David's note: Peter "the Australian" is a good friend of mine. He enjoys movies and has many solid opinions. Here's an email he just wrote on a number of the films we've reviewed. He gave me permission to post his thoughts. Just for the record, Pete's a great guy but he speaks a very strange form of English, which may be the result of residing near kangaroos.
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Agree on The Walking Dead.
Thought The iron Lady was fabulous. She deserved the Oscar.
Loved Game Change.
Thought Drive Angry was just a cheap action flick to help pay Nicolas Cage's bad debts.
Actually a recent flick (released on DVD) that was underrated was called The Devils Double. Story of Uday Saddam's double. Directed by Lee Tamahori (NZ Director) who also made Once Were Warriors (great movie) and a couple of other OK films. Look him up.
Don't forget Zulu and Waterloo.
John Carter was OK if you like Sci-Fi (I do) as was War Horse (a classic movie that sort of reminded me of the old John Wayne flick The Quiet Man).
Did you critique Drive? ... Saw it again last night. Better second time around. Also saw Dragon Tattoo. Really liked it.
Thanks for your contributing, Pete. However, it's bvious you don't know that we get paid by the word! haha No, seriously, I like that succinct weigh-in on each of these. Keep it coming.
ReplyDeleteI second that, Valerie! Pete, you are a film reviewer at heart, I can sense it! Next time, please write a whole review if you wish of one film and we'll post it! Meanwhile, keep the short comments a-comin'! PS: Just teasing about your English...ours must sound strange to you.
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