Get back home from Bangkok after having a fine little trip (Oct 25 to Oct 31) for my nephew's medical check ups. Watched this movies in the theaters on mostly late night shows...
Silent Hill: Revelation 3D (2012)
Not too bad but surely quite a disappointing follow-up of the first film.
>>: C
Looper (2012)
A fine sci-fi time traveling thriller but didn't get why the hell they did that awful & unnecessary eye-make-ups for Joseph Gordon-Levitt?
>>: B-
Sinister (2012)
The idea & the creep factors were promising with a few well developed characters & some fine family drama elements. But I was more interested to see more of that supernatural demonic evil entity "Bughuul" than the ghosts of those lost/possessed children with silly make-ups. It could worked better if Baghuul got more screen presence & some direct business behind those fantastic family murders. Expecting to see Ethan Hawke doing more Horror movies in future.
>>: B-
Taken 2 (2012)
More or less same like the 1st part but they should have add more fight scenes than shoot outs & car chase sequences.
>>: C+
Paranormal Activity 4 (2012)
The "best" & creepy part of watching this movie in the theater at around 10:30 PM was the number of audience in the theater was only 2 including me! And I guess both of us were very doubtful of each others intention (other than watching the movie) of being in the theater at that time. But after first 20 odd minutes some scream-queen like ladies filled some empty seats & I get my attention back to the movie.
An almost pointless sequel with pretty low & average scares.
>>: C-
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
**SPOILER ALERT**
Luckily got the chance to catch it on IMAX-Siam Paragon, Bangkok. Overall, bit disappointed as I expected a lot from this concluding part of Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy (particularly after hearing/reading lots of good stuffs about it). Found it bit messy at times as there was a clear rush to show & put so many things that could be managed better in form of a mini series I guess. So certainly, not comes near to THE DARK KNIGHT (2008) in terms of a compact & beautifully designed plot structure, character development & even action sequence. Still it was entertaining though. Mostly liked its finale & 'The ROBIN Begins' elements of this final installment. Before rebooting the whole franchise with a different director(s), I think WB & DC can at least offer Mr. Nolan to produce a spin-off movie about the Boy Wonder, staring J Gordon-Levitt.
>>: B+