The Revenant

Hello dear reader. It’s been just over two months since I last offered up an opinion on the wonderful world that is my cinema experiences. Two long empty months with nothing to show for it other than the distant glowing reflection of all things Forcey and Skywalker. There are of course perfectly good reasons for this, of which some of you will be aware of. For those of you who aren’t, let me simply say this. Life got in the way and it needed to. It’s as simple as that…

So what do I have on offer for you this time? Well, to boil it all down to its constituent basics, The Revenant is a revenge film that stars The Great Gatsby and Bane. Now obviously there’s a little more to it than that and coming in at a shade over two and a half hours long, the Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu hasn’t scrimped on the details either. Following up on his Oscar winning ‘Birdman’ triumph of 2014, he turned his attentions towards a little known true story and with a bit of artistic licence and a sprinkling of Hollywood magic has turned in a finished product that is something of a rarity these days, an original film.  The true story in question is about Hugh Glass, played here by Mr DiCaprio, a frontiersman who is left for dead after being mauled by a bear, in South Dakota, 1823. 

It’s worth pointing out that The Revenant it not what would be described as a ‘happy happy joy joy; film. It’s bleak and deals with personal tragedy, betrayal and one man’s struggle to right some wrongs and to see justice prevail. Just think nineteenth century Batman but without the utility belt. Having said that though, what you do get for your time and money is possible one of the greatest cinematic and visually astonishing films to ever grace the silver screen. The landscape, which some would argue is a character in itself, has a perfection and resonance and is the glue that holds the story together. If the internets and more importantly, the studio publicity machine, are to be believed then there was no artificial light used during the entire shooting process. This is a little white lie as Inarritu has stated for the record that at least one camp fire scene need to be enhanced but apart from that all you see of South Dakota was filmed using the two to three hours of natural light available. This is no mean feat, especially when you consider that locations, weather and the logistics of moving a film crew into position aren’t always the easiest things to control. Another detail that the promotional machine for Twentieth Century Fox would very much like you, the viewer, to believe is, that the film does not have any computer generated imagery in it at all and Inarritu is quoted as saying “If we ended up in green-screen with coffee and everybody having a good time, everybody will be happy, but most likely the film would be a piece of shit”. Now, this is all fine and dandy until you start analysing what’s been seen. We have a meteorite hurtling through the sky, on queue and as luck would have it, heading in the right direction. The bear attack sequence, which lasts a good five minutes. There are very visceral shots of people being impaled with arrows and this isn’t done just using ‘clever camera angles’. However, my personal favourite ‘none cgi’ effect is when Mr DiCaprio rides a horse of a cliff to escape a pack of chasing Native Americans. If you’ve seen the film you’ll know exactly which scene I’m referring too and if that was done without the use of computers then Mr Inarritu, I doth my cap at your ability to not only train the greatest stunt horse in the world but also to convince, what I hope was a stunt double, to happy ride off a reasonably high precipice with only a couple of snow clad spruce trees to aim for. 

It is only fair to point out that the natural light ‘white lie’ and the computer ‘fib’ should in no way stop you from watching this film. Neither issue detract from the overall finished product at all. The film is almost flawless in its execution and when complimented by the acting talent on screen too, it’s almost certainly made itself the frontrunner for Oscar gold this year. 

Speaking of the acting talent, its two main leads Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy hardly put a foot wrong here. Having first worked together in Christopher Nolan’s ‘Inception’, their chemistry on screen is consummate. Although both have contrasting acting styles, they play off each other very well and both bring different qualities to the table. I think DiCaprio saw this film and its making as a very important journey he wanted to take. After having read the script He called Tom Hardy and told him that he wanted him to take the part of John Fitzgerald, the man who ultimately betrays DiCaprio’s Glass. Hardy, who was at the time attached to Suicide Squad, dropped out of that and agreed to make The Revenant. A decision that earned him a best supporting actor nod at the 2016 Oscars. 

The Revenant has over the last twelve months attained an almost mythical status throughout Hollywood as being a film that could or indeed can, lay claim to being the toughest movie shoot in history. However I suspect a certain Mr James Cameron (The Abyss or Titanic), Francis Ford Coppola (Apocalypse Now) and possibly even David Fincher (Alien 3) would have something to say about that. Tom Hardy, who apparently is a big believer is keeping the crew happy, had several onset arguments with Inarritu and is said to have chocked him out at one point after a disagreement. The Revenant was shot chronologically over an eighty day schedule, which isn’t easy in itself, however there were production problems from the outset and they had to move the entire shoot on at least three separate occasions, chasing the snow. DiCaprio’s commitment to the cause and the finished performance he deliveries is astounding and I hope he ends up with a small gold statue for his troubles. He’s definitely deserved it.

I'll finish by saying this. If you get the opportunity to watch The Revenant, I would strongly advise to you take it. It is a rare film of at times exceptional beauty and you’re unlikely to see its equal for a very long time. The subject matter won’t be to everyone’s tastes and there will be people who won’t want to watch it because of the actors in it but seek it out, all the same. It is at times unapologetically brutal and graphic but I would argue that it needs to be in order to tell the story. As to what subject Inarritu will decide to tackle next, the jury is still out, but is Birdman and The Revenant are anything to go by then you can place a large amount of money on it being original, thought provoking and will also have ‘A-list’ actors lining up around the block to audition for it. 

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Jurassic World

Hello dear reader, it’s time to do that voodoo, that I do, so well. Ego not withstanding it’s been about two months since I last blogged about a film. This was of course the great and glorious Mad Max Fury Road. The reason for this absence purely down to having to move house and packing. There just hasn’t been any time available to go and see what I wanted to. Gems like Tomorrowland have been and gone and even the cgi heavy San Andreas passed through my local multiplex without me being able to offer up an opinion on it. I am however pleased to report that the move has now taken place and boxes are being unpacked. So if you’ll permit me I would like to resume normal service and offer up my opinion on the charming little film I watched at the weekend called Jurassic World.

Now right off the bat I should point out that I don’t seem to share the rest of the world’s enthusiasm for all things dinosaur. Yes their old, yes some of them are majestic and yes some of them you wouldn’t want to run into in a darkened ally on your own but I just don’t get the whole all encompassing ‘ohh-ahh’ thing they seem to have going on with everyone else. They died out, they did not pass go and they definitely did not collect two hundred pounds. And just before anyone starts with the sensible argument about natural selection or the equally rational ‘there really isn’t anything that could have done about a huge asteroid strike in the Gulf of Mexico that contributed to their extinction’ I say this. The levels of intelligence shown by the main ‘big bad’ dinosaur in Jurassic World are off the charts. It can alter its skin to avoid thermal camera detection; it can problem solve to a level that would put Stephen Hawking to shame; its capable of very convincing camouflage and would appear to be able to speak perfectly fluent Velociraptor. So you can’t tell me that there weren’t plans sixty five million years ago to have an orbiting weapons satellite that could have more than easily dealt with any fast approaching lump of rock, as I simply won’t believe you.

Sorry, that was starting to get a little bit ranty there. I shall continue in a more restrained manner that befits this great and glorious review, init. So the film itself is set on the original island that the first Jurassic Park film was on. However this time the park is bigger and better. They’ve spared no expense. There are five star hotels, new rides and an updated information centre with holograms and obligatory gift shops and a dinosaur sea world that contains a Mosasaurus, which for those of you not in the know is a rather large aquatic creature that unquestionably comes under the ‘we’re gonna to need a bigger boat’ category.

This is the forth film in the Jurassic series and although it's a vast improvement on numbers two and three it still has problems that it seems more than happy to keep repeating. My biggest gripe with these films and indeed with most ‘people in peril’ films is that the only way screenwriters seem to be able to move the plot along is to have people actively being stupid and putting themselves in danger at every available opportunity. This happens quite a lot in Jurassic World and is further compounded by the fact that the majority of the park staff seem to have been hired by the ‘I will love him and pet him and call him George’ recruitment agency. Some on the decisions and thought processes that are shown on screen in this film make Jersey Shore look like Shakespeare. Now I do understand that for these films to work they need to be roughly two parts hazard and three parts jeopardy but that doesn’t mean that everyone in them, with a few noticeable exceptions, needs to be two parts Jedward and three parts Chuckle Brother.

The two main characters in the film are Owen and Claire, played by Chris ‘everything he touches turns to gold’ Pratt and Bryce’ my dad used to be on Happy Days’ Dallas Howard, respectively. Claire is very career driven and is in charge of the park from top to bottom. Claire is also very emotionally detached and has a lot of trouble seeing the dinosaurs as anything other than profit margins and numbers on a spread sheet. This emotional detachment also becomes apparent when Claire is asked to look after her nephews when they visit the park for a weekend. Business comes first and Claire has her personal assistant guide them around all the various attractions. A decision that proves to be a solid nine out of ten on the ‘oh bugger’ meter, especially for the assistant. Owen on the other hand is a very heart on his sleeve type of guy. He cares about his job and has invested a lot of time and effort into building a bond with four Velociraptors. These Velociraptors, although still the wrong side of extremely dangerous, follow Owen’s instructions and this relationship with them plays a pivotal part in films plot. The other star of the film, that I mentioned earlier, is completely computer generated. Indominus Rex is a hybrid dinosaur, created in a lab by the parks parent company ‘Ingen’ for no other reason than to make more money and to keep people coming in through the gates. Now I’m all for having a great animal bad guy, or girl for that matter. Jaws, the Xenomorph from the Alien films and even Piranha’s are all great examples of pure animal killing machines but I think Indominus Rex may have just out shone them all. As well as the attributes I mentioned earlier like thermal avoidance, multilingual, camouflage and being smarter than a smart thing on national smart day in smart land, It also has Ninja skills, anger management issues that would put Bruce Banner to shame and a bigger compulsion for human flesh than Hannibal Lector.

Problems start on the park and indeed the entire island when the Indominus Rex escapes from its enclosure. Once it’s out and roaming freely throughout the park business definitely picks up. The parks control room refers to this problem as ‘having an asset out of containment’, which I can’t help thinking sounds like a wardrobe malfunction at a Chippendales show. Euphemism claxons aside, this is pretty much the premise of the film and as with the very first Jurassic Park film in 1993, the story is basically one of dinosaurs escape, humans try and deal with the ensuing carnage. So if you like your peril perilous, your menace menacing and scripts on the dumb side of common sense then Jurassic World is just the film for you. On its plus side it does have a good supporting cast including Vincent D’Ofonrio, BD Wong and Judy Greer but it did leave me feeling ever so slightly underwhelmed. Bryce Dallas Howard is a very good actor and I’m sure her services for taking part in this film were very well rewarded but she doesn’t really get anything important to do and does end up playing the stereotypical damsel in distress at times. Running away from a T-Rex in heels isn’t exactly what you’d call clever or smart and neither is rolling up your sleeves to show you’re ready for action. This is a popcorn, summer blockbuster, franchise movie but there’s absolutely no reason to dumb things down for the audience. Marvel have repeatedly shown that people will come and watch intelligent, well written, tent pole movies and then come back and ask for seconds, time and time again. A fact that seems to be lost on the executives at Universal.

I do wonder what Michael Crichton would have made of this film and how happy he’d have been with it. My guess is he’d have liked what they tried to do but not pleased with how they went about doing it. Given the amount of money this film has made, it is the fastest film to break through the billion dollar barrier by some considerable distance, there will of course be sequels and I’m sure the plot will once again be ‘oh know, something has gone wrong, run for the hills!’ Except there won’t running for the hills. There we be slow walking surrounded by people saying things like ‘what was that noise? Let’s go and investigate’ and fences with lots of signs that say ‘Danger: Keep Out, Risk of Death’ etc etc, that are completely ignored. I’ll finish by saying this. Jurassic World is an okay film that could have been great. It relies far too heavily on clichés that were flogged to death and worn out in the first three films and it needs it needs a common sense reboot. It has a government sub-plot about using dinosaurs as weapons that really doesn’t need to be in there and the director, Colin Trevorrow, hasn’t in my humble opinion, done a particularly good job here. That said he is the current front runner to direct the Star Wars episode IX film, so someone must like what he’s doing…

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Dumb people, dumb plot and a dinosaur with a phd. Jurassic World fails on a lot of levels. Could do better. Must do better.

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Mad Max: Fury Road

Hello dear reader. So it's time for what is my ninth review of what is turning out to be a rather good cinematic 2015. We've had snipers a sniping, drummers a drumming and even wrestlers a wrestling. I'm sure when people start to look back at this year it will be forever remembered as a twelve month period where 'more is more' worked. Script quality has improved, There seems to be a much better control system in place for what gets given the green light and then of course there's the money, moolah, dough, coinage, or if you prefer it in the old fashioned terminology, box office take. Fast & Furious 7 and Avengers: Age of Doodah have already taken enough money to keep their respective studio executives in cocktails and caviar for the foreseeable future. In general receipts are steadily increasing across the board and from animation through to independent, there has never been a better time to be a fan of the silver screen. And of course, let’s not forget that we are only just taking our first steps into what is traditionally 'Blockbuster Season.' Mission Impossible, Jurassic World, Terminator Genisys and even a Minions film have yet to grace our screens. Long story short, there will be a lot of bums on seats this summer and those of us who do enjoy regular visits to our multiplexes are likely to consume our own weight in Pepsi and popcorn. There's also some 'shaken, not stirred' tuxedo action and a small independent film about stars that has something waking up due at the end of the year if you happen to like your films in franchise form...       

Now I must confess that I was never a very big fan of the original Mad Max trilogy. As films go, they are all solid three out of five outings. The first one in 1979 is ok and is at best, is a poor man’s revenge movie. The second is basically a version of the magnificent seven on wheels and the third film? Well trying to hang a tag on that is tricky. IMDb says that it’s about ‘a former Australian policeman who is rescued by a tribe of children when he is banished from a desert town and sent into the desert to die by the town’s evil queen.’ Now apart from the use of the word desert twice in one sentence you’d be forgiven for thinking that that was a Disney film at first glance. Those of you who have seen it will know that it isn’t but it does have the obligatory music tie-in that you now have to have with all things ‘Mickey.’ We don’t need another hero belted out by Tina ‘Nutbush City Limts’ Turner over the end credits is actually one of the high points of the film. Again, I do feel I should point out that it’s not a film I actively dislike. It just never really captured my imagination and on the whole the three films have always just left me cold.
So where does that leave the new Mad Max: Fury Road film? Well basically it leaves it in a very good position. It’s been thirty years since Mel Gibson’s last outing as Max and as the saying goes ‘Time cures all ills.’ This film is not a sequel and it’s not a prequel either. You can call it a reboot if you are one of those people that need labels, but that’s not really one hundred percent accurate either. Tom Hardy has now taken on the mantel of Max and you could say it’s a very inspired piece of casting. In the same way that Heath Ledger being cast as the Joker raised several eyebrows throughout Hollywood; Mr Hardy wouldn’t have been at the top of most people’s lists when it came to looking for a replacement to the now out of fashion Gibson. Sure Hardy can do action and can also bulk up as and when he’s required to do so but he can also act and act well when he’s asked to do so. Roles in Inception and Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy are just two great examples of what he can do when his part is script driven and not reliant on action and special effects.          

So that brings us to the film itself. Where to start, where to start…
Well at its most basic and fundamental level it’s a two hour chase movie with a half time change ends and attack the other way feel to it. It really is that simple. Although simple does not even come close to describing what George Miller has brought to the screen here. We have very strong characrters, including a full on female co-lead played by Charlize Theron who gets equal billing on screen with Mr Hardy. A vehicle budget that seems to be endless and visual pallet that is at times breath taking. The story of Fury Road is one of the right guy, in the wrong place, at the wrong time.

The plot that this one hundred and twenty minute maelstrom is hung upon is as follows…
Theron’s character, the fantastically named ‘Imperator Furiousa’, decides that she’s had enough of the local head honcho ‘Immortan Joe’ and the way he runs the Citadel (think Milton Keynes, with less roundabouts and a hosepipe ban). So whilst out on a run to collect some bullets and gasoline in the War Rig, Furiousa takes off in the wrong direction with a very precious hidden cargo on board. Joe, played by Hugh Keays-Byrne doesn’t take to kindly to this course of action and sends his entire fleet of vehicles after her and HIS War Rig. Now it should be pointed out that Max, who has been captured by a gang of ‘Lord of the Flies’ wannabes, ends up being strapped to the front of one of these vehicles in what I can only describe as the fastest bloodmobile you’re ever likely to see this side of a sober mind. Things of course don’t go well and before you can say ‘oh look, Max & Furiousa seem to be battling for the same team’ they end up battling for the same team.
And that basically is the premise for the movie. Furiousa has a plan to get her cargo to the safe and promised ‘green land’ and Max, not wanting to have anything to do with his previous captors, decides to help. Mostly because he has no other options available to him but largely down to the fact he is a man in pain. A man haunted by a past that won’t leave him alone and by visions that jar at his humanity. Max is very much a man of few words; he prefers to let his actions do his talking for him. He never seems out of control and always seems to have a plan to deal with whatever is thrown in front of him. Imagine a hurricane with Max conducting proceedings from its calm and tranquil centre, whilst all around him there is chaos and destruction. Good versus bad in a fight to the death. A winner takes all post-apocalyptic fairy tale gone bad if you will.

As for the action sequences themselves, well they certainly will be unlike anything you’ve ever seen before. We have custom machines that quite simply look like the stuff of nightmares. Monster trucks on steroids and cars on tank tracks, to name but a few. Tribes and clans who live by their own and set of rules. A sort of ‘We’re here, we’re fear, get used to it’ kind of deal.   I’ll finish up by saying this. If you are yet to see Mad Max and it’s on your to-do list, I recommend you see it on the big screen. Or if you are going to wait for it to show up on your telly box, please watch it in HD if you can. Your eyes will thank you for it later. It has a very good ensemble cast including Nicholas Hoult, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and the aforementioned Hugh Keays-Byrne, who was also in the first Mad Max film as Toecuter. It’s also the first action film to come along in a very long time that has very strong female characters. It has even drawn criticism in some quarters for doing so. But to those who you who don’t like a level playing field I say this “I myself will carry you to the gates of Valhalla… you will ride eternal, shiny and chrome!” Or to put it another way, grow the f%#k up.
George Miller has already confirmed that there will be a sequel to Fury Road called ‘Mad Max: The Wasteland’ which should, fingers crossed, be with us at some point in 2017. All I will say to that is “Oh what a day, what a lovely day!”

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Fury Road is a game changer. A V8 in a world of bland hybrid wannabe contenders to the throne. A reboot with a twist of clever
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Gravity

Hello readers, I’m going to start with something a little different with this review. I’m going to begin by saying that if you are one of the vast groups of people who frequent and enjoy visiting your local multiplex. Let’s put a label on them and call them “Cinema Goers”. Then you owe it to yourself to get your bottom down to your nearest picture house pronto quick, purchase a ticket or two, make sure it’s a 3D screening (more of that later) and then enjoy one of the best films that’s come along in many a year….

Now I know that some of you out there will have seen the trailer and made an informed opinion along the lines of “I don’t fancy that, to be honest” or something similar. Now opinions are all fine and dandy, unless of course you happen to call North Korea home, but if you have decided to give Gravity a miss I shall now tell you why you’re wrong.
The three main and obvious reasons for not going to see it are firstly, you’re not a big George Clooney fan. Secondly, Sandra Bullock has never floated your boat on the big screen and thirdly, that you just don’t find Science Fiction movies interesting. Now, taking those reasons one at a time I shall tell you why you’re wrong or what we refer to in my neck of the woods as being “Bonkers Conkers”.
George Clooney isn’t all bad. Yes, he’s annoyingly good looking and everything he touches seems to be a critical success but he’s had to work damn hard to get there. You only have to look at his IMDB page to see he’s paid his dues. He’s had to endure acting roles in Murder She Wrote, Return of the Killer Tomatoes and even Sunset Beach. Whatever your reasons for not liking Mr Clooney I think it’s time you forgive and forget any and all past transgressions that he may have committed towards you.
Reason number two, Sandra Bullock. Now when Ms Bullock first appeared in the mainstream back in 1993’s Demolition Man she was the archetypal girl next door. The American sweetheart who could do no wrong. This image was further reinforced in 1994’s Speed (yes, it’s nearly twenty years old) and it seemed that A-list mega-stardom was only a matter of when not if. However it didn’t really work out that way. Sandra became one of those “go-to” actors when casting rom coms and below par acting by numbers movies. Despite the occasional stand out performance in films like 28 Days and Crash where she played an alcoholic and a troubled rich housewife respectively  Ms Bullock has only really started to take her acting career seriously over the last few years. The proof of the pudding being her Oscar winning performance in 2009’s The Blind Side. This film also holds the record for being the highest grossing sports film ever made.  I must also admit to not being much a Sandra Bullock fan but I’m completely sold on her performance in Gravity. So much so, that I’m willing to go on record and say that with three months to go before Oscar nominations are even announced that not only will Ms Bullock be nominated for best actress she will also win the award too. Give her a chance to impress you as well.
Now, dealing with reason number three. Gravity is at first glance a stone cold, dyed in the wool Science fiction movie. Even the grand and illustrious James Cameron has gone on record by saying that “Gravity is the best Science Fiction film ever made.” Far be it for me to contradict the man who brought us blue people dying in one of the most visually stunning films ever made, Titanic, but I really think he’s missed the boat and got that wrong. Calling Gravity a Science Fiction film is like trying to pigeon hole the Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law Sherlock Holmes films as period dramas. It’s very hard to put just one label on it. At its heart it’s a story of redemption, knowing when to let go and survival.
If I had a gun pointed at my head and was asked to describe what I’d just watched I would have to say that at its core it’s a chase movie. Think of it as a modern day remake of Steven Spielberg’s Duel. However instead of a truck tormenting our victims it’s an ever escalating debris field moving in orbit at twenty thousand miles an hour. Destroying everything in its path without prejudice or remorse.

Hopefully that will have wetted your appetite enough to convince you to put one foot in front of the other and make a date with some overpriced soft drinks and popcorn. If it hasn’t however I have other weapons I can use in my persuasive arsenal to go and see what many including Empire magazine are calling their film of the year.
This film has jaw dropping visuals. I’ve never seen anything that even comes close to the levels of detail that have been put on the screen with Gravity and should really be seen in 3D, it will make a difference. I understand that there are people out there that would rather admit to liking Justine Bieber than having to wear those rather fashionable glasses but they will make a difference.
The Director Alfonso Cuaron has a reputation of delivering when it comes to filmmaking excellence. Long tracking shots, unusual angles and committing to screen originality, Cuaron doesn’t disappoint here either. Having previously helmed Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and the Children of Men this new film doesn’t just raise the bar with the cinematography, special effects and CGI it makes all that have come before it look clunky and antiquated. If Industrial Light and Magic are given the task to “Make with the aliens” for the soon to be filming Star Wars Episode VII then they may just need to send Cuaron the odd email and ask him very nicely just how he pulled it off his spectacular visuals. 
If you do go and see this film try and remember as you leave that 90% of what you’ve just watched was produced by computers.

At the start of the film it there’s a short description that appears on screen telling us what you can expect when in space. This culminates with the words “life in space is impossible.” After this the film starts with a single shot that ends up being just north of fourteen minutes long. When this single shot finishes, I can pretty much guarantee that you’ll be hooked and probably completely oblivious to the guy sitting behind you eating his nachos at fifty decibels or the teenager four seats over texting their friends.
This is what I would call an “Event” movie. What it lacks in summer blockbuster promotion and merchandising tie-ins it makes up for with edge of your seat drama and spectacle. Cuaron manages to pull this astonishing feat off with the help of a script, written by his son Jonas, which truly rewrites the rule book. It has suspense and has you really caring about what happens to the characters on screen. The other trick the screenplay manages to pull off is that there are only seven parts and five of those you only hear as voices. Clooney and Bullock are the only two actors you ever see on the screen. It’s also really nice to find Warner Brothers putting faith being put into a completely original story. This tale wasn’t adapted from a famous novel or short story. It isn’t part of a franchise and hasn’t been treated as a cash cow either.

I shan’t go into major plot details as to do so would require giving away spoilers and plot points that should be enjoyed as surprises by the movie goer themselves. What I will say is this. If it hasn’t come across over the previous paragraphs that I was blown away by this film and I cannot recommend going to see Gravity highly enough then I apologise. It must apparently take a much better wordsmith than I to do this film justice. So in closing I’ll say if you choose not to go I will call you a poo poo head and in certain cases I will call into question your musical tastes, literary preferences and in some cases fashion sense.

Lights blue touch paper and retires…..

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What goes up must come down. Never ever going into space....EVER
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