The Hobbit

Hello Everyone,

So as I'm sure many of you know, The Hobbit is out in the UK on the 14th Decmeber ( 10 days to go woooo) I am so excited! I have been doing lots of thing to get ready for it, for example re- reading the book which I am sure a lot of you are doing. Also I had a Lord of the Rings marathon ( extended version) which was awesome as you can't beat having a movie marathon to help you relax and get ready for the story that came before it ( plus the films rock).

But the main reason that I am writing this blog is because for those of you that don't no Peter Jackson has been doing Vlogs about the making of The Hobbit which people have been putting on Youtube. I thought you lot would be interested too.

Here is the first one to get you started :)

The Hobbit production diary 


  

Very Bad Things (1998)

Hello everyone,
Sorry I haven't posted in a while, but to make it up to you here is my review on Very Bad Things.

So this is classed at a Comedy, Crime, Thriller. To be honest though I didn't find it funny, there were a few moments at the beginning but nothing that would give it a comedy genre. Even looking at the plot that is mentioned in the blurb it doesn't make it seem like it is going to be funny at all. So on to the plot....

Kyle (Jon Favreau) and Laura ( Cameron Diaz ) are getting married and Kyle is going on a bachelor night to Las Vegas. But things suddenly turn bad when a prostitute turns up and is killed, with bodies and pressure starting to building up the friends start to turn on each other. So as you can see doesn't sound to funny.

Kyle is annoying he has no back bone until the end and spend most of his time moaning and crying which is fine up to a certain point. But the character that annoyed me the most was Laura, she was so obsessed with having a wedding ( it was all she ever talked about even when people where dying all around her) and then when she finds out everything and why it has all happened all she has to say is that Kyle is not going to ruin her big day for her and the wedding will go on with or with out him ( which is slightly impossible, unless she has someone on the side) I mean im sorry but I don't know of any one or heard of anyone that obsessed with weddings ( im sure there are people out there) but it just got irritating and seemed to far-fetched.
Christian Slater's character was by far the one that made the movie watching his thought process of everything that was going on and seeing him loose his mind was interesting to watch.

It wasn't an all bad movie it did get you involved in the story and did keep you interested in what was going on but it won't be a movie I will recommend as a good film to watch on a movie night. Or even one that I will watch over and over again.

All in all I give this movie 5/10

Thanks for reading and watch this space :)

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!!

Red Dwarf X

So it finally happened Red Dwarf is back. I must admit I wasn't sure about it. After season 7 and 8, then Back to Earth which to put it bluntly were crap. They lost there edge and just weren't as funny any more.
Then two days ago the first episode of Season Ten came out.... I was pleasantly surprised, I found it funny, it didn't lose its cheesiness, put cleverly thought out jokes.
  I lot of people have been very picking about the fact that holograms aren't suppose to age. True they aren't but they couldn't really stop Chris Barrie from ageing now could they, get over it, it couldn't be helped, it has been over ten years. Most of the cast has changed Robert Llewellyn is a little chubbier which can be seen through his new costume, Craig Charles look a lot older and slightly rough, and Chris Barrie has aged to well. Danny John Jules on the other hand looks exactly the same and got back into the role of the Cat brilliantly, he was the one I was looking forward to seeing back on the screen the most and he didn't fail to please.
All in all this was a nice surprise, I enjoyed seeing them all back together on the screen and I found it very funny. If you loved Red Dwarf and haven't seen it yet, do give it a go I'm sure you will be happy with what they have done.

Watch this space.    

Lady Vengeance

Hello everyone!

So due to our editing software going tits up we are running late on putting up our first vlog. So I am going to do a review about Lady Vengeance up here :) hope you enjoy.



After thirteen and a half years in prison for kidnapping and murdering a child. The main character Geum-Ja Lee is released and sets out to find the guy that put her in there to seek her revenge.

By the directors of Oldboy, this film is interesting, sinister and in places confusing. You do have to play attention throughout. Which to be honest really doesn't bother me at all but if you are a busy person make sure you do have time to sit down and give it your full attention. It is very artistic in form and if you don't like them kind of films it might not be for you. It is a lot different from Oldboy so don't watch it thinking about comparing it because it would be wrong to try and compare such differently styled films.
      The camera work is lovely, even in places that make you cringe. The writing is brilliant I can't fault it. It is funny and thought provoking. What I will say is in places the action is a bit slow. There are a few places where people just don't seem to do anything and they is no speech for a long time. So you are just sat waiting for something to happen. But when they do start again it is worth the wait. ( Maybe I am just really impatient) But all in all it is well worth a watch at least once. If you love messed up Korean movies.

Watch this space :)     

Going on to youtube!!

Hello everyone!

As the blog is going well me and a friend have decided that it is time that we take to video. So as of tomorrow we will be filming once a week, reviewing past, present and future movies for your enjoyment, via Youtube.
                          We will be doing our first review on Goodfellas and hope you enjoy it. :)
  I will post up a link on here as soon as it is up thank you to everyone for looking at my reviews and we will look forward to bringing you more on our channel.
  I will still be posting here as well on different things that we don't review on youtube so watch this space.

RIP Michael Clarke Duncan

Hello everyone!

Sad news today Michael Clarke Duncan ( the green mile, Armageddon, Planet of the Apes and Kung fu panda plus many many more) Died yesterday in Cedars- Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after having a heart attack.
  He will be sadly missed by many film lovers all over the world. He was a credit to the industry and my thoughts go out to his friends and family at this sad time.

RIP Michael Clarke Duncan 

You where an inspiration to many many people.