So to catch up, I'm going to write about a couple of movies, and as a bonus a series I've started watching lately.
I couldn't choose between writing the reviews on a casual or an intellectual tone, but i figured that a tone too personal would seem too subjective and too intellectual would sound too douchy, so I'm just going to try for the laid back mixture of both.
Captain Phillips
Based on a true story, this movie is starred by Tom Hanks and Barkhad abdi, directed by Paul Greengrass.
The movie is about a marine merchant (Philipps) whose cargo ship is highjacked by somali pirates.
The screen play is based on the book A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea by Richard Phillips, the real Captain.
I'll start by saying that i sort of expected it to be a little more hollywood-y, more dramatic, a bit more hyperbolic.
But it isn't. The experience this movie gives you is a little too real. Tom Hanks's performance, apart from amazing ( could anyone expect anything less?) is perfectly grounded. You don't even notice he's playing a character. his acting is subtle. Barkhad abdi's acting is very menacing and driven as you would expect from a pirate, but it's also humane and empathetic. Again, it felt all too real.
The movie's script flows very lifelike, the camera filters aren't as edit-y as any other action packed drama like this one. It is a stressfull film because it rolls out like a horrible memory one would like to forget. And I absolutely loved it.
I couldn't choose between writing the reviews on a casual or an intellectual tone, but i figured that a tone too personal would seem too subjective and too intellectual would sound too douchy, so I'm just going to try for the laid back mixture of both.
Captain Phillips
Based on a true story, this movie is starred by Tom Hanks and Barkhad abdi, directed by Paul Greengrass.
The movie is about a marine merchant (Philipps) whose cargo ship is highjacked by somali pirates.
The screen play is based on the book A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea by Richard Phillips, the real Captain.
I'll start by saying that i sort of expected it to be a little more hollywood-y, more dramatic, a bit more hyperbolic.
But it isn't. The experience this movie gives you is a little too real. Tom Hanks's performance, apart from amazing ( could anyone expect anything less?) is perfectly grounded. You don't even notice he's playing a character. his acting is subtle. Barkhad abdi's acting is very menacing and driven as you would expect from a pirate, but it's also humane and empathetic. Again, it felt all too real.
The movie's script flows very lifelike, the camera filters aren't as edit-y as any other action packed drama like this one. It is a stressfull film because it rolls out like a horrible memory one would like to forget. And I absolutely loved it.
Movie 43
Directed by... a shit-ton of people.
Starring... another shit-ton of very famous actors.
well IMDB says that it's about a washed up producer that is pitching a bunch of interconnected short films featuring a bunch of really famous hollywood stars.
I guess they didn't want to give out any spoilers.
I'll start off by saying that the movie isn't for just anyone. Most of the people that read this review won't enjoy it. It's like watching Curb your enthusiasm, or the british version of The Office.
The is a sort of brilliance to the script ( or the lack there of) but most times it's an odd type of humor. It's too outrageous, sometimes too idiotic, but it makes you laugh all the same.
Spoiler alert!
You can just see all of these really famous actors following this really - pardon the redundance and the overuse of the word- outrageous script, and you know it's stupid and idiotic, but these actors are still doing a damn good job with it. At the end you find yourself laughing without really knowing why.
is it because Halle berry just blew the blind kid's birthday candles?
Is it because Hugh Jackman has testicles on his neck that only Kate Winslet can acklowledge?
or maybe it's because Jonny Knoxville kidnapped a leprechaun to beat it out of it's gold?
maybe it's because every short on this movie is nothing short of insane ideas that you might as well find on youtube played by highschool kids, but instead it's the big screen, and these are hollywood stars.
Overall, I want to say i disliked it, I really want to say it was stupid beyong all measure. I want to say it was trash and a waste of my time.
But I can't.
I laughed AT it too much.
Directed by... a shit-ton of people.
Starring... another shit-ton of very famous actors.
well IMDB says that it's about a washed up producer that is pitching a bunch of interconnected short films featuring a bunch of really famous hollywood stars.
I guess they didn't want to give out any spoilers.
I'll start off by saying that the movie isn't for just anyone. Most of the people that read this review won't enjoy it. It's like watching Curb your enthusiasm, or the british version of The Office.
The is a sort of brilliance to the script ( or the lack there of) but most times it's an odd type of humor. It's too outrageous, sometimes too idiotic, but it makes you laugh all the same.
Spoiler alert!
You can just see all of these really famous actors following this really - pardon the redundance and the overuse of the word- outrageous script, and you know it's stupid and idiotic, but these actors are still doing a damn good job with it. At the end you find yourself laughing without really knowing why.
is it because Halle berry just blew the blind kid's birthday candles?
Is it because Hugh Jackman has testicles on his neck that only Kate Winslet can acklowledge?
or maybe it's because Jonny Knoxville kidnapped a leprechaun to beat it out of it's gold?
maybe it's because every short on this movie is nothing short of insane ideas that you might as well find on youtube played by highschool kids, but instead it's the big screen, and these are hollywood stars.
Overall, I want to say i disliked it, I really want to say it was stupid beyong all measure. I want to say it was trash and a waste of my time.
But I can't.
I laughed AT it too much.
Last but not...
actually nevermnd it is pretty least.
Arrow
Allright so I started watching this new series on netflix called Arrow. It is about a spoiled billionaire who goes missing when his yacht is shipwrecked and he is lost at sea. Five years later he is found at an island and rescued. he comes back determined to clean his city dressed as a hooded vigilante armed with a bow.
I'll just get to the point bluntly.
It sucks.
The acting is shallow and fake.
The script is cliche'd and oozing of plotholes and rippoffs.
Stephen Amell is pretty fucking hot though.
The movie has it's potential, it's a mixture of Cast-Away, with Robin Hood but it's mostly made of Batman.
Seriously. This is Batman.
A Billionaire Playboy is traumatized by his rich parent's sins and he dwells on cleaning up the City as a Vigilante, trained by some obscure ex-militant, and now uses his fortune for his gadgets.
The story is extremely predictable, the character developtment is poorly written, there's absolutely nothing new to it.
The lighting of the movie is well atoned to the theme of it though, always grim and mysterious. The costume design is very neat and well adjusted to each character. The directing is also very good, all they need to do to make this series pick up is another writer. That's all.
Another good thing from it though, is that it suffers from the Twilight's syndrome:
You saw the first movie.
You hated it.
The next one came out.
You know you're gonna hate it, but you still want to know what happens next.
You get hooked. The series is still entertaining.
But you still clench your teeth at it. I'm halfway through, and I have to admit, I'm going to finish watching it because I just need to know what happens next.
Just so i can hate it some more.
actually nevermnd it is pretty least.
Arrow
Allright so I started watching this new series on netflix called Arrow. It is about a spoiled billionaire who goes missing when his yacht is shipwrecked and he is lost at sea. Five years later he is found at an island and rescued. he comes back determined to clean his city dressed as a hooded vigilante armed with a bow.
I'll just get to the point bluntly.
It sucks.
The acting is shallow and fake.
The script is cliche'd and oozing of plotholes and rippoffs.
Stephen Amell is pretty fucking hot though.
The movie has it's potential, it's a mixture of Cast-Away, with Robin Hood but it's mostly made of Batman.
Seriously. This is Batman.
A Billionaire Playboy is traumatized by his rich parent's sins and he dwells on cleaning up the City as a Vigilante, trained by some obscure ex-militant, and now uses his fortune for his gadgets.
The story is extremely predictable, the character developtment is poorly written, there's absolutely nothing new to it.
The lighting of the movie is well atoned to the theme of it though, always grim and mysterious. The costume design is very neat and well adjusted to each character. The directing is also very good, all they need to do to make this series pick up is another writer. That's all.
Another good thing from it though, is that it suffers from the Twilight's syndrome:
You saw the first movie.
You hated it.
The next one came out.
You know you're gonna hate it, but you still want to know what happens next.
You get hooked. The series is still entertaining.
But you still clench your teeth at it. I'm halfway through, and I have to admit, I'm going to finish watching it because I just need to know what happens next.
Just so i can hate it some more.
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