Saturday, 27 March 2010
TWDarklord?
My friend TWDarklord is blogging now so after you've finished reading my highly interesting and intellectually outstanding posts, you should check his blog out! http://twdarklord.blogspot.com/
Thursday, 25 March 2010
No $#*% Sherlock
Sherlock Holmes is today's movie and what a movie it is! This really surprised me. I thought it was a shoddy interpretation of the original that I loved but instead it delivered a classic Sherlock Holmes adventure with a more engaging and twisting plot.
But it wasn't all about detective works, oh no. Some of the most engaging parts of the story were the fight scenes. Cleverly working in his detective skills too at times, like in the slow motion scenes. Another plus, special effects! Yes for the first time in Sherlock Holmes time on our screens we get to see explosions that further adds to this up to date feeling that I feel will finally attract the younger generation to the legacy that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle started back in 1887.
It's come a long way and I award Holmes with a 9/10. This is up there with my top three.
But it wasn't all about detective works, oh no. Some of the most engaging parts of the story were the fight scenes. Cleverly working in his detective skills too at times, like in the slow motion scenes. Another plus, special effects! Yes for the first time in Sherlock Holmes time on our screens we get to see explosions that further adds to this up to date feeling that I feel will finally attract the younger generation to the legacy that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle started back in 1887.
It's come a long way and I award Holmes with a 9/10. This is up there with my top three.
Friday, 19 March 2010
Down the rabbit hole
Alice in Wonderland is an interesting movie to say the least. The CGI was hardly Avatar standards but it was still fun to watch.
The story of course based on the Novel 'Alice's adventures in Wonderland' by Lewis Carrol but this time the 'Wonderland' is going through a bad phase and only Alice can save everyone. A very enjoyable take on the original. I think that the Mad Hatter was very well played but Alice was not. She was far, far too accepting of everything going on around her.
It's a good movie and a fun twist to the original but bad acting, 7.5/10.
The story of course based on the Novel 'Alice's adventures in Wonderland' by Lewis Carrol but this time the 'Wonderland' is going through a bad phase and only Alice can save everyone. A very enjoyable take on the original. I think that the Mad Hatter was very well played but Alice was not. She was far, far too accepting of everything going on around her.
It's a good movie and a fun twist to the original but bad acting, 7.5/10.
Lemon Demon!
Lemon Demon is definitely my favorite band. Their genre is Alternative. Never heard of them? They are most well known for 'The ultimate showdown of ultimate destiny'. If you still don't know who they are then here's some links to my favorite songs.
Ultimate showdown - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WgT9gy4zQA
Fine - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya_HFbrUTYs
Word Disassociation - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3sUnJVqoO0&feature=related
Eight Wonder - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyzQ-ZFSQic
It was founded by Neil Cicierega.
Just thought I'd share these guys awesome music with you.
Ultimate showdown - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WgT9gy4zQA
Fine - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ya_HFbrUTYs
Word Disassociation - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3sUnJVqoO0&feature=related
Eight Wonder - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyzQ-ZFSQic
It was founded by Neil Cicierega.
Just thought I'd share these guys awesome music with you.
Shutters, Blinds, Curtains, Islands.
Shutter Island. A brief synopsis; a U.S Marshall, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, goes to an Institute for the criminally insane that is based on Shutter island to try and locate an escaped patient.
The story is based on the novel by Dennis Lehane and is honestly quite a gripping one. The movie strays from the in-your-face kind of horror that most other movies in it's genre tend to do and instead goes for a more subtle approach, slowly adding to the mystery of what is going on.
DiCaprio played the role of the delusional Marshall well and the acting for all the cast was actually quite brilliant. Ben Kingsley was very well suited for his part and I enjoyed watching him play it.
An excellent movie, not quite 9, I give it 8.5/10.
The story is based on the novel by Dennis Lehane and is honestly quite a gripping one. The movie strays from the in-your-face kind of horror that most other movies in it's genre tend to do and instead goes for a more subtle approach, slowly adding to the mystery of what is going on.
DiCaprio played the role of the delusional Marshall well and the acting for all the cast was actually quite brilliant. Ben Kingsley was very well suited for his part and I enjoyed watching him play it.
An excellent movie, not quite 9, I give it 8.5/10.
Funneh People
Funny People, not what I expected from looking at the title or from watching the trailer. A comedian being diagnosed with Leukemia? Not really a good idea for a movie if you ask me. Not sure if this is intentional but the guy Adam Sandler plays is about as funny as my dog.
The comedy was lacking, a lot. The only funny parts in the entire movie were when Ira did stand up. This was more of a Drama/Romance about a comedian than a Comedy/Drama. There really isn't much to review for this film, only that It's comedy was bad and nothing really happened in the story.
Just because I got a few laughs from the stand up scenes I'll give this one 5/10. Unless you have absolutely nothing to do, I don't recommend watching this, especially if you have to pay more than £5 to do so.
The comedy was lacking, a lot. The only funny parts in the entire movie were when Ira did stand up. This was more of a Drama/Romance about a comedian than a Comedy/Drama. There really isn't much to review for this film, only that It's comedy was bad and nothing really happened in the story.
Just because I got a few laughs from the stand up scenes I'll give this one 5/10. Unless you have absolutely nothing to do, I don't recommend watching this, especially if you have to pay more than £5 to do so.
Boredom of the Dead
Survival of the Dead... this movie bored me so much! I honestly cannot review it because i got about 30 minutes in and had to turn it off because it was so god damn boring!
The 'zombies' were terribly played and the effects looked cheaper than those on give me back my spleen! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12ft2lYRUAE
Terrible film 2/10
The 'zombies' were terribly played and the effects looked cheaper than those on give me back my spleen! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12ft2lYRUAE
Terrible film 2/10
Avatard?!
So i watched Avatar like three weeks ago and with all the hype finally dying down I thought I'd better review it before it starts getting old.
The Visuals where quite spectacular really, breathtaking scenery, massive dragon-bird things, tall blue men. But I'm not really sure how they managed to spend $30,000,000 on it. In all seriousness they should have just went to and filmed it in a rain forest or something like that, the amazon maybe? Nah it does look really good though and I can see why James Cameron was so proud of it, especially the fighting scene between the Humans and Na'avi.
So it looks good, but so does an explosion, and without a reason behind the explosion its pointless. And that means we need a good story! Okay, the story in Avatar is good. That's all i can say really. All in all the movie's just a remake of Pocahontas with a disabled guy that gets some sort of beefed up CAT scan and turns blue!
Epic visuals and a good story, makes for a great movie. It gets 9/10 from me, Definitely worth watching.
The Visuals where quite spectacular really, breathtaking scenery, massive dragon-bird things, tall blue men. But I'm not really sure how they managed to spend $30,000,000 on it. In all seriousness they should have just went to and filmed it in a rain forest or something like that, the amazon maybe? Nah it does look really good though and I can see why James Cameron was so proud of it, especially the fighting scene between the Humans and Na'avi.
So it looks good, but so does an explosion, and without a reason behind the explosion its pointless. And that means we need a good story! Okay, the story in Avatar is good. That's all i can say really. All in all the movie's just a remake of Pocahontas with a disabled guy that gets some sort of beefed up CAT scan and turns blue!
Epic visuals and a good story, makes for a great movie. It gets 9/10 from me, Definitely worth watching.
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