All about Eve - old

Agree with pretty much everything sad so far. One of my all time favourite films. Deserved all it's success and more.

Man of steelLondon90% fullTrailers included Lone Ranger and Pacific Rim - neither got any reaction. PR looked boring. Ranger looked like Depp doing Captin Jack again. I have no interest in seeing either.Man of steel was a disjointed mess. It looked like bits of film cobbled together and when in doubt throw in a pointless explosion. Please, enough with the superhero movies for a few years. There seems to be one every week and they are all increasingly the same and just boring. Sorry guys, I know many of you on this forum adore these movies and I can enjoy them too but i found Iron Man 3 tedious and this just capped it.

A late report on a film that's been out a while but I saw The Great Gatsby at a cinema in north London on Saturday evening. The crowd was mixed and the cinema was 90% full. I was with two other people.About 20 minutes into the screening 2 older couples walked out and didn't return. I'm guessing they didn't take to the Baz interpretation of a classic book. They had a 'we've had enough of this, thank you' look on their faces as they left.I've read the book and enjoyed the film hugely but I can understand why some fans of the book might be turned off. The spectacle and soundtrack that I liked so much could easily be jarring for those looking for a more faithful adaptation.What did not work for me, however, was the tone of the film and therefore Gatsby himself. Slapstick comedy/melodrama/morality tale/love story - the film couldn't decide what it wanted to be.One of my companions liked it, the other thought it was 'sh!t'. However we all agreed Leo is a 'true movie star'. He did a great job with an unevenly written role. And I had forgotten how well he plays romantic hero. His longing for Daisy in several scenes was a sight to behold.As for Carey Mulligan - the guy who thought the film was shite also charmingly declared her as looking 'like a piglet'! I can't go that far but much as I like her as an actress, I think she did not look the part at all. And that's important in this film because it is so much about the look. She doesn't have the delicate beauty needed for this iconic role and she looked out of place. I was reminded of Katherine Hepburn being turned down for Gone with the wind 'because Rhett Butler wouldn't wait 10 years for you'.I couldn't buy that Gatsby would do all that for Carey.Otherwise I thought the casting worked.

One of my favourite films is The purple rose of Cairo and I think that movie beautifully illustrates how magical cinema can be even if you are on your own.For year I would never have even considered going alone ( like I would never have gone to a restaurant alone) but then, one time, I wanted to see a Madonna film (don't judge me) and nobody else did, so I went on my own and it was fine. Now I quite happily go on my own if there's no-one else around or no-one who wants to see a particular film. Obviously I prefer to go with others as it's generally more fun and you can discuss the film etc but the occasional solo trip is ok too.