Hamlet (1996)

The production values are excellent, and I really liked Branagh's performance. Unfortunately, the film is more often than not over the top when it should should have been more subtle, the large amount of cameos from A-list actors was more than a little distracting, some of Branagh's embellishments to the story were - to use a Britishism - daft, and I wasn't fond of how the ending was executed.

8/10*

Carnival of Souls (1962)

I can't really say that I love this movie, but do like it - really like it. Unfortunately, my viewing experience this time around was compromised by my dumbass father and sister, whose stupid, inane comments and noises put me into a foul mood.

9/10

*I've changed the way I rate movies. I've decided to abandon rating films based soley on how much I like them; now I'm going to take the overall technical quality of the films into account as well. So in other worlds, my final ten-star rating is actually two five-star ratings combined - one for how much I enjoyed the actual movie, the other for how well I feel the movie was made.