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Musings by a pop culture tart

Monday, August 01, 2005

The Island
Over-directed, over-edited, over-scored and over-the-top. Ewan McGregor looked like he was having fun with this role (and he was quite the hottie too). Scarlet Johanssen however, was under-utilised and was another plastic portrayal of women common in director Michael Bay's films. There was also strong whiffs of homophobia and some rather rampant sexism. But! It was quite entertaining. 2/5.

The Machinist
Taut, atmospheric and a well shot film. Christian Bale delivers a very well rounded character with this performance. However, his extremely gaunt appearance (he lost over 28kgs for this role) does often distract from the film. 3/5.

Tart at 9:46 AM |

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