The Fellowship of the Disks

This is the first of what I hope will be a summer of reviews. I highly doubt this but I’m going to say it anyway. First on the agenda is Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, this may seem like an odd choicebut it just happens to be the last the film I watched. I had been meaning toget hold of the blu-ray trilogy for a while, and I managed to, just this week. After deciding I wanted to skip the first film because it takes so long for anythingto actually happen, by which I mean awesome battle scenes, I went with the Two Towers instead.

If you don’t know what the Two Towers is about then leave this page and head immediately to www.cave-dweller.com,you will find your own kin there. Obviously you want to know if blu-ray makes adifference, well of course it does. Does it make that much of a difference? No it does not. It is in my opinion that pre-Avatar CGI (and some post), is just…crap.Looking at Golem in HD, is like a close up of an old man’s prostate, it is justreally depressing, kind of intriguing, and then you start to feel your humanityslipping away. Do this for close to 4 hours and suicide by Dorito becomes a strangelyattractive option. The length of this film however, is not actually an issue. Itis certainly long and bum-numbing but a lot happens in that time, sure thereare a variety of stupid scenes where someone has a dream with absolutely nomeaning, perhaps we have to see Frodo walking around really depressed for toolong. But you probably already know that.

The best bit of this film is the second half, here we havethe lead up to the big battle at what reminds me of 

something I onceconstructed at nursery school, we have the stirring arrival of the cavalry justwhen all seems lost, and best of all we have that light humour that’s introducedbetween Orlando Bloom and the little ginger thing. It is here that you realisethat the quality of the picture becomes secondary, and I say that as a picture qualitysnob, the definition only goes to compliment what is the a great half a film. 

So what im really trying to say is, buy the LoR blu-ray trilogy.

A New Day Has Dawned

I speak to you now from the year of 2012, cars do not hover, I do not have GERTY running my life, and in general things are not quite as advanced as I imagined as they would be when I dreamt of 2012 as a child. The much profasised year in history has a lot to live up to, but you know what? I think it can do it. This year is gearing up to be one of the greatest years for film, in generations! It is our aim, here at The Popcorn Lounge to keep you clued in and up to date on all the developments. I say this now and by next month i'll have forgotten this place exhists, but lets just hope that doesnt happen! Until then, stay hungry!

Please Take Your Seats

This is the first official post of The Popcorn Lounge, a blog dedicated to film, TV and entertainment of different varieties, pretty much anything you can do while eating popcorn.
I'm not sure how long it will take to setup the blog, but hopefully not long. As for posting, I'm sure that will take a little longer, but I am determined to master the film review.
Until then,
May the force be with you!!