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Thursday, 17 December 2015

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Oh boy, I'm going to be publicly lynched won't I? 

Ok so I enjoyed it, it was a fun movie, but the story, the villains and everything else just felt off. Look, I didnt like the handling of things, it dragged, there were too many characthers, everything is a Deus Ex Machina, the force is handled stupidly, Kylo Ren is a whiny teen-ager, the megaweapon in the poster isn't used in such of an intresting way. Three quarters of the film is fanservice, the movie is crowded...... Now, I could go on telling you all the things wrong with the film. But thats not going to stop you from seeing it will it? You will likely go see it 5 times, I know I might actually see this again. It was fun. So ignore what I say like everyone else, and go see it, Its still Star Wars. And Lightyears better than the prequels. But I hope the two announced follow-ups are better.

Monday, 14 December 2015

Bridge of spies

Despite my jokes on twitter, I absolutely loved Bridge of Spies. But I just dont know how to review it, nor do I think I should. The movie is its own best compliment, it needs no more praise than what you see on the screen, it is clear Spielberg poured his everything into this picture, and thats what it is. A picture. Every shot, every scene, every camera-move, every line-delivery everything, is the absolute best it could be. I wont even tell you about how the story is a master-piece, or how the characters seize to be Tom Hanks or Mark Rylance putting on a mask. Theyre people. One absolutely does not lose intrest in this film, every scene is important, every scene has the actors putting themselves in the shoes of the real person they play, every set, is like watching an extremely detailed train-model or dollhouse, every set looks just as detailed, no matter how little of a part it plays. Every set, is lit perfectly, every light, is natural, it comes from a real source in the fictional world. All this, combined, becomes more than just the sum of its parts, its....... I cant even think of a word. Just do yourself a favour, and go see this film, not only will you get an expirience of wich every second you could hang in an art-gallery. You might also learn something about history.

Independence day and why it might actually be pretty good

Not great, though. How many sequels released decades after the previous one have been that amazing? Jurassic World was cool, Terminators since the second one have been progressively worse, I barely need to remind people about the prequels, Riddick was a thing and lastly, Indiana Jones we waited nearly 20 years for, only to find it to be absolute horseshit.

But why am I optimistic for Independence day? Because the original wasn't exactly the next Star Wars, but still a good film that I like to occasionally re-watch. The bar isnt too high, it'll be pretty easy to make something thats atleast on par with the original. The second reason for my liking the idea, is its similarity in premise with Jurassic World, its a continuation in real time, telling us what the world might be like if there really was an alien-invasion 20 years ago. Thirdly and most importantly, it has Jeff Goldblum!!! What more would, uh, you, um, want? Will Mith isnt here but who cares? Goldblums Dad is here! whatever his name was.

Thursday, 3 December 2015

Batman v Superman and why it might not be that great

No spoilers here, in the trailer, yes.
We got a new trailer for BvS, and the internet stood divided, pondering its next move. But here's my opinion on the matter; At this time, I believe that the movie has a bigger possibility of being bad than good, why? Because the trailer shows so much. That tells us that Warner bros. doesn't think its getting enough people in the seats with just bats and supes. But of course it will!! Yet the company doesnt have enough fate in the project, trying to appeal to fans of every single character in the film. And by putting all those characters in, they are making it obvious that they need the hype around every one of them. And the movie gets crowded like that.

But thats not the only reason to be worried for the film. Jessie Eisenberg's performance reminded me of Michael Cera as himself. He is just too teenage-y and naive to convince me that he is the biggest nemesis of the alien-god that is Superman. And his hair looks like its from American Ultra