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The Holiday
The Holiday (2006)
1/10
Awful rubbish
4 June 2010
Technically I didn't see all this film because I switched it off. It's terrible. Surely the nadir of Cameron Diaz's acting, although Jude Law was painfully corny too. Overall the whole sequence in England made me wince. HOW TWEE was the footage in Surrey. I'm sure if any Americans visit Surrey they'll be disappointed that people don't all live in medieval cottages and do their shopping in villages that look a bit like York's Shambles crossed with some quaint Cotswold village. In the pre-Christmas snow of course...

I could go on but I've wasted enough time on this film. The only slight saving grace is a good showing from Eli Wallach.
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Driven
Driven (2001)
1/10
An insult to the sport I love
17 March 2010
Warning: Spoilers
I love motor racing and this was on TV so I thought I'd take a look. I don't know if it got a Razzie but it deserved one: even though it had racing cars, it was easily the worst film I've ever seen (and I've seen Under Siege).

Apart from the preposterous plot, what really got me was the race sequences. This is real 2- second attention span stuff, with a ridiculous number of highly-unrealistic crashes. I don't know which one was best: the car that went into the tyre barrier and, instead of being brought to a rapid halt, exploded as it burst through the other side of the tyre-wall; or the car that glanced the barriers, inexplicably went airborne, and then was shown in slow- motion... while all the other cars continued on the track at unabated speed- interesting twist on the laws of physics.

Most insulting was the total disregard of any characters' fates that were involved in these crashes. Ten cars in a massive crash, including some that get submerged in a lake: so what? Tyre lands amongst the spectators, ah well. I don't know what race marshalls would think about being portrayed taking 4 minutes getting to a crashed car, either.

Do yourself a favour and watch Le Mans, Grand Prix or Pixar's Cars instead. Or Days of Thunder: at least that knows it's having a bit of a laugh.
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Lisboa
Lisboa (1999)
Atmospheric character study
4 April 2006
I saw "Lisboa" on daytime television and initially had low expectations. However, I was pleasantly surprised, and the film's understated yet powerful ending is still very memorable to me 3 years after seeing the film.

"Lisboa" is billed as a thriller. However, it's not pacey but suspenseful. Along the way it's a character study, as we find out about a sinister marriage. The characters, in common with the general feel of the film, are minimal. One man, one woman.

As I said, I think the ending is superb and memorable, and something a bit different from the usual Hollywood fare.
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