tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25778436525179364232024-03-28T02:46:43.687-07:00Lady K's Movie DialogueFor All Your Movie Reviewing Needs! This blog will feature film reviews, the occasional personal blog, a tally of the films I see at the cinema and anything else I deem worthy of sharing with YOU, my loyal readers. I have archived my two previous blogs here too so anyone new can catch up with something they might have missed. Thanks for reading!LadyKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15187021497582049529noreply@blogger.comBlogger340125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577843652517936423.post-53117036792746018322019-02-03T04:30:00.000-08:002019-02-03T04:30:20.091-08:00January 2019 Cinema Reviews<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Bumblebee – I’m delighted to say that talk of this being the Transformers film we’d been waiting for were spot on. A film that succeeds where 5 previous instalments failed. It manages to be emotional, funny, nostalgic and it gives us the battle of Cybertron we’ve wanted to see since this franchise was rebooted all the way back in 2007. Oh and the soundtrack is awesome.</div>
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Ralph Breaks The Internet – A fine sequel to 2012’s surprise Disney hit Wreck It Ralph, but one that tries a little too hard to be bigger and better but never quite hits it’s lofty target. It’s not quite as heartwarming or charming as it’s predecessor, and unlike the first film, the soundtrack is a bit of a damp squib. Gone is Rhianna telling you to shut up and drive, and even Vanellope’s catchy Sugar Rush song can’t be matched. The film’s biggest failing is that it wants to have an important message, but it all gets a bit lost. The writers should have just kept it light and fun like the first one. Also, I get the whole “oh you broke the internet” thing, but shouldn’t it have been called Ralph Wrecks The Internet? Wouldn’t that have made more sense in the grand scheme of things? No? Just me then.</div>
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Colette – Such a delight from start to finish. Keira Knightley who can sometimes be a bit cloying, especially when she’s doing a period piece like this one, is actually engaging and feisty in her portrayal of real life writer Gabrielle Colette. I will admit ashamedly that although I proclaim to be a writer myself (and a woman to boot) I had never heard of Colette before I saw Knightley interviewed on The Graham Norton Show. And I almost didn’t see the movie as the clips I’d seen hadn’t exactly sparked my interest. It was only while discussing with a colleague what I might go and see at the cinema that night that she told me she had seen the film, and raved about how good it was. I’m so glad I saw it as it was a really interesting film, the sets and locations stunning, and the performances were fantastic. Knightley captures Colette beautifully; her frustrations, her anger, her inquisitive and adventurous sides, and by god her stubbornness. I’d watch this again in a heartbeat. Such a delicious story.</div>
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Stan and Ollie – While it’s not the most fascinating, most hilarious, or featuring the most lesbian sex of all the true stories out at the cinema right now, Steve Coogan and John C Reilly are both fantastic in Stan and Ollie. It’s a gentle film that ambles along at its own pace but it transports you into their world perfectly and they are both heartbreakingly wonderful. If neither of them at least get nominated by one of the major awards givers it’ll be a travesty. Shirley Henderson and Nina Arianda also put in stunning supporting performances as Ollie and Stan’s wives respectively, which gives the film even more heart. If the last shot of the wives in the theatre doesn’t make you cry then make sure you read the extra bits in the credits. If I’d not been surrounded by people I probably would have wailed. It’s completely down to the two of them and how much you bought into their friendship. Such a lovely movie.</div>
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Mary Queen Of Scots – Excellent performances from Saoirse Ronan and Margo Robbie lift this above standard Tudor era fare. The women stand strong and defiant and it’s lovely to see the women’s roles shine in a movie that is predominantly filled with men trying to tell them what to do. It doesn’t shy away from some of the harder to stomach truths of the Elizabethan reign, which I found refreshing even if my cinema buddy was less pleased. The costumes and locations are a sumptuous feast for the eyes, and I now want to go back to Edinburgh and learn all about Mary all over again.</div>
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Beautiful Boy – It was only after I saw this film that I saw Timothee Chalamet interviewed on The Graham Norton Show, where he described Beautiful Boy as a horror film. And while I don’t think that’s a very accurate description of the movie, I can see why he said that. The subject matter and scenes of what Nick’s drug use does to him and his family is certainly horrific. But this is definitely more of a drama than a horror. I also didn’t know until the end of the movie that this film is based on a true story. It’s definitely an important film, and I’m sure one that will speak to a great many people who have either been addicted to something, be it drugs or alcohol or something else, as well as the people their addiction ultimately hurts. I found the performances from both Chalamet and Carrell to be very affecting, but ultimately the film was overlong and felt very repetitive. That was probably intentional as it shows how repetitive recovery and relapse is, but it doesn’t really make for very interesting cinema. Also, not sure if Abbie from ER has had her lips done since her stint on that show, but I found her constant pouty fish expressions to be really distracting.</div>
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The Mule – Similar over pouting expressions from Diane Wiest in this movie were about the only fault I could levy upon this heartwarming tale of a 90 year old drug mule and the DEA agent sent to bring him in. Clint Eastwood puts in a believable and shockingly likeable turn as Earl Stone, a man on the verge of losing everything he ever loved, who is somewhat conned into becoming a drug mule. He accepts some work as a “driver” for a friend of his Granddaughter and unknowingly takes a package from point A to point B. He soon realises what it is he’s transporting, but by then he’s starting to like the money he’s earning, and the joy he’s able to bring to those he loves by spreading his wealth. There’s a side story about the drug cartel that’s neither here nor there really, as the main focus of the movie is Earl and his attempts to win back the family he’s lost. I have to admit that I was completely rooting for Earl to get away with it but I’m not going to tell you whether he did or not. You’ll have to see for yourself.</div>
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The Favourite – After waiting sooooooo long to watch this I’m sad to say I wasn’t much of a fan. Yes the central three performances are spectacular. Olivia Coleman brought me to tears when she talked about her babies, Rachel Weisz was an excellent scorned woman, and Emma Stone’s innocent little girl routine was perfect for her character. However these three brilliant women were all overshadowed by weird circular camera lenses that made my eyes hurt, a score that sounds like an alarm is going off, and an overlong and boring story. I’ve seen movies like this before where there’s multiple back stabbers and the audience isn’t even sure who the real villain of the piece is. But there was no such delicious intrigue in this movie, you just watch the events unfold with relatively little interest. It’s a shame as I was really looking forward to it and then I couldn’t really wait for it to be over, if just so I would stop feeling sick from all of those weird circular camera angles and that never-ending alarm of a score.</div>
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Vice – Definitely NOT the best film of the year, in my opinion. I’ve already seen about half a dozen that are better than this and it’s only January! I will concede that it WAS interesting, especially as someone who lived through the Bush Jr administration but who was too young to really take interest in politics, or understand that he was massively controlled by his team, headed up by Vice President Chaney. But I definitely felt it needed to be more stringently edited as it was quite long, and some of it just didn’t seem to work (the weird Shakespeare bit and the part where it pretended it was ending half way through the film). Then there were other bits where it just cut off mid way through someone speaking. More and more frequently with movies like this with big directors and big name actors, I often feel they are given a little too much free reign and there aren’t enough people around them to say ‘that didn’t work’, or ‘that could be a shorter scene’. I felt that way about The Favourite too. Although in the case of this film it certainly didn’t help matters that snow was imminent and my friend fell asleep, which made me very aware of how long the film was on both counts. I will say however that Amy Adams was her usual amazing self, and Christian Bale has surely got to be doing serious damage to his body at this point from all the weight he puts on for roles which he then loses, but as usual he impressed. I wished Sam Rockwell had more to do as I think he’s a wonderful and massively underrated actor, but I understand this was a movie about Chaney and not Bush, and so the size of his role had to reflect that. Steve Carrell also continues to impress in another dramatic role, but the film overall was long, and Chaney’s story, while he was devious and villainous, it just wasn’t fascinating enough to make this a good film.</div>
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<br style="caret-color: rgb(102, 65, 51); color: #664133; font-family: "Josefin Sans"; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 65, 51); color: #664133; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">I recently heard that Google's Blogger was closing. Whether it's true, and whether it means old blogs will disappear or not remains to be seen. To be on the safe side, and to not lose YEARS worth of posts, I made the decision to move everything to my old <a href="https://wordpress.com/view/ladyksmoviedialogue.wordpress.com" style="color: #9d1a1a; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Wordpress</a> blog that I've had for years and done virtually nothing with.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(102, 65, 51); color: #664133; font-family: "Josefin Sans"; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 65, 51); color: #664133; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #ddb6b6; caret-color: rgb(102, 65, 51); color: #664133; font-family: "Josefin Sans"; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;"></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 65, 51); color: #664133; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">And when I say move everything, I really do mean EVERYTHING. Because I also decided that this blog would contain all of my previous blogger blogs, as well as any book reviews that I also post to my Goodreads account.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(102, 65, 51); color: #664133; font-family: "Josefin Sans"; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 65, 51); color: #664133; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #ddb6b6; caret-color: rgb(102, 65, 51); color: #664133; font-family: "Josefin Sans"; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;"></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 65, 51); color: #664133; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">That might mean that you get a bit of an odd amalgamation of personal posts, random stuff to do with writing, film reviews, book reviews, theatre reviews and possibly my beauty product reviews too. I haven't decided if I'm including them or not yet.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(102, 65, 51); color: #664133; font-family: "Josefin Sans"; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 65, 51); color: #664133; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #ddb6b6; caret-color: rgb(102, 65, 51); color: #664133; font-family: "Josefin Sans"; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;"></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 65, 51); color: #664133; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">I hope that means you get an interesting mix of content rather than it feeling disjointed but to be honest I really don't know how it will work yet.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(102, 65, 51); color: #664133; font-family: "Josefin Sans"; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 65, 51); color: #664133; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #ddb6b6; caret-color: rgb(102, 65, 51); color: #664133; font-family: "Josefin Sans"; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;"></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 65, 51); color: #664133; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">Whatever brought you here I hope you will continue to follow me on the Wordpress platform and enjoy what will be forthcoming, and as always I am very grateful that you have decided to spend a little bit of your valuable time in my strange little world.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(102, 65, 51); color: #664133; font-family: "Josefin Sans"; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 65, 51); color: #664133; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #ddb6b6; caret-color: rgb(102, 65, 51); color: #664133; font-family: "Josefin Sans"; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;"></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 65, 51); color: #664133; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">As long as Blogger is here I will endeavour to post updates here too but as I don't know how long that will be for I'm giving you all a heads up.</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(102, 65, 51); color: #664133; font-family: "Josefin Sans"; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;" /><span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 65, 51); color: #664133; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: #ddb6b6; caret-color: rgb(102, 65, 51); color: #664133; font-family: "Josefin Sans"; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;"></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 65, 51); color: #664133; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.399999618530273px;">Much love Lady K</span></div>
LadyKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15187021497582049529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577843652517936423.post-18973716719389507302018-11-06T12:34:00.002-08:002018-11-06T12:37:19.710-08:00Bohemian Rhapsody <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of my earliest memories is of my sister Tracey watching Live Aid on TV. I don’t remember watching it myself, I was five at the time, and probably doing much more important things like playing with Barbies. But I remember her watching it and I remember it being a big deal. I knew it mattered even then. <br /><br />Fast forward to about 5 or so years later and the beginnings of my Queen phase. I had posters, I had every album on cassette and vinyl, I had videos of their concerts. I was not cool. But then I was never destined to be. I’ve always embraced the things I loved, no matter how uncool they made me. I didn't know another teenager who's favourite band was Queen, and who's favourite TV show was Star Trek The Next Generation. But if I can’t be true to myself it doesn’t matter how much fake me fits in, she’s not the real me. <br /><br />I know right now you’re probably thinking, jeez just get on with the review already. I’m prefacing the review with my earliest account of fandom because not only did loving Queen make up a very important part of what made me me at an early age, but it also probably indicates the expectations I had for this film. The first time that Freddie’s story had been told to the masses, and a lot of people will take this movie as gospel. <br /><br />Those of us who have followed Queen for a long time however, those of us who’ve read up on the band, we know that this movie is not showing the full story. And in some instances has jumbled up some very important events in the Queen timeline. <br /><br />If like me you’ve read any of the reviews for this movie you’ll know that amongst fans of the band, there have been a lot of less than favourable write ups. Even knowing this I still wanted to see the film and make up my own mind, as I quite often do. So that you don’t lose faith and stop reading, I will say now that I’m glad I did. <br /><br />If you’re a fan of Queen there is still a lot here for you. Firstly the performances. Rami Malek really does put his heart and soul into becoming Freddie. It’s an impossible task but my god does he put everything into it. It doesn’t feel like he’s “doing” Freddie, it doesn’t feel like a caricature based on what we know of Freddie, it’s not a performance that’s all in the teeth. He’s not Freddie and he doesn’t quite have Freddie’s flamboyance, but he gives it his all and he’s believable.<br /><br />Gwilym Lee and Joe Mazzello playing Brian and John respectably are incredible. They are so like them that it’s like you’re watching the real people. I was flabbergasted at how good they were and how true to Brian and John they were. Roger I never quite got. Ben Hardy was as good as the other guys performance wise, but I never fully believed him as Roger. <br /><br />Lucy Boynton who first impressed in the fabulous Sing Street also does a believable and rather heartbreaking turn as Freddie’s longtime friend and lover Mary Austin. And as someone who is aware of the significant part that Mary played in Freddie’s life, I’m really happy to see that neither she nor Freddie’s bisexuality were erased in this movie. <br /><br />The main problems I had with the film I already knew about going in, and as such I think I was probably the right level of prepared that they didn’t annoy me as much as if I’d not known about them going in. The first is how the film paints the remaining members of Queen as innocent little choir boys compared with bad influence Freddie. It also downplayed Freddie’s lifestyle too, which considering the story they are telling here seems kinda detrimental to the finished product? The second inaccuracy is that Freddie received his AIDS diagnosis prior to Live Aid. <br /><br />This is my biggest bugbear for two reasons. 1) a whole new generation of Queen fans that this film will create will be massively misinformed. 2) It undermines not only one of Freddie’s best performances, but the live performance voted the best of all time, by anybody. <br /><br />He didn’t give that performance because he knew he was going to die. He gave it because he was just that fucking good. To suggest otherwise just detracts from how fantastic that performance was. <br /><br />However, those annoyances aside, I still found that I enjoyed the film overall. I felt giddy every time they came up with a new song that we already know and love, and the recreation of the Live Aid concert cannot fail to be enjoyed on a big screen. Hearing Freddie in surround sound certainly didn’t hurt. Some of the members of the audience that I was in were clapping along to Radio Ga Ga and that couldn't fail to warm my heart. <br /><br />The dubbing isn’t always done that well, but the alternative of not having Freddie’s voice in the movie could only have been disastrous. Therefore my complaints here are minimal. <br /><br />I’m not ashamed to say I blubbed like a baby at the end of the film, and upon hearing the opening strains of one of my favourite Queen songs in the credits I resolved to stay to the end, and give Freddie my utmost respects for being the artist who tells me when I’m feeling down, the show must go on. <br /><br />8/10</span></div>
LadyKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15187021497582049529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577843652517936423.post-36226893364502464602018-11-05T15:17:00.000-08:002018-11-05T15:23:37.743-08:00The Not So Magnificent Seven<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After such a good start to October I somehow managed to while away the rest of the month without seeing another film, and even worse, without making use of my trusty Cineworld Card. <br /><br /> Desperately trying to catch up with what I'd missed, and make use of my card, I somehow managed to cram 7 films into 3 days. <br /><br /> I'm not going to say a great deal on all of them but I thought a brief run down of my thoughts was required.<br /><br /> We shall start with the first film I saw - The Hate U Give<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVZ6KmHy02A6oN0W8DKg7899Ok66HSgg2_NZnwnLXnO6PH4F04meucrVQNCiNM4z8BJYX6rLpBcSYS15W-6gpGJ1XDhgo0vD46Lxl29bssBnLXqGVpVLmzq_JneATp73ESELoqj2TPzzVx/s1600/hate_u_give_ver2.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVZ6KmHy02A6oN0W8DKg7899Ok66HSgg2_NZnwnLXnO6PH4F04meucrVQNCiNM4z8BJYX6rLpBcSYS15W-6gpGJ1XDhgo0vD46Lxl29bssBnLXqGVpVLmzq_JneATp73ESELoqj2TPzzVx/s320/hate_u_give_ver2.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Incredibly important film about the current Black Lives Matter movement in the US, and the frequency with which unarmed black men are being killed by white police officers. This isn't based on a true story but it could so easily be based on any number of accounts of exactly the same situation as what happens in this film. <br /><br /> A strong central performance from Amanda Stenberg makes this film stand out from the crowd. It's both eye opening and incredibly moving in parts. Definitely worth a watch if it's still on near you. 7/10<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
Film 2 was the rather lacklustre Venom. </div>
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Disappointingly neither Tom Hardy or Riz Ahmed are at their best here. And is it just me or is Michelle Williams acting actually getting worse (and is she becoming more breathy sounding) with each passing year? The effects are kinda ropey in places, and ultimately it leaves you wondering ‘did this film need to be made’? The end credits glimpse at the new Animated Spider-Man feature film looks great though it has to be said. 5/10</div>
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The third film I saw was Bohemian Rhapsody. I have a LOT to say about this one so it’s getting a separate review. Keep your eyes peeled for that!</div>
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Film four was the overlong and incredibly boring First Man. </div>
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The fifth film I saw was the first of a horror triple bill - Slaughterhouse Rulez.</div>
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I will admit that from the trailer I was fully expecting this to be a slight step up from a Goosebumps type movie but it fell somewhere between that and a real gore fest. I enjoyed it, even if the acting isn’t always top notch, it was a fun ride and a perfect post Halloween movie. 6/10</div>
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The penultimate movie of the triple (and indeed the not-always-so-magnificent 7) was Goosebumps 2. </div>
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I know I saw the last Goosebumps movie but I’ll be honest, I don’t remember much about it. This one was loads of fun. The possessed dummy was just the right amount of creepy for a kids film, and considering this definitely WAS made for kids (it’s a PG cert) I thought it was more engaging than Slaughterhouse. I found myself enjoying it a lot more and just generally having a blast. Definitely recommend for those with kids looking for a spooky film this autumn. 7/10</div>
<br />Finally that leads me to him. He came home. And what a bloody and fitting end to the Halloween franchise this is (providing the powers that be don’t decide to make another one).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIwky5paLhlnZWtx8TUJesfvXDUhYrbRlV8U3Bk5EPqQpzt81GClHLxPsLk_41zYuUN3cMGu29io5iBrd5iXLHaqRU3y7MN-wwg5P3jY2hhWi4VZesTOTEgU1RK4Ywg0lS3BLiKskObpfJ/s1600/61PMwTwTnaL._SY741_.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIwky5paLhlnZWtx8TUJesfvXDUhYrbRlV8U3Bk5EPqQpzt81GClHLxPsLk_41zYuUN3cMGu29io5iBrd5iXLHaqRU3y7MN-wwg5P3jY2hhWi4VZesTOTEgU1RK4Ywg0lS3BLiKskObpfJ/s320/61PMwTwTnaL._SY741_.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Jamie Lee Curtis’ Laurie Strode from the original 1978 Halloween (that's right kids, that's before even I was born) returns for this sequel which effectively erases every Halloween movie that has followed in the last 40 years (including Halloween 2, H20 and Resurrection which all also featured Curtis as Laurie Strode). Forget those movies exist because this is the definitive sequel. Strode has spent the last 40 years dealing with PTSD over what happened on that fateful Halloween night, and my god has she got her Sarah Conner on. <br /><br /> Strode has always known the day would come when Michael Myers would again escape the mental facility that houses him, and she has prepared for the day when she would once again face him.<br /><br /> I won't give any spoilers away but I will say that for fans of the original this is an absolute must see. I will admit that I am nowhere near as hardcore horror as I used to be and I was scared to see this on my own, which is why I waited to see it until someone could come with me. But it's not wall to wall horror as some would have you believe. <br /><br /> Sure there are jump scares, and to bring the franchise bang up to date there are some scenes that are truly gruesome and horrific, but this is a Halloween movie, would you really expect anything less? Curtis and co act their socks off. It's great to see so many strong women in this movie, rather than them just being the screaming victim all the time, and for a woman in her 60s, Jamie Lee Curtis is as bad ass as they come.<br /><br /> As a huge fan of the original I honestly can't recommend Halloween highly enough to fellow fans. See it before it finishes in cinemas. 9/10</span></div>
LadyKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15187021497582049529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577843652517936423.post-55159109706195558232018-10-12T16:52:00.000-07:002018-10-12T17:02:43.738-07:00Three Films, Three Days, Three Cinemas<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In some ways it probably helped to see this version having not seen any of the previous ones as it puts less expectation on the new version, which by all accounts of Director Bradley Cooper, only has certain elements in common with the previous films anyway.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The story this time focuses on established Rock star Jackson Maine (Bradley Cooper) who is clearly struggling with alcohol and drug addiction when we meet him at the start of the film. After a gig he stops at a bar where he meets Ally (Lady Gaga), a waitress who has a natural talent for singing and song writing. Jackson finds himself drawn to this woman who has such a unique outlook on him, and on the world around her, and he finds himself falling for her, and her for him. But of course, with addiction thrown into the mix, it's never going to be plain sailing for the two.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Having said all of that, the film is stunningly directed by first timer Cooper, and I was definitely not expecting Gaga to be as good as she was. Yes it wasn't a big stretch to play a girl from New York who has natural talent and makes it in the music industry - if not quite being herself - but she was still fantastic and nothing can take that away from her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sadly that adventure had more to do with the awful experience my friend and I had at the Odeon than the film itself. Which I am sure when watched uninterrupted by several fire alarms and a restart that came with sound but no picture, would have been a perfectly adequate family romp but which would have been otherwise rather unremarkable.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A House... tells the story of an orphaned boy Lewis (Owen Vaccaro) going to live with his uncle (Jack Black) who it turns out is a warlock (boy witch), and who's neighbour (the always stylish and stunning Cate Blanchett) is also a witch. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I don't think I have ever had a pleasant experience at the DoY's which is a real shame as I love to support independent cinema, and yet I hate to go there with every fibre of my being.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The Wife tells the story of Joan Castleman (Glenn Close), wife of Author Joseph Castleman (Jonathan Pryce) who is about to be awarded the Nobel Prize in literature. You can tell from the trailer that he's going to be a bit of a shit, but to what extent it's unclear. Well, without spoiling the movie I couldn't possibly say but let's just say that he's more of a shit than the trailer would have you believe. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The performances are fantastic from Close and Pryce, and I must say it was a lovely surprise to see Christian Slater in a mainstream movie where he's actually really good and working with really great actors again.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Regrettably, although the calibre of acting here is way above par, the story is still a little slow in places, and the end is not as punchy as I had hoped it would be from the trailer. Still an intriguing and superbly acted film that I would highly recommend, but definitely more of a slow burner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyway, allow me to start with Cameron Post as that was the film I watched first. A film set in the 90s about a girl - Cameron Post (played brilliantly by Chloe Grace Moretz who impresses me more and more each time I see her) - who is discovered to be a lesbian by her religious family and promptly sent off to God's Promise, a camp for troubled teens, in the hope of converting her into a straight and God fearing member of society.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This might not be a true story, but the fact that this did happen to many kids and is still happening around the world today makes me really fucking angry. The story is well told and has lighter and also incredibly dark moments too but it handles everything with sensitivity and the acting on show is top notch.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The acting as I said is all top notch. This is Chloe Grace Moretz's film, make no mistake, and she is fantastic in the lead role. But she is ably supported by Forrest Goodluck and Sasha Lane who play two of Cameron's alley's in the camp, whilst Jennifer Ehle (remember her? Where has she been for the last 20 years) and John Gallagher Jr are both great as the leaders of the camp.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think it's an important film on many levels, it continues the conversation around the importance of mental health in young adults, and that they should have a safe space to express themselves, as well as adults that they can trust. It also does a great job of not talking down to the audience it's aimed at, and doesn't shy away from showing them sex scenes and pretty horrifying scenes too, but at no point do those scenes seem gratuitous or unnecessary. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now that I've seen it I'm quite glad I didn't go out of my way to pay to see it in the cinema as I don't think anything would have been gained by seeing the film on the big screen.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On this gloriously sunny Sunday in September, with absolutely nothing to do, I decided last minute to take myself on a double movie date. Most people would think this was a crazy idea but as the cinema is my second home this doesn't strike me as a weird way to spend my day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">First film of the double bill was Searching. A film I'd only recently heard of and which probably wouldn't have been at the top of my list of films to see, had it not starred John Cho. Cho is someone I always enjoy watching, whether it's in a stupid role (Harold and Kumar/American Pie films), turning an iconic sci-fi character on his head (Star Trek Reboots), or in a more serious role (usually on some ill fated TV series - Kitchen Confidential/Flashforward).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The fact that Searching had Cho as the lead character immediately piqued my interest and I am so glad it did. Not only is he fantastic in this film, easily captivating the audience, it's also a really good film. I might even go so far as to say one of my favourites of the year so far. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The story revolves around High Court judge Fiona May (Thompson) and the two big events unfolding in her life as we come into her story. One is the breakdown of her marriage to husband Jack (Tucci), and the other is the case she is presiding over regarding the life of 17 year old Jehovah's Witness Adam. Adam is in need of a blood transfusion to save his life, but on religious grounds he is refusing the transfusion. As he is a minor, the hospital seek an injunction to save the boy's life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For the most part this felt like a BBC drama, particularly from the point where Adam's story really started to present itself. The actors playing the roles of Adam and his family felt very much like the kind you'd see in a BBC drama. A good one, but still not quite movie worthy. Having Emma and Stanley in the film however was always going to raise it to another level. The sad thing is that I feel like the film wasn't really worthy of them. And without them it probably wouldn't have even had a theatrical release.</span></div>
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LadyKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15187021497582049529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577843652517936423.post-33476148321759874752018-08-09T16:00:00.000-07:002018-08-09T16:00:00.912-07:00Why The Justice League Movie Didn’t Work... For Me<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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LadyKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15187021497582049529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577843652517936423.post-51688463291371729672017-06-23T17:04:00.000-07:002017-06-23T17:04:20.172-07:00Wonder Woman and Transformers: The Last Knight<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So much was riding on it. As a woman who is a fan of the superhero genre I know more than most how important this film was. And how important it was that it be good. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Between Marvel and DC I’d certainly say that Marvel has had more success of late when it comes to the movie side of the business. DC’s films on the other hand have wavered for years. Batman has seen some great successes and some epic failures. In my opinion Man of Steel was a big steaming pile of shite, and Batman Vs Superman’s only saving grace was the introduction of Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman - Diana Prince. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After all of that anticipation I’m sad to say I didn’t love it. However, much like the female Ghostbusters movie, I can still see it’s value in terms of finally giving us a female lead superhero movie. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And I want to state off the bat that my underwhelming response to Wonder Woman had nothing to do with Gal Gadot who I thought was perfectly cast as Diana, nor did it have anything to do with the opening sequences on Themyscira which were glorious. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In all honestly I just thought it was too similar to Captain America: The First Avenger. Once we got out of Themyscira she took on a secret identity, brought a bunch of drunk rapscallions together in a pub to go on a dangerous mission to the front lines of the first world war, lost someone she loved, defeated the bad guy and ended up in the present day looking exactly the same as she did 70 years ago.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now, before you all lynch me, I’ve read the excerpts of the Joss Whedon Wonder Woman script and I know that everyone involved in the film, as well as the audience of millions around the world who made Wonder Woman a box office smash, dodged a massive bullet there. Wonder Woman deflected it nicely off her indestructible bracelets if you will.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The overly sexualised 14 year old. Did she need to be pouty and crying in EVERY scene? Did she need to be running in slow motion in a low cut vest top? She is supposed to be 14 remember. What’s worse is that I don’t know why any actress, especially knowing the sexism that Megan Fox endured on the first and second Transformers movies, would read the script for this and think yes, that is a film I want to do. Jesus girls, aim way fucking higher if only for your own self worth. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It’s too long, like all of the Transformers movies before it. By the time it got to the point I’d already taken my time going for a pee because I knew I wasn’t going to miss anything. And I didn’t. The plot’s culmination was obvious from the outset and so full of holes you could have played golf on it. Add in the return of Agent Simmons, a character who was annoying in the first movie, a bunch of great actors who are totally wasted, and a sub-plot involving a woman who must be the scourge of existence because she doesn’t have a man (spoiler alert - she does by the end of the movie wink wink); and there you have the whole sorry mess that is The Last Knight. I can only hope it is the last Transformers movie too.</span></div>
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LadyKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15187021497582049529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577843652517936423.post-73248181203761704152016-08-06T08:03:00.000-07:002016-08-06T08:25:35.458-07:00Sweet Dreams are made of this<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As mentioned in my last <a href="http://ladyksmoviedialogue.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/adventures-in-fangirling-lfcc-day-2.html">post</a>, here is the dream I had a few weeks before meeting Jeremy at LFCC...<br /><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"> I wasn't sure how I was walking, my whole body was convulsing with shakes. If it weren't for Sam supporting my arm and propelling us both forward I was sure I'd be sitting on the floor rocking back and forth in a puddle of my own pee. We were through the door now and I could see him. He was wearing a suit. I wasn't expecting that, I thought he'd be dressed more casually. He turned around when he heard us enter the small studio room and a beautiful smile broke across his face. That perfectly rugged face. Don't pass out, don't pass out. <br /><br />I wasn't aware of Sam letting go of me, I seemed to be floating towards him now. He held his right hand out to me as I approached the desk he'd been sitting at. <br /><br />"Hi, you must be Kath, Sam's told me all about you." He gestured towards the second empty seat at the desk. <br /><br />"Oh god." I whispered, not thinking she'd said anything bad, just trying to process the fact that he was speaking to me. I didn't think he'd heard. <br /><br />"It was all good I promise." He chuckled, and the sound reverberated through me. I was grateful of the chair. <br /><br />I was aware I was still holding his hand. "I'm sorry!" I said as I let go. <br /><br />"Don't be. It's all good mama."<br /><br />Oh god!!! He called me Mama. Did he? Or did my brain just make that up? I tried to be more human and less like a weird, unspeaking, shaking and sweaty mess. I thought I might be sick. <br /><br />I swallowed and tried to think of something intelligent to say. <br /><br />"Can I shake your hand?" Is what tumbled out of my mouth instead. <br /><br />"Sure." He held out his right hand which confused me. He could obviously tell as he followed that with "I shake with the right, left shakes just throw people." <br /><br />An entirely filthy image entered my mind then and I grabbed that hand and held onto it for much longer than I should have. I wasn't really shaking it either, just sort of stroking it with my thumb and trying to force myself to remember what it felt like, the weight of it, the smoothness in parts and callousness in others. <br /><br />"Shall we take the picture or do you need another minute with my hand?" He chuckled again and had the filthiest grin on his face. He knew exactly what he'd said.<br /><br /> I looked over at Sam sitting behind another desk. She was trying not to laugh. <br /><br />I reluctantly let him go. "I'm good. Lead the way."<br /><br />We stood up from the desk and made our way to the backdrop. I was so grateful to Sam for arranging this private shoot for me. <br /><br />"Do you have a specific pose in mind?" He asked, stopping on the marked position on the floor and turning to face me. <br /><br />"Just hold me."<br /><br />"You got it mama." He opened his arms and I stepped forward into my moment of bliss.</span><br /><br /> I didn't get a 'mama' on the day but ironically Sam did. Maybe next time I'll get one too. Oh, and the calloused hand from the dream? Not at all in real life. His hand was smooth as silk. And very warm.</span><div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had decided in my infinite wisdom that it would be a good idea to recreate the below 'budapest' scene from Avengers for my photoshoot with Jeremy. I figured that I could take Jeremy the bow and "arrows" I used for my </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Catniss cosplay, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and if I couldn't speak to explain what I wanted, I could simply show him the image and hope he understood what I wanted to do. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">However, a couple of weeks prior to the event, I had a dream that I'd been unable to attend the photoshoot, and that my friend Sam, who in the dream was Jeremy's assistant, had arranged a private meeting with Jeremy (and a photographer) so that I could finally get my picture. It's only now, after what happened that day that I see this as something of an omen, just not for me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I typed up the dream at the time and forwarded it to Sam in the hope that not only would it make her smile to have featured so prominently in my subconscious world, but also in the hope that it would give her some much needed strength. I hoped it would allow her to see that we all had the same fears, and nerves, as ultimately in the dream she was the much stronger of the two of us, and helped me get through the experience. Much like on the day itself, although I had several friends who helped me through the weekend overall because I'm a super lucky lady like that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So because of the dream (which you'll understand when you read it), I had pretty much abandoned the idea of posing with Renner, and especially as I hadn't been able to get a hug the day before (despite my GIANT birthday girl badge) I wanted a hug. Just once. And so it had to be in our photoshoot. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thankfully the catsuit did make it feel a lot less like my dream, as I had been dressed normally in that; although as we queued for our pics Sam was directly behind me (as she had been in the dream), although this time she didn't have to push me - which I'm sure she was grateful for.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The queuing was over in no time, the pictures are taken so fast, I barely had enough time to pass on a fan letter to Kris (Jeremy's business partner) and take a deep breath before it was my turn. I very quickly asked Jeremy for a "full on hug" and told him it was my birthday recently, he said of course and grabbed me into a bear hug. I dimly recall saying "you really do give the best hugs" and I started to float away, then he took me by both shoulders, looked me in the eye and said "Happy birthday baby". I was in a total daze. I almost forgot to pick up my picture and then had a sudden moment of horror when I thought, I don't think I even looked at the camera! I was convinced the picture was just going to be me, snuggled into Jeremy, heaving a great sigh as he held me for a few seconds. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Still feeling euphoric from my Renner pic experience, I suddenly remembered the reason I had signed up for Comic Con this year! Harold! We made our way through the crowds and found his autograph queue virtually empty. I quickly paid my £20 (thanks for remembering to get cash out Donna!), and waited my turn. When I got to the front I was again thankful of my decision to wear the catsuit as he asked me who my Avengers character was and proudly told me he'd just watched Iron Man the other night. Seriously Feige, get this guy in a Marvel movie stat! I told him I'd just met his friend Jeremy (as they are buddies in real life and have worked together a couple of times), and I showed him my picture of the two of us. I encouraged Sam to come over so we could tell him how much we loved The Unusuals, and how sad we were that it got cancelled. He shook my hand and happily stepped out from his desk to take a picture with me. Such a sweetheart of a man. If anyone gets the chance to see him at another event like this I would highly recommend it. He was so genuine and lovely. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I just want to sign off by saying a huge thank you to everyone who supported me this weekend, everyone who came, who took pictures, all of the new awesome Rennerwomen I met, all of the people who have listened to me relentlessly go on about this (before and after it happened) and to Jeremy and Harold for being tremendous human beings. I love all of you guys, you're awesome. </span></div>
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LadyKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15187021497582049529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577843652517936423.post-60105306188096118592016-08-04T14:13:00.002-07:002016-08-06T08:46:41.097-07:00Adventures In Fangirling - LFCC Day 1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The last time I put type to screen about my fangirling it was about a year and 3 months ago. I had just come back from the Avengers: Age of Ultron premiere and I'd had a terrible day that had turned itself around. You can read about it <a href="http://ladyksmoviedialogue.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/adventures-in-fangirling-what.html">here</a>; and the prelude to that day, where this adventure all began is <a href="http://ladyksmoviedialogue.blogspot.co.uk/2015/05/adventures-in-fangirling.html">here</a>. <br /> <br />I had been hoping to have something to report after the Captain America: Civil War premiere in April but unfortunately that was a terrible day that never improved. <br /> <br />We'd gone up to London 2 days previous to the date of the premiere to collect wrist bands for the event (as for some reason the event organisers felt this was a better idea than giving them out on the day). We left at the crack of dawn on the day, and were subsequently pushed so far back that not only did I not get a decent picture of Jeremy (below was the best one), I couldn't even see him. A second autograph was definitely out of the question. </span><br /> <br /><span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We arrived rather late on the day and so I went straight in to get my autograph. I'd opted to take my Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation poster with me which I'd been sent by the film's director Chris McQuarrie, after myself and 3 of my 'Rennerlady' friends had done an impromptu location hunt for the London locations in the movie. You can read about that <a href="http://ladyksmoviedialogue.blogspot.co.uk/2015/11/mission-impossible-rogue-nation-london_11.html">here</a>. He'd been kind enough to send posters for all four of us that he and Tom Cruise had signed, and now I wanted to add Jeremy's signature to that too. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I waited in line with my friend and when I was finally standing in front of Jeremy I started telling him he'd already signed one of those today (as my friend who also received one had already been in for her autograph on the same poster). I quickly realised however that I wouldn't have time to tell him how I came by the poster, so I asked to shake his hand and told him it was a pleasure to meet him. On my way out I made sure to say bye to his business partner Kris who was sitting on the sidelines watching the proceedings.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I got outside to my waiting friends I was shaking like a leaf, but I do now have Jeremy's signature on my poster, which I would not have been able to get any other way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Next up was the talk, which sadly unlike conventions in the US we were not allowed to film at. Jeremy was quite animated throughout and answered each fan question as though it was the first time he'd been asked "what other Avenger would you like to be?" I had planned to ask a question about his tattoo, as I'd been curious as to when he got it, but as the time dwindled I found my hand was still not in the air. After a few not so subtle prompts from my bestie and the Rennerlady on my left, I eventually mustered the courage to put my hand up. And in a strange twist of luck, because the lady behind me managed to ask a question, she handed the mic straight to me after and I finally got my chance. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Being the short ass that I am, Jeremy couldn't see me in the audience so they asked me to stand up. My legs were shaking as I told Jeremy my question was frivolous, to which he told me he would give me a frivolous answer. The interviewer on stage with him joked that I 'knew all his tattoos' because I'd said that the one in Senior Trip, although being in the same place as his own Renner crest tattoo, didn't look to be the same, and I wanted to know if it was a cover up or if he'd not yet gotten his tattoo when that film was made. I informed the interviewer that he only had one (to my knowledge) and I resumed my seat. Jeremy said he didn't remember but he didn't think it was a cover up as he only got his tattoo in 94/95. Good enough for me.</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Where do I begin to paint the picture of how very bad The Neon Demon is? Bad taste, badly edited, overly stylised direction, barely any script, but then again it is "written" by Nicholas Winding Refn (who apparently now refers to himself as NWR so I shall do the same), and he's not exactly known for his dialogue; but no, it's mostly just bad in sense that it leaves the taste of eyeball in your mouth at the end. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This is the story of a girl who wanted to be a model, and who undoubtedly would have made it had she not been so shitty to those helping her to the top of the ladder. I get the metaphors too, modelling is dog eat dog (literally) and if you're big headed and rude to the people helping you on your way up, they're likely to be the ones to push you off the top. I get it. But I didn't really need to sit through 2 hours of strobe lighting and over-long scenes where nothing (and I mean nothing at all) happened, in order to get it. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's so sad too because they have some really great people in the cast. Keanu Reeves is criminally underused, Jena Malone, you can do so much better than this honey, what are you doing? And even Elle Fanning who showed real promise in Super 8, is above the level this movie stoops to. Character wise, did we need to know that the crooked motel owner was also a paedophile rapist? Or that the make up artist was a necrophiliac lesbian? No, I really don't think we did, and shocking for the sake of shocking is so very 90s.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I enjoyed Drive, even though it too was over stylised and under dialogue-d on reflection, but at the time it came out it was different, refreshing even. I missed Only God Forgives in cinemas and when I attempted to watch it on TV I only managed to watch about half before I was so bored I gave up. If I'd watched this at home I don't know that I'd have made it half way, but I paid my £8.70 dammit and I was determined to get my money's worth. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So we're three major films in to NWR's career (I'm aware tha<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">t in total he's go<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">t 13 director credits) </span></span>and I already feel he needs to try a different tactic, because this one is now old hat. It's clear that after the success of Drive he believed his own hype, and now has no originality left. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Before the film started there was an advertisement for a season of films that "inspire" NWR. One of those films was Under The Skin. "Inspired" is a funny word when used in this context because if you played Under The Skin and The Neon Demon side by side, you'd see a lot of similarities. The music is one, the look of the film is another. And if you read my review for that movie you'll know what I thought of it. This too has no real point to it, nothing of any value to really say for itself, no likable characters, in fact nothing really to redeem it at all.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />The irony is that everyone has praised The Neon Demon and criticised the hell out of the rebooted Ghostbusters, but I actually enjoyed that much more, and thought it more original even though it was a reboot of an existing film. It felt more fresh, the cast were all superb, it features a some fantastic role models for women and young girls, it prominently features both a funny and knowledgeable woman of colour, AND a kick ass and smart gay woman. If you have to pick between the two, go for Ghostbusters. It's not perfect, I think it would have worked better as a sequel rather than trying to be a stand alone movie, but it's been done this way, and as it stands I would much rather see a sequel for this new team of Ghostbusters than sit through the tripe that was The Neon Demon again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Jena Malone ~ Ruby</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Karl Glusman ~ Dean</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Bella Heathcote ~ Gigi</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Abbey Lee ~ Sarah</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Christina Hendricks ~ Roberta Hoffman</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Melissa McCarthy ~ Abby Yates</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Kristen Wiig ~ Erin Gilbert</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Kate McKinnon ~ Jillian Holtzmann</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I feel I should preface this review by saying I'm not a huge X-Men fan, although I have seen all of the X-Men movies (original trilogy and current trilogy) and all of the spin offs too (X-Men Origins Wolverine, The Wolverine and Deadpool). I liked the first X-Men, wasn't keen on X2 (again unpopular opinion) and to be honest I don't remember much about The Last Stand. I was not a fan of either of the Wolverine films as they contradicted each other, and the X-Men movies to date, and to be honest that kind of annoyed me. I had a lot of time for Deadpool, especially as Ryan Reynolds got to make it his way. Of the prequels, I enjoyed First Class but not enough to buy it, really liked Days of Future Past, and that brings us bang up to Apocalypse.</span></div>
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LadyKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15187021497582049529noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577843652517936423.post-49837292133022625492016-03-30T10:32:00.004-07:002016-03-30T10:32:48.782-07:00Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Where do I begin? Anyone who follows this blog will know that I am a huge Marvel fan. Having said that, I very much enjoyed the recent Bale/Nolan Batman movies and have been a life-long fan of Superman - up to the release of Man of Steel. For anyone who missed my thoughts on that you can read them <a href="http://ladyksmoviedialogue.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Man%20Of%20Steel">here</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Despite my loathing of Man of Steel, and despite my trepidation for what Ben Affleck would bring to the role of Batman/Bruce Wayne, I wanted to see Batman V Superman. After all, I cannot critique a movie I have not seen. And after seeing said movie, I can tell you I didn't hate it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">That's not to say I liked it, there was a lot that I took issue with. The continued underdevelopment of Clark Kent as a character, some absolutely appalling dialogue that made me angry rather than just having me shaking my head, and some very unnecessary dream sequences. But on the whole, it was a much better movie than Man of Steel.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I am trying to keep this review as spoiler free as possible, so I will end with this. There is a moment at the end of the film where you are compelled to feel something for Superman. I say Superman because in this Snyder led world there is only really Superman, because he's not bothered to introduce us to Clark at all (we're two movies in and I still don't feel I know Clark at all in this universe). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As I sat there, knowing that I was supposed to feel something, I recalled all of the previous versions of Clark that I have known and loved, and I did feel the thing they were striving for. But it was not as a result of the writing or directing that made me feel those emotions, but rather the memories of the Clark's that came before. Because ultimately, the way to make your audience care about Superman is to have them fall in love with Clark. Maybe not in the traditional sense, I'm not saying that all the little boys who looked up to Superman were really in love with Clark, but what I mean is that without introducing Clark to the world, a guy we can all sympathise with and connect with, the world doesn't care about Superman. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Someone really needs to explain this to the writers before they make their Justice League movie. If you don't get to know the men and women behind the masks and capes and tights, you're not going to care about the invulnerable heroes either.</span><br />
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LadyKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15187021497582049529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577843652517936423.post-33492473596649974232016-02-13T07:23:00.000-08:002016-02-13T08:05:25.913-08:00Spotlight and The Big Short<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">An approach like that doesn't work for me. It doesn't get the audience on side, it just makes them annoyed, and feel a little stupid. Or at least that's the effect it had on me, and I work in the financial sector. </span><br />
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glamorise the facts of the case, it's not sexy and it doesn't try to be.
The Spotlight team work out of the basement. They live in homes that
seem fitting for the jobs they do. I'm not saying Spotlight wins points
over The Big Short because it represents "real" people. I know there are
two sides to the coin, and that the rich people depicted in The Big
Short are also based on people who actually exist in the banking world. Both films are based on horrific real events, but while Spotlight handles
the subject sensitively, The Big Short rubs it in people's faces. You
might have lost your home but look how much these already rich people
made off the back of that. Oh and these guys are the heroes of the story
because they saw it coming. There's a very sour taste left in your
mouth when a movie does that to it's audience. </span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Mark Ruffalo ~ Mike Rezendes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Michael Keaton ~ Walter 'Robby' Robinson</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Rachel McAdams ~ Sacha Pfeiffer</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Liev Schreiber ~ Marty Baron</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">John Slattery ~ Ben Bradlee Jr</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Brian d'Arcy James ~ Matt Caroll</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Ryan Gosling ~ Jared Vennett</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Christian Bale ~ Michael Burry</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Steve Carell ~ Mark Baum</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Adepero Oduye ~ Kathy Tao</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Rafe Spall ~ Danny Moses</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Jeremy Strong ~ Vinnie Daniel</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">John Magaro ~ Charlie Geller</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Finn Wittrock ~ Jamie Shipley</span><br />
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LadyKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15187021497582049529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577843652517936423.post-45516487737080708162016-01-24T14:26:00.001-08:002016-01-24T14:31:32.590-08:00Room / Creed<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />It's been a one word movie double bill over the course of the weekend, starting with Room yesterday. <br /><br />I haven't read the book but I've heard it's amazing. Having seen the film I can bet it is. <br /><br />The story is a simple one, Joy and Jack live in 'Room'. Joy was kidnapped when she was 17 and when we meet her she's been held captive for 7 years. She has been raped, and her son Jack was born out of the situation with her captor. Jack is now 5 and Joy decides he is old enough to understand why they live in 'Room' and what is outside of it. They devise a plan to get Jack out, and hopefully, Joy too. I won't spoil what happens next.<br /><br /> Room surprised me on many levels. Going into it I thought it would be harrowing but a well made film which handled it's subject matter sensitively. And it did both of those things, but so much more besides. Jacob Tremblay who plays Jack is mind-blowingly good. I'm not even going to belittle his performance by uttering those words so often spoken about young actors and say 'for his age'. For any age, his performance is stunning. You believe completely that he has never known the world, and that his whole life has been this room, and his mother. He is completely mesmerising and you absolutely cannot take your eyes off him.<br /><br /> Whilst Jacob will get most of the praise for Room it has to be said that Brie Larson's more understated role required her to be in her own head a lot of the time, and that's not an easy thing to pull off. <br /><br /> The scene in the movie where they are putting their plan into action has got to be one of the most tense scenes I have ever sat through. My heart was pounding and I was unable to stop myself from shouting out even though we were in a packed screening. It's truly terrifying, and this coming from a horror fan. It's also got moments to make you cheer and cry and laugh and everything in between. So much that it's hard to imagine how one Room can make you feel so much. I will definitely be reading the book. 9 out of 10. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /> Creed was a totally different kettle of fish. The latest in the Rocky franchise, it tells the story of Apollo Creed's illegitimate son Adonis - Don or Donnie to his friends - as he tries to step out of his father's shadow and prove himself in the ring. He does this by enlisting the help of Rocky Balboa, his father's infamous opponent and friend.<br /><br /> I will admit that I am a fan of the Rocky movies but I did not see the last one, even though I understood it to be a return to form. I probably wouldn't have seen Creed if not for my friend in the states who saw it last year and recommended it to me. I'm glad she did as I actually thought it was a good addition to the 'legacy' as the press are calling it, and more importantly that the performances turned in were really good. <br /><br /> It should speak volumes that Stallone has been nominated for (and won) a couple of major awards in the supporting actor category, and after the steaming dump that was Fantastic Four, it's nice to see Michael B Jordan in something worthy, and see him put in a great performance. <br /><br /> A special mention must be given to the make up department on this movie. The shot of Donnie's eye in the final fight has stayed with me long after the credits rolled. It's also nice to see nods to the original movies. I won't spoil it by saying what, but there are is a lot of recognition given to the previous films and I always think that shows a lot of respect.<br /><br /> If you liked the other Rocky films, or like a good boxing movie, this one is definitely for you. 7.5 out of 10. <br /> </span><br />
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LadyKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15187021497582049529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577843652517936423.post-58293656390040238192016-01-02T06:40:00.000-08:002016-01-02T06:44:06.732-08:00The Danish Girl<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br />The Danish Girl begins it's story with married Danish artists Einar and Gerda Wegener. The couple lead a happy and passionate life, but despite this they have not produced a child that they long for. When assisting his wife by sitting for her in place of her model, Einar is asked to wear stockings and heeled shoes with a dress draped over him. Unbeknownst to Gerda, this awakens his inner identity of Lili Elbe, and so begins a journey of discovery and change for the both of them.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><br /><br />I saw the trailer for The Danish Girl a while ago, and having watched Mr Redmayne last New Years Day in The Theory Of Everything, which was a wonderful film with a fantastic performance from Redmayne, I was very keen to see him again in this movie. The other draw for me towards The Danish Girl was Alicia Vikander who I first saw at the end of 2014 in an advanced screening of <a href="http://ladyksmoviedialogue.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Testament%20Of%20Youth">Testament of Youth</a>. At the time she was a complete unknown to me, and then she blew up on the big screen in 2015, appearing in Ex Machina, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and Burnt. For me, her finest performance came in Testament though. She came from nowhere and put in this absolutely heartfelt performance that completely blew you away and made you feel every aspect of the war around her. And it was because of that movie that I knew she would be amazing here.<br /><br />Of the two lead roles in this film, you cannot deny that Redmayne's is the showy award winner. I have no doubt that he will at the very least receive countless nominations for his performance here. And he should. It's an important story of one of the first recognised transgender women who underwent reassignment surgery, all when such procedures were experimental. However, it is Vikander's understated performance which grounds this film, and one which ultimately breaks your heart. Gerda loves Einar and supports him though the changes he ultimately needs to make in order to realise who he he truly is. Without Gerda's unwavering support Lili would take a lot longer to be realised, if at all. But all the while Einar is going through emotional and physical changes, it's Gerda we feel has to change the most. She goes from having a husband she adores, to a friend she cannot turn away from, no matter how much it hurts her to be there for Lili. She is simply superb and I hope she also gets the attention she deserves from this performance, because without her, I don't think this film would work.</span><br />
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LadyKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15187021497582049529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577843652517936423.post-84581994655340696532015-11-11T11:24:00.000-08:002015-11-12T12:18:44.512-08:00Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation London Location Hunt<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> After we collectively went to see Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation in July (review <a href="http://ladyksmoviedialogue.blogspot.co.uk/2015/08/mission-impossible-rogue-nation.html">here</a>) we decided that our next outing should be to hunt down some of the London locations used in the shoot of the movie. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> One of my Renner friends Sammy actually tweeted the director Chris McQuarrie to find out which train station they filmed in towards the end of the movie. He returned her tweet telling her it wasn't actually a station, and if we found it he'd send her a poster. Sadly we didn't manage to find the building with the red tiles but we did find a whole bunch of other locations and did what any discerning fanwoman would do, we took pictures of each other re-enacting moments from the movie. If that doesn't earn us all posters then I don't know what will. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Our next mission was to find the "station" in the movie. We had been informed this was King's Cross but it seems now that most of this scene was shot somewhere else. Back to the drawing board. In the mean time Ims did get this shot of me pretending to be the smirky Agent Brandt, my newspaper in hand and lean perfected.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Our first location on day 2 was a lane passing the Royal Courts of Justice, down which Ethan Hunt and Ilsa Faust flee while escaping from Soloman Lane. Here I captured Ims and Suze re-enacting the scene beautifully. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Next we headed to Middle Temple to look for the arches where Ilsa and Vinter have a particularly atmospheric knife fight. In the process we found the steps where Ethan Hunt runs down in the dark, gets into the building and jumps out of the window on the right to fell his opponent. We were all inordinately pleased to find that the shrub is real.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The arches where Ims and Suze re-enacted the knife fight using Biro's.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I hope you enjoyed the tour, and maybe we've helped you to source some locations you might have been looking for. If anyone reading this does happen to know where the King's Cross scenes were filmed (somewhere with a main hall that's very big, and in London) please do get in touch. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Massive thank you to<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> Ims, Suze </span>and<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Sammy</span></span> for the use of their photos and helpful information. Screenshots courtesy of Google Images and Paramount Pictures. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">My companions and I weren't sure what to see as we'd initially wanted to check out Crimson Peak, but that had mostly finished. Then we considered seeing Burnt, but I'd already promised to see that with another friend. Finally, one of our group suggested seeing Brooklyn as she is a fan of Saoirse Ronan. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I've only seen Ronan in a couple of movies, How I Live Now and Lovely Bones (I don't count Atonement as I honestly don't remember anything about her in that, other than her being the little sister who ruins everything for Keira Knightley's and James McAvoy's characters) and I wasn't particularly impressed by her in either of those offerings. I recently caught a bit of The Host when it was on TV but again I wasn't particularly gripped by the performances or the storyline and eventually I changed channel. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I will admit that I was not looking forward to seeing Fantastic Four and one of the reasons I wanted to attend Cineworld's unlimited screening of it 3 days ahead of release, was to get it out of the way. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I had no problem with the </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">studio </span> changing the colour of Johnny Storm's pre-firey skin. In honesty I didn't really have a problem with the studio re-telling the story with a much younger cast. After all, if they were going to re-make the story as an origin film, a younger cast would be needed. No, my problem was that we didn't need this film at all. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In an age where strong female characters seem to be getting shafted out of superhero movies, we didn't need a remake of an existing franchise. What we need is a female lead superhero movie. There. I said it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">We open on a young Reed Richards who needs a power converter for his teleportation device. He starts a highly unlikely friendship with tough kid Ben Grimm and together they zap a </span><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">toy car to who-knows-where. Skip a few years and Reed is at the forefront of teleportation technology and on the brink of being able to send matter to another dimension. After making a breakthrough and getting hammered, Reed, Ben, Johnny and Victor Von Doom decide to take a joy ride in the teleporter and boldly go to the other dimension to explore. Needless to say it all goes horribly wrong, and in the process they lose Victor and all exhibit 'powers' upon their return. Including Sue Storm who wasn't part of the landing party but was in the lab when they all returned looking slightly worse for wear. Skip to the end and after a more sensible party is sent to the other dimension, Victor is found. And surprise surprise, he's pissed. Wonder why?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This was an origin story where they seemingly couldn't actually be bothered to tell the story. The early scenes of Reed and Ben could have been really in depth, building not only their relationship with each other, but also allowing the audience in on that too. Instead, the whole film just seems rushed, and like none of the characters have been properly developed. The drunken mission just seems incredibly unlikely given the people involved are supposedly some of the worlds brightest minds, and poor Sue, being the woman of the hour here is given virtually nothing to do for the whole film except listen to music. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The end fight scene comes around far too quickly and is over before it begins. I will give the film it's due and say that at least it isn't a scene for scene remake of the 2005 Fantastic Four, but it also doesn't improve on that film either. And for a movie that is being made 10 years later I expect leaps and bounds, not baby steps.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Like I said at the start of the review, I had no problem in the changes made to Johnny Storm's character from the original comic book creation. Characters can evolve from their original intentions. Evolution is all good. But there was one major change to a character that I just couldn't get on board with. Billy Elliot as Ben Grimm. Come on Fox, what the hell were you thinking? Ben is supposed to be the muscle. You said it yourself in the trailer. So why cast the shortest and skinniest actor you could find? It makes no sense at all. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">My cinema buddies commented on how it would have been nice to see some scenes of them coming to grips with their powers, how they controlled them, mishaps along the way etc, and I agree. Any kind of character development on the part of any of the characters would have been nice. But we weren't given that opportunity. It's time to give the toys back to Marvel now Fox. You've had your chance twice, and you're clearly not making the most of what you've been given.</span></div>
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LadyKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15187021497582049529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577843652517936423.post-45623344293487776232015-08-09T14:05:00.002-07:002015-08-09T14:08:06.311-07:00Southpaw<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I was originally meant to see Southpaw on my birthday. Being a Jake Gyllenhaal film I should have seen it on it's opening day, but my bestie came down for my birthday weekend and that night we had tickets to see Bradley Cooper in The Elephant Man, so Southpaw was pushed back to my birthday. Only 2 days after release, I could live with that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">On the day, the weather was terrible so we holed ourselves up in the cinema and watched Labyrinth (being shown at our local independent cinema) and Inside Out (as it's tradition to watch a Pixar film on my birthday) and when that had finished we were all tired and wanted to get home. So no Southpaw for me. Eventually I managed to see Southpaw last Thursday along with Mission Impossible and Minions. Bit of an odd triple bill to say the least.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The movie is about successful boxer Billy Hope (Gyllenhaal) who loses his wife Maureen (Rachel McAdams) in a tragic accident, when another boxer challenges him at a charity event. He loses a lot more than Maureen when in the process of grieving for his wife, he crashes his car whilst under the influence. His house, his possessions and his daughter are all then taken from him in quick succession. Billy finds himself literally on the ropes and trying to get his life back together.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The trailer for the movie gives a lot away, but at the same time sets the film up as being a very gritty and really quite violent piece of cinema. When in reality, at it's core, this is a film about family. It's a film about losing sight of who you are and finding the strength to get back to being that person. Gyllenhaal gives one of the best performances of his career. Yet again becoming the character so completely that you don't see him anymore, you just see Billy. Struggling father and athlete. You will have probably all heard that this is "the best boxing movie since Raging Bull" so I won't harp on about the actual boxing scenes, but they are very realistic and you can tell that everyone involved worked hard to make them so. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I'm only sorry that I've been so busy lately that this review has been on the back burner. It looks like this movie might have already left most cinemas, and with Mission Impossible Rogue Nation coming out, it has probably done so too soon for a lot of people to see it. If it is still on at a cinema near you though, and if you're a fan of the realistic boxing movie, or of an unexpected family drama, do go and see Southpaw. 8 out of 10. </span><br />
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LadyKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15187021497582049529noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2577843652517936423.post-54692730939830119112015-08-09T12:10:00.001-07:002015-08-09T12:11:19.190-07:00Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">My friends and I recently underwent a mission of our own, to watch all four previous Mission Impossible movies on the run up to the release of the new one. You might think that this was a relatively easy task but trying to factor in four busy people's schedules, summer holidays and other commitments made it rather taxing. We fit the first movie in no problem. I even baked us an MI Pie.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Then there are the stunts. Mission Impossible movies have upped the anti on stunts since the first movie when Ethan Hunt gets thrown off a helicopter in the channel tunnel onto a moving train. MI 2 saw Ethan dangling from Dead Horse Point in Utah, MI 3 saw him jumping from buildings in Shanghai and of course who could forget the Burj Khalifa scene from MI GP? Rogue Nation has quite a few death defying stunts for Cruise to tackle. The first being the plane sequence, the second the underwater sequence and the third is the spectacular bike chase. Similar to MI 2 but still impressive to see that it actually was Cruise doing his own riding, without helmet and even flinching at one point when his knee came perilously close to the tarmac. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">As a Renner fan though I was disappointed that his character didn't have more to do. In his first outing in Ghost Protocol we saw him as an analyst and also a kick ass field agent, doing his own err, well, lunges. This time out he had a lot less to do which was a shame. Having said that, I think my favourite sequence from the new movie was one that didn't actually feature agent Brandt at all, and that was the opera scene. I loved everything about it, all of the backstage snooping, the fights, the music, everything. And if you aren't humming Nessun Dorma for days after then I don't know how you managed that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">The only downside for me was that Rogue Nation was a little too complex a storyline, and I admit that I didn't really understand it fully until the second viewing. The story did feel a little rushed but then when you have to move your release date forward by 5 months, that's going to happen. But it doesn't detract from an otherwise entertaining film. It was also nice to see a lot of the London locations used for this one. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">UK Release Date - </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">30th July</span> 2015</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tom Cruise ~ Ethan Hunt</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jeremy Renner ~ William Brandt</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Simon Pegg ~ Benji Dunn</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Rebecca Ferguson ~ Ilsa Faust</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tom Hollander ~ Prime Minister</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Alec Baldwin ~ Alan Huntley </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Writer(s) ~ </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Christopher McQuarrie </span>and Drew Pierce</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Based on television series "Mission: Impossible" by Bruce Geller</span></div>
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