Newman really pulled it off in style, it seemed so appropriate the physical climax with Daniel Craig that followed was swift and without frills. Definitely one of my favourite CBMs, it made me want to hunt the graphic novel down. I couldn't help but notice certain similarities between this and the Liam Neeson film Run All Night. Hmm...

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