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I have some spare time on Monday so I thought I’d treat myself and go and see a movie or two, but which to choose?

Forgetting Sarah Marshall is just out; the trailer looks good, but I’m not sure if it will maintain my interest all the way through. Website rottentomatoes.com scores it 85%, but it only scored The Bucket List at 41%; however, I really enjoy the marvelous performances from both Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman and the way the script guided us through their fun last few months to the inevitable ending, although we didn’t know who would die first or how they’d choose to end the movie – great film making in my eyes.

Bank Job scores almost 80% and features the excellent Jason Statham. British gangster and bank job movies are often done very well so this has to go high up my list.

Vantage Point sounds an interesting script from eight different points of view and a president shot who wasn’t the president. A score of 36% tells me that I might be disappointed, but the way the genre has been played around with shows great interest for a writer to look over.

With a score of just 6%, 88 minutes sounds like I should give it a miss, but a friend who’s opinion I respect has just told me that he’s watched it and thought it a great concept and maintained attention all the way through the film.

Anything Jodie Foster is in is sure to be very good and occasionally goes into the ‘amazing’ zone. Nims Island is a kid’s movie which is also for adults. I’ll take my daughter to see this one. The trailer tells me I know I’ve love the film. Anything with Jodie Foster or Jack Nicholson deserves respect for two of the world’s greatest ever actors. Michael Caine is also in that elite group, but his Flawless (63%) film isn’t out yet at my local screens.

I read the book that 21 is based on. It scores 31% so it might suggest that the book is better than the movie, but I will still see it. The difficulty with reading the book first is that you’ve then made the movie in your head and anything the director then presents you with is going to be different. Good different or just plain indifferent is yet to be decided.

The brilliant Juno (93%) is still showing so I might watch that piece of brilliance again. The script deserved the Oscar award; it was excellent throughout. I must get a copy of the script just for pure reading pleasure.

I enjoyed the trailer for Fool’s Gold (10%) but everyone tells me to avoid it. What a shame because the trailer made it look so much fun. Maybe it’s one of those films that is fun to watch, but you don’t need to turn your brain on too often. That doesn’t make it any less enjoyable.

So, Vantage point has it for my Monday and if I can manage to get two films in one evening it’ll be Bank Job for spot two. Next week it must be Nims Island with said daughter.

It just goes to show you that some brilliant trailers can be made from poor films and average trailers can lead to great films. We’re all critics; I don’t need someone else to tell me what I’ll like or have an aversion to.

I also can’t help but see how the film was made; ask myself if the script is up to it and are the 3 acts, the 15 beats, the 22 point structure and the latest plots holes complete?

It’s all research mixed in with enjoyment, really.

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