2012 went on for a bit too long and its ending disappointed me dreadfully but was spectacular, funny and had the appeal of some pretty respectable actors saying some of the most clanging lines and overearnest speeches you could ever hope to hear.... 6/10 (a full review here
2012 (2009/I) - IMDb user comments)
Wedding Crashers I didn't see from the very beginning but didn't feel I needed to. A one-note performance by the eternally dislikeable Vince Vaughn and another by Owen Wilson - whose charming nature I can get along with a whole lot easier than I can Vaughn's sarcasm. This is really basic, lowbrow, dull-minded stuff along the lines of Meet the Parents. I watched it mostly because of Rachel McAdams; she's wasted here. The best thing about it was her evil fiance, Bradley Cooper (more recently seen in The Hangover).... 5/10
Harry Brown is a new British crime/vigilante thriller starring Michael Caine. I went to watch it because of him, and because it had got a surprisingly high 8.1/10 rating on the IMDB. It isn't that good - the story is terribly hackneyed and feels like a hundred old TV dramas - but it does have some fairly tense moments and lurid thrills. Aside from the film's merits or failings, however, it's a shame Sir Michael seems to buy into the bullshit and it's ALWAYS a shame, in my opinion, to have a film endorsing vigilatism as wholeheartedly as this one does.... 6/10