What We Do in the Shadows

What We Do in the Shadows is a brilliant mockumentary about vampire who share a house in New Zealand.  It’s hard to choose a favourite among the flatmates of – the sexy Vladislav, the mum of the group Viago, bad boy Deacon or the ‘I just want more friends’ Peter.  The vampires make an unlikely human friend ‘Stu’ who they agree not to eat.

I could go on but I think it’s important for comedies not to give too much away, the most important thing is to watch it. Stay around for the closing credits – there are some funny moments.

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) - review

Well I was one the first people to see The Hobbit and I have to say I was underwhelmed by it. There were some really good scenes with the dragon but I felt it was moving slowly, of course we all know The Hobbit could've been done in one three hour movie.

There was no real story arc for the second movie, I guess after Lord of the Rings one would expect to have a complete story arc for each of The Hobbit movies. Making movies with 3D viewing in mind also complicates the story - scenes you know were only placed in the movie for the 3D effect with little relevance to plot - although this is a criticism of all movies that have a 3D equivalent.

Hopefully the third instalment won't suffer from further degradation (remember the Godfather 3 - it was just the wrong feel for the franchise).

In the end you know you are going to see it because of the dragon and because it is The Hobbit - the scenic views are inspiring but I did not feel the 3D version was worth it, I am tempted to go to IMAX to see how it fairs there.