Terrible film and very obvious two twists at the end of the film. So obvious that I predicted them twenty minutes into the film.
Fast forwarded after 40 mins mind as that's my rule, give every film at least 40 mins and I was spot on.
I really hope the writer doesn't get another gig after seeing this.
Poor acting, poor script, poor horror and not very well made.
Don't bother.
Unstoppable (2010)
Christ this was boring and filled with loads of typical American action scenes that have been done to death already.
Esspecially with one of the first ones involving a train packed with kids that almosts hits another train head on.
It's a typical Tony Scott film with no brains and constant cameras that go around the main leads all the time trying to build up tension, but never does.
If you like his films then you will like this but if you can't stand his films like Deja Vu and Taking of Pelham 123, then avoid this.
I turned it off after the fourty minutes but the one thing I did like about it was the fact that it didn't have a villan, which I have to give credit to the makers as they are not forcing one into the film, which is what tends to happen in these sort of films.
The train is instead set loose because of an idiot being idiot and that did make me chuckle.
Black Swan (2011)
Yes it doesn't qualify for film of the year as it hasn't come out this year (2010 while writing this) but it comes out in January. Yes I got another press screening for a top film, go me!!!!!!!
Anyway the review.
Really really good film.
I was a bit worried at first as it did start off a little slow, but once it got going it was nothing but gripping.
Natalie Portman is fantastic in it and will get nominated for this film and I think has a good chance of winning the Oscar for this.
The film reminded me of Stanley Kunbrick's The Shinning and Mary Harron's American Psycho as all the time you are questioning whats going on around Natalie Portman, what is real and what isn't, just perfect for building tension through out the film with plenty of parts that will make filmgoers jump out of their skin.
I think Darren Aronofsky has firmly cemented himself alongside the hollywood elite now if he hadn't already with Requiem For a Dream and The Wrestler.
Skyline (2010)
Well I was originally gonna avoid this but it had a decent word of mouth...Well most people said either "It was alright" or "Don't bother".
So I gave it a go as about 50% said "it was alright" and I should have listend to the ones who said "Don't bother".
Turned off atfer 40 minutes and the film was painstakingly slow and boring. I also felt the film production/visual effects was a bit overhyped as a lot of people said "The effects are awesome for a low budget film".
Well it's the same level to me as some b-movie films that go straight to DVD.
If you wanna see a film with impressive visual effcts for no money, watch Monsters as that film looks like a 50 million dollar film and it cost about a million dollars to make.
Also the fact that Monsters is a really good film unlike Skyline which is a plie of used tampons!!!!!!
Buried (2010)
It was alright to be fair to it.
I have no idea how a film costs 3 million dollars and is set in a box for 99.99% of the time.
But anyway it's still well made and to my surprise featured some well set shots in the coffin. It always felt in terms of scale like a typical Hollywood action film. When all there is in the film is a man with a mobile phone, lighter and a pen for 90 mins.
But having said it positives I must also point out it's negatives...it dragged and it clearly should have just been a great short with a cracking ending.
But it's worth a watch but I wouldn't watch it again.
Somewhere (2010)
What a pretentious piece of garbage, turned it off after the 40 min rule. I mean It has to be one of the most self indulgent films I have ever seen this year.
This is how the film started, just to give you a taste of how self indulgent this film is.
The movie begins with a static shot of what appears to be an elliptical race course. The way the camera is set up, we can see two sections of it - one in the foreground and another in the background (opposite sides of the oval). A Ferrari zips by, entering on the left and exiting on the right. Shortly thereafter, it re-enters higher on the frame, now moving right to left on the other side of the course. This is followed by a few seconds of inactivity during which we can hear the car engine. Then it reappears in the bottom portion of the frame, once again headed left to right. This continues for several laps and more than a minute. It represents the first of numerous times throughout Somewhere in which Coppola sets down her camera and focuses on mundane, repetitive action.
The first five (well it felt like half an hour) minutes sums up how the rest of film is gonna be like.
Even the French New Wave films were no where near self indulgent like this film,
Sofia Coppala is always gonna be two things to everyone now.
1. She's Francis Ford Coppala's daughter!!!!!
2. She made Lost in Translation.
That is it in terms of highlights in her career. If it wasn't for her Dad she would't have had a career in films.
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