What: Unstoppable
Where: Coventry Showcase
Who: Me, Alex and Mark
When: Friday November 26th 2010, 7:15pm
Unstoppable is the fifth film that brings together Denzil Washington with Direcotr Tony Scott and the fifth time that there collaboration has produced a more than adequate film.
There are a few stars in Hollywood that you can usually rely on. If they are going to take on a role it’s pretty much a banker that a more than decent film will come out of it. Denzil Washington is one of these stars and with this film he doesn’t disappoint.
Unstoppable tells the true story of a runaway freight train running rampage through the south Pennsylvania railroad. It is an action film but it is also a heavily focused character piece following the burgeoning relationship between Denzil’s wizened old-school trainyard veteran Frank and Chris Pines fresh faced college graduate Will as they are forced together and eventually forced to make some tough decisions about life and death.
Everything about this film says that it shouldn’t work, how much life can you get out of an unmanned train running through the picturesque Pennsylvania countryside but the fact is this is constantly exciting and very gripping. You really feel for the characters when every effort they make to stop the train fails and by the time the inevitable ending comes around you feel like you have gone through every emotion with the characters.
Denzil is of course outstanding in this as he always is. I can’t really pick a standout performance from the rest of the cast because everyone does there job and they are all very talented individuals.
Overall this film is a more than adequate action film that is entertaining and very fast paced and it is also a great showcase of talented actors telling a good well written story.
8/10
Tuesday 14 December 2010
Wednesday 10 November 2010
SAW 3D
What: Saw 3D
Where: Nuneaton Odeon
Who: Me, Mark, Becky, Nick and Wayne
When: Thursday 28/10/10 9:15pm
A tradition that started 7 years ago this very weekend ended tonight as the Saw Septology came to a more than satisfying conclusion. I may have just made up the word septology but it sounds right so I’m sticking with it. Me and Wayne have made the trip to see every single saw film on opening night and very rarely are we disappointed. Tonight was to be no different.
Firstly I should point out that I am a massive fan of the saw films. I even had the doll on my desk at work for a while until the management decided that personal items on desk were suddenly going to be frowned upon and so now 2 saw dolls (billy) adorn my chest of drawers in my bedroom. Both of them brought for me as gifts from 2 of the very people who accompanied me to see this film. So I can hear you shouting how was the film? Ok Ok Chill out I’m about to tell you.
Saw 3d is the seventh saw film to be released in 7 consecutive years. In recent years they have become more and more about blood guts and gore and there is nothing wrong with that and this film does not disappoint on that level. I don’t think it’s gorier than Saw 6 but it comes pretty close.
However the underlying story that has played through all seven films is still as strong as ever and all loose ends are tied up perfectly in this final part as you would expect
As more and more time passes Saw will be remembered as the horror movie that came along and changed the world and Jigsaw will be remembered as the ultimate movie bad guy. However this memory will be wrong and I want to set a few wrongs right here. Jigsaw is a sick twisted weirdo but his games are played to enrich the lives of the players. Whilst his methods are obviously wrong his reasoning behind them is not. However the true bad guy of the Saw films is Hoffman. Played expertly by Costas Mandylor. Hoffman is the quintessential movie psychopath. His games are on the whole unbeatable and his huge stature and creepy eyes are enough to send a shiver down the spine of even the toughest of all tough guys. And all this from a man who was once voted in the top 50 most beautiful people in the world. (seriously)
I should probably mention at this point the 3dness of the film. Long time readers will know that I am dead against 3d films because when they are done badly they add nothing to the experience. Constantly take you out of the moment and are too expensive (see clash of the titans for proof of this). However the 3d in this isn’t done badly and actually adds to the experience. There is nothing better than avoiding a disembodied flying tit on a Thursday evening or getting splattered with bits of blood and skin from a member of Linkin Park and you really do feel all of the 3d moments in this film. The reason for this is that it was filmed in 3d rather than it being added as an afterthought.
So in conclusion, if you are fan of the saw films you can’t not see this, If you’re not a fan of them or you have never seen them. Start at the start and you will soon be hooked. I was asked to rate my saw films in order so here it is
1,4,3,7,6,2,5
8/10
Where: Nuneaton Odeon
Who: Me, Mark, Becky, Nick and Wayne
When: Thursday 28/10/10 9:15pm
A tradition that started 7 years ago this very weekend ended tonight as the Saw Septology came to a more than satisfying conclusion. I may have just made up the word septology but it sounds right so I’m sticking with it. Me and Wayne have made the trip to see every single saw film on opening night and very rarely are we disappointed. Tonight was to be no different.
Firstly I should point out that I am a massive fan of the saw films. I even had the doll on my desk at work for a while until the management decided that personal items on desk were suddenly going to be frowned upon and so now 2 saw dolls (billy) adorn my chest of drawers in my bedroom. Both of them brought for me as gifts from 2 of the very people who accompanied me to see this film. So I can hear you shouting how was the film? Ok Ok Chill out I’m about to tell you.
Saw 3d is the seventh saw film to be released in 7 consecutive years. In recent years they have become more and more about blood guts and gore and there is nothing wrong with that and this film does not disappoint on that level. I don’t think it’s gorier than Saw 6 but it comes pretty close.
However the underlying story that has played through all seven films is still as strong as ever and all loose ends are tied up perfectly in this final part as you would expect
As more and more time passes Saw will be remembered as the horror movie that came along and changed the world and Jigsaw will be remembered as the ultimate movie bad guy. However this memory will be wrong and I want to set a few wrongs right here. Jigsaw is a sick twisted weirdo but his games are played to enrich the lives of the players. Whilst his methods are obviously wrong his reasoning behind them is not. However the true bad guy of the Saw films is Hoffman. Played expertly by Costas Mandylor. Hoffman is the quintessential movie psychopath. His games are on the whole unbeatable and his huge stature and creepy eyes are enough to send a shiver down the spine of even the toughest of all tough guys. And all this from a man who was once voted in the top 50 most beautiful people in the world. (seriously)
I should probably mention at this point the 3dness of the film. Long time readers will know that I am dead against 3d films because when they are done badly they add nothing to the experience. Constantly take you out of the moment and are too expensive (see clash of the titans for proof of this). However the 3d in this isn’t done badly and actually adds to the experience. There is nothing better than avoiding a disembodied flying tit on a Thursday evening or getting splattered with bits of blood and skin from a member of Linkin Park and you really do feel all of the 3d moments in this film. The reason for this is that it was filmed in 3d rather than it being added as an afterthought.
So in conclusion, if you are fan of the saw films you can’t not see this, If you’re not a fan of them or you have never seen them. Start at the start and you will soon be hooked. I was asked to rate my saw films in order so here it is
1,4,3,7,6,2,5
8/10
Tuesday 12 October 2010
Buried
What: Buried
Where: Nuneaton Odeon
Who: Me, Mark, Alex, Stu, Marv & Sam
When: Tuesday October 05th 2010 at 9:30pm
Before watching this film I was worried that a very late start for a film set mostly in the dark would struggle to keep me entertained for its 90 minutes running time but I did manage to keep my self awake and I was rewarded with a fairly decent far from perfect little indie film.
Lets get something straight right from the off. Whilst this film is enjoyable in its own way it is not the masterpiece that it the critics are saying it is. Far from it. The casting is bizarre and ultimately wrong, the writing is shaky at best and at one point collapses in on itself before managing to pull itself back towards the end. The directing however saves it. It’s very well lit and the sense of confinement does come through in a big way. Claustrophobics will not enjoy this film.
This film is essentially one man trapped in a box for its entire duration. Don’t go in expecting to see flashbacks of how he got there, or scenes of his captures/rescuers because you don’t get them. What you do get is 90 minutes of Ryan Reynolds in a box. And that is the first mistake made in this film, because no matter what happens and how perilous the situation becomes you can’t get past the fact that what you are watching is Ryan Reynolds in a box. What this film needed to be a success is an unknown actor who you could actually believe is a lorry driver working in the hardest of hard circumstances in order to provide for his family. However no director in his right mind would cast an unknown in a 1 man film and that is why this premise whilst a very good idea can never work to its full potential.
I don’t hate Ryan Reynolds. I just don’t like his body of work. He is Rom-coms and gross out comedies and yes he is stereotyped in those roles. I can understand him wanting to break away from them but low budget horror (Amityville horror) and experimental thrillers are not the way to change an audiences perception. It remains to be seen what he can do with the Green Lantern (due for release 17/06/11) that could just be the film that he needs. Buried isn’t.
However this film isn’t all bad. As it reaches it’s conclusion the sense of terror really does keep you on the edge of your seat and the idea of being buried alive is terrifying anyway and watching someone struggle with the realities of it does make you find yourself getting behind him and hoping beyond all hope that he will survive what has to be everybody’s worst nightmare.
In conclusion, for what it is, Buried is a decent film made on a shoe string budget. You shouldn’t go in expecting a big action feature and ignore the one random wildlife scene which is so out of place it should never have been written let alone kept in, Buried at it’s heart is a showcase for Ryan Reynolds acting. It must have been an incredibly tough shoot and so you have to respect him for that. I did enjoy this film but I wouldn’t watch it again and I’d be very selective with who I recommend it too.
6/10
Where: Nuneaton Odeon
Who: Me, Mark, Alex, Stu, Marv & Sam
When: Tuesday October 05th 2010 at 9:30pm
Before watching this film I was worried that a very late start for a film set mostly in the dark would struggle to keep me entertained for its 90 minutes running time but I did manage to keep my self awake and I was rewarded with a fairly decent far from perfect little indie film.
Lets get something straight right from the off. Whilst this film is enjoyable in its own way it is not the masterpiece that it the critics are saying it is. Far from it. The casting is bizarre and ultimately wrong, the writing is shaky at best and at one point collapses in on itself before managing to pull itself back towards the end. The directing however saves it. It’s very well lit and the sense of confinement does come through in a big way. Claustrophobics will not enjoy this film.
This film is essentially one man trapped in a box for its entire duration. Don’t go in expecting to see flashbacks of how he got there, or scenes of his captures/rescuers because you don’t get them. What you do get is 90 minutes of Ryan Reynolds in a box. And that is the first mistake made in this film, because no matter what happens and how perilous the situation becomes you can’t get past the fact that what you are watching is Ryan Reynolds in a box. What this film needed to be a success is an unknown actor who you could actually believe is a lorry driver working in the hardest of hard circumstances in order to provide for his family. However no director in his right mind would cast an unknown in a 1 man film and that is why this premise whilst a very good idea can never work to its full potential.
I don’t hate Ryan Reynolds. I just don’t like his body of work. He is Rom-coms and gross out comedies and yes he is stereotyped in those roles. I can understand him wanting to break away from them but low budget horror (Amityville horror) and experimental thrillers are not the way to change an audiences perception. It remains to be seen what he can do with the Green Lantern (due for release 17/06/11) that could just be the film that he needs. Buried isn’t.
However this film isn’t all bad. As it reaches it’s conclusion the sense of terror really does keep you on the edge of your seat and the idea of being buried alive is terrifying anyway and watching someone struggle with the realities of it does make you find yourself getting behind him and hoping beyond all hope that he will survive what has to be everybody’s worst nightmare.
In conclusion, for what it is, Buried is a decent film made on a shoe string budget. You shouldn’t go in expecting a big action feature and ignore the one random wildlife scene which is so out of place it should never have been written let alone kept in, Buried at it’s heart is a showcase for Ryan Reynolds acting. It must have been an incredibly tough shoot and so you have to respect him for that. I did enjoy this film but I wouldn’t watch it again and I’d be very selective with who I recommend it too.
6/10
Tuesday 28 September 2010
Devil
What: Devil
Where: Nuneaton Odeon
Who: Me, Becky , Wayne and Lisa
When: Tuesday September 29th 2010 at 7pm
A staggering 58 days since my previous cinema trip saw me and the big man take our respective women-folk to see Devil the first of the Night chronicles a series of films thought up by M Night Shyamalan which are designed to show the supernatural in a modern day environment. Now I learnt my lesson about Shyamalans work a long long time ago. That lesson is avoid them at all costs however the premise behind this stuck in a lift with the devil thriller intrigued me and as he hadn’t written or directed it I thought I would probably be safe.
WRONG.
Whilst this film is nowhere near as bad as previous shyamalan stinkers the village, lady in the water and the happening it still has his stink all over it and even ends with the customary unnecessary twist.
However Devil is in its essence a decent film. The idea behind the story is very good if a little bit cliché. 5 people are struck in a lift one of them turns out to be the devil but which one is it? My main issue with this film is much like the nightmare on Elm street remake earlier this year it is just not scary enough. If they had pushed it back to an 18 and made a proper thriller it could have been very good, however as they went for a 15 rating the horror and the gore is all implied and it just doesn’t work. It should have felt very tense and very claustrophobic, the opening scene that plays under the credits is a mind-fuck, it is a simple way to show that something is not right with the world. It does mess with your head a bit and that is a promising start but those themes don’t continue throughout the film and it suffers for that.
Nobody should go into a horror film and look for a good solid acting performance because you will 99% of the time come out disappointed and Devil is no different. Nobody is particularly bad but then nobody is stand out good either. This is however a cast of virtual unknowns and give them there due they are not as distractingly bad as I’ve seen numerous times before in previous horror/thriller films.
In conclusion I don’t hate this film as much as I hate M Night Shyalaman who epitomises all that is wrong with the American film industry at the minute. His films are consistently poor and he makes no effort to change his style or even defend them he is a money hungry film maker who makes paint by numbers thriller films with a stupid unnecessary twist at the end. His last film “the last Airbender” flopped in a big way and that is hopefully a sign that the cinema going public are not prepared to accept his shoddiness any more. In summary Devil was a film with great potential but it just doesn’t quite live up too it.
6/10
Where: Nuneaton Odeon
Who: Me, Becky , Wayne and Lisa
When: Tuesday September 29th 2010 at 7pm
A staggering 58 days since my previous cinema trip saw me and the big man take our respective women-folk to see Devil the first of the Night chronicles a series of films thought up by M Night Shyamalan which are designed to show the supernatural in a modern day environment. Now I learnt my lesson about Shyamalans work a long long time ago. That lesson is avoid them at all costs however the premise behind this stuck in a lift with the devil thriller intrigued me and as he hadn’t written or directed it I thought I would probably be safe.
WRONG.
Whilst this film is nowhere near as bad as previous shyamalan stinkers the village, lady in the water and the happening it still has his stink all over it and even ends with the customary unnecessary twist.
However Devil is in its essence a decent film. The idea behind the story is very good if a little bit cliché. 5 people are struck in a lift one of them turns out to be the devil but which one is it? My main issue with this film is much like the nightmare on Elm street remake earlier this year it is just not scary enough. If they had pushed it back to an 18 and made a proper thriller it could have been very good, however as they went for a 15 rating the horror and the gore is all implied and it just doesn’t work. It should have felt very tense and very claustrophobic, the opening scene that plays under the credits is a mind-fuck, it is a simple way to show that something is not right with the world. It does mess with your head a bit and that is a promising start but those themes don’t continue throughout the film and it suffers for that.
Nobody should go into a horror film and look for a good solid acting performance because you will 99% of the time come out disappointed and Devil is no different. Nobody is particularly bad but then nobody is stand out good either. This is however a cast of virtual unknowns and give them there due they are not as distractingly bad as I’ve seen numerous times before in previous horror/thriller films.
In conclusion I don’t hate this film as much as I hate M Night Shyalaman who epitomises all that is wrong with the American film industry at the minute. His films are consistently poor and he makes no effort to change his style or even defend them he is a money hungry film maker who makes paint by numbers thriller films with a stupid unnecessary twist at the end. His last film “the last Airbender” flopped in a big way and that is hopefully a sign that the cinema going public are not prepared to accept his shoddiness any more. In summary Devil was a film with great potential but it just doesn’t quite live up too it.
6/10
Tuesday 27 July 2010
Toy Story 3
What: Toy Story 3
Where: Nuneaton Odeon
Who: Me, Becky & Mark
When: Sunday July 25th 2010 at 8pm
An impromptu trip to the cinema for the second time in a week saw me rack up nearly 2500 points on my premier card. Meaning that so far this year I have spent almost £250 in the cinema not surprising when you consider that this film alone cost me an extortionate £10.35. Yes you heard that correctly as once again I got sucked into the hype surrounding the third dimension and again I was left disappointed with the effect as once again it is not needed not worth it and not very good.
That is the only time I will be using the phrase “not very good” in this review because Toy Story 3 is very good and is equal in quality to its 2 predecessors. In 1995 the original Toy Story came along and provided a bench mark for all computer generated animation that would follow and there has been a lot. Have any of them matched up to Toy Story? It’s a debateable point but in my humble opinion no. Toy Story was the first full length computer animated feature and to this day is still the best. A few years after Toy story the all star cast reunited and in 1999 Toy story 2 was released to critical acclaim and to this day still sits in IMDBs top 250 films of all time. Not bad for a sequel. And then it just stopped. The Toy Story franchise was buried and inferior quality product started cropping up all over the place. So can you imagine the excitement that surrounded Pixar when they announced that Toy Story was alive and well and more importantly was back.
To get a cast as good as the Toy Story line-up back together is quite an achievement and apart from the late great Jim Varney (slinky dog) every single one of them returned to provide voices for Toy Story 3. Even the now 26 year old John Morris (Andy) who hasn’t worked on any move since Toy Story 2.
So is this film any good? The simple answer to that is, yes it is. It is easily equal to the 2 originals and in years to come will not feel out of place in the trilogy. It is not better and it is in no way worse it just feels like it fits in and it brings the whole Toy Story franchise full circle and now the story feels complete. This film will make you laugh (a lot) it will scare you, If that monkey and that creepy as hell big baby doesn’t scare the pants of you you’re not human. And it will probably make you cry. If you are prone to crying at films then make sure you take a box of tissues with you because when this film is leading up too its inevitable conclusion you are going to need them.
Again I can’t really give a stand out performance in this film but I can tell you who to watch out for and the show stealer in this film is Ken (Michael Keaton). Barbies long time love interest is a camp show off who is easily led due to his hang ups about being a girls toy, it is a perfectly written brilliantly well done character and along with the usual favourites fits perfectly well in to the Toy Story world.
In summary this film is a great conclusion to the Toy Story story and like I said earlier it doesn’t feel hooked on or out of place which is probably the highest praise I can give this film. Don’t watch it in 3d, to be perfectly honest I’m getting very close to just telling you to boycott 3d all together, but do watch it! You owe to all the toys in your life that you don’t own any more.
8.5/10
Where: Nuneaton Odeon
Who: Me, Becky & Mark
When: Sunday July 25th 2010 at 8pm
An impromptu trip to the cinema for the second time in a week saw me rack up nearly 2500 points on my premier card. Meaning that so far this year I have spent almost £250 in the cinema not surprising when you consider that this film alone cost me an extortionate £10.35. Yes you heard that correctly as once again I got sucked into the hype surrounding the third dimension and again I was left disappointed with the effect as once again it is not needed not worth it and not very good.
That is the only time I will be using the phrase “not very good” in this review because Toy Story 3 is very good and is equal in quality to its 2 predecessors. In 1995 the original Toy Story came along and provided a bench mark for all computer generated animation that would follow and there has been a lot. Have any of them matched up to Toy Story? It’s a debateable point but in my humble opinion no. Toy Story was the first full length computer animated feature and to this day is still the best. A few years after Toy story the all star cast reunited and in 1999 Toy story 2 was released to critical acclaim and to this day still sits in IMDBs top 250 films of all time. Not bad for a sequel. And then it just stopped. The Toy Story franchise was buried and inferior quality product started cropping up all over the place. So can you imagine the excitement that surrounded Pixar when they announced that Toy Story was alive and well and more importantly was back.
To get a cast as good as the Toy Story line-up back together is quite an achievement and apart from the late great Jim Varney (slinky dog) every single one of them returned to provide voices for Toy Story 3. Even the now 26 year old John Morris (Andy) who hasn’t worked on any move since Toy Story 2.
So is this film any good? The simple answer to that is, yes it is. It is easily equal to the 2 originals and in years to come will not feel out of place in the trilogy. It is not better and it is in no way worse it just feels like it fits in and it brings the whole Toy Story franchise full circle and now the story feels complete. This film will make you laugh (a lot) it will scare you, If that monkey and that creepy as hell big baby doesn’t scare the pants of you you’re not human. And it will probably make you cry. If you are prone to crying at films then make sure you take a box of tissues with you because when this film is leading up too its inevitable conclusion you are going to need them.
Again I can’t really give a stand out performance in this film but I can tell you who to watch out for and the show stealer in this film is Ken (Michael Keaton). Barbies long time love interest is a camp show off who is easily led due to his hang ups about being a girls toy, it is a perfectly written brilliantly well done character and along with the usual favourites fits perfectly well in to the Toy Story world.
In summary this film is a great conclusion to the Toy Story story and like I said earlier it doesn’t feel hooked on or out of place which is probably the highest praise I can give this film. Don’t watch it in 3d, to be perfectly honest I’m getting very close to just telling you to boycott 3d all together, but do watch it! You owe to all the toys in your life that you don’t own any more.
8.5/10
Wednesday 21 July 2010
Inception
What: Inception
Where: Nuneaton Odeon
Who: Me, Becky, Mark, Nick and Emma
When: Tuesday July 20th 2010 at 9pm
Where on earth do you start writing a review of a film like Inception? 3 months ago nobody knew anything about this film it literally came from nowhere and like Christopher Nolan has done before it changes the world.
Inception will quite rightly draw inevitable comparisons with 1999’s The Matrix. But the fact of the matter is and this is going to be highly controversial. Inception is better!
In 1999 The matrix came along, nobody knew it was coming and after a slow start everyone sat up and listened and the effect that that film has had on cinema in the last 10 years is phenomenal. Inception didn’t have a slow start it opened with an opening weekend box office of $60million and make no mistake about it this film is as inspirational as the Matrix if not more so.
It scares me how good Inception is. It is directed by an academy award nominated director and it stars no less than 6 academy award nominees (Tom Beringer, Leonardo DiCaprio, Pete Postlethwaite, Lukas Hass, Ken Watanabe and Ellen Page) and 2 winners (Michael Caine and Marion Cotillard) How DiCaprio doesn’t have a little gold man in his trophy cabinet yet is staggering. DiCaprio over the last 10 years or so has cemented himself as the most consistent and, I am going out on a limb again here, the best working actor in Hollywood at the minute. Christopher Nolan is a director that is on top of the world and can not put a step wrong. So what do you get when you cross the best director in the world with the best actor? Well you get Inception.
Inception has a handful of British stars. It is no secret that I am not a fan of British cinema and when you see this and find out what some of our stars are capable of it makes you wonder how British cinema fails so badly. (Don’t you dare scream Slumdog millionaire at me, that was 2 years ago. get over it.)
Everybody in this film is an incredible talent and Nolan gets the best out of every single one of them. If I had to pick a stand out performance which I do,(not including Di-Caprio I’ve already praised him) I would have gone for former sitcom star Joseph Gordon Levitt but then Tom Hardy turned up and threatened to steal the whole show with his campy performance as Eames. This guy is a talent to watch out for and to think I thought he could only play British east end gangster types. Stay in Hollywood Tom leave this island behind it wont do you any favours.
At this point in my review I would normally pick out the parts that I didn’t like or areas that let the film down. Please find these bullet pointed below.
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Honestly and this is something that I very rarely say about anything in life. This film has nothing wrong with it. It couldn’t be better. IT IS PERFECT.
10/10 films don’t come along very often in fact in my whole life I reckon I have only seen about 10. Make that 11
10/10
Where: Nuneaton Odeon
Who: Me, Becky, Mark, Nick and Emma
When: Tuesday July 20th 2010 at 9pm
Where on earth do you start writing a review of a film like Inception? 3 months ago nobody knew anything about this film it literally came from nowhere and like Christopher Nolan has done before it changes the world.
Inception will quite rightly draw inevitable comparisons with 1999’s The Matrix. But the fact of the matter is and this is going to be highly controversial. Inception is better!
In 1999 The matrix came along, nobody knew it was coming and after a slow start everyone sat up and listened and the effect that that film has had on cinema in the last 10 years is phenomenal. Inception didn’t have a slow start it opened with an opening weekend box office of $60million and make no mistake about it this film is as inspirational as the Matrix if not more so.
It scares me how good Inception is. It is directed by an academy award nominated director and it stars no less than 6 academy award nominees (Tom Beringer, Leonardo DiCaprio, Pete Postlethwaite, Lukas Hass, Ken Watanabe and Ellen Page) and 2 winners (Michael Caine and Marion Cotillard) How DiCaprio doesn’t have a little gold man in his trophy cabinet yet is staggering. DiCaprio over the last 10 years or so has cemented himself as the most consistent and, I am going out on a limb again here, the best working actor in Hollywood at the minute. Christopher Nolan is a director that is on top of the world and can not put a step wrong. So what do you get when you cross the best director in the world with the best actor? Well you get Inception.
Inception has a handful of British stars. It is no secret that I am not a fan of British cinema and when you see this and find out what some of our stars are capable of it makes you wonder how British cinema fails so badly. (Don’t you dare scream Slumdog millionaire at me, that was 2 years ago. get over it.)
Everybody in this film is an incredible talent and Nolan gets the best out of every single one of them. If I had to pick a stand out performance which I do,(not including Di-Caprio I’ve already praised him) I would have gone for former sitcom star Joseph Gordon Levitt but then Tom Hardy turned up and threatened to steal the whole show with his campy performance as Eames. This guy is a talent to watch out for and to think I thought he could only play British east end gangster types. Stay in Hollywood Tom leave this island behind it wont do you any favours.
At this point in my review I would normally pick out the parts that I didn’t like or areas that let the film down. Please find these bullet pointed below.
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Honestly and this is something that I very rarely say about anything in life. This film has nothing wrong with it. It couldn’t be better. IT IS PERFECT.
10/10 films don’t come along very often in fact in my whole life I reckon I have only seen about 10. Make that 11
10/10
Friday 2 July 2010
Get Him to the Greek
What: Get Him to the Greek
Where: Nuneaton Odeon
Who: ME, Becky, Tom, Wayne and Lisa
When: Friday 25th June 2010 9:15
Just back off Holiday and straight to the cinema the next day. I actually got the invite whilst sitting on a runway waiting for take off but didn’t answer until the next day. Now those of you that know me will know that I don’t usually go for comedy films but the one man who I make the exception for is Russell Brand. This man in my eyes is amazing and can do no wrong. I’ve seen him in live stand up twice and was an avid listener to his weekly radio show which was cut short because of the ridiculous over-reaction of the British media. However He is fresh funny and unique and his performance as Aldus Snow in Forgetting Sarah Marshall stole the whole show. So could a starring role as the same character in a film that is not a sequel but more of a spin-off produce the goods. Sadly the answer is no.
Don’t get me wrong this is not a bad film and in parts is very funny but it doesn’t compare to its predecessor and unfortunately to succeed it really had too. FSM was brilliantly written by the very funny Jason Segal who is missing from the credits on GHTTG except for a token “based on characters created by”
At it’s heart Get Him To the Greek is a traditional buddy comedy starring Russell Brand and Jonah Hill as drug addled rock star and producer however to do a buddy comedy well you need a funny guy and a straight guy however Johan ruins this film by constantly trying to out funny his obviously more talented counter part. However Brand is not perfect either, the character is a riddled cliché and nothing about the writing of Aldus Snow is original.
Normally at this point I’d give you a lesser character that is played well and stands out however this time I have to give you a lesser character who is so distractingly bad it almost ruins the whole film and that is Jonah’s girlfriend played by Elisabeth Moss. She is 100% awful in this film and I am not in the business of slagging people off I respect anyone who can make it onto my cinema screen and I am sure she is a very competent actress but she really is terrible in this. If I had to pick a stand out performance from someone I would say Sean “P Diddy” Coombs who is incredibly funny as Jonahs boss Sergio.
In conclusion I realise I’ve been very negative in this review but I can’t deny that there was some very funny moments in this film, “Rub the furry wall”
6/10
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