First up was Win Win (7.5 / 10), a delight of a movie starring Paul Giamatti from Sideways and Amy Ryan from The Wire, together with debutante Alex Shaffer who stole the show as the runaway slacker teen.
Next was Pirates Of The Caribbean : On Stranger Tides (7 out of 10), which boasted good 3D effects and lively action. I hadn't seen the 2nd or 3rd PotC films, but it didn't appear to matter.
The third offering was Julia's Eyes (Los Ojos De Julia) (5 out of 10), which had its moments of thriller intensity but often begged the question what made it special enough to reach Irish screen shores.
Finally came a pitiful piece of trash Attack The Block (1 out of 10) which unashamedly glorifies teenage knife crime and is putrid nonsense unless you're in the 9-13 male category, at which it's clearly aimed.
As I emerged from the cinema and caught a LUAS home, hordes were returning from going to see Barack Obama, who was in town today. His speech realy captured the imagination of the nation, judging by the swell of favourable comments on Facebook, and anything that swells the confidence of the nation a little bit has to be a good thing.
A Win Win situation if you go to see this
Contentment : 15 / 25
Excitement : 2 / 10
Memorability : 3.5 / 15
Overall Score : 41% (49th out of 143)
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