There now follows an official press release from Bavs Celluloid Musings.
Dear reader first let me apologise for the lack of posts over the last two months. I’d like to say that the lack of activity was down to some exotic reason, such as having drafted into the Avengers to fight crime on my forklift or being kidnapped by the head of Disney to work on the new Star Wars script for Episode VII but the truth of the matter is far more boring and mundane.
Flat hunting, moving and then it taking a while to get the internet back up and running.
I know, I Should have gone with the Disney excuse shouldn’t I?
So with the apologies out of the way I’d like to give a quick review each of the films I’ve missed over the last eight weeks or so starting with Dredd 3D.
So where to start? Well firstly let me issue a word of warning….. It’s very violent. However that doesn’t really even begin to tell the story. Saying its violent is like saying Spartacus is a long film, it just doesn’t even come close to describing what has been committed to film here. This is in a different league when it comes to comic book adaptations. Nothing has ever come close to being this visceral and in your face. If ultra-slow motion bullet injuries are your bag or the sight of people being skinned “just for jollies” then this maybe the film you have been waiting for. It also goes without saying that film is not for kids.
Karl Urban has seen his stock rise over the last decade with roles in The Lord Of The Rings, The Bourne Supremacy and the rebooted Star Trek franchise but this is the first time he’s been asked to carry a Hollywood film as the lead. A job he does with ease, spending the entire film basically only acting with his chin (for those not in the know Dredd never and I do mean NEVER takes his helmet off). Lena Headey plays the big bad meanie of the piece, Ma-Ma. She has her own ideas about Neighbourhood watch and the chemicals she likes to use around the house you wouldn’t find any personal grooming products. Ma-Ma also has a few anger management problems. If she worked in a library I think it would be safe to say that you’d never return a book late. There have been better comic book films this year but this is definitely worth a watch when it gets released on dvd.
Twitter Review:
I am the gore!
#GunsGuts&GoodGrief!
Useful Links:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1343727/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqqgrUna28w
Skyfall comes next on my omissions list. Now seeing that the world and most of its relations have seen this by now there are two ways I can handle this. The professional approach that you’ll read in most places that’s informative, enlightening comes with a plethora of astute observations, or there’s the route I’m going to take that will include a trip to cheese city. So without further ado I’d just like to say that the new Q and M are a new “dench mark!” (See what I did there). And whilst I’m on the subject of M, Dame Judi actually drops the F-bomb in this film, which I believe is a first for Bond.
If you take Skyfall at face value it doesn’t work. Before the credits have even rolled he gets shot and loses the hard drive he’s looking for. He goes AWOL, fails to save the girl, loses Silva (played brilliantly by Javier Bardem) and M still dies in the end. Now even by the lowest standards set by any secret service agency, that’s P45 time in anyone’s book.
Daniel Craig has signed on the dotted line to play Bond for at least two more outings and by the time the he hits the screens again in late 2014 as the world’s most famous secret agent he’ll be as old as Roger Moore was when he started playing 007. As long as DC keeps his eyebrows under control I can see no problems with him being offered more chances to kill for Queen and Country.
Twitter Review:
The best Bond of a generation. Ignore the plot and enjoy the action.
#MI6UnderAttack,
Useful Links:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1074638/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kw1UVovByw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StJLvbPIvTw
Next is Frankenweenie, which does exactly what it says on the tin and even throws in an invisible fish for good measure. All you need to know is that it’s a Tim Burton film and if you happen to like his particular bag of tricks, you’ll love this too.
Twitter Review:
Science experiments, monsters, gothic overtones and fantastic animation. Tim Buton remakes his own film into a B-movie classic.
#Black&WhiteGold
Useful Links:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1142977/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2luLW-9ySw
The last film I need to play catch up with is Gambit. A charming film with Colin Firth, Alan “shoot the glass” Rickman and Cameron Diaz. The story revolves around an art curator, played by firth, who’s fed up with having to work for his insufferable, rude and abusive boss, Rickman, and so sets about conning him into buying a fake Monet with the help of an eccentric Texan rodeo rider.
The film which is written by the Coen brothers is part farce and part poor man’s Oceans 11. It never really gets its right with the script and although it does have some great comedy set pieces, it just feels a little flat and underwhelming at times.
Twitter Review:
This could have been a great film but the script needs work.
#Monet’sTiggers&RodeoRiders.
Useful Links:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0404978/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq8LwPHBwtY
