Coming Soon!

The summer madness starts soon! I have to say their are some great films coming up, well for me anyway!

Hangover 2, Thor, Captain America, Harry Potter 7 – Part 2, Fast 5, Green Lantern, Transformers 3, Scream 4, Priest, Pirates 4, X-Men First Class, Kung Fu Panda 2 and Super 8.

Transformers 3 you say! Yes! Even though 2 wasn’t that good, I still have to hope that 3 will be! One thing is true it can’t be any worse than 2!

But then the films coming which won’t get the buzz that these other films get, like 13 Assassins, I saw the devil, Hobo with a shotgun and of course Insidious. But also Attack the block, Julie’s Eyes all look and sound great!

Insidious seems to be getting a lot of good buzz stateside, I’ve seen the trailer it looked good, but it kind of looked like all the generic horror films of late. But the word is strong that it’s better than that!

So “Here we go!”

Tron (DVD) (30/12/2010)

I only watched this so my daughter would have the background when we went to see Tron Legacy. I know why I haven’t bought it, and why I haven’t watched it in a long time.

I had forgot how dull it was, it only really sparked Emily’s imagination when he got into the computer, but before that it was downright dull! But for me even inside the computer, it had lost it’s edge.

I don’t remember it being this bad! Well hopefully the 2^nd one will be better!

The Way Back (28/12/2010)

This was my daughter’s choice she saw the trailers and was onto it like a shot! It wouldn’t be the sort of thing I would have expected to take her too, Polish prisoners escaping from the Gulag and walking into China! But it took her fancy and mine too!

Quite an uplifting film considering the content, Peter Weir has done a remarkable job with this film, as well has breaking his ankle in the process! The cinematography is stunning through out showing the beauty and the harshness of the countryside they travelled through. Weir doesn’t bog the film down with long scenes of walking, except where it mattered, which in a way saves the film. He shows us just enough to feel the plight of these people, the harsh conditions they endured and the friendships they made.

We both really enjoyed this film, the acting was very good, the script was good and the soundtrack stunning.

Overall (9/10) epic film for an epic story!

Monsters (21/12/2010)

One of my favourite films at Frightfest 2010, I really wanted my daughter to see this. In the end we had to go twice, the first time she was ill and was sick in the cinema! (And it wasn’t the film!)

Again, I really enjoyed it. I know nothing really happens, it’s not ID4, it’s not District 9, it’s something different and I think that’s what I really like about it. The two cast members are very good, the direction is clever, and the fact it’s mostly ad libbed gives it something special.

Overall (9/10) still a monster treat!

The Tourist (20/12/2010)

So Ricky Gervais doesn’t like this film, I don’t see his problem, it’s not that bad! In fact I’ve seen a lot worse than this! Some are that bad I can’t even remember them!

Jolie and Depp are fine in this, they have chemistry, and it works! The big twist is way to obvious from about half way in, but so what, actually the little twist was better!

Jolie looked stunning, and Director, Florain Henckel von Donnersmarck showed off her beauty against the stunning back drop of Venice! Depp however seems a little lost in these straight parts, he needs quirky! However he did a good job, and along with the rest of the cast they made a typical European thriller. See the French would make a film like this and everybody who could read subtitles would rave over it!!!

I wonder how many people liked both The American and The Tourist! Well I did!

Overall (8/10), a nice little thriller!

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (17/12/2010)

I like the Narnia films, so I was looking forward to this. Possible lacking the production backing the first two had, this is still a solid addition to the previous films. I’m just glad that the original cast members all signed up for it!

Lucy (Georgie Henley) and Edmond (Skander Keynes) have matured as actors, through the 3 films I could see a vast improvement, and they carried this film well. Ben Barnes (Caspian) also turned in a much better performance than he did in the 2^nd one, maybe dropping that silly accent helped!

But the standout performance goes to Will Poulter (Eustace) I thought he was superb.

The special effects are very good, especially the dragon! The direction was good, while the story was a little weak, it did enough. The music I can’t remember, maybe it wasn’t that good!

Overall (8/10), keeping the faith!

Unstoppable Again

Saw this on (09/12/2010)

Took my daugther to see this, see sat on the edge of her seat once that train got going!

I enjoyed it just as much the 2nd time.