I attended the World Premiere of this film in Leicester Square and I was pleasantly surprised. It full of comedy moments and smart nods to serious spy films.
There is also a lot of action...and its violent...very violent!
Tonight, we watched the movie “42″ which is a biopic on Jackie Robinson, the first black player to play in the Major Leagues at Baseball.
He was signed for the Dodgers (then the Brooklyn Dodgers well before they moved to LA) at a time when racial prejudice was still strong in America and across the world. The film follows his career and life, right through to his first season in Major League Baseball.
It’s a cracking story, and although I only know snippets of the real-life story from listening to Dodgers commentator Vin Scully, I really enjoyed the film and the story it was portraying. It’s quite hard to imagine that kind of world, having not ever been witness to it. A world in which opposing team managers were openly standing in the dugout shouting “Nigger” at Robinson as he attempted to bat. We’ve come a long way people…a very long way!
Harrison Ford is the big name in the film, taking part of Branch Rickey, the General Manager of the Dodgers who gave Robinson his big chance and ultimately changed the game completely.
Having recently taken up support of the LA Dodgers, it was a story I was interested in, allowing me a little bit of an insight into their history. When you look at the game today and see all the different cultures, it’s hard to imagine the game this way just 60 years ago.
Great film, great telling of an inspirational story and a film I would definitely recommend to Baseball fans and non-fans alike.
A girl walks across a road. She’s wearing her Father’s Belt and her Mother’s blouse…she’s looking out into a field…and this pretty much sets the tone for the entire film.
Stoker is very much a slow burner, but an intriguing and engaging film all the same. We follow India Stoker, an introverted soul, mourning the loss of her father, living with her mother in a large house. It’s not until her Uncle turns up, to throw the family into a subtle disarray, that we start to see their family life unfolding.
Charles Stoker is besotted with India, taking a very keen interest in her in a way which constantly feels awkward and a little bit wrong, whilst forging a friendship with his Brother’s widow.
But it’s India’s character arc which is the main focus, and what a journey she goes on. I cannot say too much about her character without giving too much away about where the film goes, you’ll just have to watch it for yourself.
Director Chan-wook Park delivers a visual spectacle, with long sweeping camera shots, swift angle changes and a very typically clear colour palate to bring everything together. India is surrounded by blacks & whites and greys whilst her Mother is very much enveloped in a mustard and light orange glow, which fits in well with Nicole Kidman’s hair colour.
The script is also well written, and Prison Break’s Wentworth Miller clearly knows his craft well, bringing a very slick text to these characters.
Stoker is not a drift-in, drift-out movie, it’s a “watch and see what happens” type, driven by great cinematography and dialogue. Matthew Goode’s Charlie is sinister even when he’s being nice, and Mia Wasikowska’s downplayed part comes across well.
Chan-wook Park brought us one of the greatest Korean films ever in “Oldboy” and he definitely delivers in this, his first ever English Spoken film.
Prior to running Manchester’s 2.8 Hours Later Zombie Run Game yesterday (Saturday – Click here to read about it) we decided to get into the Zombie mood by going to see the brand new World War Z.
Now…here’s my first question…is it World War “Zee” or “Zed”? Being English, we should really say “Zed” but I just cannot bring myself to say it…it’s clearly a play upon World War 3…so for me, it will stay that way.
And to the film…its the age-old Zombie tale. Someone somewhere has been infected, but that has led to the entire world being plunged into a Zombie Apocalypse. The fast-running brain-eating nutters are killing and breeding at a massive pace. Brad Pitt plays the lead, taking himself on a one-man mission to figure out what the hell is going on. His journey takes him to the middle east where he learns the virus started. There is a massive invasion there which is pretty impressive, and CG at it’s finest.
But the whole entire film just lacks something…or maybe it’s a case of having too much of something. My problem with this film is that the budget is just too massively big. Zombies work better when the production is scaled down. The film is just too big.
Also, the action seems to leap around too much. One minute we’re in one place, the next, Pitt’s somewhere overseas. Surely if something as massively mental as a full-world Apocalypse hits, then we wouldn’t have commercial air flights taking place…which also lends itself to one of the silliest scenes in the film. Forget your Snakes On A Plane…this is Zombies on a plane…which again is an insane concept…as during the film it’s stated that it only takes 8 seconds to become infected…so how did someone who was infected manage to get through check-in, board a plane, wait for it to taxi and take-off before turning and causing carnage?
“That’s it! I have had it with these motherfucking Zombies on this Montherfucking plane!” Ah, Samuel L Jackson would have been awesomely placed in this.
Overall, the film offered so much in terms of hype, but it falls well short in a Genre dominated by lower-budget, smaller-based action.
Give me Shaun Of The Dead, Zombieland, Dawn Of The Dead, Day Of The Dead etc etc any day over this…
The legend of the caped Kryptonian has long been in my memory. As a child, I loved to watch Christopher Reeve as Clark Kent, battling Lex Luthor and his devious plans, or Terrance Stamp’s General Zod, or himself as an evil Superman, hell, even that Nuclear Power bloke in the fourth one…and as I grew up, so did the character development. We had Dean Cain’s incarnation brought to us on a Saturday evening in the Lois & Clark Adventures and who can forget my personal favourite, the Smallville TV series where a young Clark Kent is seen to grow into his powers with the ultimate goal of becoming Superman.
Superman as a character is iconic, from the red cape to the old fashioned underpants over tights look. The “S-chested” superhero has always been a vision of good and hope (that’s what that “S” symbol stands for on Krypton folks).
But Man Of Steel brings forth a new element to the myth and legacy…what would us Earthlings do if Superman actually existed? The answer would be simple. We’d wanna run some tests, blow the fucker up or report him to the Immigration Board to get him shipped back to where he came from, and that’s where Director Zack Snyder and writers David S. Goyer and Christopher Nolan take us.
In essence, this film portrays a “real” earth, where man’s instincts would be to launch missiles at anything not human and go all “Independence Day” on the alien scum.
Henry Cavill as Clark Kent/Kal-El/Superman smoulders on screen with a look very akin to that of Smallville’s Tom Welling. We see his inner workings, his heart and his soul bared for all to see when the world just cannot accept him as our saviour and friend, when all he longs to do is fulfil his four Parents’ dreams of becoming a beacon of light and hope for all.
Cavill nails the role with ease. And it’s a much better take on the Son of Krypton than Brandon Routh pulled off in Superman Returns previously. Cavill clearly studied the look and determination in the performances of Reeve and Welling and grows beyond them.
Amy Adams as Lois Lane is another spot on piece of casting. Always looking for the right story in the wrong place at the right/wrong time and getting embroiled in something she shouldn’t. Lane isn’t a particularly hard part to pick up on, but Adams is there or thereabouts.
Then we have the determinedly evil General Zod, played by Michael Shannon who does his damnedest to evil-grin and gurn his way through a role which was always played a little more subtle by Stamp in Superman 2. Shannon’s Zod is thoroughly pissed off, having wanted to rebuild Krypton in his own vision and rule all, but after being thwarted by Jor-El, turns up the anger gauge to 11 and really goes to town.
And speaking of Jor-El, we have Russell Crowe in the role made famous by Marlon Brando in the original movie. Jor-El’s role is a simple one. Dispatch Superman to earth and guide him through a series of ghostly guides to make him aware of who he is and what he is capable of. Crowe plays the part well and we see much more of him than we ever did with Brando, and the opening 15 minutes of the film is squarely set on Krypton with Jor-El as the lead, trying to save his race for good.
The whole film is put together amazingly. It has really brought the character and the whole world of Superman back into a “cool” way of thinking. Gone are the cartoon/like setups and cheap laughs, this is serious and in some instances gritty. The fight scenes are some of the most amazing SFX I’ve ever witnessed and everything is simply stunning.
Oh, and see if you can spot a link to Lex Luthor in there somewhere
Speaking of which…Lex Luthor is long though to be Superman’s arch enemy…but personally, I don’t think Luthor is that great a character as a standalone baddie. He’s not super-powered, he’s nothing that special, so if we do get to see a Man Of Steel 2, would I like to see Lex Luthor in it? Yes. Would I like to see someone else as the main bad guy…? Definitely.
Fargo has long been one of those film I have wanted to watch but never really had the chance to get around to. But I woke up early this morning and it was on Netflix so I decided to give it a whirl.
Fargo tells the story of Jerry Lundegaard, played by William H Macy, who wants to swindle his own wife and father-in-law out of $1m by staging a Kidnapping. Unfortunately he hires inept kidnapping duo Carl (Steve Buscemi) and Gaear (Peter Stormare) to carry out the job and their bungling ways send everything the wrong way. Frances McDormand is the pregnant Officer Marge Gunderson who becomes dedicated to tracking down the crime from start to finish.
The Coen Brothers have really out together a unique film here. It’s brilliance comes from the dark comedy seeping through William H Macy’s slimy car-salesman turned crook performance, and deep into Steve Buscemi’s script-powered delivery. Stormare’s crook downplays his part and is understated, whilst the greed and psychotic ways bubble away inside him, blowing up now and then with bloody results.
McDormand is great as the sleepy-town officer investigating everything, albeit two steps behind, and her slow-ways fits in with the whole feel of the film. There may be murders going on, but there’s always time to discuss the weather, or postage stamps, and it’s down the the great writing of Ethan & Joel that this works.
Dialogue-heavy but executed to perfection, Fargo is currently listed at #129 in IMDb’s top films, and I am glad I have finally watched it.
When an average business trip for a couple of techie-geeks goes seriously tits up and an electrically-charged Alien being wipes out almost every person in Moscow, you know it just ain't your day.
The Darkest Hour (which strangely covers a period of about 48 hours) just feels like an amateur production from the outset.
The post-apocalyptic storyline just isn't engaging, characters are about as deep as a puddle and minor characters are pointlessly put into the story for minimal reason.
There's a couple of sparks of clever, such as our heroes carrying bulbs with them everywhere they go to alert them in a kind of Gas Budgie In A Cage move, but there's just no real terror that builds as the evil force continues to track and chase the main characters.
The problem is, everything just feels as though it was written by a first-timer and scenes where we meet a mad Russian Electrician in a cage or a band of mercenaries just add to the silliness of the entire thing.
I wouldn't be recommending anyone to watch this unless there was literally nothing else on.
I love films which successfully play around with the genre they are in.
Shaun Of The Dead works brilliantly and Britishly, Zombieland went for a lot of fun and humour whilst keeping the craziness intact, and now there’s Warm Bodies, a film I would describe to anyone as Zombieland with heart.
R is a Zombie.
He doesn’t know why he is or who he is, but he wanders aimlessly without a care in the world. Until he meets Julie, a non-infected girl whom he falls for after eating her boyfriends brains (as you do)
After saving Julie’s life, R takes it upon himself to protect Julie and their relationship blossoms.
Can they cure the Zombie in the population before it gets out of hand or will the brain eaters take over?
The film breaks down a wall between people by telling the story from the Zombie’s point of view. Especially as he tried to woo his girl but is restricted by his Flesh eating ways.
It’s a Romeo & Juliet type story which is very impressive and definitely one I would recommend and would definitely watch again myself
Guillermo Del Toro produces another horror straight from the “lets get some freaky kids” school of scares.
The film revolves around a husband who, suicidally kidnaps his own kids and is about to kill them before meeting a grisly end himself. The girls are then left for five years to fend for themselves with only “Mama” as company, an unknown being who seems to float and come out of black slime on the walls.
And that’s about as scary as the films gets.
Yes, it’s a bit freaky, especially when the two girls are running around the house like spiders and bending into awkward shapes.
But the “Mama” character, a being that should instil fear into your very bones…just isn’t scary.
The tension is most definitely built up but every moment that could be seen as “jumpy” is totally telegraphed to the viewer so at the last second it’s like “oh, here it is” and there it is.
I can certainly see what the film was aiming for, and in that sense it’s actually not that bad a story, but I just think its executed in a bad way.
Everyone knows the story of Hansel & Gretel who saved their own skins by tipping a witch into a fire after being lured to her gingerbread house. But what happened after? Well Hansel & Gretel Witch Hunters has it all in the title.
When the one witch in the Gingerbread house was only the start of a huge Witch Epidemic which broke out across the world, Hansel (Jeremy Renner) & Gretel (Gemma Arterton), after getting a taste for witch blood, take it upon themselves to rid the world of the warty-evils an banish witches to the netherworld for ever. The best way of doing so is the obligatory burning of said witch until she resembles a Well Done Steak!
But evil witch Muriel has other plans and aims to put an end to witch cruelty for good by finding a way to make themselves fireproof. Naturally this evil plan gets in the way of H&G’s plans to slaughter them all, so tensions rise faster than steam from a bubbling cauldron.
I was very impressed with the casting in this film. Gemma Arterton really nailed the tough, witch-ass-kicking side to her character whilst Renner does have a few good one-liners.
It’s all very cheesy but there’s a fair amount of blood and gore to contend with and surprisingly plenty of swearing, which kinda comes as a shock use to it being based on a kids’ fairy tale.
Thoroughly enjoyable though an Janssen’s evilness comes across well.
My review of this film over on my Blog - Blog update - Film Review : Pitch Perfect - http://fameasserlufc.wordpress.com/2013/01/26/film-review-pitch-perfect/
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Movie comment on Tammy
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About as funny as taking a walk on a bed of nails......if you had no legs and you could only use your scrotum to shuffle across said bed of nailsMovie comment on Kingsman: The Secret Service
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I attended the World Premiere of this film in Leicester Square and I was pleasantly surprised. It full of comedy moments and smart nods to serious spy films.There is also a lot of action...and its violent...very violent!
I absolutely loved it. Go see it
Movie comment on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
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Hmmmm....more Intrigued by Megan Fox's single face acting than anything else.Here's my review : https://fameasserlufc.wordpress.com/2014/10/09/film-a-review-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-and-the-many-faces-of-megan-fox/
Movie comment on Let's Be Cops
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The funniest comedy in years!Quality buddy comedy film. I was worried all the funny bits were in the trailer but oh god no!
It took all the best bits of 21 Jump Street and magnified them and continued them through the entire film.
I would highly recommend this to anyone!
Movie comment on 42
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My review from my Blog at : http://fameasserlufc.wordpress.com/2013/07/24/page-205365-film-review-42/Tonight, we watched the movie “42″ which is a biopic on Jackie Robinson, the first black player to play in the Major Leagues at Baseball.
He was signed for the Dodgers (then the Brooklyn Dodgers well before they moved to LA) at a time when racial prejudice was still strong in America and across the world. The film follows his career and life, right through to his first season in Major League Baseball.
It’s a cracking story, and although I only know snippets of the real-life story from listening to Dodgers commentator Vin Scully, I really enjoyed the film and the story it was portraying. It’s quite hard to imagine that kind of world, having not ever been witness to it. A world in which opposing team managers were openly standing in the dugout shouting “Nigger” at Robinson as he attempted to bat. We’ve come a long way people…a very long way!
Harrison Ford is the big name in the film, taking part of Branch Rickey, the General Manager of the Dodgers who gave Robinson his big chance and ultimately changed the game completely.
Having recently taken up support of the LA Dodgers, it was a story I was interested in, allowing me a little bit of an insight into their history. When you look at the game today and see all the different cultures, it’s hard to imagine the game this way just 60 years ago.
Great film, great telling of an inspirational story and a film I would definitely recommend to Baseball fans and non-fans alike.
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My review from - My Blog - Click hereWatched Film #1,222 from icheckmovies.com
A girl walks across a road. She’s wearing her Father’s Belt and her Mother’s blouse…she’s looking out into a field…and this pretty much sets the tone for the entire film.
Stoker is very much a slow burner, but an intriguing and engaging film all the same. We follow India Stoker, an introverted soul, mourning the loss of her father, living with her mother in a large house. It’s not until her Uncle turns up, to throw the family into a subtle disarray, that we start to see their family life unfolding.
Charles Stoker is besotted with India, taking a very keen interest in her in a way which constantly feels awkward and a little bit wrong, whilst forging a friendship with his Brother’s widow.
But it’s India’s character arc which is the main focus, and what a journey she goes on. I cannot say too much about her character without giving too much away about where the film goes, you’ll just have to watch it for yourself.
Director Chan-wook Park delivers a visual spectacle, with long sweeping camera shots, swift angle changes and a very typically clear colour palate to bring everything together. India is surrounded by blacks & whites and greys whilst her Mother is very much enveloped in a mustard and light orange glow, which fits in well with Nicole Kidman’s hair colour.
The script is also well written, and Prison Break’s Wentworth Miller clearly knows his craft well, bringing a very slick text to these characters.
Stoker is not a drift-in, drift-out movie, it’s a “watch and see what happens” type, driven by great cinematography and dialogue. Matthew Goode’s Charlie is sinister even when he’s being nice, and Mia Wasikowska’s downplayed part comes across well.
Chan-wook Park brought us one of the greatest Korean films ever in “Oldboy” and he definitely delivers in this, his first ever English Spoken film.
Enjoy!
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Prior to running Manchester’s 2.8 Hours Later Zombie Run Game yesterday (Saturday – Click here to read about it) we decided to get into the Zombie mood by going to see the brand new World War Z.
Now…here’s my first question…is it World War “Zee” or “Zed”? Being English, we should really say “Zed” but I just cannot bring myself to say it…it’s clearly a play upon World War 3…so for me, it will stay that way.
And to the film…its the age-old Zombie tale. Someone somewhere has been infected, but that has led to the entire world being plunged into a Zombie Apocalypse. The fast-running brain-eating nutters are killing and breeding at a massive pace. Brad Pitt plays the lead, taking himself on a one-man mission to figure out what the hell is going on. His journey takes him to the middle east where he learns the virus started. There is a massive invasion there which is pretty impressive, and CG at it’s finest.
But the whole entire film just lacks something…or maybe it’s a case of having too much of something. My problem with this film is that the budget is just too massively big. Zombies work better when the production is scaled down. The film is just too big.
Also, the action seems to leap around too much. One minute we’re in one place, the next, Pitt’s somewhere overseas. Surely if something as massively mental as a full-world Apocalypse hits, then we wouldn’t have commercial air flights taking place…which also lends itself to one of the silliest scenes in the film. Forget your Snakes On A Plane…this is Zombies on a plane…which again is an insane concept…as during the film it’s stated that it only takes 8 seconds to become infected…so how did someone who was infected manage to get through check-in, board a plane, wait for it to taxi and take-off before turning and causing carnage?
“That’s it! I have had it with these motherfucking Zombies on this Montherfucking plane!” Ah, Samuel L Jackson would have been awesomely placed in this.
Overall, the film offered so much in terms of hype, but it falls well short in a Genre dominated by lower-budget, smaller-based action.
Give me Shaun Of The Dead, Zombieland, Dawn Of The Dead, Day Of The Dead etc etc any day over this…
Movie comment on Man of Steel
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From my Blog at http://www.fameasserlufc.wordpress.comThe legend of the caped Kryptonian has long been in my memory. As a child, I loved to watch Christopher Reeve as Clark Kent, battling Lex Luthor and his devious plans, or Terrance Stamp’s General Zod, or himself as an evil Superman, hell, even that Nuclear Power bloke in the fourth one…and as I grew up, so did the character development. We had Dean Cain’s incarnation brought to us on a Saturday evening in the Lois & Clark Adventures and who can forget my personal favourite, the Smallville TV series where a young Clark Kent is seen to grow into his powers with the ultimate goal of becoming Superman.
Superman as a character is iconic, from the red cape to the old fashioned underpants over tights look. The “S-chested” superhero has always been a vision of good and hope (that’s what that “S” symbol stands for on Krypton folks).
But Man Of Steel brings forth a new element to the myth and legacy…what would us Earthlings do if Superman actually existed? The answer would be simple. We’d wanna run some tests, blow the fucker up or report him to the Immigration Board to get him shipped back to where he came from, and that’s where Director Zack Snyder and writers David S. Goyer and Christopher Nolan take us.
In essence, this film portrays a “real” earth, where man’s instincts would be to launch missiles at anything not human and go all “Independence Day” on the alien scum.
Henry Cavill as Clark Kent/Kal-El/Superman smoulders on screen with a look very akin to that of Smallville’s Tom Welling. We see his inner workings, his heart and his soul bared for all to see when the world just cannot accept him as our saviour and friend, when all he longs to do is fulfil his four Parents’ dreams of becoming a beacon of light and hope for all.
Cavill nails the role with ease. And it’s a much better take on the Son of Krypton than Brandon Routh pulled off in Superman Returns previously. Cavill clearly studied the look and determination in the performances of Reeve and Welling and grows beyond them.
Amy Adams as Lois Lane is another spot on piece of casting. Always looking for the right story in the wrong place at the right/wrong time and getting embroiled in something she shouldn’t. Lane isn’t a particularly hard part to pick up on, but Adams is there or thereabouts.
Then we have the determinedly evil General Zod, played by Michael Shannon who does his damnedest to evil-grin and gurn his way through a role which was always played a little more subtle by Stamp in Superman 2. Shannon’s Zod is thoroughly pissed off, having wanted to rebuild Krypton in his own vision and rule all, but after being thwarted by Jor-El, turns up the anger gauge to 11 and really goes to town.
And speaking of Jor-El, we have Russell Crowe in the role made famous by Marlon Brando in the original movie. Jor-El’s role is a simple one. Dispatch Superman to earth and guide him through a series of ghostly guides to make him aware of who he is and what he is capable of. Crowe plays the part well and we see much more of him than we ever did with Brando, and the opening 15 minutes of the film is squarely set on Krypton with Jor-El as the lead, trying to save his race for good.
The whole film is put together amazingly. It has really brought the character and the whole world of Superman back into a “cool” way of thinking. Gone are the cartoon/like setups and cheap laughs, this is serious and in some instances gritty. The fight scenes are some of the most amazing SFX I’ve ever witnessed and everything is simply stunning.
Oh, and see if you can spot a link to Lex Luthor in there somewhere
Speaking of which…Lex Luthor is long though to be Superman’s arch enemy…but personally, I don’t think Luthor is that great a character as a standalone baddie. He’s not super-powered, he’s nothing that special, so if we do get to see a Man Of Steel 2, would I like to see Lex Luthor in it? Yes. Would I like to see someone else as the main bad guy…? Definitely.
Movie comment on Fargo
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From my Blog at http://www.fameasserlufc.wordpress.comFargo has long been one of those film I have wanted to watch but never really had the chance to get around to. But I woke up early this morning and it was on Netflix so I decided to give it a whirl.
Fargo tells the story of Jerry Lundegaard, played by William H Macy, who wants to swindle his own wife and father-in-law out of $1m by staging a Kidnapping. Unfortunately he hires inept kidnapping duo Carl (Steve Buscemi) and Gaear (Peter Stormare) to carry out the job and their bungling ways send everything the wrong way. Frances McDormand is the pregnant Officer Marge Gunderson who becomes dedicated to tracking down the crime from start to finish.
The Coen Brothers have really out together a unique film here. It’s brilliance comes from the dark comedy seeping through William H Macy’s slimy car-salesman turned crook performance, and deep into Steve Buscemi’s script-powered delivery. Stormare’s crook downplays his part and is understated, whilst the greed and psychotic ways bubble away inside him, blowing up now and then with bloody results.
McDormand is great as the sleepy-town officer investigating everything, albeit two steps behind, and her slow-ways fits in with the whole feel of the film. There may be murders going on, but there’s always time to discuss the weather, or postage stamps, and it’s down the the great writing of Ethan & Joel that this works.
Dialogue-heavy but executed to perfection, Fargo is currently listed at #129 in IMDb’s top films, and I am glad I have finally watched it.
Movie comment on The Darkest Hour
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When an average business trip for a couple of techie-geeks goes seriously tits up and an electrically-charged Alien being wipes out almost every person in Moscow, you know it just ain't your day.The Darkest Hour (which strangely covers a period of about 48 hours) just feels like an amateur production from the outset.
The post-apocalyptic storyline just isn't engaging, characters are about as deep as a puddle and minor characters are pointlessly put into the story for minimal reason.
There's a couple of sparks of clever, such as our heroes carrying bulbs with them everywhere they go to alert them in a kind of Gas Budgie In A Cage move, but there's just no real terror that builds as the evil force continues to track and chase the main characters.
The problem is, everything just feels as though it was written by a first-timer and scenes where we meet a mad Russian Electrician in a cage or a band of mercenaries just add to the silliness of the entire thing.
I wouldn't be recommending anyone to watch this unless there was literally nothing else on.
Review taken from my Blog at : http://www.fameasserlufc.wordpress.com
Movie comment on Warm Bodies
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My review as posted at : http://fameasserlufc.wordpress.com/2013/03/04/film-review-1210-warm-bodies/I love films which successfully play around with the genre they are in.
Shaun Of The Dead works brilliantly and Britishly, Zombieland went for a lot of fun and humour whilst keeping the craziness intact, and now there’s Warm Bodies, a film I would describe to anyone as Zombieland with heart.
R is a Zombie.
He doesn’t know why he is or who he is, but he wanders aimlessly without a care in the world. Until he meets Julie, a non-infected girl whom he falls for after eating her boyfriends brains (as you do)
After saving Julie’s life, R takes it upon himself to protect Julie and their relationship blossoms.
Can they cure the Zombie in the population before it gets out of hand or will the brain eaters take over?
The film breaks down a wall between people by telling the story from the Zombie’s point of view. Especially as he tried to woo his girl but is restricted by his Flesh eating ways.
It’s a Romeo & Juliet type story which is very impressive and definitely one I would recommend and would definitely watch again myself
Check out my other reviews and antics on my blog at : http://fameasserlufc.wordpress.com
Movie comment on Mama
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My review as posted at : http://fameasserlufc.wordpress.com/2013/03/04/film-review-1209-mama/Guillermo Del Toro produces another horror straight from the “lets get some freaky kids” school of scares.
The film revolves around a husband who, suicidally kidnaps his own kids and is about to kill them before meeting a grisly end himself. The girls are then left for five years to fend for themselves with only “Mama” as company, an unknown being who seems to float and come out of black slime on the walls.
And that’s about as scary as the films gets.
Yes, it’s a bit freaky, especially when the two girls are running around the house like spiders and bending into awkward shapes.
But the “Mama” character, a being that should instil fear into your very bones…just isn’t scary.
The tension is most definitely built up but every moment that could be seen as “jumpy” is totally telegraphed to the viewer so at the last second it’s like “oh, here it is” and there it is.
I can certainly see what the film was aiming for, and in that sense it’s actually not that bad a story, but I just think its executed in a bad way.
I have seen scarier episodes of Dexter
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Movie comment on Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
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My review as posted on My Blog at http://fameasserlufc.wordpress.com/2013/03/04/film-review-1208-hansel-gretel-witch-hunters/Everyone knows the story of Hansel & Gretel who saved their own skins by tipping a witch into a fire after being lured to her gingerbread house. But what happened after? Well Hansel & Gretel Witch Hunters has it all in the title.
When the one witch in the Gingerbread house was only the start of a huge Witch Epidemic which broke out across the world, Hansel (Jeremy Renner) & Gretel (Gemma Arterton), after getting a taste for witch blood, take it upon themselves to rid the world of the warty-evils an banish witches to the netherworld for ever. The best way of doing so is the obligatory burning of said witch until she resembles a Well Done Steak!
But evil witch Muriel has other plans and aims to put an end to witch cruelty for good by finding a way to make themselves fireproof. Naturally this evil plan gets in the way of H&G’s plans to slaughter them all, so tensions rise faster than steam from a bubbling cauldron.
I was very impressed with the casting in this film. Gemma Arterton really nailed the tough, witch-ass-kicking side to her character whilst Renner does have a few good one-liners.
It’s all very cheesy but there’s a fair amount of blood and gore to contend with and surprisingly plenty of swearing, which kinda comes as a shock use to it being based on a kids’ fairy tale.
Thoroughly enjoyable though an Janssen’s evilness comes across well.
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