This episode is just amazing. Every character has been cast perfectly and acted beautifully. Reactions of Doctor and Shakespeare are priceless in their exchanges. The best of the lot is Doctor's reaction at learning about the origin of the Sonnet 18. Had to watch the episode many times, enjoyed and laughed out loud every time. Dean Lennox Kelly totally nailed portrayal of the Bard, at least in the comic sense it is supposed to be, and Christina Cole has to be the most beautiful witch ever. I got into Doctor Who for the futuristic storyline, but the episodes I loved most were when Doctor goes to past and meets historical figures - The Unquiet Dead and Tooth and Claw to name a couple. Still going through only third series, so a better episode might yet to come.
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Punisher: War Zone
(2008)
A good action movie that does justice to The Punisher comic book
7 December 2008
Roger Egbert was spot on when he wrote - ""The Punisher: War Zone" is one of the best-made bad movies I've seen". Viewed independently, it is an ultimate men's movie and more fun to watch than all Steven Seagal movies put together. This movie does not hold back on anything like the wimpy Thomas Jane's Punisher, who was more of a schemer than a punisher. That movie had its own reason to be liked in that it was a brave move to bring an ultra-violent (Punisher has even used nuclear bomb to kill an otherwise unkillable villain), gory and very dark comic, which only had a cult following, to the mainstream cinema. While that movie did not feel like a comic book adaptation at all, the story being pretty ordinary and plot being too heavy, war zone is much closer to the source material. Corny situations had corny, and extremely violent solutions. Villains were perfectly cast and did feel like Punisher villains and got what they deserve from a Punisher. The accents were distracting in the beginning, but once you get used to them (which is pretty fast, since everyone uses a fake sounding and bad accent), you stop noticing it and focus on action, which is plenty. Ray Stevenson was a perfect cast and comes across the perfectly believable, imposing and intimidating killing machine as the Punisher. The much-maligned first scene actually set the tone for rest of the movie for me, when Punisher goes on a killing spree on the dining table, killing everyone on the table, men-women alike, in different, but extremely bloody way. That is Punisher for me. Perfect movie for fans of Punisher and violent action movie fans in general.
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