Saturday 12 January 2013

The Dark Knight Rises 2012

Background: Based on the DC comic character batman who fights crime incognito.

This movie kept me awake on a long haul flight between 2 continents!!

Theme: If you try hard enough and work hard enough you can overcome any odds especially if they created by the dark forces of evil. A rich man, Bruce Wayne, finds the meaning of true grit in a prison.

Where: On Qantas economy flight long haul from Sydney to JFK New York, New York.

Activity: Stretching exercises on plane: leg raises, static biceps curls, quad and hamstring stretches modified for air plane seat.

Audience: Two teenage boys on economy class with routine plane earphones.

Sound: Sony noise cancelling earphones.

Multitasking: Reading magazines in between scenes and stopping for a nap when tired.

Likes: The total annihilation of batman and how he came back from the brink of his being. The immoral but sexy catwoman who forsakes freedom and money to come back for batman. Love above money and survival.

Check it out athttp://www.thedarkknightrises.com/dvd/about.php#

Director: Christopher Nola who also produced and wrote the screen play( with his brother Jonathan Nolan)

Cast: Christian Bale as batman/Bruce Wayne; Anne Hathaway as Catwoman






The Amazing Spiderman 2012

Background: Remake with a twist of the spiderman series by Marvel Comics created by Stan Lee

Theme: Troubled nerdy Teen finds superpowers to deal with growing pains.

Where: QF 747 Economy from Sydney to New York.

Activity: In flight dinner during movie.

Audience: Two teenage boys in adjacent seats.

Sound: Sony noise cancelling head phones.

Multitasking: Eating dinner and watching movie and chatting to teenage boys.

Like: Growing up in New York as a nerd and romance in high school.

Favourite Character: Gwen Stacy's dad who tried so hard to protect her...

Check it outhttp://www.theamazingspiderman.com.au/site/

Actors: Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker; Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy and Dennis Leary as Captain Stacy.

Director: Marc Webb