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Sunday, March 15th, 2009
Review
Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Adams star in this intense Drama about a Priest’s relationship with his school’s first black student. The doubt that exists between the three central characters on what really happened is mesmerising to watch and should be hailed as a must see this year.
The acting from every cast member in this movie is spell bounding from start to finish. Streep’s queen bee persona that we saw in The Devil Wears Prada is taken to new levels as the principle of St. Nicholas, Sister Aloysius. But it’s not only the three leads that control the screen, the supporting cast does an amazing job of not being over powered by the Academy favourites.
The real star in this movie is the amazing screenplay. As I think it should be with all movies, the story is the best thing about it. It’s different and provocative without being too in your face or annoying, but carries an intelligent sense of humour throughout.
The crew is next in line for the ego soaring comments I just have to make about this movie. From the sets to the cinematography everything is flawlessly carried out without as much as a hint of showing off or distracting from the story.
Overall this is one of the best Drama’s I have seen in a long time, another must see on your 2009 movie list.
10/10
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Saturday, January 17th, 2009
Review
People are interesting to say the least. Have you ever sat and watched how funny people are? Have you ever looked at yourself and seen how funny you are? We do weird things, behave irrationally and take ourselves far too seriously. Burn After Reading pokes fun at life and people in general.
The story in itself is so confusing and ridiculous that it’s funny. The plot balances on a thin spy-thriller rope. It involves a CD lost by a disgraced CIA employee and found by a couple of, to put it nicely, unintelligent gym employees. What it really covers though is a collection of caricature (fancy word for exaggerated personality) studies stirred together and displayed for the world to see. It’s real are raw and different to most movies you will ever see. It is a commentary on the complete idiocy of man kind. With the catch phrase, “intelligence is relative,” it has to be.
What keeps this movie from going in all the wrong directions is essentially brilliant acting. Brad Pitt and George Clooney seem to love playing their idiotic characters as they experience some of the most absurd things. Full credit must be given to Frances McDormand who really shines as a totally believable idiotic gym worker, Brad Pitt’s co-worker, who is obsessed with having cosmetic surgery.
As usual, movies with sex, nudity, violence, and bad language loose points with me. For two main reasons: As a Christian I don’t appreciate it, an explanation which comes with so many different questions but I will leave it at that. The second is that it limits the amount of people who can watch it or would be willing to. This is not a family movie in any sense. This movie is only rated 13 yet it contains the full collection of SNVL. Although I will not rant about the disgusting job the ratings board is doing at the moment it should have been rated 16 at least.
Although the movie can and probably will be totally overbearing to the average viewer it provides an originality and truth that is undeniable. This one is for an acquired taste.
7/10
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Monday, November 17th, 2008
The blonde Bond is back and he is not in a good mood. Quantum of Solace is an action packed, no bars held killing spree from start to finish which will have many die hard 007 fans rather upset. It brings a fresh new Bourne Ultimatum feel to the series, re-inventing the usual Bond we know and love and turning him into a killing machine.
There is no time for snappy jokes and sweet talking woman this time around as Quantum kicks off just a few hours after Royale. Bond is entrenched in rage, can’t sleep and everyone is still seemingly clueless about the organisation which took Bond’s love. Bond isn’t helping much either, managing to kill off every possible lead they have.
The environmental message sneakily carried in the background is becoming so common place today that it’s beginning to become boring. The conspiracy is that a supposed charity is a cover for an organisation which is controlling the world’s leaders by exploiting their greed. Everybody has a hidden agenda and the one’s Bond thinks he can trust end up getting killed.
Bond manages to travel to some fantastic places which gives the movie a much wider scope and enhances the super spy ideal of the Bond franchise. Although the movie has less time for character development you still get the feeling Bond grows in this movie and admirably so. Some of that can be attributed to the fact that he doesn’t sleep with his more attractive double, although he did try.
What is really great to see is that the Blonde girl is more than just a sideline is this film. She has her own problems, story and strength, something which will have feminists slightly happier when it comes to the overly confident Bond films.
Overall it’s an entertaining watch but it’s definitely not the action movie of the year. It will be a while before anything can beat the Dark Knight.
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Monday, July 14th, 2008
Review
High School Musical is a phenomenon that has taken the world by storm. Its third instalment is set to heighten that status to all new levels. High School Musical 3 takes the humble school of East High onto the big screen, and it does it in style.
This time around our stars are seniors struggling to come to grips with leaving high school and starting new lives. It’s a solute to the three years of HSM and a start to what may be a new breed of stars who will continue the legacy.
Because we are actually expected to pay to watch HSM3 the cast and crew kick every aspect into high gear. The songs are on a bigger scale, the dancing is on an entirely new level and the story telling, although still basic, is of a higher quality. Kenny Ortega deserves a solute to some awesome choreography, especially in the boy’s junk yard scene.
It can be appreciated that more screen time was given to characters who we didn’t see much of in previous movies but loved them anyway. Ms Darbus has some more time to shine as does Kelsi and Martha. But essentially this is still Tory and Gabriella’s story.
Two new stars have joined the cast namely Matt Prokop who plays Jimmy Zara and Justin Martin who plays Donny Dion. Donny doesn’t say much but he and Justin are great new characters who are rumoured to be the ones continuing the HSM legacy.
What seems to have made this series a success is its romanticised high school experience. We love it because as simple as the story is, it shows us what high school should really be about. It allows us to kick back and just pretend we are in a perfect world were the only problems are how far away our best friends are going to be and which school to go to. It breaks into that part of us that thinks it’s a star and allows that dream to sparkle again.
Take your big head out the way and go and enjoy some pure unadulterated fun with High School Musical 3 – Senior Year. 7/10
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