Chicken People

This documentary was crazy.

I don't really want to spoil it for me people, but all I'll say is, if you liked Best In Show, this might be the documentary for you.

Eggselent. 8/10

Spider-Man: Homecoming

What the hell was I thinking?

I don't know. I think I had a hangover. I wanted to watch something that wasn't very challenging. I dunno. Forgive me.

The thing is, I've always had a soft spot for Spiderman. I don't like all of these superhero films coming out these days, and to be honest I feel pretty sick of them in general. But Spiderman reminds me of my youth when I used to watch the old cartoons.

But this film was just so self referential. I didn't know what the hell was going on! What the hell was Ironman doing there? I suppose because I don't watch these films, I'm not in on the stupid world that's been created surrounding all of these films.

But they might've thought of the idle watcher coming to this for the first time. I didn't get any of the stupid jokes that I think everyone who'd seen every Marvel film under the sun would get. Because of this, I can't really say I enjoyed it that much.

My spider senses weren't tingling. Sorry. 5/10

Your Name

I'd heard all the hype about this anime all the way from Japan to England, but thought I'd give it a go.

Well, it was spectacular. I don't just mean in terms of storyline and characters (these were OK, but not what made this film so amazing to me). What made the film so incredible to me was how realistically it depicted Tokyo.

I'm writing a book set in Tokyo right now (I've been working on it for about 2 years now), and I have to say that this was one of the greatest depictions of the city I've ever seen in an anime film. So realistic, and so true to life there.

I loved the countryside setting as well, and it all just made me so excited for a trip to Japan I'll be making in March of 2018. Can't wait now.

The premise for this story was pretty standard, and something we've seen before – body switching, the town mouse and the city mouse, gender swapping etc.

But it did it very well, and I can really say I enjoyed this. 8/10

When Harry Met Sally (Re-watch)

OK. OK. OK.

I've been really slack over the past month. I've added films to my blog, and I've just let them sit there without any thoughts or comments on them. I'm going to try to be better about this.

I've also recently got into the habit of putting on old films I've seen before and just re-watching things I already like. Perhaps in the coming year I can get a bit more adventurous and try to watch new films rather than just re-watching old ones.

All this being said, this film doesn't need much comment. It's a sappy hate/friendship/love story that does what it does very well. The film works because we get two very interesting characters who work very well with each other – we want them to get together, we root for them to get together, and they do at the end. And that's how you do a love story.

Guilty pleasure. 8/10