Chernobyl Diaries 2012

Urgh typical stupid decisions that people make in these types of films. They are Planning on going to Moscow and at the very last minute, like on the day they are ment to be going they decide to go to Chernobyl with a guy one of them ( Paul) met the night before called Yuri. I mean come on who with common sense would actually do that!!
Ok so when they get their, there is military guys that say there are doing maintenance in Chernobyl, so the tour guide takes them round a back way. Which they all find a little odd and that something isn't quiet right, except one that is like it is going to be fine blah blah blah ( I think he will die first or if not first one of the first to die lets see shall we...)
So Yuri takes them around and obviously knows that there is something about the place that means they should not be there but he carries on. Until they are in the apartments and they hear noises. So I was like finally something big is going to go down it is getting close to dark they have seen a creepy fish and a dead dog. And what is it..... A BEAR OF COURSE urgh what the hell is this....
  HA yet more obvious situations they get back to the van and guess what.... you got it it doesn't start and when they try and get radio contact that doesn't work either. Can anyone else see where this is going. It gets dark they can't go anywhere and they think they can hear a baby cry.... Is this suppose to make me scared....
  So shit goes down and one of them is hurt yay finally but not dead so I'm not happy yet. Further on into the film oh look we found the missing walkie talkie and a path of blood what is the sensible thing to do... oh yh as with all horror films... follow it yay thats a good idea not!!
  So it is near the end of the movie the van they were in is destroyed they find one of them that was in it then she get taken away and zombie/ deformed people chase them. Still not scared by the way the camera work is so shaky you have no idea what is going on, not to mention when anything happens it is dark so that makes it even harder to see.
  So there are 2 left the idiot that got 3 of them to go  in the first place and one of the girls.They keep getting into areas with massive amounts of radiation that is starting to effect them. So yet more fighting the weird people with so much shaky cam it is unreal and and the radiation has made one of them blind. Until he gets shot by a guard hmmm ok...
  The other one gets saved and taken to what she is told is hospital and shoved in a cell with a load of the same creatures. Yh the end....
   So nothing at all was explained as to what the hell was going on. All the "scary" bits were predictable and you couldn't tell what was happening half the time. There was next to nothing character development, plus none of them were very likable. Even Friday the 13th had more character development then this. It was badly put together, badly filmed and crap script and action all in all the worst film i have seen this year so far!!

Mirrormask (2005)

Hey everyone i know it has been a while so here is a blog on a film my friend showed me recently. :) I hope you like it.

MIRRORMASK

This is about a 15 year old girl that wants to leave her parents circus and be in what she calls the real world. When her mum becomes sick she ends up in a fantasy world where she has to save there world to save her own. To do this she must find the Mirror mask with the help of a friend she makes called Valentine.

This film is directed by Jim Henson and his wife but it isn't the typical puppets you are used to seeing in The Muppets, Dark Crystal and Labyrinth. This film is pretty much all CGI and it seems to work really well although there are some places where it is a little rubbish but then again I have found that with most mainly CGI films they have times where it is quiet up to scratch. 

The main character Helena (Stephanie Leonidas) is annoying but then again it is pretty much like the rest of the Jim Henson stuff I mean i don't know anyone yet that doesn't find Sarah (Labyrinth) and Jen ( Dark Crystal) annoying at some point during the movie if not all the time. But you still find away to but that behind you and start to sympathize  with the character on the journey through self discovery.  Although Leonidas seems to plat an annoying 15 year old very well. There are a few famous people in this movie that i am sure you wonderful people would have heard of for example Rob Brydon, Steven Fry, Lenny Henry and Robert Llewellyn. 

All in all I really enjoyed this movie and recommend it to anyone that like weird and wonderful fairytales. Or is you just like Jim Henson and want to see this new style he and his company have done. 

So watch this space i will be back soon with more films for you :)  

Top Cat the movie 2012

Top Cat the movie is out in 3D on your screens this Friday. Unfortunately though it hasn't been given the best ratings in the world scoring only 5.3/10 by IMDB. Movie reviewers such as Scott Davis from Flickering Myths that gave the movie 1 star  ( http://www.flickeringmyth.com ) and Jeff Galasso from londonfilmfanatiq (http://londonfilmfanatiq.com) gave it only 3 stars. Saying that the movie is going to be in the list of worst movies brought out this year.

According to the reviews the movie is bad from start to finish with appalling 3D which is likely to give anyone a headache and the animation is classed and uninspired and dull. One even went as far as the say that the original creators the great Hanna Barbera productions Ltd,( The Flinstones )  would turn in there graves at the sight of this movie. Saying the TC is very poorly done and his side kicks should have there own movie as they are the only slightly interesting parts within the flick.

So the story initials a new police man on the block, that is less than pleased with the way Officer Dibble's deals with the TC and his gang with their scams. The film adds new characters (much to many peoples disappointment)  one of which is Trixie the love interest of TC. I mean why? he never needed one before why bring one in now! But anyway I digress, TC/ Giswald/ Lou Strickland/ Choo choo/ Brain and Big Gus are all voiced by Jason Harris in the English version of this movie, of whom you may have heard of from Despicable Me. Which from watching the trailer appears to actually gets TC's voice pretty much right.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xaoG2yjP4E

Here is the trailer for you to make up your own opinions.

So for now that it is from me. I will be watching the film so I can of course make up my own opinions about the movie( but from watching the trailer it doesn't look good ) and I will get back to you all about what I made of it.

So watch this space and take care everyone.

Stranger than fiction

As you can tell this is Will Ferrell but not how you usually see him. His is a comedy but is a little more serious than his usual movies ( Blades of glory, Anchorman, Step Brothers ect) For those of you that haven't seen this movie it is about an IRS auditor called Harold Crick ( Will Ferrell) that is very OCD with his day to day routine. Until he starts hearing someone narrating his life of which no one else can hear.

It came out 6 years ago now and is still one of my all time Will Ferrell films, it shows him in a new light which most people hadn't seen before this movie. He is a lot calmer but does not for one second loose his funny side because of it. He is joined by other well known actors and actresses for example Dustin Hoffman ( The story of a murdered, Hook, Toosie, The Graduate and Rainman) , Emma Thompson ( Love actually, The boat that rocked and Nanny McPhee) and Maggie Gyllenhaal ( Donnie Darko, The Dark knight and 40 days and 40 night) all of whom play very convincing roles within the film. It is completely set in Chicago which I like as sometimes when they decide to film all over the place and it is just meant to be in one place, it can be rather obvious at time. It is Directed by Marc Forster who I have mentioned in a previous blog as he is directing WWZ which is to be released next year.

When I was watching it with my other half he made it known to me that if the book that was been written in the film was in fact real it would be a really rubbish book. ( which made me giggle) but it is everything else in the movie that makes this film so good and I strongly advise people that haven't seen it to watch it.    

When Harry met Sally

So I have just been watching When Harry met Sally which before I get into what I know is going to be a rant I do actually like this movie it is funny and a fun film to watch. BUT oh my god it does tend to get annoying, I mean you go through the whole relationship of them not liking each other and then becoming friends and the entire time thinking to yourself will you just kiss or go out already. I mean even when they apparently don't like each other there is sexual tension between them. It take something like 7 years for anything to happen. So you go through the first half of the movie going god you tell each other everything, you ring each other practically every night and you hang out with each other all the time. For god sake just kiss already or something. And then when they do finally kiss because she is all upset they end up having sex so there you have everything all in one go. Which then leads to them not talking because it was too "weird" and becoming two completely miserable people. GET OVER IT you are obviously perfect for each other just get on with it. So then for the rest of the movie is Harry trying to get Sally to talk to him and your just thinking for god sake Sally answer his calls he is been really sweet and well a little cringe worthy by leaving him singing on answering machines.

But I must admit when they do finally get together it is one of my favourite romance scenes in movies. It is a proper tear jerker. It is just annoying that it is so dragged out, and your literally shouting at the screen for them to get on with it. OK rant over, these are the reason why i like the movie, it is very funny for example it has one of the best fake orgasm scenes which is just laugh out loud funny especially the line after it where one of the people in the Cafe (  played by Meg Ryan's mother) says " I'll have what she's  having" just an epic moment which has been recognised by many film critics. It was nominated for Best Film, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best screenplay.

 Overall the movie is really good and please don't let my opinion on it been too dragged out put you off watching this movie. I think people should definitely give it a go. It is the perfect girly night in movie.