Film 284/365, Day 316/365 – Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Even more action and adventure on the high seas courtesy of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.  So having seen off zombie pirates, Davy Jones and the Kraken and countless other evils they now have to deal with mermaids and the infamous pirate Blackbeard.  As with the other films in the franchise the script is excellent and allows for lots of brilliant exchanges between my two favourite pedantic pirates, Sparrow and Barbosa.

Synopsis:  Jack Sparrow is captured and forced to help Blackbeard, the pirate that all pirates fear, find the fountain of youth.  Barbosa, who now sails as a captain in the British fleet is also searching for the fountain of youth, as are the Spanish.  Who will get there first?

Film 179/365, Day 190/365 – Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Typical Woody Allen!  If I had not known that this was a Woody Allen film I would definitely have guessed it.  There are lots of weird and interesting characters in the occasional weird and interesting situations which all ends with little to no resolution and things just carry on as before.  Which is fine, but personally I feel a little cheated having invested the time for everything to just go back to how it was before I saw the film.  But that’s just me!!!

Synopsis:  Two friends, Vicky and Cristina, go to Barcelona for the summer.  Both have very different views on love and life, but when they meet Juan, an artist, things could change for both of them.