Saturday, 20 June 2015

--/06/15 Layer Cake (2004)

Good enough crime film that, for some reason, was considered a near-masterpiece when it came out, instead of the half-decent effort it is. Daniel Craig once again proves that he was raised in the wild by trees.

As he's so fucking wooden.


Just in case the joke wasn't obvious.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0375912/
5.5/10

Perkin.

--/06/15 Dumb And Dumber (1994)

Sequel's funnier. This is pretty lame.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109686/
4/10

Perkin.

--/06/15 In Bruges (2008)

This film's great. If you haven't seen it, you should. If you have then you will agree, if you don't you're a stupid fat testicle face.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780536/
10/10 

Perkin.

--/06/15 The Stranger (2014)

Man shows up in a small town looking for his ex. She's dead. He's a shit vampire. Film bimbles on for a while. Ends.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2238470/
5/10

Perkin.

--/06/15 The Gunman (2015)

Sean Penn plays a former specialist black ops fellow with a neurological fault who's investigating his previous organisation after events from his past come back to bite him on the todger. Had the feeling it might have been inspired by a different series of films but can't remember which.
Also can't remember Penn's character name, think it was Bason Journe, or something.


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2515034/
6.4/10

Perkin.




--/06/15 Sin City: A Dame To Kill For (2014)

The first film worked well, the use of colours and framing really was like seeing a comic come to life. It was a long film but its visual uniqueness (at the time, copied frequently since) held your interest. Some parts were less entertaining than others, but all very memorable.

The sequel is a short film that felt much longer, almost a decade after the first, its style seems dated and cheap, the plot is tired and the acting dull. It says a lot that, whilst the film was playing, we spent about twenty minutes looking up the Tucker 48 that appears in the film to see if they used a genuine one. They didn't.

Apparently the original Tucker was to have a 9.7litre six-cylinder engine that produced a laughable 200bhp. 

When your children ask why all the people died in the big oil wars during the "before times", you can show them a picture of a Tucker and say "Pretty much this. Now eat your gravel, you have to be strong for your nineteen hour shift at the synthetic organ farm. Praise to the Emperor!"


Great looking cars though.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0458481/
4.5/10

Perkin.

--/06/15 Star Leaf (2015)

Three young people go off into woods to find some magic space weed. They then get chased by aliens or hallucinate it or something. Low budget filler. Script's better than most films of its type. Acting, too.
Also some side plot about guilt over being a participant in war or something. Dunno, got a bit lost on that bit.



http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3973814/
4.4/10