Film Reviews

Tarzan (1999)

2012-08-16T16:40:00.003-07:00

The first thing I remember about this Tarzan film would have to be the opening scene of how Tarzan became, well.. Tarzan to put it simply, the second would have to be the main theme song of Tarzan called Two Worlds. The song itself almost makes the entire film completely giving that jungle feel to the film itself in one little beat. Mentioning the music I have to say at some points hard-core Disney lovers may not like this as there is only really one song done in the style of a musical but to me been less music in it worked brilliantly well and I thought it was great that they worked more on the story rather than the next memorable Disney tune like the ones in the Lion King films.

Characters in this film are very loveable, especially Tarzan and his companions which are show with him from when he was a little boy to a man or to a monkey to a gorilla...The relastionship between Tarzan and Jane is probably one of the best pieces of how the story is put together in the film because it is also how Tarzan learns about where he came from which also brings up many beautiful scenes and images of human history. Action is done quite amazing in this film as Tarzan himself is an amazing acrobat which he spends most of the time vine swinging a manoeuvring himself through the tree's instead of brawling like the average primate. Some of the style of the animation put into the action is done very well and is very realistic when scenery is involved from the sketched out backgrounds especially in the scenes with the leopards and baboons.

Tarzan is also a film when it is trying to be funny it actually is funny where as in some cartoon films you can be just glaring at the screen thinking erm no. The expressions coming from Tarzan and how he acts when he first runs into Jane and her exploration party let's say is will leave you with a snigger of laughter but it won't leave you in stitches but it does the job.I thought one of the memorable scenes in this film would be when Tarzan walks out in a suit of his real fathers after he is shown where he really came from, to me it shows that he r wants to be part of the human society and also be with the people where he truly belongs as throughout the film Tarzan explains or shows that he has always felt different and un-wanted from his clan. There is of course love been a Disney film, to me I don't think it was really needed but I guess without Jane he would never have wanted to find out where he came from.

Overall an amazing Disney film, it may not please hard-core Disney lovers with its lack songs and its different style of animation but nothing you shouldn't be able to let go of anytime soon. Plus it also has a Beauty and the Beast reference in it which I thought was good, beside the point though... I think.

The Hunchback Of Notre Dame (1996)

2012-08-16T05:25:00.001-07:00

One of my many childhood favorites, a great tale about Quasimodo the "Half Formed" human living on top of the lovely bell tower of Notre Dame living a lonely life forbidden to never set outside the bell tower by the orders of his master Frollo. Frollo ridden with guilt/hatred and fear of killing his mother twenty years ago he raises the boy feeling that he will be punished into hell for his crimes against the gypsies and his mother even though he considers them as theifs, witches and not part of their society he does everything in his power to remove them. This is a tale about friendship, trust, love, equality and betrayal and is done very well, made for all the family people will certainly enjoy this.

The wonders of been older make you understand the concept of it more with its jokes and story, its meaning of "who is the monster and who is the man" and to not judge others for been different. Characters are great in this film especially Clopin Trouillefou which I clearly had to look up but he really makes the film with his humour and story-telling. Other brilliant characters would be the Gaurdians and friends of Quasimodo, these Gargoyle gaurdians never move for others apart from when Quasimodo is around which can make you believe it is his only his conscience speaking to him in his own way. Quasimodo may not be respected but is certainly talented and is a great character, from modelmaking to an amazing acrobat with great strength which truly shows that you should never judge.

The music in this film, especially its main theme is quite addictive to get in your head and of course been Disney is done rather well. I wouldn't say it matches up to The Lion King or Jungle Book but it is nice to see more of a classical side to Disney's music. CGI and animation is beautifully done in this film mainly coming from Notre Dame itself with lighting and smoke effects. Shockingly there are quite a few crule scenes in this film especially after the festival when Quasimodo is tied up and tortued which leave this film as quite a dark one which is quite shocking considering Disney usually make films that are obviously happy and try and hide the dark tone but this is thrown right out in front for us all to view.

Overall a great film from Walt Disney which I think is easily forgotten, a great tale set in a great time.

GoldenEye (1995)

2012-08-16T03:53:00.000-07:00

Before I get onto the story of this film there is a few things I have to get off my chest, firstly now the years have passed you get to notice that this film can be quite childish at times from the extremely corny but lovely one liners that come of Pierce Brosnon which we either love or hate, the scene where Pierce decides to get into a tank even though there was a tank right next to him when he gazes his man whore eyes at the tank in the distance and when Pierce takes out the horse winged statue with the tank which somehow manages to stay on the tank all the way through the scene which at times ruins the maturity of the film but do we still love it, perhaps.

Story sets of with James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) and Alec Treveylan (Saun Bean) committing a raid on a chemical weapons plant in the soviet union where unfortunately they are captured, however James Bond manages to escape but the same can't be said for Alec Treveylan. Later on Xenia Onatopp (Famke Janssen) commits a raid of her own on a secret military base with the help of her malicious soldiers and steals the controls of an high tech weapons satellite system called GoldenEye, after getting what she needs she removes all witnesses from the equation killing everyone in the military base for the only one who is left alive Natalya Simonova (Izabella Scorupco) who joins up with James Bond in hope to stop Xenia Onatopp committing further disasters with the power of the GoldenEye.

Characters, well I have to say all performances are pretty top notch apart from the cheesiness of melodrama coming from Pierce Brosnan and Izabella Scorupco, to me I would consider Sean Bean, Famke Janssen and Alan Cumming to be the best characters they play through the entire film, funny enough it's the villains with best job than the hero's in this film, especially Famke Janssen who seems to get a little bit excited when killing people. Q played by Desmond Llewelyn is the most loveable character in the film, whenever I watch a James Bond I always look forward to his appearance and it is uttermost a shame that he is no longer with the world.

Action is almost perfect apart from what I mentioned above, it adds all the elements of action into most of the scenes as possible from exploding trains, cars helicopters and pens. Overall if you can get passed the one liners coming from Pierce Brosnan character and some immaturity you'll certainly have an enjoyable watch of this film.

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit (2005)

2012-08-08T05:55:00.001-07:00

Story, the creative Wallace, inventor extraordinaire and Gromit, the brains of most and everything, now in charge of the Anti Pesto rabbit defence against the village prized vegetables of the up-coming vegetable competition. But now as the full moon approaches they will have up the defences the Were-Rabbit draws near.

Now take the style of Steve Box and Nick Park with a classic horror style of a were-wolf you get Wallace & Gromit's next adventure with lots of slapstick humour, a purely brilliant with old fashioned British tongue and the stop motion from the clay animation is some of the best you can get which truly shows you do not need to rely on pure CGI to create such a wonderful tale. The action sequences shows some of the most creative sides to animation you will ever see, some I believe to reference old shows of Wallace and Gromits adventures, especially a sequence involving the fight between Gromit and Victors hound on the plane which really reminds me of an original scene with a train which I have seen countless times in animation museums to show of the style of stop motion camera.

As I mentioned before the slapstick style is actually done really well, I have never really beed fond of such humour but the film left me laughter which I never thought it would. Been that I have seen this before I never seemed interested in watching this film at first, I believe this has something to with style of the story referring to films of were-wolfs we have always seen before. This in some ways I believe that this let the film down and does not live up to the classic Chicken Run tale which were also created Steve Box and Nick Park. Chicken Run was completely new and interesting idea to personify such creatures, with exciting personalities that we could all love with the added evil villain that perhaps a child and adult could relate to that we all probably get throughout our life. In conselation though we do get a mass of amount of human side characters, this does make up for it in some ways as they are mostly the core of which the slapstick does originate from and they give of some of the more creative lines of the film.

The voice acting is as creative as the film, you would not expect Helen Bonham Carter to play a role for such a film but does great for what she is given and really does brilliant job shaping her characters personality from start to finish. Overall this film may exceed its Chicken Run preprocessor but keeps true to style and creative of the original Wallace and Gromit which will keep entertained throughout.

The Crow (1994)

2012-08-06T19:32:00.002-07:00

"It Can't Rain All The Time"

Story, "People once believed that when someone dies, a crow carries their soul to the land of the dead. But sometimes, something so bad happens that a terrible sadness is carried with it and the soul can't rest. Then sometimes, just sometimes, the crow can bring that soul back to put the wrong things right" Eric Draven (Brandon Lee) a young guitarist with the love of his life, fiancée Shelly are planning to get married on Halloween but are attacked and killed by thugs who are hired by a man called Top Dollar (Michael Wincott), the gangster or ruler of the city. A year has past since the event of Eric Draven and Shelly's death, with Halloween on its way again but this time it shall bring justice from the fire of Eric Draven's past.

Brandon Lee shows a determination performance in his character, to seek justice, revenge and retribution while the Crow itself shows him the way to what he needs to succeed and survive. A true and memorable piece of acting from a person who has become such an iconic actor through this film due to his much saddened death in the making of The Crow. What I believe is that there could of been such a great future of of this actor, I can honestly could have seen him rival such brilliant actors as Johnny Depp or perhaps could of played Heath Ledgers Joker, it a such a shame that we will never see such a future from this actor and my heart really goes out to him been this film been part of my childhood for so many years and hopefully my future. I am not familar with the comics but the behold such a dark tone to film, not just with characters and gore but the entire atmosphere of the whole film, even the mysteriously looking and run down city has this very dark, industrial reminds of such films like Escape from New York. Michael Wincott shows true dark villainy with his character but also some form of sadistic charm with it, a charm which which most of the main characters seem to form as the film moves on. What I really love about this film is the true energy to show that nothing is trivial in life, that we should cherish each moment together, that everything matters when it is love. With this you really feel the pain coming and bursting out of Eric Draven to show this is his main fuel to help him punish the ones responsible for Shelly's death and suffering.

Action, we have guns, knifes, gore, martial arts, with Brandon Lee and the direction of Alex Proyas, this is what you get. We probably get one the most memorable comic book films of the early nineties. There is also the very thearitical humour of which comes from Brandson's Lee charcter of Eric Draven which we can not help fall in love with when he goes in guns blazing and black lipstick on quoting the poem The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe.

"Little things used to mean so much to Shelly- I used to think they were kind of trivial. Believe me, nothing is trivial"

Overall, a film no one should ever miss watching through their life even if they where to dislike it, a truly memorable dark film from the nineties, surely one I will never forget.

Source Code (2011)

2012-08-02T17:38:00.003-07:00

Story, Captain Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhall) wakes up onto a passenger train to Chicago but all is not what it seems, familiar surroundings are not so familiar and all that he remembers was his last mission in Afghanistan. He awakes to a fellow friend, Christina Warren (Michelle Monhagan) but as not even recognizer her he begins panic as her stating him as another name entirely. As more shocking events start to accur as he discovers his entire identity to be completely different eight minutes later the train he travels on explodes killing everyone on board by some form of bomb. He awakens yet again in a capsule, and ordered questions and instructions to a new mission called the "Source Code" find the bomber, where is the bomb, eight minutes back and back again into a parallel world or a possible reality to which true events will occur he does not end this threat. Fuled by the milarity skills and the memories of his loving father he sets out to save the passengers of the train. After contious fails, no progress gained and no relative information given to him for his reasons of this task he sets off not to just to save the passengers but himself from the military grasp. Maybe more meets this Parrell world, maybe more meets this "Source Code"

Jake Gyllenhall gives a beyond impressive performance in this film, with not such a noticeable cast among audiences to notice he holds his ground and shows/portrays strong character development from start to finish, it almost seems interesting to learn about his character past and present, why he needs to do to complete his task. Michelle Monhagan as a supporting role also holds her ground and at times become the cheeky love interest to Jake Gyllenhall character. Action, there is not much action to behold unless the smarts of the story count. This could become such a problem to certain mainstream audience to find such a film interesting to some viewers and could be forgotten quite easily amongst the world of film which is such a shame in a lot of respects to Duncan Jones second film direct, his first been the 2009 film Moon. With the script and the full feel you get from watching the film, you can certainly tell there is the Duncan Jones twist in the mist of the direction of the film from start to finish with some small elements which could slightly relate to the film Moon which I think is great to see and also brings me quite a lot of joy to see what else this director has in store for us in the many years to come. There is however only one problem I have this film is that it has quite predictable scenes with events of time travel of which a character already knows events of which are about to occur but this is certainly no major problem to the films whole idea. You would after watching this film once that it would not really hold any re-watch value but to me its always nice to see parts of which you may not have given much attention to the first time round, an example would be knowing who did what but of course I will not spoil that one.

Overall, and very mind bending and iconic film in some ways which will dazzle the mind, and perhaps dazzle ones mind into quantum mechanics with the idea of one taking more action in life with its very moving ending .

"What would you do if you knew you had less than a minute to live?"

Cars 2 (2011)

2012-08-01T03:36:00.002-07:00

"Ka chow"

Well that gets annoying...

Story, Lightning McQueen sets off in his next adventure in the first ever World Grand Prix to compete with his rival Francesco Bernoullo, While Mater sets of on his own action adventure becoming a secret spy and meeting some double O's along his mission to save the Grand Prix. And that's that, been a Pixar you would believe the film to have some for deep emotional and inspirational feel to film which you would think they would understand after the wide success of Up and their other great success Toy Story but sadly to say they do not. This really lets the film down straight away and this doesn't help to find the funny side at all to the film, I know the film is meant for kids but Pixar have always made films which can relate to adults as well and this is usually the key idea of kids films today to grasp a more wider audience but it sadly doesn't which is such a shame to some respect.

Visuals are highly impressive as always coming from Pixar but I feel In this film they have really tried to mask this poor film with such effects and the actor Michael Cain who voice acts secret agent Finn McMissile, thinking that people will just see the film as cool just because of him. However great Michael Cain may obviously be a really hate it when people obviously cast actors for such a purpose. I don't really feel Owen Wilson was such a great idea for the film just in general, it was obviously a great way to show his narcasist values in the first film for him at least develop his character into a more nicer and loveable McQueen but as his character did not learn anything at all from the first film at all. Owen Wilson does a good job voice acting McQueen but the voice at all doesn't seem to be fitting with character as well but this could just be me.

Action gets a bit obvious after a little while after one barrel exploding after another, and another, and well another which does not do the film any real justice as been a new car film except the spy factor of the story. Been that the whole spy idea as well is such an obvious way to move on from a car film and I don't think this was the right idea moving onto this for a sequel, I am no film writer but I would of loved to see some form of emotional conflict with McQueen rather focusing on Mater, perhaps a long lost selfish father or two? and to involve more lines to come from the main characters which were in the first film as these are the main ones viewers will have grown to love.

Overall a very annoying a predictable film with nothing fresh to warm the heart but only the eyes, at least they visited Japan...

Moon (2009)

2012-07-23T08:19:00.002-07:00

Welcome to the Moon...

Story, Sam bell (Sam Rockwell) a secluded mining extractor on our well know distant neighbour the moon for helium gases to help resolve earth's energy crisis but Sam bell finally nearing the end of his three year long contract may reach insanity first rather than Earth. Probably already succumbed to loneliness way before three years, his only friends been Gerty (voiced by Kevin Spacey) he soon starts to have vivid hallucinations of his daughter and memory loss near the end of his three year contract to which he comes across a discovery where it will leave him running into a very familiar face and questioning his very own existence. Without giving to much of the story away, when the film sets of it starts to leave you with questions

Characters, Sam Rockwell does an amazing performance with his roles which gives us a great understanding of the character he portrays throughout the film with the emotions and effects of what been really lonely can do to you. Kevin Spacey only doing a voice of an assistance AI may not have any main role but given what he does , he does it extremely well and I prefer his character than Sam's in some respects as been a character without a face the only way the emotions are portrayed through Gerty are smilies which we only usually see on the internet , it is probably one of the best things and what I love about this character and what I liked in the film.

The main reasons to why I love this film is its style, its done very simply and gives of this very indie feel to it to which I love and it also used model miniatures during the film, I thought that was a really nice touch to it and was good to rely on old ideas and technology which really made it fresh, it almost makes it a shame that people do not really rely on model miniatures anymore. The last and the best thing I love about this is it's all about the story, there isn't really any form of action in this film, it's completely story driven on the phycology and Sam Rockwells life and that's what it should be.

Some other nice little touches in the film which I really loved would be Sam's belongings and the clothing he wears throughout, it gives a feel to what Sam used to be like and his life on Earth before he became so lonely and leaves the question to why he is even here in the first place.

Overall a nice simple film, to which it's nice to see something so simple in the vast amount of space.

Watchmen (2009)

2012-07-23T07:33:00.002-07:00

"Who is watching the Watchmen?"

Story is set during a cold war between two major super powers competing for nuclear power, America and Russia, a world where the remaining Watchmen are either wanted criminals, retired or doing the best they can to help make peace between Russia and America. The direction of this film is utterly so in-depth showing you the truth of the American dream you really do not feel like you have missed anything if you have never read the comics. The film will also spend most of its time going back to past events which shown how the characters have developed to what they are in present, which mainly show their scars and healed roles. A great aspect of the film so to me I feel its so we believe that these characters are just as damaged as any other normal human being, they are not Superman, they are not Spiderman, they are just normal as any human in this set world.

Characters which I'll start with Jeffrey Morgan who plays as the Comedian, to me the best character of film which other characters in film consider him to be a ruthless killer and even a Nazi. He basically strips down people to a reality to what the world and people are really like and becomes a parody of this world showing the truth of this American dream. Billy Crudup who plays Dr. Manhatton which he is pretty much complete CGI and is considered by many in this film as a God, he has the power to construct and deconstruct the bonds in objects, people and matter which makes him also have the ability to create and destroy life. Malin Akerman who plays Silk Spectre II is the character that just mainly wants to fit in now into reality and live a normal life. Patrick Wilson who plays Nite Owl is the second character who basically has had enough with his super hero role and wants to fit to the real world but finds it hard to let go with the events happening around him. Mathew Goode plays Ozymandias who used his super hero status to become a multi-millionaire, considered the smartest of the bunch he uses his wealth to create idea that would change the world forever. Jackie Haley who plays Rorshach, clinging to his masked superhero status, not feeling there is anything out
for him in the real world, he hates everything and everyone but will seek the truth by any means necessary.

The acting can be quite of and on at times, even coming of way to serious and corny at certain parts, especially coming from Rorsharch's gravel tone and Nite Owl/Silk Spectre's love plot which I think comes off a bit unneeded leading away from the main plot of story which should have always been the main focus for the film but something so small is something I can forgive.

Action in this film is brilliant and choreographed excellently well, there are some unnecessary scenes of violence in this film and sex scenes but it doesn't make you hate the film in any particular way. CGI is top notch in quality, down to the slightest detail which really immerses you into the universe of the Watchmen. Overall with one of the most memorable film openings with the formation and the loss of the Watchmen, as well as the opening fight scene it is probably one of the most brilliant comic book adaptions I have ever seen which will leave many other comic book adaptions feeling childish and un-worthy for many years to come.

The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

2012-07-20T11:37:00.003-07:00

Is this the end of Gotham and Batman, Wayne is weak and the people he lost and know are slipping away, he is broken mentally and physically to the point of which he feels lost with himself and the future of Batman. His close friend Alfred (Michael Cain) wants him to move on from the Batman as he knows deeply that Bruce Wayne will lose to the point of death. The people are fed a lie to the Harvey Dent act making Batman into the criminal which turns the city against him and leave Bruce wayne to retreat from the battle. With certain acts start to occur he soon knows that "There is a storm coming" but what, who is the masked mercenary called Bane, what is his past, how will the legend end?

There is much said that this film does not exceed the The Dark Knight but with all respect I do feel that this comes from the grips of fans not wanting to leave the world of Heath Ledgers Joker however brilliantly dark/remarkable his performance was. They are equally portrayed to great lengths but the main core which shows a form of difference would be the key focus of the villains style, The Dark Knight's main aim was to tests Batmans mentality but with Rise is to test Batmans physical strength but of course without the concept of wanting to see Gothams destruction. I would say Tom Hardy's shows of and at the same time impress's me with his performance, It is something I have not seen of Tom Hardy and I almost feel that this skill would not of been achieved if it was not the direction of Christopher Nolan but I do hope that we see this certain skill of acting in Tom Hardy's career.

The action within the film has some very spetacular scenes of realism of pure strenght, you really see the core emotion of which comes from Bane and Batman to a point where you can feel the physical struggle between each character. Aside from the familar faces It was nice to see new ones along the road, especially Marion Cotillard and Joseph Levitt from the world of the film Inception. But wih this, also comes a new face to world of the Christopher Nolans films, Anne Hathaway as the suductive Catwomen, she plays the roles perfectly, sexually, sedutivly, agile and erotic. A face I will surely miss till the Blu-Ray release. I also enjoyed a cheeky un-relevant cast of one of the detectives from the TV series of Dexter. The film direction and structure is beyond perfect from start to finish with style and skill all at the same time which leaves me with no complaints with the film except one. I dislike pretty much all of the side actors within the film where some would seem to peering of not even payin attention to their small roles however with such a big cast you cannot help to have some mishaps.

Conclusion, a brilliant trilogy and a last film that was well worth the wait. A part of me wants to see this again and happily accept a forth film but I doubt the legenday Nolan would attend to such a thing which I respct and secretly hate all at the same time.

13 Assassins (2011)

2012-05-13T11:26:00.001-07:00

Story, The evil Lord Naritsugu is set to ascend to the Shogun council where his only plans aim is set to bring insanity and war to its people. The opening scene brings a man committing Hara Kiri, this to me is all takes for the film to draw you into its grasp, why did this person commit such an act, an act of honour, or cowardliness? The first hour of this film mainly focuses on character development as we need to find the 13 Assassins as well as develop an understanding to why these men would throw their lives up to go against Lord Naritsugu, with this hour we also learn the true fear and power of what Lord Naritsugu is capable off and the reason of why this man needs to be laid to rest so he will never ascend to the Shogun council.

The next forty fives minutes shows a truly remarkable fight scene of blood and honour and will leave many people who view this film breathless. This film also shows that you do not need a mass amount of CG to create such a masterpiece which is most likely my main enjoyment of this film. I am sure at certain points of this film I have not even noticed certain parts of this film had even used CG, it at times seemed that realistic. This film is not only about blood but the honour of the Samurai, one of the main commanders for Lord Naritsugu is fully aware that his Lord is set to commit such horrendous acts but by his code he shall follow him to his death, this shows true commitment of what the Samurai where like back in those days and that they where fully prepared to sacrifice themselves for others to live on.

Now the ending of this film is pure genius, with this ending we encounter success and failure, Lord Naritsugu shows his true colours at the end and we feel sadness but honour for the people who sacrificed themselves to defeat Lord Naritsugu. The acting is pure seriousness, some may say this could have been one downfall with this film but Takeshi Miike, the director of this film has my uttermost respect as I would say without seriousness, I would not imagine this film to do so well. The photography,camera lightning and direction of this film is purely brilliant with sets that show such pure detail in historical Japanese buildings as well as the effects off blood, gore and the layouts for the final fight scene which I would say shows true effort in the creation of this film

Out of the full cast I would say Koji Yakusho (Shinzaemon Shimada) did the best performance in this film, been the leader of the thirteen assassins his acting ability to bring the true honour of the samurai to life shows good reason and helps hold other less well know actors together. The remaining twelve Samurai show their agility and skill which adds the more brutal side of the film which I'm sure most people would be looking forward to while viewing this historical action epic.

Overall a brutal,bloody and brilliant film all in one, a true set masterpiece that will leave feeling the need for more. Lets not commit Hara Kiri over such delight to express our honour for this film.
8.9/10

The Dark Knight (2008)

2012-05-12T17:53:00.003-07:00

Story, the mob seems to be diminishing from Gotham been under threat by the power of a "White Knight" Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) but near its success comes a new threat, an unknown criminal called the Joker (Heath Ledger) who set with a game, a game to set Gotham into Chaos and has no fear off bringing insanity to the field. We all know this film is great, simply by the structure of the story and this is all through the power of Christopher Nolan, I wonder if he himself will make some form of superhero status after the completion off the third film *crosses fingers* With his ability, the story of the Batman becomes even darker with his nemisis on the field, The Joker who would of know what chaos this film brings to the screen, but we all love it. the Joker knows the Batman, he knows what he is inside, what he fights for and will turn it against him at all cost just to play his game, a game with no ending.

To me myself, what I love mainly about this film is the soundtrack, that's right with all of its greatness, from the acting of Heath Ledger or the acting Christian Bale its the soundtrack created by the infamous Hanz Zimmer. The soundtrack to The Dark Knight is riddled with suspense to where he creates its atmosphere and how we feel while watching this film. Its main song, titled "Why So Serious" the theme of the Joker brings nine minutes of terrifying music which will leave you at the edge of your seat through beginning to end.

Now lets get to the acting and Heath Ledger of course who portrays the Joker, he brings the character to the joker so terrifyingly to life its almost to what it may have an effect on younger audiences or just people in general. Its rare occasion to that Heath Ledgers performers is probably one of the greatest I have ever seen, its all such a shame that such a talented actor is not with us today. Now Christian Bales Batman, he does a good job, I have no complaints but there isn't much new from him even though I do consider him to be one of my favourite actors of all time but it would have been more interesting to see some form of other emotion from at least the Bruce Wayne character. The remaining actors, well there is quite an interesting remaining cast, the legendary Michael Cain, Morgan Freeman with there very meaningful one liners of dialogue witch help Batman to victory but to say the least, we love it. The critically acclaimed Gary Oldman, I would say stands alone from the rest of the actors which really shows his talent to the screen. Finally, Maggie Gyllenhaal does a great job of Rachel Dawes with big shoes to replace after the previous actor Katie Homes who Rachel Dawnes in Batman Begins.

Now we all love a film with action but I'd say balances the film out perfectly, not to much action to make us brain-dead but satisfy's out needs of watchman batman succeed in his fights. Story and action in serenity is what this film utilizses perfectly which makes me appreciate the film very much more. I have already talked about actors and I thought you would think I was about to forget about Aaron Eckart who portrays Harvey Dent, now his acting is good, very "white knight" to how his character is portrayed but he also does a great job of his demise and the creation of Harvey's other side where the strive for justice soon takes its toll to something almost as similar to the Joker.

Overall, simply an outstanding and unforgettable film, dark and disturbing it will inevitably satisfy us all. Its brings fear and worry to what will behold in the third film, will its success become greater or will it stumble down the rabbit hole, lets hope the Christopher Nolan does us well for Batman's future.

"And... here... we... go!"

Fright Night (2011)

2011-09-24T06:20:00.000-07:00

Story, welcome to a little world of Fright Night, where Charley Brewster (Anton Yelchin) starts to suspect his neighbour Jerry (Colin Farrell) is a vampire thanks to his old nerdy friend Ed (Christopher Mintz-Passe) who tries to convince Charley when one of their old friends and many other students at their school start to go missing. Charley at first does not believe Ed as he has mainly considered him the nerdy kid he used to hang out with when he was little, a life which he wishes he could forget so been predictable first leaves doubt to believe Ed as it might just be one of his nerdy games but the night where they check their old friends house with no one to be found which leaves an argument Charley and Ed, later the next morning he soon finds Ed to missing along the crowd as well.

Now one of the main reasons why i quite like this film is because the main character played by Anton really is not the good guy in the film, the film does not really go in to it much but you get an idea of what his life was like that he used hang around with his old nerdy but good friends but gave it all up as many do strive to be the cool kid and want to hang out with the cool kids in school/college and his character in this has actually succeeded, he got the good looking girl in college and got the friends he always wanted but of course as we all would think, at what cost? Now that I have gone through that this film in sense to me is quite believable in its odd way, as those events happen to people everyday in their everyday life’s which I think making it quite believable is great way for the audience to like the film before the action even kicks off.

Actors, well as many would say David Tennant and Colin Farrell where certainly the best performances in the film, Colin Farrell mainly showing a different side to his acting skills rather been a member of the police force or Alexander the great. David Tennant was simply David Tennant, his performance was great and he certainly is a brilliant actor but he simply played his Doctor Who character which is a positive and a negative at the same time as it would of been nice to see a different side to him for a change. Charley Brewster and the other main angst up teens do their job, to make it that almost teen horror film but thankfully the film did not consist of just gore and sex. Action, can almost come across of line where this film can be believable as many action films or sequences it happens usually in the most unbelievable circumstances but when Colin Farrell decides, well I best kill these people, it seems a very believable situation especially when he decides to attack Charley's mother rather than just the teens in the film as many horror tend to do like its their creed to the horror film industry. You get quite a bit of gore at certain points but it isn't to the but of insanity which ruins the film reputation and there is some classic vampire disintegration from sunlight which was certainly a good way to show of the effects and the technology used in the film making. 3D did have the odd good point in the film where the film did feel in the room with you but beside the point I think if there was anything unnecessary about the film would certainly be the 3D part of it.

The Vampire, throughout the many years, there has always been certain vampire look in the film industry, I think this one certainly pulled of a more classic look to what the vampire should really look like instead of throughout more recent films the vampire still remains more human in its appearance but in Fright Night, well I'll leave you decide what appearance it decides to have for a change.

Overall, a interesting believable horror film with a side order of gore which is fun and will certainly leave you wanting to see it for a second time

Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes (2011)

2011-08-21T09:37:00.000-07:00

Story. Will Rodman (James Franco) a lead scientist of a company doing experiments on chimpanzee's to find a cure for Alzheimer's disease, after a test on a female chimpanzee which looking towards success seems to go terribly wrong, they discover a baby chimp which she was protecting and Will Rodman is given the task to either put down or look after the baby chimp, Will Rodman takes home the chimp which he names Caesar to look after and throughout the soon months and years he begins to notice that the genes from his mother has been distended down to him from the sheer intelligence of Caesar. Will Rodman decides to continue on with his research mainly due to Will's father Charles Rodman (John Lithgow) who has Alzheimer's but is he doing it for him or his company? With that question in place and years go by Will decides to inject Caesars genes into his father for when he wakes up the next day to the father he once knew and love. Back to Caesar, he has become even more intelligent since, Will has taught him sign language and is able to do very complex puzzles and games, Caesar has also become very close with Will's family and has practically become part of the family which he loves and cares about as much as any human would but as he gets older he also get curious to where has come from? where are his real family? And what is Caesars purpose? maybe Caesar is becoming to curious and this will lead Caesar/Will and their curiosity to a fate which they both would of never have thought.

My thoughts on this film are quite mixed but the main one I would go with so far is simply cool and mainly from Caesar , throughout most of the film it feels like its trying to purposely make you cry, you feel so much empathy and compassion for this character and for me it was not the ground breaking CGI of Caesar that made this film from the effects of Avatar, it was Andy Serkis performance, this truly shows a man who knows exactly what he is doing when it comes to cinema. Let downs I would say James Franco, giving his reputation lately due to 127 Hours and obviously the Spiderman series all to me that was special was his signature smile I've seem to have pick up on, he is a good actor but I was expecting much more from him in this film but perhaps a little bit too much. Frieda Pinto, David Oyelowo came across to been the other main character let downs, they did their job but their performances where very media core and sometimes it came across very unnecessary for them actually to be in the film which had me quite annoyed in some ways but thankfully I was brought back by Andy Serkis and the mythology of this film.

Action, there wasn't too much action or too much going on really in this film but neither was I complaining or unsatisfied because of this but they really did try to make the human species look stupid, especially with the scenes on the San Francisco bridge, I would at least had thought, hmm yes where going after a lot of apes, last time I checked apes like to climb a lot perhaps we should check below and up above the bridge but no lets even though these apes are obviously smarter after Caesar rides in on a horse.

The ending "Caesar Is home" was a great way to end the film but not the best, all the way through the film I had the feeling it was going to end in a way of King Kong did when James Franco spent most of the time chasing him across San Francisco, I had an idea Caesar would meet his demise upon almost reaching his freedom but where he did not succeed, the others made it so his sacrifice was not in vein and when this did not happen I was actually rather shocked, not disappointed just shocked, it seemed a perfect way to end the character Caesar seem so we spent half of the film learning Caesar and understanding the feelings of Caesar to why he had to do what he did.

I was rather happy to see John Lithgow in this, it brought back some Third Rock From The Sun moments and Dexter, it was also nice to see that he did quite a good performance and apart from some disappointment from James Franco it was still nice to see his career still going nice and strong.

Overall a very lovely and compassionate film, the human characters could have used some work but I guess this shows the apes are the smarter species.
8.4/10

The Happening (2008)

2011-08-21T07:51:00.001-07:00

Story, unusual events start to occur in Central Park: New York, people are randomly killing themselves of after seizing up which has only seemed to have occurred in New York, speculation and news reports make it believe to be terrorists who have used an air-born chemical which effects the mind but soon after more attacks occur all around the north east coast of America to which are also situated in parks of major towns and cities, this will leave the remaining survivors to create speculation of their own which will lead to truth but perhaps to the insanity of the others themselves.

Characters Elliot Morre (Mark Wahlber) and Julian (John Leguizamo) bring the best out in the film, they do some very good performances of the average working joe to how people deal and the effects it cause if such a situation where to occur. Saying that these are probably the only ones I could say did a great performance, Zooey Deschanel who plays Elliot Morre girlfriends becomes very mediocre most of the time with this gormless face on her with no strong script to which really doesn't help hold this film together.

With all honesty I enjoyed half of the films story, it was really unusual and a new idea of how the world could end which did leave me quite gripped and willing to sit to want to know more, at first you know yourself that these attacks are not the work of terrorists but you do dwindle the thought and almost made to believe that it actually could be with the reinforced news broadcasts. I have to say as well that there was some quite uneasy moments put into the film, the memorable old lady Mrs Jones and the scene with the un-occupied swing grinding on top of the tree branch certainly left a little chill down my spine.

At about half way through the film people start to ponder the thought of nature itself to be the cause of the recent events , at first you may think this is some form of crazy unusual behaviour caused by the situation (with added odd camera angles) or perhaps by the problem itself but then you remember who the writer of this film is then at the precise moment when you realise what is going on you soon no that this story isn't going to portray out well, it slowly crumbles with only the chilling scenes as the memorable ones, the story is left floating in the wind.

The director, M. Night I'm not sure to why he makes such movies, the only one that really got to me would be the Avatar: The Last Airbender film, a film that could destroy the lovely reputation of its animated series but before I set of on that I think to me some of his ideas lately seem to becoming from childhood thoughts, dreams and games which we played when we were young, the feeling of what started to give that off would be The Lady In The Water film, it really tried to give some form of hope in that film that there was some childhood story's to which are really are real and hope to adults not to give up in hope in such things. The Happening in scenes where they are escaping the wind really reminded of a childhood game where I used to run away from the sun when I was little when it would start to shine through the clouds, an odd link for me to make between the two but that's just my analysis of M. Night.

Overall a film that starts of with great promise but like so many others it doesn't keep it.

Saw (2004)

2011-08-21T07:45:00.000-07:00

"Rise and shine, Adam. You're probably wondering where you are. I'll tell you where you might be. You might be in the room that you die in. Up until now, you've simply sat in the shadows watching others live out their lives. But what do voyeurs see when they look into the mirror? Now I see you as a strange mix of someone angry, yet apathetic. But mostly just pathetic. So are you going to watch yourself die here today, Adam, or do something about it?"

Well first of I had to at least throw one of them into here, it wouldn't be a SAW review without a quote from the scrambled up voice of Tobin Bell, anyway onto the game that has begun. Most of us see Saw, haha seesaw as a film with quite a few undeveloped characters which it tries to overcompensate with its extreme gore and I have to say this partially is true but on other note out of the many gore films in my time I have seen this is far the most timid.

Story , Adam (Leigh Wannell) and Dr. Lawrence Gordon (Cary Elwes) wake up chained in a mysterious lavatory to where they eyes are first awoken to a corpse a gun and a lot of blood. It doesn't take long for trust and personalities to conflict, lies to arise and the truth fold into the world of Jigsaw. John/Jigsaw I know serial killer, who never really has killed anyone him but seems to find ways for them to kill themselves spends most of his time repeating the sentence "I'm sick of the disease rotting inside me" in this film, hinting and trying to show why he is doing these terrible things and is it justifiable.

This film really tries to enforce the point not take life for granted, we are all give the luxuries in life to succeed to the top of the food chain in this society, so we are told never take life for granted but in the end most of us in this world try and take one advantage or another, it's sad to say this point will never get across to some people so in a way can make the film with its whole story completely pointless.

Now In all honesty, out of all the horror series/ franchises out there, this is possibly my favourite mainly due to its never ending twist and turns throughout all the films, as well as its very brain drilling soundtrack. To the fact it went on towards eight films and pissed allot of peoples of soon dwelling towards an teenage horror flick towards the end which made me quite disappointed but I still love it. I think one of the key elements people miss in this film and its franchise as its following events happen straight after its last film or just before its predecessor to try and fill in the gaps, the questions we want answering or maybe to just string us along?

Anyway I'll leave you with that question and overall all I can say this film is a definite horror film to see, its many follow-ups perhaps not.
6.5/10

Kick-Ass (2010)

2011-07-26T15:10:00.000-07:00

Characters and story, Dave Lizewski/Kick-Ass which is played by Aaron Johnson where by day he plays Dave, a dumb ass college student that during his time at college he likes to look at his teachers melons let say but he is looking for that one true love like all superhero's with their girl next door. By night he plays as Kick Ass who is still a dumb ass but he is looking for his way to fame as the true hero from all the comic book characters which we all know and love, funny enough he makes his claim to fame from the world of the internet, its amazing what you can do these days. Mindy Macready/Hit Girl which is played by Chloe Moretz, probably one the most influential characters to people to know and love in this film, a girl who has never had a proper childhood, a girl who would probably rather have a hand grenade for Christmas than a tangerine in her Christmas stocking. Damon Macready/Big Daddy played by Nicholas Cage, the guy who constantly is getting mistaken to Batman, a man looking for revenge for false chargers and the loss of his wife. Chris D'Amico/Red Mist who is played by Christopher Mintz Plasse who is simply another dumb ass college student who wants to follow in his fathers business which sadly Frank D'Amico (Mark Strong) is the gang lord in this town which seems his business is been run down by mask crusaders one block at a time. For all these characters in this film, they fit perfectly with the story and even the side characters fit very well into this plot which does not happen every day in films.

Acting when it comes to the serious points of the film is quite emotionally effective and you do at times feel quite sorry for the characters and understand why they are suffering.
There is a lot of comedy in this film which even though sometimes not necessary it works quite well with the story but even so every actor in this film seems to become quite a good comedian with each and every moment looking to add a sly pun which can get quite annoying sometimes. The action scenes in this film is probably some of the best I have ever scene since the Matrix, well perhaps not The Matrix but it is certainly above par, it is well done and balanced, gory but effective to realistic and to me is one of my favourite things about this film as it redefines comic book films all together which are usually mild, not to much violence and swearing to this which is completely opposite leaving it much darker than other super hero films.

This film does show one good truth of society that most people watch bad things happen to people each day on the street and do nothing about it, or even record it which seem to happen alot within the film. Overall a great film which has become one of my personal favourites in its genre, it may not have the qualities of artistic and a film that

makes you really think about its plot and story but its there for its purpose and is done brilliantly well.

"Fuck this shit, I'm getting the bazooka"

Gamer (2009)

2011-07-26T15:06:00.001-07:00

Obviously for a gaming audience, focusing on what the future will hold in the gaming world. For someone who is in the generation and understanding of games may enjoy this, some insulted. You will probably enjoy the concept if you like mindless action and violence which also merely relied on effects than story.

There could have been so many improvements for this film, the whole idea of how these games work in the film could have been totally different more like the Matrix been plugged in rather than been remote controlled like some brain dead moron. Even action itself has its flaws merely ending to quickly and just dull to boring. A part of the story where he is searching for his wife is just so pointless and you can't take it seriously at all which I could not care less if his wife lived or died.

The main character played by Gerard Butler, usually a man who I respect in his films does not do a great job, he does what he can for his role but it isn't anything impressive. The best bit about him is probably where he says "turn me around" in a very deep gravel layered voice which was clearly
featured in the trailer. Michael C. Hall a great actor, perhaps not in his films but his role in this suits him perfect and does a brilliant job for what he is given which really shows he his great acting skills. A character called Simon who is played by Logan Lerman who controls Kable (Gerard Butler) which is obviously a idea of Simon says is who I'd rather see thrown into these games in this film, seeing him die for been a terrible actor in this film would have bumped it up to 30% maybe...

Overall a very pointless film with a very slim and meaningless story which will leave you not caring for any character at all. What makes it worse is its pointless violence, crude behavior which is perhaps true to some people out in the real world but its unnecessary.

Thumbelina (1994)

2011-07-26T14:41:00.000-07:00

Going to keep this quite short for a review. The main problem with this is that its only meant for kids, unlike Disney or Dreamworks they make their films for which appeal to adults as well mainly due to their comical references which adults will understand. The second problem with this film is that every side character in this film is damn well to much, in acting and appearance which is really just annoying or an eye sore. The main character Thumbelina and the Fairy Prince are perfect for the film which really makes it a shame that everything else is so terrible. The third and final problem with this film is the songs put into the film, their okay when the Fairy Prince and Thumbelina are singing but when everyone else gets at it you really wish it would turn into a dark horror film where the Prince would just decides to kill them all for been so awful.

The best character seems to be the bee that never says anything..

There is one good point in this film, sadly it has nothing to do with its story which getting to that soon could also have been a lot better itself as it just seemed so pointless but anyway it would have to be its backgrounds and creativity of set areas, they are very beautiful, inspiring and fresh to look at but they are almost always ruined by the many multi coloured characters always there. The story is a good idea for fantasy which is mainly about Thumbelina discovering that she is not alone and that there are people like her, for when she discovers this she also finds love but after that its just becomes annoying because that's all its about which soon becomes boring and tedious

Overall, simply a film for kids and anyone who used to watch it when they were little may sadly find it boring to watch it again as I did.

The Terminator (1984)

2011-07-26T14:35:00.000-07:00

Well I've travelled back in time myself, sadly I won't be preventing any machine war any time soon but I'll do my best to review one the most respected films of the nineteen eighties and thankfully there will be zero casualties.

To start with the story for whoever hasn't seen this film, is set in nineteen eighty four where Kyle Rees played by Michael Biehn is sent back in time to protect Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) who has been scheduled for deletion by the self aware defence program called Skynet from the future to which sends back in time the cyborg T-800 to complete its mission for Sarah Connor is the key that will be the mother of the legendary hero John Connor who supposedly helps stop a war in the future and helps fight back at the machines. The story behind Skynet to why it decides to commit total genocide to its creators as it became self aware, it saw the entire human race a threat and committed an act of nuclear war using their own technology against the human race.

Throughout the film you will see many flashbacks or memory's of Kyle's Rees life in the future which is probably one the best directions in the film because it shows what the world will hold and what Kyle Rees has been through. There are of course lots of memorable scenes in this film especially towards the end where you slowly get to see what the T-800 is looking like and finally at the end where it shows it true skin or *metallic alloy* (Arnold Voice) This was also the begining of Arnold's "I'll be back" quote which I am sure we all love or hate to a point.

Linda Hamilton does a good job as her role from innocent girl with no date to a women who spends most of her time running from Arnold's mass amount of weapons. Michael Biehn does a good job at times but does come across to been a bit flat at times but it isn't the worst acting in the world. Arnold schwarzenegger does a good job at the non emotionless cyborg and most of us will spend our time loving the film because of him anyway so we usually get past the simple acting or Arnold.

If you have seen it before you catch on to little coy jokes throughout the film to the future and machines which I thought was a great add to the film for of course what was happening. Out of all the terminator films this would have to be one of the darkest out of them all, it shows throughout the film many times truly what a terminator is capable off whenever he decides to punch his fist in to a man's heart or removing his eye with a scalpel or taking on thirty police officers in their own station.

Action is done very well in the film which they pretty much have no effects in, also given its date it also has this musky ninety eighties feel to it with its old style cameras used to make film so it really has this classic underground greatness to it. Overall a brilliant film that we all know and most of us love where we will thank James Cameron. Its a film that was able to assimilate one of the most well know sequels to its series where are I'm sure many have argued to which one is better.

The Prestige (2006)

2011-07-26T14:25:00.000-07:00

Every great magic trick consists of three parts or acts. The first part is called "The Pledge". The magician shows you something ordinary, a deck of cards, a bird or a man. He shows you this object. Perhaps he asks you to inspect it to see if it is indeed real, unaltered, normal. But of course... it probably isn't. The second act is called "The Turn". The magician takes the ordinary something and makes it do something extraordinary. Now you're looking for the secret... but you won't find it, because of course you're not really looking. You don't really want to know. You want to be fooled. But you wouldn't clap yet. Because making something disappear isn't enough; you have to bring it back. That's why every magic trick has a third act, the hardest part, the part we call "The Prestige".

This film had me from those words, and those words alone. I knew, without knowing who the director was before this film popped up in 2006 I was in for mind bending and fundemantal treat from start to finish and thats what I got. The story, Two magicians, ambitious, brilliantly giften with their talent but with one curse, the curse of obsession, jelousy and envy for ones self
To put it simply, I am quite in love with this film, there is something about magic I have always loved, adored and at the same time envy such a talent. This film, brings magic to life but to a more serious and fundermental scale, mixing science with magic with great plots and twist which to me leaves the entire film as one great magic trick.

The Social Network (2010)

2011-07-26T09:52:00.000-07:00

Intelligent, funny and insulting to ones intelligence of computer coding to people who can barely turn it on let alone to be able got on this website to read this review.

This film may not surpass the views to the members of the facebook website but its very much well worth a watch. Its story is mainly about friendship, betrayal, the ownership and the creation of the well know social network called facebook which at first to some may not seem very interesting as I am sure many are quite sick of such a website but the story works really well with its great drama and cast to where you are enthralled in to this film.

Each individual actor from Jesse Eisenberg to Justin Timberlake do a brilliant job of creating the emotion to the drama in the film and an excellent job creating of the truth of obsession for whenever its money or to the alienation of what facebook can create. The characters greatest moments is when they show their form of wits or intelligence, mainly using their wits as a way to insult or move forward in any conversation matter, I can say this happens in almost every conversation in this film and that these scenes of when this is happening is the most memorable thing about the film so to me is shocking because films usually have better memorable moments in films not memorable dialogue which makes a lovely change.

The film is inspiring in many ways to what one can accomplish through the internet for either fame, women, money or perhaps getting some mountain dew pop us on to our well know website. The Social Network does not leave you happy or sad, it leaves you thinking and that is the greatness of this film and what we should appreciate about it. Overall an amazing film, a great use of plot and direction which also shows some seedy truth of political dilemmas, a brilliant script to which may not be one hundred percent accurate to what actually happened but will leave you inspired and thumped to which would be worth to anyone's DVD or Blu-Ray collection.

The Lovely Bones (2009)

2011-07-26T09:46:00.000-07:00

This film did a really good job of annoying me if that's a good thing, with a terrible ending and some never ending whispering to create suspense but when you think its stopped it just keeps going on with the whispering and again and again and again...

The story, is about a young teenage girl called Susie Salmon (Saoirse Ronan) who lives a normal happy life with her family and is just beginning to experience the feelings of love but when she takes the shortcut home through the crops near her school she is murdered by her neighbour George Harvey (Stanley Tucci) Susie then ends up in the world of hereafter or as I like to call it never land where she struggles to except the truth and let go of what has happened. George Harvey thinking that he has got away with it he soon begins to feel like he can get back to normal routine with ease but unknowing that the urge for him to commit his crimes will soon return and will become the end of him.

The beginning of the film is quite good to be honest which sets the film up that it will be a crime, suspense thriller and it was great to see what is going through the criminals mind from how he soon crumbles to the point to when he will commit his next murder but its not long that the film decides to crumble itself with its overdone special effects with hereafter and the melodrama plot that the film decides to take feeling almost like a twilight film.

The actors do a good job to attempt to hold the film together , I would especially say Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci and Rachel Weisz do the best job in their roles in this film, even Susan Sarandon did an amusing job in this film but it didn't last long sadly to say. There probably one more good and only point of the film and would be that the world or the middle world of hereafter is very artistic and surreal but that also makes it its problem and doesn't do the film any favours whatsoever, the original book might be a work of fiction but the effects in the film almost drag it to a world of pointless fantasy.

The ending is probably one of the worst moments in the film, out of all the ideas it could of taken and what the film leading you to believe what will happen to which you think George Harvey will get what he deserves he gets deaf by icicle. I guess Peter Jackson decided to watch The Final Destination one day and thought how to piss us off like that film did to most people.

Overall a misleading, annoying and aggravating film which I will not even waste time writting a proper overall for it.

Sunshine (2007)

2011-07-25T18:48:00.000-07:00

Directed by the well respected Danny Boyle, the creator of Twenty Eight Days later and Slumdog Millionaire and with his skills to the science fiction film Sunshine he doesn't let his guard down. Sunshine is not just a science fiction film, it could easily mix itself in to the horror genre of the loneliness of space, the realities and dangers that just one mess up can create and that we don't need any aliens in space for it to be a horror which hundreds and films and directors have relied on many times and failed miserably.

The story of Sunshine, our sun is dying along with the human races hope, with one already failed mission from the Icarus I for their plan to re-ignite the sun with the payload to create a star within a star they have one last chance to set things right with the Icarus II , a crew of eight with the same mission. It's their and only chance they have left to set things right for the human race where they will question their hope and sanity in the darkness reaches space which action will become their only way of survival. I would say itself that its the story is what makes this film, I am gratefully glad that it wasn't like any other typical science fiction film where people try and rip-off Alien, what I would say for this is that it's what Event Horizon should have been or at least Event Horizon left its mark on Danny Boyle to create a more realistic story. Religion comes in to this film which I thought it was a great idea to add to its story and the direction of the film making it feel even more realistic and the reality of what space can do to such people.

The effects in this film are beyond brilliant, you could almost be hypnotised by the suns effects which are show in the film many times. It is beautiful and amazing and I can understand why the sun has an effect on such characters in the film. I said at the beginning at this film it could be classed as a horror film and it can be for many reasons, it is spot on showing how lonely space is and what that can have on the physiological effects on people. This leaves this film to be very dark and thought provoking to what people go through when astronaut's go in to space and the reality of space is like.

Music is another greatness to this film, it grasps you really well to what the person is feeling without using script or words in some of the important bits of the action in the film which leaves the hairs stick up and tingle all afternoon and gets you really enthralled in the film.

All the actors give a spot on performances in the film, they bring you in the film and make it reality. It is probably some of the best acting I have seen from Chris Evans and Cillian Murphy, especially Chris Evans which at many times throughout I felt quite sorry for him because if they had listened to him none of the problems which occur would have never really have happened. What a bunch of *****

Overall a dark but beautiful film which I think is quite underrated and is a must see to anyone.