Wednesday night. Chris, Andrew, Tomos and Ieuan. Showcase Cinema. Perfect set up for a comedy. And, boy, what a comedy it was.
The plot of the film is not original. Bachelor party gone wild, suffering the consequences the next day, and in this case, trying to retrace their steps to find their missing friend, and Groom-to-be, Doug. Seems like a typical comedy, really. With a few laughs, but not that enjoyable. But this film can be summed up by one simple line: "I'm not leaving a baby in the hotel room, with a fucking tiger in the bathroom." That pretty much sums up this movie - totally unpredictably funny, with anything and everything included, causing an absolute abundance of laughs in the process.
The 3 main characters, Phil, Stu and Alan, cause absolute mayhem while trying to find Doug, discovering just what they got up to last night. The connection between the 3 is hilarious, with Alan claiming most, if not all, of the physical comedy in the film, Stu with the sarcasm and the "no hope card", and Phil with everything in between. But really what steals the show is the abundance of one liners (Come on handsome...not you fat Jesus!) from everyone in the film.
To sum up, I would personally call The Hangover one of, if not the, funniest films I've ever seen, and I don't think I've laughed that continuously in any film I've ever seen, with maybe only around a maximum of 3 minutes going past without me chuckling at something. Hell, sometimes, I even laughed, and was the only one laughing in the cinema. That's how funny I thought the film was.
Riddle Me That.
9.1/10 for The Hangover.
Friday 19 June 2009
Saturday 13 June 2009
Terminator Salvation
After the debacle of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Terminator really needed a reboot to the franchise. And what a way to do it.
Salvation starts from halfway through the war between the Resistance and the Machines, as called in the film, set in 2018. Christian Bale stars as John Connor, the accidental leader of the Resistance, and there was some controversy with this appointment. In T3, John Connor is around 19 years old, and he looks nothing like Christian Bale. But they chose Christian Bale. That aside, he did play the role very well, besides his voice which was like The Dark Knight reincarnated. That growl that I personally found very annoying. But ho hum, he'll have to do.
The action epic that is Terminator certainly improved compared to T3 and The Terminator, but it seems unlikely that anything will match Judgement Day, but Salvation certainly has a good go at it. The action is brilliant, with all the fire, explosions and guns you could want in a film, and, fair play to the guy, Sam Worthington was brilliant in it. It was very clever by the Producers dodging the not-having-Arnie (even though he does turn up in the last half hour) barrier. It seems Terminator 5 will be the conclusion to the iconic series, and I'm most certainly sticking around to see it.
Terminator Salvation gets 7.1/10.
Next review: The Hangover.
Salvation starts from halfway through the war between the Resistance and the Machines, as called in the film, set in 2018. Christian Bale stars as John Connor, the accidental leader of the Resistance, and there was some controversy with this appointment. In T3, John Connor is around 19 years old, and he looks nothing like Christian Bale. But they chose Christian Bale. That aside, he did play the role very well, besides his voice which was like The Dark Knight reincarnated. That growl that I personally found very annoying. But ho hum, he'll have to do.
The action epic that is Terminator certainly improved compared to T3 and The Terminator, but it seems unlikely that anything will match Judgement Day, but Salvation certainly has a good go at it. The action is brilliant, with all the fire, explosions and guns you could want in a film, and, fair play to the guy, Sam Worthington was brilliant in it. It was very clever by the Producers dodging the not-having-Arnie (even though he does turn up in the last half hour) barrier. It seems Terminator 5 will be the conclusion to the iconic series, and I'm most certainly sticking around to see it.
Terminator Salvation gets 7.1/10.
Next review: The Hangover.
Drag Me To Hell
Quite simply, Drag Me To Hell is one of the best horrors I've ever seen, along with 30 Days of Night. 90% of the film is flawless. There are some bits that are rather pointless, like for instance, when we meet our main character Christine, played by the brilliant, and rather attractive, Alison Lohman, she is driving to work listening to an enunciation CD. It was utterly pointless in my book as it had nothing to do with the actual story. But other than that blip at the beginning, the rest of it was pure horrific genius. With some moments of comic genius thrown into the equation. There were moments where I actually yelped in my seat as Mrs. Ganush (Lorna Raver) jumped out from behind the curtains in the shed scene. And when she was on the bed. And was curled up in a ball whenever she turned up in the film. Classic.
The film is directed by Sam Raimi, the man behind the Spiderman films, and this return to his roots (after his Evil Dead triolgy, which I have yet to watch) to old-school horror films. And it was an absolute blast. Hopefully, with Spiderman 4 in the process of filming, it should live up to the expectation, and match, or possibly better, the quality of Drag Me To Hell.
Drag Me To Hell gets 8.2/10.
The film is directed by Sam Raimi, the man behind the Spiderman films, and this return to his roots (after his Evil Dead triolgy, which I have yet to watch) to old-school horror films. And it was an absolute blast. Hopefully, with Spiderman 4 in the process of filming, it should live up to the expectation, and match, or possibly better, the quality of Drag Me To Hell.
Drag Me To Hell gets 8.2/10.
Welcome!!
I've decided to be a bit more inventive with my blogging, by blogging something that could be more interesting than my life. I've decided to review the latest films I see in the cinema. I have seen a fair number in the past few weeks, and will do some short reviews today for two of them - Terminator Salvation and Drag Me To Hell.
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