The first film is one of the Agatha Christie Poirot films, with Poirot done so well by David Suchet. This was The Million Dollar Bond Robbery. We've both been fans of these productions of Agatha Christie's books, so it was a real pleasure to see this again. The only problem with them is that we have so few of them in our collection (even though there are so many that were filmed) and it's difficult to feel that we're watching something fresh. I guess it's time to look for some more.
SWMBO had never seen the wonderful work of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, so she agreed to watch Hot Fuzz. Bill Nighy does such a great job in such a small part in this film. It's also a film that I enjoy, but I think it loses a little bit of its momentum in the middle of the film, before it regains it's footing toward the conclusion. I like it, though it's not a favourite. None-the-less, SWMBO enjoyed it, so, taking a chance, I convinced her to watch another film with these two actors. Yes, it's the first one to bring them to the limelight and the eye of the public...
...Shaun of the Dead. To tell you the truth, I was quite surprised when she agreed to watch it. Horror, even comedy-horror, is not something that she's crazy about. I don't watch everything in these genres, but some if quite good, and this is one that is great. Personally, I think this is a far better film than Hot Fuzz, but that's just my opinion. She laughed. Yes, she did. And she said she enjoyed it. I won't try to get her to watch too many films like this, but if she enjoyed it, all the better. I never thought she'd watch a zombie movie of any kind!
Finally, an entertaining film starring a great female lead and an actor who has made his career playing the strong male comedic lead. This film is The Mummy.
This film can't even be classified as a horror film. It's straight a straight comedy-drama-romance, with the drama and romance to be so slight as to be almost non-existent. But it is funny, that's a fact. We always enjoy it, and it's first sequel. SWMBO hasn't seen the third film in the trio, but we'll be watching it soon. I'll be interested in her thoughts about it. I don't find it as enjoyable as the first two, but then there are few movie franchises that manage to keep the energy going.
That's it for this week, at least for so far this week. I think SWMBO's projects are going to be of the more focused type that will require time in her studio, so I'll likely be back watching on my own. Perhaps I should keep posting about what I've watched. Who knows?
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