Eight short film review

Plot:

Eight follows a day in the life of a young football fan who hs to come to terms with living in a new town and facing the loss of his father, he tries to guess what his father did in his life and we find out that his mother still tries to avoid directly talking about his father.

Opinion:

I found this short film quite interesting as dealt with a child trying to find out who his father was and I actually felt sad for him and it was very heart warming to see this, made me think about what if I was in the same situation as the main character.

The Short and Curlies short film review

plot:

The short and curlies, is short film by Mark Leigh. this is a romantic comedy that revolves around two characters Joy and Clive, it shows how they interact with each other and other people, Clive interacts with people by telling really bad jokes and Joy acts like there is no joy in her life.

opinion:

i found the plot and characters really dull, they did not seem developed at all we didn’t have any backstory to them or any useful information, the plot was at times very boring and not at all entertaining. I will say though that acting was good for a short movie made in 1988

 

Scott Pilgram Vs the World

Plot:

The Story of Scott Pilgrim Vs The World, revolves around the life of Scott Pilgrim an unemployed 23 yr old who plays in a band and is dating a 17 yr old schoolgirl named “Knives chau”. While at a party he meets Ramona Flowers who he falls in love with, he has trouble breaking up with Knives while he tries to date Ramona, he finds out that Ramona comes with baggage 7 evil Ex’s in fact and to date Ramona he must defeat all of the 7 Ex’s.

opinion:

even though Scott Pilgrim was originally a graphic novel the director Edgar Wright has done a great job adapting it for the big screen and the audience, he kept to the core storyline in time with comic and the cast did an amazing job portraying the characters I found the whole experience of the film a joy to watch.

Much ado about nothing

 

Much Ado about Nothing- review

In my opinion it was a modern and realistic interpretation of a classic Shakespeare play, which really made laugh and sort of jump in to this amazing story about people and how they deal with that problem within the plot of the film, the characters were great and well detailed and the actors just seem to work well with each other.

I fought the directing the amazing, Joss Whedon always directs great movies, it’s not one of his finest but it’s probably one of my top five of Whedon films, if I was to judge them all based on Whedon’s performance as a director, but for the actors they gave the film that edgy modern feel, and even though it was in black and white, it still showed the light and darkness that is associated with Shakespearian plays. But in the long run of the film, the humour and the more dark of the film made it unique in a way that nothing bad can really be said about it, only good. I only hope is that Joss Whedon’s next Shakespeare movie is A Mid Summers Night Dream, as that would be both amazing and mystical all at the same time, and would be possibly one of his best.

Peer Assessed by Nathan Thompson

 

 

starsuckers review

Star suckers review

It starts telling us that they’re in the business of making people believing that everyone can succeed in fame which misleads people/ children in to believing that they will always be their best customers, what we find through the lesson though is that parent will encourage that type behaviour in their children and will support them even if it mean they go without and if the children have agents they will give them a good ego stroking when they need which pollutes their image of the world and even if the parents realise that they have done wrong it’s too late for them. “So from the day they are born we convince kids that happiness lies in the entertainment industry”

This shows the very shocking truth of what people and agents will go through for just as little as maybe 15 or less on a TV advert, but this fuels them to carry on and gives them the experience that they will need to get their start and it may cause them to change their minds but we find out “back in the early ‘50s only 12% of teenagers said yes I’m an important person by 1989 that number had rising to 80% this show us over the course of almost 4 decades children and teenagers have had diluted view of the world and Television has been feeding they’re need to feel important more so than ever.

We also find out that fame may change some people but it may make them known and loved in their communities but it doesn’t change who they, it just changes how other people see them in the world, fame itself can be addictive to many people and makes them want to do it again “the do it again part of our brain is firing off telling us to do it” but this can also change the way you see yourself some people find that they do not like what they’ve become but they can’t escape it as their agent or that certain corporation owns their image for life.

The press likes to see in to the lives of celebrities even making up news that involve their name even if they were not there, the newspapers like to use the “Chum said or a source told us” to make it seem like there was someone there to tell them all the details of what had happened it kind of makes you want stop ask yourself “do I truly know where these stories and are the sources reliable?” makes sometimes angry that the press only focus on the celebrity stories whilst the other more important stories are pushed on to a small part of the front page.

We find out event PR managers will fake events to make the front page and even make fake protests or disturbances and they will tip off the newspapers about it even at the risk to their clients and then try to broker a deal with the papers this has also been called “modern day prostitution” makes me feel kind of sick inside.

This is what I think of star suckers I found it informative to see how many of today celebrities started up, but also seeing how the press treats them and I felt that they were being targeted for something they do for a living without them the newspapers would really not have anything to report.

 

Blade Runner review

plot:

Blade Runner is a sci-fi thriller, set in the not to distant future where humanity has created robots called Replicants, to do the hard work that humans cannot do and not long after that the Replicants rebel killing their oppressive human masters and escaping, on earth the corporations and the police form the Blade Runners who track down destroy these replicants before they kill anyone else. This is where the main character Deckard comes in, he is a retired Blade Runner who is reinstated as a blade runner and he is tasked to track down a group of Replicants before they cause damage.

My Opinion:

My opion of the is film is that it was an amazing film for it’s time with nice visuals, the cyberpunk look and costumes used, but now it’s more of a nostalgic film for the sci-fi lover and a film you have to see if you are studying media or thinking about going for a job within the media industry. But with the long and heavy plot to it, most people now would be put off sitting down for nearly 2 hours with a plot that can easily confuse the watcher.

But i love the film, one day i would love to see it remade as many sci-fi franchieses have been in recent years.

 

submarine review

Submarine review

Plot- Submarine is the story of a 15-year old boy named Oliver who believes he is widely loved by classmates, but the reality is that he is annoying and socially rejected, he falls in love with Jordana, a straight talking but prank loving misfit and Oliver goes as far as bullying an overweight classmate to impress Jordana. While this is all happening Oliver becomes ever more worried about his parent’s relationship, and with the arrival his mother’s old boyfriend arrives and complicates things, but Oliver then complicates things with Jordana and breaks up with her which he regrets doing and he tries to save his parents’ marriage.

 

My opinion- this film itself may have not appealed to me but it but it had a certain attraction that would appeal to others of my age that are into these types of films. I found that the use of colours to represent the different characters in the film, I found quite useful in some way as I used them to identify the characters in the film, I found the most the of the characters well developed, but I wish we could get to know Oliver’s father a bit better as it would’ve shone some more light on the story</p

Sherlock: A study in pink review

Sherlock a study in pink review:

Plot: the plot of a study in pink is we are introduced to John Watson, who has just returned from war after being wounded, whilst this is happening a serial killer is striking at people making it look like suicide with this we are introduced to DI Lestrade who is giving a press conference to deal with the situation and is interrupted by texts being sent to all of the reporters, john meets his old friend in a park bench who introduces him to Sherlock Holmes a “Consulting Detective” with that john has agreed to move in with him to a flat at 221B Baker street, after a short while at baker street after the case is finished the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson begin.

My opinion:
My opinion of the pilot episode of Sherlock is that it is a great re-imagining of the Sherlock series and the actors seemed to fit their character roles and made it a watchable TV show and I enjoyed the way the way that the characters were portrayed and the pacing of episode was different from any TV show currently on.

Knick Knack 1989 review

Knick Knack 1989 review:
Plot:
Knick Knack is a short film made by Pixar studios and is the story of snow man in a snow globe who wants to break free of his “prison” and join the other characters and a “beach babe” through many unsuccessful attempts he thinks he has found a way out of his snow globe by sending it over the edge of his desk which falls and he finds exit on the bottom of his snow globe and leaves through it and he lands in a fish bowl and he’s very disappointed with himself after he looks around he finds a mermaid with him in the fish bowl.

Opinion:
My opinion of Knick Knack is that it was way ahead of its time in terms of animation, I thought it was clever to have no voice actors in the short film and it gave the characters more of a personality as the characters had to describe what they were doing without talking, and the music went well with story and what was going on with the characters, but at the same time it mocked the snowman as the same time but overall I found the short film very enjoyable and fun to watch and I would watch again.

cabin in the woods review

Cabin in the woods review

Plot:
Five teenage friends head off to a secluded cabin in the woods for the weekend, where they arrive to find that they completely isolated with no way of communicating with the outside world. During their time at the cabin the cellar door swings itself open, they decide to go down into the cellar, where they find many different relics and curiosities, but when one main protagonist reads from a diary she, wakes up a family of pain loving zombies killers, there is more going on that the five teenagers don’t know about as they are being watched by a mysterious organisation.

My opinion:
My opinion of this film is that, it is a fun film filled references to other horror films that it has taken inspiration from, it has some really great actors involved and a great producer who has, had experience with the genre and made it into a fun horror film for all audiences.