Will it win an Oscar? No. Is it worth watching? Absolutely yes. It's witty, well acted, engaging and exciting - I'm not sure what more anyone could expect from a movie like this!
Reviews
5 Reviews
Blade Runner 2049
(2017)
Oh dear...
9 October 2017
Warning: Spoilers
What a disappointment, so much hype and, therefore, expectation but this is no more than a competent sci-fi film, certainly not a worthy successor to the original. I could support a 163 minute run time if there was plenty of content but at times it felt like the actors were moving and speaking slowly not for effect, but to fill in the gaps. As for the plot, everything revolved around the ability or otherwise of replicants to breed. If you have the technology to grow a human body from scratch and implant whatever memories you want I'd have thought introducing the mechanics of reproduction wouldn't be difficult. I could go on but really, this film isn't worth the bother.
Mother!
(2017)
Chalk and cheese
16 September 2017
Warning: Spoilers
I wasn't going to review this because it's not a film that you can be ambivalent about - you're either going to get it (and by that I don't necessarily mean immediately twigging the whole biblical back story) or you're not. The acting is outstanding and the concept is stunning, but that won't make people like it. I'm hoping that the reviewers on here who thought that this was about a couple living in a house missed the beginning and either left half way through or fell asleep before the end... Don't get me wrong, I'm not criticising the people who don't like this film, but you need to accept that just because you don't like something it doesn't mean that it's bad and that everyone should feel the same way. This film doesn't exploit anyone, and it certainly isn't just another excuse to show violence against women - if you accept that it's allegorical and that mother and the house represent Mother Nature and the planet we live on then the violence makes sense. To sum up, a great film worthy of 10 stars but one that at least half the people that see it are going to hate. It's a pity there isn't a separate Oscars category for the most divisive film, this would win hands down!
Stratton
(2017)
Why?
14 September 2017
I do wonder how so many bad (and I mean really bad) films get made - surely the people in charge must have some idea about film making otherwise how and why are they able to raise money for this kind of mindless nonsense? I wish there was something - anything - good about this movie but I can't think of a single thing. Everything was wrong from the basic premise to Connie Nielsen's accent (she is wasted in rubbish like this). It had the look and the feel of some low budget US TV 'thriller' along the lines of Scorpion. I've just thought of something good - it was only 94 minutes long!
American Assassin
(2017)
Disappointing
13 September 2017
Warning: Spoilers
I was really looking forward to this after a few duff films recently (Wind River excepted - a great film) but pretty much straight away it was clear this wasn't going to be anything like as good as the trailers might make you think. You have to like, or at least be able to relate to, some of the characters before engaging and this just didn't happen here. A needlessly graphic torture scene didn't help (it's removal would probably have secured the film a 15 rating in the UK) and the violence that was justified by the story was over the top and, while causing a few cuts and bruises, didn't seem to incapacitate our hero in any way. It wasn't dreadful (like Stratton) but it was no more than an average spy thriller. At the end I was left being more concerned about how busy the car park would be than the fate of the US Sixth Fleet...
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