I adored this film. Maybe it was the period drama which is a particular love of mine, or just the fact that Victoria was presented in a way we normally never see, a young vibrant and beautiful girl finding her feet in the heady world of royalty and politics and rule. This piece has a gorgeous love story and a coming of age tale coupled with some stunning costumes and english history. A win-win in my book.
Didn't know anything about this one except that the very funny Dylan Moran (of 'Black Books' fame) was involved and I'd found a pretty favourable review. Basically, this loser whose life is literally falling to pieces around him, has the uncanny experience of coincidental and accidental deaths in his flat, all straight after each other. He gets his neighbour round (Moran) to help him figure out what to do and it goes from bad to worse. It's a black comedy and you do laugh, it will definitely entertain you, just not an oscar winner here. But I enjoyed it and it is a good escape from the world.
While this film will make you laugh and the first half hour is especially funny where everybody says the absolute truth of what they are thinking, it got a bit bizarre later on, religion came into it and I'm wondering if I'm just over Ricky Gervais - he wasn't really suited to the main lead character. Jennifer Garner was great as the female love interest and it is good to see her in such a non-action, non-teen role but Gervais was very unbelievable as the man who invents lying and tries to change the world. Maybe it's that perpetual smirk he carrys with him, I dunno, but having said that, this is a good light watch and you will enjoy for that alone.
Hmmm. I dunno about this one, it was so bloody weird. Of course all the acting was very good but the story was kinda slow and it does makes sense at the end when they tie the moral of the story together, but I felt quite unsatisfied on the whole and I can't place my finger on it. Clooney's character appears confident and tough on the outside but you slowly see that unravel when he makes a connection with a fellow traveller and also when he is made to take a rookie on his work trips, and these two women end up turning his safe life upside down. It's a good film but not a stunning film. No laughs either unlike the two above.
I like the styling of this film, thought it would be really annoying at first with jumping all over the place in the span of 500 days but it actually worked quite well. I guess in a way, this is also a coming of age film as our main hero eventually figures out what he really wants and learns how to move on from his past that he seems to love to cling to. Just an enjoyable easy watch although my husband didn't like it as much so perhaps a possible chick flick here.
...gawd. Sacha Baron Cohen really pushes the envelope here and you'll notice I only got as far as 10 minutes. I'm actually annoyed with this as I love his piss-takes of certain people and industries. He does it so well, Borat was so insanely funny, but I dunno where he's going here. I may give it another try but it's not at the top of my list. Pity.
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