The first of three on a quick-fire 3 film Friday night!
This is the 50Cent biopic, which is loosely(?) based on his life, let's get it out of the way, it's not the most brilliant film. There's quite a bit going on, and I think it's interesting to see, but I can't believe that most of this happened, probably some of it did, but at points it goes a little bit too far.
There's a fair bit of violence as you'd expect, and with it being one of his first acting appearances, even though he's playing himself, it's not a great performance.
I've given it a generous 6.2 because I was quite interested to learn some bits about him.
film opinions
Sunday, 18 August 2013
Identity Thief - 6.8 : iMDB
... and the second of the three I watched on the plane.
Jason Bateman... I'm not really sure what to make of him, I don't think he'll make it very far in serious films but he seems to have certainly found his niche, although there are elements of this film where he plays the role particularly well.
And what can really be said about Melissa McCarthy? She's electric, and has lit up every film she's been in. But her talents are no doubt limited, unless there's a serious hillbilly movie that needs a doting wife I don't think she'll be doing many serious parts any time soon, but perhaps she shouldn't, as her comedy is brilliant.
The film itself is quite simple, and lends to Melissa being able to show some reasonable work, I'm not convinced that there's much to it though. Again, another simple one that got me through the flight, not enough there to really make it a trademark comedy.
I've given it a 6.8.
Jason Bateman... I'm not really sure what to make of him, I don't think he'll make it very far in serious films but he seems to have certainly found his niche, although there are elements of this film where he plays the role particularly well.
And what can really be said about Melissa McCarthy? She's electric, and has lit up every film she's been in. But her talents are no doubt limited, unless there's a serious hillbilly movie that needs a doting wife I don't think she'll be doing many serious parts any time soon, but perhaps she shouldn't, as her comedy is brilliant.
The film itself is quite simple, and lends to Melissa being able to show some reasonable work, I'm not convinced that there's much to it though. Again, another simple one that got me through the flight, not enough there to really make it a trademark comedy.
I've given it a 6.8.
Parker - 6.5 : iMDB
This was the first of three films I watched when I flew over to New York a couple of weeks ago.
Jason Statham doing what he always does, good cause, and with some retribution. They seem to like to stick to that formula with him, with it only going a little further away in Crank (which is brilliant btw!).
This film hit the spot for what was needed, just a nice simple film to make the time pass of getting across the pond, considering my laptop was out of battery!
It's actually not that bad a film, and I think Lopez plays a really good part.
It's not fantastic though, so i'd go for a simple 6.5.
Jason Statham doing what he always does, good cause, and with some retribution. They seem to like to stick to that formula with him, with it only going a little further away in Crank (which is brilliant btw!).
This film hit the spot for what was needed, just a nice simple film to make the time pass of getting across the pond, considering my laptop was out of battery!
It's actually not that bad a film, and I think Lopez plays a really good part.
It's not fantastic though, so i'd go for a simple 6.5.
Beasts of the Southern Wild - 7.5 : iMDB
Another that I watched while I was working over in Munich, and first up, I have to say I fell in love with little Hushpuppy! She's an adorable girl and faces up to all her fears head on.
The films pretty gritty, and at times a little hard to follow/watch, but it's definitely worth it. It reminded me a lot of perhaps how some of the relationships may have been strained during the aftermaths of events such as Katrina, or maybe even the Japanese Tsunami...
It's definitely worth a watch, so i've given it a 7.5.
The films pretty gritty, and at times a little hard to follow/watch, but it's definitely worth it. It reminded me a lot of perhaps how some of the relationships may have been strained during the aftermaths of events such as Katrina, or maybe even the Japanese Tsunami...
It's definitely worth a watch, so i've given it a 7.5.
My Sisters Keeper - 7.6 : iMDB
Now this is a film i've seen before, but had forgotten about it so watched it again when I was recommended it... and it was definitely worth the second watch.
This touches on some very challenging issues, and makes you feel like you're a part of it or have a vested interest.
I think sadly Diaz lets this down slightly, but other than that it's a wonderful film.
It gets a .. 7.6!
Headhunters - 7.2 : iMDB
Watched this while I was off working in Munich...
I've read most of the Jo Nesbo books (apart from this one!), it's quite a far fetched story but it's put together for the big screen pretty well, it'll be interesting to see what Hollywood go and do with it in 2014...
The story is pretty gritty and it's got some traditional twists, it twists really well and keeps you going for a while.
I'd definitely recommend watching it! It gets a 7.2.
I've read most of the Jo Nesbo books (apart from this one!), it's quite a far fetched story but it's put together for the big screen pretty well, it'll be interesting to see what Hollywood go and do with it in 2014...
The story is pretty gritty and it's got some traditional twists, it twists really well and keeps you going for a while.
I'd definitely recommend watching it! It gets a 7.2.
For A Good Time, Call - 6.8 : iMDB
This was part of a Wine Friday triple marathon, and I have to say, it confused the hell out of me but it was pretty funny, and broke up Get Rich or Die Tryin' and Brick nicely.
It's a simple standard RomCom with the usual storylines but spruced up with lots of sextalk and some dildos to make it funny!
There's not really much to say about this film but go ahead and watch it :-)
I've given it a 6.8, IMDb wasn't quite so generous!
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