Immortals

Visually this is would deserve 4 or 5 stars, the execution of the story however was a long way off that and so it sits somewhere in the middle.  There was a couple of continuity errors but nothing too stupid.  It is a fantastic story but the delivery just didn't do it justice.  Ultimately for me the most troublesome part was the teen pop gods who just seemed a touch ridiculous which was a real shame because like I said before visually I loved it.  It falls into a similar bracket as Sucker Punch, all style no substance.

Film 158/365, Day 166/365 – V for Vendetta

A fantastically dark and intense film and a very real warning about voter apathy, if you don’t vote someone like this could very well sneak into a position of power.  There are some excellent action scenes throughout, some incredibly unbelievable but all the better for it.  The story itself is excellent and very well directed and acted.  Also Patrick from Coupling can be found here!

Synopsis:  Great Britain is now ruled by a fascist totalitarian government, everyone must follow the rules or face extermination.  One freedom fighter who wears a Guy Fawkes mask and is known only as V.  Using terrorist tactics against the government he seeks to inspire the repressed inhabitants to rise up against the government.

Film 122/365, Day 132/365 – Alien

Fantastic sci-fi, average horror.  Alien wasn’t that scary, but considering that it is over thirty years old it is still an excellently made film.  Long before CGI became widespread and largely over used films were reliant on scale models and sets.  Alien has got to be one of the finest examples of this, each set is fantastically crafted and the visuals of the alien spaceship are incredible.

Synopsis:  A deep space mining ship receives a distress signal whilst travelling back to Earth. The signal leads them to a baron world where they discover an enormous alien spaceship.  Everything on the ship appears to be dead, that is until an alien creature attaches itself to the face on one of the crew.