Jupiter Ascending stars Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis, Sean Bean and Edddie Redmayne and is directed by the Wachowski brothers. It was released in Australia on the 19th of Feburary, 2015.
Jupiter Ascending is about a young woman called Jupiter (played by Mila Kunis) who, after being saved by a Splicer called Caine (Channing Tatnum) must confront her destiny as leader of the Earth and stop Balem Abrasax (Eddie Redmayne) from controlling the planet for his own pleasures.
Now this was one of my most anticipated movies of the year, being directed by the Wachowski brothers, who did 'The Matrix' and it's sequels (I still like the sequels a bit, even though some of the stuff is a bit ridiculous) and Cloud Atlas, a film I still don't know if I like or not. After viewing it, like Cloud Atlas, it took me a while to understand if I liked the next film from these brothers who are slowly degrading into terrible movies. The action scenes were fun to watch, and the ideas that they had created in this space opera, such as the tax file numbers, and the political government of the universe, was quite interesting to watch. Also, the idea about where humans come from was a wonderful idea, and made me hugely invested in the film. The main problem with the film is actually the story. The background and ideas associated with it are worthy of a great space opera like Star Wars, but are beat down by the characters and the story, which are the front lines that should draw the audience in.
To start off with, the story was incredibly predictable, with not much new offering. If you have seen the trailer, you have seen the better part of the movie, and the character development that takes place. I felt like Jupiter, while defending for herself a couple of times, was very much a damsel in distress, having Caine, the Splicer, rescue her numerous times, after she herself got into the situations. I wish Jupiter had more of a big epic fight in the ending then what she got, which was more of a cat fight with a villain I swear is secretly gay.
Which leads me to the villain, played by Eddie Redmayne. I didn't understand his idea as a villain at all. What he wanted, why he wanted it, what his purpose was. He was just a guy who wanted the planet Earth for something it was created for, and is now being attacked for it. I won't go too much into detail about it, but I felt like it should have been explored a bit more with more of a debate. Also, his acting was not the greatest. I'm not sure if this was due to the director or Eddie himself, but the villain just seemed so lame and unimportant to the whole idea. The voice that he put on as well seemed stupid, but I feel like he was doing that because he's meant to be thousands of years old and had to have this old man voice.
The splicer's were very interesting, being humans mixed with a DNA to give them powers, such as Caine, who is mixed with a Lycan, which gives him awesome smelling abilities (it sounds better in the movie).One of the best scenes in the movie was near the start, where Caine rescues Jupiter (of course) and there is an epic chase with jet boots. The jet boots was AMAZING in this movie and put to very good use. It is good to see the Wachowski brothers still have brilliant ideas, even if their characters sometimes lack depth.
Another problem with the film, was how much green screen was used. It started to become very obvious and annoying at times, definitely in scenes where it was just two characters talking, and they were standing in front of a green screen that stood out more then the actors. I actually swear the house they were in at the end was green screened as well, and it seems that the film makers spent soooo much money on cgi and action, that they forgot to set up some actual stages to record on.
The action scenes were also very few and far between, with maybe too much political issues, even though I didn't mind that. And even then, some of the political stuff went over my head, such as people betraying others and suddenly forgetting about said betrayal moments after. I'm not sure if it's just me missing something, but I did feel like I was falling behind, and nothing was mentioned about it when I looked up the plot.
All in all, Jupiter Ascending is a fun film to look at, and has marvelous ideas with the splicers and the ideas about humans, but lacks in characters and the actual story. The acting was alright, but nothing stood out as amazing.
I would give this a 2.5 out of 5 stars, and would recommend waiting for the blu-ray/ DVD release, or if you wish to see the action scenes on the IMAX screen (which aren't that impressive to be honest) watch it in cinemas.
Thursday, 19 February 2015
Tuesday, 17 February 2015
Fifty Shades of Grey Movie Review
Fifty Shades of Grey stars Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan, and is directed by Sam-Taylor Johnson. The film was released in Australia 12th of February, 2015.
Fifty Shades of Grey is about a young woman called Anastasia who is given the chance to interview the millionaire "hottie" Christian Grey, after which they develop a relationship which becomes questionable after Anastasia learns the true nature of Christian Grey. He really likes BDSM. Even though it's only the softest, most civilized version of BDSM ever seen.
In all honesty, this movie was absolutely terrible. I've already heard from multiple sources that the book is terrible, but I had a slight hope that with a fresh set of eyes, maybe the film makers would make it bearable. They did not succeed. This movie was possibly the most boring movie I have ever encountered. I did not care for any of the characters, or the plot, or what was even going to happen next. Let me show you the basic idea that was discussed when writing the movie.
Anastasia meets up with Christian after some time has passed and they have not seen each other - Christian then wins her trust or whatever it is by doing some amazing things, like flying a helicopter or a plan or some stupid thing like that - Then Anastasia feels like she's gotta do some BDSM to balance out the amazing things that Christian is doing for her.
And that, my friends, is repeated at least three or four times in this movie. Not even in well thought out ways. Another thing that infuriated me, was the writing. The dialogue is sooo bad and sooo cheesy, I think at least 90% of the really soppy, really bad romantic movies have better dialogue. Actually, I feel like porn movies would have better dialogue and forwarding of the plot then this. Like I could believe some lady wanting to have sex with a pizza delivery guy. But this movie is next level stupid. There is no reason she would keep going back for this stuff. Honestly, the two of them hardly know each other. She keeps pushing it off as love that makes her go back to the BDSM, but in all honesty, she doesn't know much about his life, he doesn't take her out much, they don't really have any memories together other than him taking her for a helicopter ride one time. There is NO reason at all for her to love him enough to put up with his stupid BDSM ideas.
The acting was terrible, save for Dakota Johnson, who I actually enjoyed as Anastasia. She was that awkward weird sort of woman, that would make some situation funny just by being awkward. Hats off to her, and to her for the sex scenes, in which she had to reveal a lot of her body in.
Which leads me to another problem. The sex scenes. Where was the torture and punishment. I saw her get tied up, and I can't tell you how many couples I know who have done that. At one stage, she was tickled by a feather while tied up, and I almost spat out my popcorn at how crazy that was. If you can't tell, that was sarcasm. Because touching someone with a feather is not BDSM.
I will admit, I was intrigued by the whole workings of the 'Dominant' and 'Submissive' such as how she has to wait by the doors in a certain position and she has to do everything he tells her. Though, by the end I basically saw this as almost an idea about men controlling women without the idea of BDSM. I actually think it would have made a better movie if they had removed the BDSM, focused it on him being dominant in every aspect of her life, and how she was coping with it. Oh, and not listening to the nutcase who wrote this book, because I really really hated this.
Fifty Shades of Grey gets a 1 out of 5 stars, and that is just for Dakota Johnson's acting and charisma. I would suggest not seeing it at all, or if you must, download it. Or wait for it to be in the bargain bin. Because we definitely know it will be there. I'm going to go cry now.
Fifty Shades of Grey is about a young woman called Anastasia who is given the chance to interview the millionaire "hottie" Christian Grey, after which they develop a relationship which becomes questionable after Anastasia learns the true nature of Christian Grey. He really likes BDSM. Even though it's only the softest, most civilized version of BDSM ever seen.
In all honesty, this movie was absolutely terrible. I've already heard from multiple sources that the book is terrible, but I had a slight hope that with a fresh set of eyes, maybe the film makers would make it bearable. They did not succeed. This movie was possibly the most boring movie I have ever encountered. I did not care for any of the characters, or the plot, or what was even going to happen next. Let me show you the basic idea that was discussed when writing the movie.
Anastasia meets up with Christian after some time has passed and they have not seen each other - Christian then wins her trust or whatever it is by doing some amazing things, like flying a helicopter or a plan or some stupid thing like that - Then Anastasia feels like she's gotta do some BDSM to balance out the amazing things that Christian is doing for her.
And that, my friends, is repeated at least three or four times in this movie. Not even in well thought out ways. Another thing that infuriated me, was the writing. The dialogue is sooo bad and sooo cheesy, I think at least 90% of the really soppy, really bad romantic movies have better dialogue. Actually, I feel like porn movies would have better dialogue and forwarding of the plot then this. Like I could believe some lady wanting to have sex with a pizza delivery guy. But this movie is next level stupid. There is no reason she would keep going back for this stuff. Honestly, the two of them hardly know each other. She keeps pushing it off as love that makes her go back to the BDSM, but in all honesty, she doesn't know much about his life, he doesn't take her out much, they don't really have any memories together other than him taking her for a helicopter ride one time. There is NO reason at all for her to love him enough to put up with his stupid BDSM ideas.
The acting was terrible, save for Dakota Johnson, who I actually enjoyed as Anastasia. She was that awkward weird sort of woman, that would make some situation funny just by being awkward. Hats off to her, and to her for the sex scenes, in which she had to reveal a lot of her body in.
Which leads me to another problem. The sex scenes. Where was the torture and punishment. I saw her get tied up, and I can't tell you how many couples I know who have done that. At one stage, she was tickled by a feather while tied up, and I almost spat out my popcorn at how crazy that was. If you can't tell, that was sarcasm. Because touching someone with a feather is not BDSM.
I will admit, I was intrigued by the whole workings of the 'Dominant' and 'Submissive' such as how she has to wait by the doors in a certain position and she has to do everything he tells her. Though, by the end I basically saw this as almost an idea about men controlling women without the idea of BDSM. I actually think it would have made a better movie if they had removed the BDSM, focused it on him being dominant in every aspect of her life, and how she was coping with it. Oh, and not listening to the nutcase who wrote this book, because I really really hated this.
Fifty Shades of Grey gets a 1 out of 5 stars, and that is just for Dakota Johnson's acting and charisma. I would suggest not seeing it at all, or if you must, download it. Or wait for it to be in the bargain bin. Because we definitely know it will be there. I'm going to go cry now.
Saturday, 14 February 2015
Still Alice Review
Still Alice stars Julianne Moore, Kirsten Stewart and Alec Baldwin among other actors and is directed by Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland. It was released in Australia on the 12th of February.
Still Alice is about a linguistics professor, who is in her early 40's or so, has a husband, played by Alec Baldwin, and grown up children. She slowly discovers she can't remember certain words or phrases, and after seeing a doctor, discovers she has a rare case of early-onset Alzheimer's disease. She must face this with her husband and her children, one of which is played by Kirsten Stewart.
Straight off the bat, Julianne Moore was amazing in this film. I didn't see Julianne Moore but saw a scared lady who was about to face something she couldn't stop and soon enough, wouldn't be able to remember. She expertly manages to change her character's feelings quickly, to keep in par with her character's disease and her destructive memory. Even Kirsten Stewart, Keanu Reeve's monotone padawan learner, was exceptionally good in this film, being the only person that is trying to help Alice out with her serious situation. The interaction between Julianne Moore and Kirsten Stewart's characters were well done. They really captured what a mum and daughter would act like, arguing, laughing and loving. Alec Baldwin was also good as a husband who was slowly losing his love and was having trouble dealing with the left overs of her.
Still Alice was a good movie, don't get me wrong. I felt for Alice for the whole duration of the film. The dialogue was good, the acting was good, even the directing. I just felt like something was missing from Still Alice for the third act. So much was being set up and uncovered, and then it's just left there. I'm not sure if this was the director's intention, showing us the inside of Alice's mind, with set ups that don't go anywhere because she's forgotten all about them. I'm not saying she should have fallen off a bridge of her husband run away with a hooker, it just felt like all in all, it lead to nothing.
There was one scene near to the end, where Alice discovers a message to herself about how to go on with life, and it is so tense and sad. And that's due to Julianne Moore's brilliant acting and the director. To be fair, this movie would get a lower grade if it wasn't for the fact that everyone's acting was fantastic and the characters were believable and I cared for all of them.
I recommend seeing Still Alice when it comes out of blu-ray or DVD, as it is not a must see movie, but still well done. I give it a 3.5 out of 5.
Still Alice is about a linguistics professor, who is in her early 40's or so, has a husband, played by Alec Baldwin, and grown up children. She slowly discovers she can't remember certain words or phrases, and after seeing a doctor, discovers she has a rare case of early-onset Alzheimer's disease. She must face this with her husband and her children, one of which is played by Kirsten Stewart.
Straight off the bat, Julianne Moore was amazing in this film. I didn't see Julianne Moore but saw a scared lady who was about to face something she couldn't stop and soon enough, wouldn't be able to remember. She expertly manages to change her character's feelings quickly, to keep in par with her character's disease and her destructive memory. Even Kirsten Stewart, Keanu Reeve's monotone padawan learner, was exceptionally good in this film, being the only person that is trying to help Alice out with her serious situation. The interaction between Julianne Moore and Kirsten Stewart's characters were well done. They really captured what a mum and daughter would act like, arguing, laughing and loving. Alec Baldwin was also good as a husband who was slowly losing his love and was having trouble dealing with the left overs of her.
Still Alice was a good movie, don't get me wrong. I felt for Alice for the whole duration of the film. The dialogue was good, the acting was good, even the directing. I just felt like something was missing from Still Alice for the third act. So much was being set up and uncovered, and then it's just left there. I'm not sure if this was the director's intention, showing us the inside of Alice's mind, with set ups that don't go anywhere because she's forgotten all about them. I'm not saying she should have fallen off a bridge of her husband run away with a hooker, it just felt like all in all, it lead to nothing.
There was one scene near to the end, where Alice discovers a message to herself about how to go on with life, and it is so tense and sad. And that's due to Julianne Moore's brilliant acting and the director. To be fair, this movie would get a lower grade if it wasn't for the fact that everyone's acting was fantastic and the characters were believable and I cared for all of them.
I recommend seeing Still Alice when it comes out of blu-ray or DVD, as it is not a must see movie, but still well done. I give it a 3.5 out of 5.
Kingsman: The Secret Service Review
Kingsman: The Secret Service is directed by Matthew Vaughn,
and stars Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Tamar Egerton, Michael Caine and Samuel L.
Jackson among other British actors. The story is about a Kingsman agent, played
by Colin Firth, who finds a young man called “Eggsy”, who happens to be the son
of his previous recruit for the secret service agency, and recruits Eggsy to
become the next Kingsman. During this time, they will go up against the weird
and funny villain Valentine, played by Samuel L. Jackson. The film was released
in Australia, 12th of February.
Now, to start off with, I have a 50/50 chance of liking a
Matthew Vaughn movie. He has made some brilliant movies, such as Layer Cake,
which I own on blu-ray. But then he’s made some other films that me personally,
have not been a fan of. I’m talking about Kick Ass. Now don’t get me wrong, I
know everyone loves Kick Ass, so they should be sure to love this film. But I
wasn't a fan of the first one and haven’t seen the second one yet, which seems
good, seeing as the majority of people hated it. So going into this film I was
skeptical, but really hoped it would be good.
Kingsman: The Secret Service was fucking amazing. I had a
brilliant time with it, both in the funny moments and the serious tense
moments. I’m not sure if it was due to the fact that I LOVE spy stories (I own
all the James Bond’s) but every joke worked and every tense situation actually
made me a bit nervous. There is one scene near the middle of the movie where
they are falling and have to work together to get out alive, and I actually
found my heart beating a lot just wondering what will happen. Movies,
definitely spy movies and comedy movies, that can make me not predict what is
going to happen next are brilliant.
Tamar Egerton, who plays ‘Eggsy’ in this movie, was actually
brilliant. Watching the trailers for this movie, I was a bit off put by him,
feeling like he might be the guy trying to do comedy but does a terrible job
and thinks he’s the funniest man alive. But he pulled it off brilliantly, not
just doing the comedy well, but the action as well. Colin Firth, to me, is an
excellent actor and I enjoy him. His scenes are wonderful too, and there’s this
one fight scene in a church that was absolutely hilarious while being brutal in
the action department. But to see what they did happen in a church, makes it
even more hilarious. All the characters are brilliant, and the movie makes you
feel for certain characters, wanting them to succeed, such as ‘Eggsy’ beating up
his step dad, or so on.
The only real problem I have with the film is the pacing,
which is sometimes I found myself wishing the scene would pass or that one
scene should have gone longer. Also, and this is just a me thing here, but I do
wish the training scenes had gone on a bit longer, as I highly enjoyed those
and they were fun and hilarious. Besides that, the acting and action, even the
comedy, was excellent and a welcome surprise.
I recommend seeing Kingsman: The Secret Service while it is
in cinemas, and will give it a 4 out of 5 stars.
Sunday, 5 January 2014
Sherlock Series 3: Episode 1
So, after 2 years of anticipation and endless theories, Sherlock has finally come back onto our screens to once again be a smart ass. Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss return to once again make us sit on the edge of our seats and scream as the credits start to role. Now, I am a big fan of Steven Moffat, even though he causes many viewers to become psychopaths, mainly from his Doctor Who episodes. And Mark Gatiss, I sometimes enjoy his work. His work in Doctor Who is very unrecgonisable, whereas here it shines more. But the real stars are Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, who play friends that are awkwardly put together, causing hilarious circumstances. Now this will be a SPOILER review, so be warned!
This episode started brilliantly, tying up 2 years in a couple of minutes, and revisiting the vital points of the last series finale. Sherlock has now taken down all of Moriarty's web of terrorists, as requested by Mycroft Holmes, and is now able to return to his old life with John Watson in 21B Baker Street (I have a feeling that's wrong). Unfortunately, Sherlock Holmes isn't accustom to normal human nature, and Watson's reaction to Sherlock's return is the best part of this episode, where he copes with anger, sadness, and betrayal. They even go so far as to show Watson's theory on how Sherlock survived the fall, which gives you a great inside scoop as to Watson's train of thought, which I really enjoyed. I also enjoyed other people's theories of how Sherlock survived, it kept you on the edge of your seat, as you get excited at finally seeing how Sherlock did it, with dissapointment as you discover its only a theory. Also, these theories that where shown also debunked a lot of theories in reality, as people who saw filming of the show saw these, and posted of how they knew the answer.
Another quality that really shined in this episode was the reaction and emotional context of the characters - With Sherlock not understanding Watson, and asking out for a new partner, Watson feeling betrayed and abandoned, with years of therapist to help him, Mary (Watson's wife) who tries to propel Watson back into his old life of solving crimes, and many others. One thing I am very sad about, is this is definetely the ending of Moriaity, who was such a great character in the First and Second Series. Like a mix between the Joker and Silva from Skyfall. Unless they have some stupid way of bringing him back - which could not be far off from Steven Moffat's way of writing. A new enemy has come about though, as shown in the final seconds of the episode. Not being a true Sherlock fan, I do not know any other enemies besides Moriarty, but it will be interesting to see how it transpires in future episodes.
Unfortunately, with Sherlock only being 3 episodes long, our time with this wonderful show will be short. Questions: Will this be the last Series for Sherlock? I honestly think it could last another 1 or 2 series before it grows old and must finish. But it is only at its height now. So what are your thoughts on probably one of the most anticipated episodes ever? (Besides the last half of the fifth season of Breaking Bad). Thank you guys!
Reon
This episode started brilliantly, tying up 2 years in a couple of minutes, and revisiting the vital points of the last series finale. Sherlock has now taken down all of Moriarty's web of terrorists, as requested by Mycroft Holmes, and is now able to return to his old life with John Watson in 21B Baker Street (I have a feeling that's wrong). Unfortunately, Sherlock Holmes isn't accustom to normal human nature, and Watson's reaction to Sherlock's return is the best part of this episode, where he copes with anger, sadness, and betrayal. They even go so far as to show Watson's theory on how Sherlock survived the fall, which gives you a great inside scoop as to Watson's train of thought, which I really enjoyed. I also enjoyed other people's theories of how Sherlock survived, it kept you on the edge of your seat, as you get excited at finally seeing how Sherlock did it, with dissapointment as you discover its only a theory. Also, these theories that where shown also debunked a lot of theories in reality, as people who saw filming of the show saw these, and posted of how they knew the answer.
Another quality that really shined in this episode was the reaction and emotional context of the characters - With Sherlock not understanding Watson, and asking out for a new partner, Watson feeling betrayed and abandoned, with years of therapist to help him, Mary (Watson's wife) who tries to propel Watson back into his old life of solving crimes, and many others. One thing I am very sad about, is this is definetely the ending of Moriaity, who was such a great character in the First and Second Series. Like a mix between the Joker and Silva from Skyfall. Unless they have some stupid way of bringing him back - which could not be far off from Steven Moffat's way of writing. A new enemy has come about though, as shown in the final seconds of the episode. Not being a true Sherlock fan, I do not know any other enemies besides Moriarty, but it will be interesting to see how it transpires in future episodes.
Unfortunately, with Sherlock only being 3 episodes long, our time with this wonderful show will be short. Questions: Will this be the last Series for Sherlock? I honestly think it could last another 1 or 2 series before it grows old and must finish. But it is only at its height now. So what are your thoughts on probably one of the most anticipated episodes ever? (Besides the last half of the fifth season of Breaking Bad). Thank you guys!
Reon
Friday, 17 May 2013
Movie Review: Star Trek Into Darkness
One of my most anticipated movies of the year, even though I'm not a major trekkie fans, having only seen the movies. But nonetheless, I was terribly excited for this movie. First off, it stars Benedict Cumberpatch, my favourite Sherlock Holmes of them all, playing a villain... A very good villain at that. Secondly, I love most sci-fi movies, definetely ones that are on a level such as this and just have great dialougue mixed with amazing story. Anyways...
Star Trek Into Darkness continues the continuing adventure of the Starship Enterprise as they fulfil their duties by Starfleet. Captain Kirk is called to the rescue when London is attacked by a terrorist and his loving mentor is killed. But Captain Kirk will not realise what he has gotten him and his crew into when he goes to capture the terrorist, avoiding Starfleets command of just plain old killing him. And so starts a battle of the brains.
Now I thought this film was AMAZING! The story was brilliant, the acting was briliant and the sets were amazing. I think every J.J. Abrams movie I've seen has been brilliant, but this one tops the list. Trekkies will get their fair dose of Star Trek from one liners and cameos. Benedict Cumberpatch, as said before, plays an amazing villain, and I'm glad he's really getting noticed for his acting abilities now. There is so much to say about this, but I can't - something that will need to be discussed in a Spoiler Filled Discussion. Chris Pine has come a long way from his old style of playboy acting - you still witness it in this film, but it's less obvious. And even though almost 3/4 of the movie is basically them in a spaceship standing still, you will still be entranced and be able to enjoy this masterpiece. Dialogue scenes steal action scenes, though the action scenes are still quite amazing. This movie, to me is a 9/10, and many will not be dissapointed.
Star Trek Into Darkness continues the continuing adventure of the Starship Enterprise as they fulfil their duties by Starfleet. Captain Kirk is called to the rescue when London is attacked by a terrorist and his loving mentor is killed. But Captain Kirk will not realise what he has gotten him and his crew into when he goes to capture the terrorist, avoiding Starfleets command of just plain old killing him. And so starts a battle of the brains.
Now I thought this film was AMAZING! The story was brilliant, the acting was briliant and the sets were amazing. I think every J.J. Abrams movie I've seen has been brilliant, but this one tops the list. Trekkies will get their fair dose of Star Trek from one liners and cameos. Benedict Cumberpatch, as said before, plays an amazing villain, and I'm glad he's really getting noticed for his acting abilities now. There is so much to say about this, but I can't - something that will need to be discussed in a Spoiler Filled Discussion. Chris Pine has come a long way from his old style of playboy acting - you still witness it in this film, but it's less obvious. And even though almost 3/4 of the movie is basically them in a spaceship standing still, you will still be entranced and be able to enjoy this masterpiece. Dialogue scenes steal action scenes, though the action scenes are still quite amazing. This movie, to me is a 9/10, and many will not be dissapointed.
Sunday, 7 April 2013
In-Depth Discussion of: Skyfall
Guys it would be great if you commented and started a discussion, I would love to join in! Love you guys!
Skyfall (spoiler alert)
Okay if you guys didn't realise, one of my favourite move series of all time. I just adore James Bond, so I was really excited when this movie FINALLY came out and I would like to have an in-depth discussion about certain aspects of the film whilst reviewing it.
So first off, I think Daniel Craig could be my favourite Bond actor ever, not saying the other James Bond's are crap, I love every one of them (including George Lazenby, and not because I'm Australian). I just think Daniel Craig really brings a more gritty realistic potrayal to the role instead of the likes of Roger Moore, which you must agree, is on the verge of becoming Austin Powers. There is so many things about this film that I need to discuss, but unfortuntely all my friends aren't the greatest Bond fans, actually one of my friends thought there was only 4 movies (there's actually 23 :D). Anyway, so first I want to talk about how great this film was. Very well done, I'm actually quite a fan of Sam Mendes, having seen American Beauty, Road to Perdition and Revolutionary Road, which will probably have reviews out later in the future. The villan, Ravoul Silva, played by Javier Bardem, is probably now my favourite Bond villan (before it was Max Zorin, in A View To A Kill, played by Christopher Walken). I also love how they also incorporated all the stuff that made the old 007 movies legendary, such as Q and Moneypenny, along with M's old room with the lounge chair door (it totally looks like the fabric used for a lounge chair).Actually while we're on the topic of M, I seriously think 007 has now come full circle in a way, which is weird. It's like Judi Dench's M was the first M for 007 in Casino Royale and once she died the M from the old 007 movies was brought in... Well that's my understanding of it. Just that Q and Monneypenny and the old office is brought back once Mallory becomes M just seems to make that point. Which is also contradictory because she was in the Pierce Brosnan ones which were after the old 007 M, which means she's in the beginning and the end of 007 and... Oh god I give up... Anyway the film was great. Next point is that I love how they made Moneypenny more into the story then a 5 second talk with 007 in the office, and the fact that they also made her not madly in love with 007 like in the original ones... It creates even more realism... They really created goosebumps for me when they revealed both Mallory as M and Moneypenny... Anyway who's this Tanner bloke? He seems to have been in it since the Pierce Brosnan ones I believe? He just suddenly popped up and did half the work Moneypenny normally does.
One thing I do have to criticise is the fact that Ravoul Silva seemed to know EXACTLY what was going to happen months ahead of time, sort of in a Joker style from The Dark Knight. Getting arrested, knowing to blow a train to fall on Bond exactly in one spot etc... Just seems a bit crazy, that's all... But nonetheless still amazingly exciting and fun. People also get angry at the fact that he could have shot M in the fact at the courthouse, which I sort of agree with, but then I can see why not. He was so excited and giddy to taker the shot, he was probably trying to calm his nerves when Mallory pulled M over the side. I guess that sort of argues the point but still... Just take the damn shot Silva. Also a lot of people have argued that the film shouldn't have included the third act, with the Skyfall house and the final fight, and that it should have probably ended around the courthouse scene. I don't mind that scene personally, I mean after watching it half a dozen times it does get dull, but I like how it explores Bond and really attaches him to the past Bonds (Sean Connery mostly with Scotland) and how M died where the only other two people he loved died - his parents... I saw that as symbolic in a way, plus the whole house fight was pretty exhilirating... Unfortunately some of my friends saw it a couple of hours before me and rang me up and asked me to guess who died... So unfortunately I saw it coming in a way...
Also, another thing I wish to criticise is what the hell was that asian dude doing that got shot in the head by Patrice in Shanghai? All they show is him looking at some painting and then BLAM! dead and thats the end of it... Plus if everyone in that room was working on that hit, why couldn't the two big guys or Severine just shoot him? Why did they have to get Patrice to use a sniper across the town? Also Severine really was not in this film a lot, which was dissapointing, as she was in tons of photos and posters and took up a quarter of the trailer, and in the end probably only had 10-15 minutes screen time, though he death was pretty shocking. I can't think of much else to discuss, other than this was a great film, had some good one liners, obviously not as great as the original 007 lines... But a fun film, Daniel Craig is supberb, I would give this 5 stars (out of 5). People say this is the best James Bond ever, I disagree, I still say Casino Royale is the greatest.. I will soon be coming out with a review for each and every James Bond movie in detail as this was pretty fun... Probably total bullocks for anyone who doesn't understand 007 :P
Thanks always guys, I love you all
Cheers
Reon
Skyfall (spoiler alert)
Okay if you guys didn't realise, one of my favourite move series of all time. I just adore James Bond, so I was really excited when this movie FINALLY came out and I would like to have an in-depth discussion about certain aspects of the film whilst reviewing it.
So first off, I think Daniel Craig could be my favourite Bond actor ever, not saying the other James Bond's are crap, I love every one of them (including George Lazenby, and not because I'm Australian). I just think Daniel Craig really brings a more gritty realistic potrayal to the role instead of the likes of Roger Moore, which you must agree, is on the verge of becoming Austin Powers. There is so many things about this film that I need to discuss, but unfortuntely all my friends aren't the greatest Bond fans, actually one of my friends thought there was only 4 movies (there's actually 23 :D). Anyway, so first I want to talk about how great this film was. Very well done, I'm actually quite a fan of Sam Mendes, having seen American Beauty, Road to Perdition and Revolutionary Road, which will probably have reviews out later in the future. The villan, Ravoul Silva, played by Javier Bardem, is probably now my favourite Bond villan (before it was Max Zorin, in A View To A Kill, played by Christopher Walken). I also love how they also incorporated all the stuff that made the old 007 movies legendary, such as Q and Moneypenny, along with M's old room with the lounge chair door (it totally looks like the fabric used for a lounge chair).Actually while we're on the topic of M, I seriously think 007 has now come full circle in a way, which is weird. It's like Judi Dench's M was the first M for 007 in Casino Royale and once she died the M from the old 007 movies was brought in... Well that's my understanding of it. Just that Q and Monneypenny and the old office is brought back once Mallory becomes M just seems to make that point. Which is also contradictory because she was in the Pierce Brosnan ones which were after the old 007 M, which means she's in the beginning and the end of 007 and... Oh god I give up... Anyway the film was great. Next point is that I love how they made Moneypenny more into the story then a 5 second talk with 007 in the office, and the fact that they also made her not madly in love with 007 like in the original ones... It creates even more realism... They really created goosebumps for me when they revealed both Mallory as M and Moneypenny... Anyway who's this Tanner bloke? He seems to have been in it since the Pierce Brosnan ones I believe? He just suddenly popped up and did half the work Moneypenny normally does.
One thing I do have to criticise is the fact that Ravoul Silva seemed to know EXACTLY what was going to happen months ahead of time, sort of in a Joker style from The Dark Knight. Getting arrested, knowing to blow a train to fall on Bond exactly in one spot etc... Just seems a bit crazy, that's all... But nonetheless still amazingly exciting and fun. People also get angry at the fact that he could have shot M in the fact at the courthouse, which I sort of agree with, but then I can see why not. He was so excited and giddy to taker the shot, he was probably trying to calm his nerves when Mallory pulled M over the side. I guess that sort of argues the point but still... Just take the damn shot Silva. Also a lot of people have argued that the film shouldn't have included the third act, with the Skyfall house and the final fight, and that it should have probably ended around the courthouse scene. I don't mind that scene personally, I mean after watching it half a dozen times it does get dull, but I like how it explores Bond and really attaches him to the past Bonds (Sean Connery mostly with Scotland) and how M died where the only other two people he loved died - his parents... I saw that as symbolic in a way, plus the whole house fight was pretty exhilirating... Unfortunately some of my friends saw it a couple of hours before me and rang me up and asked me to guess who died... So unfortunately I saw it coming in a way...
Also, another thing I wish to criticise is what the hell was that asian dude doing that got shot in the head by Patrice in Shanghai? All they show is him looking at some painting and then BLAM! dead and thats the end of it... Plus if everyone in that room was working on that hit, why couldn't the two big guys or Severine just shoot him? Why did they have to get Patrice to use a sniper across the town? Also Severine really was not in this film a lot, which was dissapointing, as she was in tons of photos and posters and took up a quarter of the trailer, and in the end probably only had 10-15 minutes screen time, though he death was pretty shocking. I can't think of much else to discuss, other than this was a great film, had some good one liners, obviously not as great as the original 007 lines... But a fun film, Daniel Craig is supberb, I would give this 5 stars (out of 5). People say this is the best James Bond ever, I disagree, I still say Casino Royale is the greatest.. I will soon be coming out with a review for each and every James Bond movie in detail as this was pretty fun... Probably total bullocks for anyone who doesn't understand 007 :P
Thanks always guys, I love you all
Cheers
Reon
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