Law Abiding Citizen

Law Abiding Citizen is not what it seems. This movie is full of emotion but not as exciting as the clever story could have been.

Is the legal system in general screwed up, I guess we all know it is. This is a story of a man who has lost all he had to live for and ends up losing himself through the process.

We were not exactly sitting on the edge of our seats all the way through, but the story has got some good bits and may be worth the watch if you are a Jamie Fox or Gerard Butler fan.

District 9

It’s been quite some time since District 9 was released, and I’ve heard some funny things about it so I thought it was about time to find our for myself.

I brought District 9 home to watch and Amelia and I didn’t know what hit us. Now, I would not say it was movie of the year material, but it was crap funny. The production team managed to find so many ways to rip off other movies and others countries when producing this film it is simply incredible.

I would recommend that you watch with subtitles, just to make sure you don’t miss anything due to the pronunciation. The main character is brilliant and did a great job and keeping the tone of the movie serious and insanely funny at the same.

We’ll be watching this again some time, if you haven’t watched it yet you are missing out.

Prison Break

Amelia and I took to Prison Break from the first episode we saw and decided to take it out on DVD.

We were hooked and in a matter of a few months went through the first three seasons.

When we got to the end of season three we found out the season four was not yet available in South Africa, to our extreme disappointment but to the benefit of our work and studies we waited in eager anticipation for season four to hit the shelves of the video stores.

Last week, we where at Scooters Pizza, getting ready to fill up on some of the good stuff when we saw the Prison Break poster in the window of Mr Video and we went straight in and to our excitement, season four was in and the first disc was ready for us to take out.

We finished our Pizza and went home to get into the next season. Within a matter of a week we went through the entire season as well as the bonus disc.

This season, the “last season” introduced us to some exciting new ideas and gadgets. The good and the bad, teamed up for some seriously suspenseful scenes. The pace of this season was really fast and things happened a bit too easy for my liking.

The end of the season is a total disappointment and I couldn’t believe it was the end.

I watch the last episode more than once, to make sure I understood it right and then watched the bonus features to see if there was something that we had missed.

The season really did not finish off in the same Prison Break style that we had got accustomed too, and I seriously hope that they can catch a hint from the Prison Break followers and bring us a season 5 even if only to end off with a bit more style.

If anyone is looking to buy us a present, we’d be happy to get a box set with season 1 through 4, we won’t be watching them too soon as the ending is still fresh in our minds, but would dig to be able to watch this series from the beginning again.

Seven Pounds

After seeing Will Smith‘s interview on Oprah and hearing them rave about the movie, Amelia simply couldn’t wait to see what they were all on about.

We looked for it in video stores a few times before finally finding it in, after ordering a Scooter’s Pizza, Saturday Special, buy two large pizzas and get a DVD for free. Now that’s what I call a deal.

I’m not sure if I should be happy or sad about this one.

Seven Pounds takes you on a slightly confusing, emotional journey which becomes almost predictable mid way.

This movie is graphic and thought provoking and you will catch yourself wondering who’s side you are on some of the time.

Seven Pounds reminds us of how important it is to be vigilant while driving, the huge impact of being an organ donor and most of all that we should appreciate every moment we have with our loved ones.

Life is short, so make is sweet.