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Triple Frontier (2019)
Pleasantly Surprised
I wasn't expecting this at all.
Film about retired / ex / or whatever you want to call them / armed forces guys who get intel on a big score that will set them up for the rest of their lives.
Before I go any further now is maybe when I should say this is a right guy's guy film and with the day and age we live in with the whole equal rights feminist movement - Why is there no women in leading roles in this film? This will not be to a lot of people's liking.
To those of you who can see past that and enjoy the old cops and robbers tales rehashed and rejigged for the millionth time I think a lot of people will enjoy this.
So as I was saying the film is about a group of armed forces guys who get intel of a big payday. That payday ends up being even bigger than they could ever imagine, which in turn the story becomes a story about greed, but there's more to it than that. Without giving too much away it then turns into a story of - "How much is a life worth?" and there in lies the real story. What price can you put on a life? In this day and age we have become so caught up with how much money that person has, social media, not being allowed to think a certain way, and being politically correct we've forgotten the value of life... What happened to remembering just how lucky we are to be here and being grateful for what we have and living our own lives to the best of our ability... Money doesn't necessarily make you happy or solve all your problems. That was certainly the message I took away from the film.
Like I said, I was pleasantly surprised and it's definitely a film I would recommmend to friends and family.
Check it out
Halloween (2018)
The Hunter becomes the hunted... Run Michael.... RUN
Oh Dear God... What have they done???
I'm a massive Halloween / Michael Myers fan... I have been pretty much since day one.
But this... this monstrosity of a movie should be buried deep... along with Rob Zombies Halloween 2.
Why do I say RZ's Halloween 2?? Because even his first one was better than this... and that's saying something
This debacle of a movie is nothing short of dreadful and is one of the worst movies I have ever seen.
This movie is basically a movie about the #metoo movement and is simply cashing in... The last 15 - 20 mins of the movie is basically 3 women torturing a man... and I couldn't help but feel... if this had been the other way around... 3 guys torturing a woman... this movie would never have seen the light of day... but oh yeah... I forgot... he's Harvey Weinstein ... Oh sorry... I meant the Boogeyman... So that makes it alright... Don't get me wrong... I'm all for equality... but not this... not this BS.
I went to see this to get away from the real world and see something stupid and instead I was force fed almost 2 hours of political BS... You may say... You could have walked out at anytime.. but remember what I said at the beginning... I'm a massive fan and I sat there praying the film would miraculously get better... It didn't.
If you are a die hard fan avoid at all costs... if you're caught up in all the Political Correctness BS hype you'll love it.
If I've offended you, you've proved my point and I rest my case.
Avoid at all costs
Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
"If you only go and see one movie at the cinema this year... go and see this"
Where do I begin...?
I was a kid born in the 80's... My parents I believe had a good taste in music raising me on the likes of Queen and Pink Floyd... to name a few... I was lucky enough to experience Queen at Live Aid and on the "A Kind Of Magic" Tour and I have some wonderful memories...
Now 30 odd years later my Mum had mentioned to me a few times if I'd like to go and see the movie... I had watched trailers and I actually thought... this looks quite funny. I quite fancy it.
What can I say...?
I would say, "Forget the negative reviews from the critics and go and see this movie"
It has everything... Laughs... stupidness... seriousness... but perhaps most importantly... sadness.
It absolutely broke my heart and after a week I still find myself singing the song, "Love Of My Life"
Yes... the movie is more of a Freddie Bipoic than a Queen Biopic... it may bend the truth in parts I won't argue with that... but it is still a wonderful movie.
For all the fame and money and everything else Freddie had he was a desperately lonely and lost and sad soul and if he was alive today and I had the opportunity to bump into him I'd give the man a hug and tell him you're a good person and don't let anyone tell you different.
The rest of the cast work so well together and if I didn't know any better I'd say that the guy who plays Brian May was his son
I am so glad I went to see this movie and it has really left a mark on me
I thought they didn't make movies like this anymore... I was wrong... they do... and I've never been more happy to be wrong
Mandy (2018)
What The Hell Did I Just Watch???
Well, just as I was about to leave this review I noticed all the 1/10 scores. I must say I feel this is very harsh and unfair so I will try my best to give a more balanced review of the movie...
So - What is it? Is it a horror movie? Is it a Thriller? Is it a Sci-Fi movie? An Action movie?... And that's just it... It's not any of these and there in lies the problem... you don't really have anything to compare it to and perhaps that's what the director - Panos Cosmatos is attempting to do as with his earlier work Beyond The Black Rainbow. (Which definitely is more Sci-Fi based)
It's hard to say anything about giving the plot of the movie away, but what I will say is - It's not the worst movie I've ever seen, like a lot of the critics have suggested... but it's not the best movie I've seen either. However there is something about the movie that I found draws you into the storyline and you can't help but to continue watching to see what happens in the next scene. One thing I would say is the movie is very dark but again, it's not a horror.
There are some great scenes in the movie, and dare I say it, that are very artsy, but they are great scenes. There is not a lot of dialogue in the movie, but everyone plays their part really well. There's not anyone in the film that feels like they don't fit.
I think what also helps the movie is the score by Johan Johannsen. Again, it's different.... Alternative... and it's very good and again it fits with the movie.... and perhaps that's where I should class the movie. It's definitely...
Alternative
All in all I'd say if you're looking for something different definitely check this out. Just keep an open mind, but if you're looking for the best film you've ever scene you're not going to find that here... However for some people it will be... See what I mean. It's just one of those films.
Hard Sun (2018)
Pleasantly Surprised At The End of The World
I had seen adverts for this along with another new BBC Drama - McMafia starting in the New Year and where I had seen adverts for McMafia and thought that looks really good and this looked okay. That's kind of been turned on it's head. McMafia I feel is a bit of a slow burner. Hopefully it will get better. As with this I couldn't wait until the next episode and downloaded the box set. Anyway, enough compositing.
I was pleasantly surprised at this and I would recommend this show to anyone. (Spoiler Alert) The show is basically about an undercover cop investigating another cop and accidentally stumbling across the end of the world. Yeah, I know. How did a cop investigating another cop turn into the end of the world. But I'm just giving you the story. It's then a fight between keeping it a secret or letting the human race know we're all going to die. This goes back and forth back and forth. The secret does get out but it's only conspiracy theorists and lunatics (not the same people or same thing) who believe it and this leads to different insights into people's lives.
All the acting is pretty good and I was surprised at how well the two leading actors worked together. There is moments that it isn't great and this is times I felt it kind of lost its way but overall this was a decent show for a first outing.
All in all I agree with the other reviews. It's not a perfect 10. But it's by no means the worst show on TV at the moment and it's definyely worth a watch
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
So 35 years of wait is finally over... Was it worth the wait???
This is my updated review as I feel I did not do the movie justice and I have also increased my score of the movie...
I was one of the lucky ones who got to see an early preview.... And the more that time passes by and the more the story of Blade Runner 2049 sinks in the more the gravity of the story hits me... First of all it really was not what I was expecting... I had watched many trailers and interviews and I feel like I had done quite a successful job in staying away from spoilers....
And....
Without spoiling it for anyone else and giving too much away.... Whatever you think you know about the film... well, forget it.... You're way off the mark...
The best advice I can give though is however dark you think Blade Runner 2049 is.... It's darker than that.... It's much darker than the original... And the original was quite dark.... The cinematography is beautiful... it really is stunning... but the film itself.... did I mention it was dark??.. I think this is amplified (excuse the pun) by the movie's soundtrack... The work of Hans Zimmer and Benjamin Wallfisch was for me... at times.... malevolent... And perhaps if the music wasn't so dark and hostile the movie itself wouldn't come across like that also... But then what do I know?... That's not to say the music is bad... It was for me.... like I said malevolent.... As for the movie itself... Again without giving too much away.... It's a story of loneliness.... A story of wanting nothing more than to be accepted... It's a story of desperate hope and anguish... Wanting for a better life.... Replicants being more human than humans, being more perfect than humans.... but not being human and wanting nothing more than to be human... even for all the faults the human race has and the perfection of the replicant race... Still the desperate hope and anguish of wanting to be human.... Are you keeping up??... And this whole time living in a dystopian world.... where the future of the human race is a lost cause and Mother Earth has never looked so heartbroken....
Speaking of heartbreak... again without spoiling the story... be prepared... the whole story is a story of heartbreak and literally at every turn Ryan Gosling is having his heart broken.... whether that be his relationships with others or his life in general... For me Ryan Gosling has a knack of playing the lonely leading role... and he has done this on a few occasions now.... both in the movies - "Drive" and "Only God Forgives".... which I hope he doesn't end up being typecast in... but saying that... I don't think there is an actor alive today who can play the role of being totally isolated from the rest of the world better than Ryan Gosling.
Blade Runner 2049 did have some nice surprises... which again... I won't spoil...
In closing.... Ryan Gosling is excellent... It is Harrison Ford's best work for years.... This overall review may sound like I'm being negative about Blade Runner 2049... But I'm not... I'm really not...
I should also mention the performances from the female leading acts in the show. Ana de Armas, Robin Wright and Sylvia Hoeks are all very, very good and each and every one of them. Including all the crew should be proud of such a beautiful sequel.
As for where it stands next to the original... I never thought I'd hear myself saying this but I think as years pass by it will stand next to the original Blade Runner quite easily.... It's not the same movie as the original but it is as good as the original in its own right...
I think Ryan Gosling said it best in an interview
The film is incredible... it's.... haunting...
With this in mind a few days have passed now and I am still left with a feeling of being haunted by Blade Runner 2049....
So much so that I want to see it again and I will go and see it again... and again... and again....
Just like I did the original...
Blade Runner 2049 "is" incredible....
It's...
Haunting
IT (2017)
It is a hit... or is it??
I didn't really have much interest in seeing this, but I was bored and decided to go and see it....
And....
I was pleasantly surprised...
I may be repeating what other people said, but I try not to read other reviews as to keep an open mind...
I felt very much a - "Stand By Me"... "Goonies"... 80's kind of vibe... which I believe was the goal in this movie... I found myself very much on the side of the kids... in particular the character played by Jeremy Ray Taylor and Finn Wolfhard... These young actors really stole the show for me...
However as for "it" being scary... Is there such a thing as an actual scary movie anymore?? Bearing in mind I am getting old now... I couldn't take Pennywise seriously and didn't find him scary at all... Bill Skarsgård played the part well.. but he wasn't as good as Tim Curry... He was good... Just not as good
Without sounding cliché "it" is nothing compared to the book... But then again what film is??
Anyway, the film was good... it just wasn't great
American Ripper (2017)
Save you hours of endless circumstantial evidence H.H. Holmes IS NOT Jack the Ripper
Over the years I've always had a fascination of just who Jack The Ripper was? So when I heard about this new documentary I tried to keep an open mind going into it. I will always listen to theories on who it could be. I had done a little research and had heard that many people had said that Jeff Mudgett who has the leading role in this documentary series and is H.H. Holmes great, great grandson, or something like that, was a bit 'nutty' ... All this show really does is confirms that. His theory that H.H. Holmes is Jack The Ripper... NO, HE'S NOT. 100% he's not. Don't waste your time with this. It's full of close but not close enough theories. A lot of it is based on if Holmes faked his own death and the Ripper style murders that happened afterwards.. Well, it turns out he didn't fake his own death and the Ripper style murders still happened. They go on about periods where he stopped killing. And the murders started in London. There could be many other explanations for this.
Like I said, there are too many... so it's Holmes, it's Holmes, it's Holmes... Only to discover it's not. All the conclusive - we can't say it's not him... yeah, but you can't say it is him. Like I said. Don't waste your time on this. If I could give a good bit of advice - Go and read some books on Jack The Ripper and come to your own conclusions... Just be prepared for your main suspect to change the more you read into this... I know I have over the years