Be Kind Rewind

Here's a review I wrote for my FilmClub a few weeks ago on Be Kind Rewind:

Prepared for an extreme laugh-out-loud film, I'm afraid to say I was a little disappointed with Be Kind Rewind.  I completely agree with my FilmClub leader when she said the humour was more something to smile to than properly chuckle. I feel my expectations were due to comedy genius, Jack Black being in a leading role, after seeing his extremely amusing displays in films such as Kung Fu Panda and School Of Rock.

The concept of the film though was a great one. After daft liability Jerry (Jack Black) wipes out all the cassettes in Be Kind Rewind video store after bizarre accident, he teams up with store clerk and best friend, Mike (Mos Def) to reshoot all the films in store to keep the boss and owner, Mr. Fletcher's (Danny Glover) business running.

I feel the concept had real potential but there just weren’t enough obvious laughs for a Jack Black comedy but that may just be what I’m used to.

There was heart to the story in a parallel storyline, but I feel that the moral of which as just plonked at the end rather than sewn and referred to throughout the whole story.

It was an entertaining plot but I feel the execution could have been more focused on the comedy and what its message was.    

Daisy

Hey - Who's This Stranger?

Oh look, it's Daisy!!
'Who's Daisy?', you say? Oh, I'm half of the blog you're reading right now, remember? Yeah, A Levels pretty much wiped us off the face of the Earth...But guess what!? THEY ARE DONE! ME AND HARRY ARE FREE! So casj just gonna whip him into writing some stuff on here now as well as me of course! Stay tuned! Shout out to our biggest fan, Rosie! ;D

P.S. I am totally a FilmClub reporter for my school (check out the website http://www.filmclub.org/ for more details on the scheme! Oh, and totes got work experience at BFI! Woop woop! Yay me!

P.P.S. We really wanna hear some comments from those who read our stuff so please just voice your well voice! on the blog!! Cheers!

Daisy

What A Hit

I am full of broken promises and for that I severely apologize...It's just not good enough, is it? But never fear, all those few people who read our blog will possibly be delighted to hear that I am writing something about a film! Yes, it is actually happening!

So, the time was running out on my iTunes free downloads so I used my time today to watch The Whole Nine Yards :) Yay - Matthew Perry! Even better? It was basically Chandler Bing :P I've seen Perry in other films and I feel that his mannerisms and characteristics essentially are Chandler - which is great as he's my favourite 'Friend'! Not so great that an actor can fundamentally play one character (himself). And from what I've heard, he's the one stopping a Friends reunion from gracing our screens - so boo you MP! XP 

Still funny though - felt like he was the main contributor to the humour in this film, even if it was purely  reminiscent for us 'Friends' fans. 

I had a liking for the woman who played Jill (Amanda Peet) as well, straight-talking and stunning (not to mention confident, seeing as the fact there are a few topless shots) :P Not so fond on Cynthia (Natasha Henstridge) who seemed a little stuck up but as long as 'Oz' was happy, eh? 

Bit of a mixed up movie regarding characters and who was 'hitting on' who and literally hitting on (with guns) but quite an easy, relaxed film to watch. Plus, Bruce Willis is a badass. 

Daisy :)

Bringing Sexy Back ;D

A guilty feeling resides in our stomach everytime we remember about our blog. A levels suck, right? Taking over your life and what not. But just because we study 24/7 (well, Daisy anyway) doesn't mean we haven't made time to watch movies and we certainly have not given up on our blog! So, be prepared and please await a joint review on THE WOMAN IN BLACK and various other tidbits and comments on movies such as The Number 23 from Daisy hopefully over the next couple of days :D

Harry & Daisy ;D

P.S. for now we will leave with you with this...

Read All About This, Kate Winslet...Oh Wait....

Channel 4's whacking out some good'uns at the mo! The Reader was this Sunday night's extravaganzaaaaa and yes, I was once again rather excited to experience watching another must-see highly-acclaimed picture.

I was *not* disappointed. I have to say, I didn't know much about the film before other than the affair between Hanna Schmitz (Kate Winslet) and Michael Berg (David Kross) and the shock value surrounding the large age gap. I was pleasantly surprised however to find there was a lot more to the story and these characters than pure lust and hiding their affection.

For once, English being used instead of German with subtitles as me and Harry both prefer (after all if they are meant to be portrayed as German speaking German in Germany, they should be actually speaking German) doesn't take away from the film at all as it allows us to fully appreciate the acting. And it wasn't half bad :P Kate Winslet really is something!

And well done not mucking up your speech and the Golden Globes :P Apparently reading's not the only thing she needs to practice...