You know, I've got to admit that every-so-often, it's nice to have a change of operating system.
Just very occasionally, I should add.
Which is why I thought I should tell you about the film I managed to catch, last, on the family desktop, that's running Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin.
Which is why I thought I should tell you about the film I managed to catch, last, on the family desktop, that's running Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin.
I wouldn't get too excited, though: it's going back home on Sunday!
At any rate ... ?
At any rate, let's get moving on, shall we ... ?
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And let me tell you that I had something of the night to myself.
But I did have the company of a certain Mr Charles Bronson.
Or, at least, the movie about him.
And BEFORE I confuse my overseas readers, I'm talking, here about the 2009 Nicholas Winding Refn directed movie, Bronson: all about Charles Bronson, the man described as Britain's most violent prisoner.
Bronson sees Tom Hardy - who I'd last seen in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - as the film's (real-world) central character, Micheal Peterson: a man who changes his name to that of the movie star to follow a career in bare-knuckle boxing.
Only to have this interrupted, when, after robbing a post-office of just over £26, being sentenced to 7 years in prison.
Ending up serving quite a bit longer, as a result of being - as he, himself puts it -
somebody nobody want's to f*ck with.
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Now ...
Am I going to tell you this is a good film ... ?
You BET I am.
While I can't tell you if Hardy's portrayal of Bronson is in any way true to life, I AM certain his performance as the main character is one of the most riveting thing I've seen on a DVD in years.
On top of that ... ?
On top of that, there's ALSO the fact that Refn's direction and framing of shots - as with the other film of his I've seen, Valhalla Rising - is absolutely amazing.
The combination of the two make Bronson a violent, but worthwhile watch.
Enjoy it, when you get it ... !
Bronson
★★★★
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