So, this is the start of a few movie synopsises/reviews I will be uploading to this site – spoilers are present, as a fully detailed account will be written of all the movies that I can get my mind around, and what I thought of each detail will then follow the explanation. Feel free to make requests for plot outlines of any of these:
Empire of the Sun (1987)
Henry V (1989)
Treasure Island (1990)
Newsies (1992)
Little Women (1994)
Pocahontas (1995)
The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
A Midsummer night’s Dream (1999)
American Psycho (2000)
Equilibrium (2002)
Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)
Batman Begins (2005)
The Prestige (2006)
Rescue Dawn (2007)
The Dark Knight (2008)
I will definitely be adding more to this list in the future, but these are just the ones I own, and I would need to have the movie easily accessible to drag out some quotes and run over things to double check details. I have an order which includes Anastasia: the Mystery of Anna (1986), A Murder of Quality (1991), Swing Kids (1993), Mary, Mother of Jesus (1999), Reign of Fire (2002), The New World (2005), 3:10 To Yuma (2007), and I’m Not There (2007) from Amazon (all of which I have previously watched), and will definitely be snaffling up Terminator: Salvation (2009) and Public Enemies (2009) when they come out on DVD in Australia!
My first upload will be my review for The Prstige, and any requests are welcome.
If/when I have uploaded all movie synopsis/reviews I am glad to do some for the novels which the movies were based on – as far as I am aware, only the movies I will list below have book counterparts (in no particular order) I have included authors, if I can remember them of the top of my head, in brackets (Starred books are ones I am comfortable at present to write synopsises/reviews of – ones I own – and exclamation marks signify that I have read them):
Heart of the Country – TV series – (Fay Weldon)
Metroland (Julian Barnes)
!*Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
!American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
!Captain Corelli’s Mandolin (Louis De Bernieres)
El Maquinista – the machinist – ( ?)
All the Little Animals ( ?)
!The Prestige (Christopher Priest)
!Terminator: Salvation (movie Novelisation) and a prequel: !From the Ashes
!*Little Women (Louisa May Alcott) + !*Good Wives, as parts of it were also used in the movie
!*Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
!*A Midsumer Night’s Dream (William Shakespeare)
!*Henry V (William Shakespeare)
!Public Enemies (?)
!A Murder of Quality (John Le Carre)
!Howl’s Moving Castle (Diana Wynne Jones)
!The Secret Agent (Joseph Conrad)
!*Mary, Mother of Jesus – Sections of The Bible
I also got the idea that Shaft and Laurel Canyon might have book counterparts? I would love to get information on more books. Thanks!
To conclude, I am happy to take requests in the comments section below on books or movies that synopsises/reviews would be appreciated for, my first movie synopsis/review will be on The Prstige, and if there is anything that you wanted me to include in that synopsis/review, please comment below – I will make it clear which movie/book I am working on a synopsis/review for in the comments section, so please check back every now and then if there was a question you wanted answered within the synopsis/review, or a particular angle you were hoping I would take to complete the synopsis/review. I should have the one on The Prestige up within an hour or two, but do not let that stop you asking things for me to include in it.
Au revoir!
From a Balehead (moi) to Baleheads everywhere
Empire of the Sun (1987)
Henry V (1989)
Treasure Island (1990)
Newsies (1992)
Little Women (1994)
Pocahontas (1995)
The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
A Midsummer night’s Dream (1999)
American Psycho (2000)
Equilibrium (2002)
Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)
Batman Begins (2005)
The Prestige (2006)
Rescue Dawn (2007)
The Dark Knight (2008)
I will definitely be adding more to this list in the future, but these are just the ones I own, and I would need to have the movie easily accessible to drag out some quotes and run over things to double check details. I have an order which includes Anastasia: the Mystery of Anna (1986), A Murder of Quality (1991), Swing Kids (1993), Mary, Mother of Jesus (1999), Reign of Fire (2002), The New World (2005), 3:10 To Yuma (2007), and I’m Not There (2007) from Amazon (all of which I have previously watched), and will definitely be snaffling up Terminator: Salvation (2009) and Public Enemies (2009) when they come out on DVD in Australia!
My first upload will be my review for The Prstige, and any requests are welcome.
If/when I have uploaded all movie synopsis/reviews I am glad to do some for the novels which the movies were based on – as far as I am aware, only the movies I will list below have book counterparts (in no particular order) I have included authors, if I can remember them of the top of my head, in brackets (Starred books are ones I am comfortable at present to write synopsises/reviews of – ones I own – and exclamation marks signify that I have read them):
Heart of the Country – TV series – (Fay Weldon)
Metroland (Julian Barnes)
!*Portrait of a Lady (Henry James)
!American Psycho (Bret Easton Ellis)
!Captain Corelli’s Mandolin (Louis De Bernieres)
El Maquinista – the machinist – ( ?)
All the Little Animals ( ?)
!The Prestige (Christopher Priest)
!Terminator: Salvation (movie Novelisation) and a prequel: !From the Ashes
!*Little Women (Louisa May Alcott) + !*Good Wives, as parts of it were also used in the movie
!*Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson)
!*A Midsumer Night’s Dream (William Shakespeare)
!*Henry V (William Shakespeare)
!Public Enemies (?)
!A Murder of Quality (John Le Carre)
!Howl’s Moving Castle (Diana Wynne Jones)
!The Secret Agent (Joseph Conrad)
!*Mary, Mother of Jesus – Sections of The Bible
I also got the idea that Shaft and Laurel Canyon might have book counterparts? I would love to get information on more books. Thanks!
To conclude, I am happy to take requests in the comments section below on books or movies that synopsises/reviews would be appreciated for, my first movie synopsis/review will be on The Prstige, and if there is anything that you wanted me to include in that synopsis/review, please comment below – I will make it clear which movie/book I am working on a synopsis/review for in the comments section, so please check back every now and then if there was a question you wanted answered within the synopsis/review, or a particular angle you were hoping I would take to complete the synopsis/review. I should have the one on The Prestige up within an hour or two, but do not let that stop you asking things for me to include in it.
Au revoir!
From a Balehead (moi) to Baleheads everywhere
