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What Goes Up (2009)
A good little indie
'What Goes Up' written and directed by first timers Jonathan Glatzer and Robert Lawson, is not a perfect film but it is by no means a terrible film either. At current the film has received 145 votes and has a score of 4.8, well that's just ridiculous and in the review below I hope to explain why.
The Film starts off with much promise, Steve Coogan's acting is superb and the rest of the cast do a very good job too. For the first hour this is a very good film, it's deep, engrossing, and imaginative as it sets up for what seems to be a powerful and emotive story with an interesting array if characters and some brilliant cinematography. I found myself truly captivated, the integration of the Challenger disaster was done very tactfully and we frequently get some wonderful shots from Space that I really liked. However, about an hour in it starts to lose pace followed by a slight loss of direction as the main character, Campbell Babbitt, undergoes a sudden change that really doesn't suit and is poorly developed. The film then goes the same way as Campbell becoming a bit annoying and awkward at times. By the end I found myself feeling a little disappointed as it had thrown almost all the potential it had shown early on, settling of a generic and uninspired end.
All in all 'What Goes Up' is OK, great in parts whilst boring and unoriginal in others, yet, for all its faults I liked it. It may not be perfect but come on people, even 'Little Nicky' has a 5/10 and trust me this is much, much better than 'Little Nicky'. The first hour and brilliant cinematography ensure that 'What Goes Up' is not a 4.8, it's a film defiantly worth watching and one I would happily recommend.
6/10
Angels & Demons (2009)
Angels? Demons?
It may just be me, but from the trailer I was given the impression that this film would have Angels and Demons battling it out in brilliant CGI, but there was no such thing. As a matter of fact there wasn't a single angel or demon the entire way through. How ridiculous is that? It could quite possibly be the most misleading title and trailer combo I have ever seen!
What this film is, as it turns out, is a lazy, unimaginative, bland and boring waste of time. From beginning to end it feels like the film makers didn't even try and the story was beyond bad. There were no interesting characters, no great acting performances, no stunning visuals, and not even a decent soundtrack. It's a poorly put tougher and very boring film that would be lucky to engage even the most easily amused viewers.
Star Trek (2009)
Just another big budget disappointment
I would like to start by saying that I am not a Star Trek fan, I am a film fan and as a film this sucked. Yes the special effects were brilliant but it was horribly acted, predictable, boring, and the story was just ridiculous. I mean this is a huge film, with a huge budget you would think they would create a story to match, something grand and epic
But they didn't. Instead they went with a bland and uninteresting story that failed at every opportunity to drag me in or even keep my attention for more than two minutes.
This wasn't enough though, having bored me half to sleep they decided it would be good to irritate me with endless barrage of stupid dialogue read seemingly by a bunch of zombies. I'm afraid I had reached my limit and walked out about twenty minutes before the end feeling both ripped off and disappointed.
Waste of money.