Let's go from bad to good brilliant.
Transformers - there is little I can say about this film. If you are an eight year old boy, you'll love it.
If you are a lover of giant robots, you'll love it. If you are a lover of loud noise, lots of explosion, puerile jokes, plot holes big enough to drive a very large robot with testicles (I kid you not) through, you'll love it. Personally, I disliked it intensely. It wasn't even "so bad it's good". It was just poor. I'm too old to have been into Transformers when they came out, and my kids are too young to have ever really bothered. I have no interest, therefore no love for Transformers. I couldn't find anything to like in this film. Nikos loved it! I hope that the DVD of it gets to live in his dad's house.
The Proposal - I like chick-flicks. I'm not embarrassed to say it, I like chick-flicks. The Proposal isn't a very good chick-flick. You know how the film is going to go: they hate each other; they start to like each other; they hate each other; they fall in love. Unfortunately for The Proposal: they don't really hate each other; they never really get to like each other; they don't hate each other; they still don't love each other. This just isn't worth seeing at the cinema. I'm not sure that it is even worth paying to rent the DVD...except...Sandra Bullock is nekkid, there are a couple of funny moments, Sandra Bullock is nekkid, Ryan Reynolds is very good, Sandra Bullock is nekkid, and did I mention that Sandra Bullock is nekkid!!
The Hangover - from awful to mediocre to absolute genius. The Hangover is pure genius. It isn't just funny, it is hilarious - and yes, I know that when a film is described as hilarious it normally isn't. The man, three seats down from me, fell off his chair four times he was laughing so hard. Ask me why it is funny and I can't explain it. There have been moments when I have tried, believe me, and people have just stood and stared, bemused. This really is a case of "you had to be there". This is fun, fun, fun. In fact, I want to see it again. Can we go again please?
hey, i like chick-flicks as well. that chick-flick formula you describe, i call The Love Boat Arc. Within 44 minutes, every week, The Love Boat presented the arc and concluded it in brilliant, positive fashion. i will more than likely see The Hangover in a while.
not related: we made it through 43 minutes of "Slumdog Millionaire" before we turned it off disgusted. i must be the only one in the world to say this but: dude...this movie sucks infected horse bollix. a bigger piece of melancholic shite that has garnered such accolades i haven't seen. danny boyle disappointed me to no end; i usually love his films. this should've gone straight to DVD as it was originally planned. rather, straight into the rubbish to be recycled. wow...i'm still speechless. the only thing worth anything was the cinematography, but that style had been done years previous with Fernando Meirelles' "City of God" (which, imo was BRILLIANT!!!). and so there wasn't even that aspect for me to enjoy. also? memo to Danny Boyle: stop repeating yourself in scenes featuring the main character diving into excrement or toilets (note: fantasy sequence in Trainspotting in public washroom, jumping through the shite in an outhouse in Slumdog in order to get whatshisname's autograph.)
the end.
no i'm not opinionated at all. really.
Posted by: (S)wine | 30 June 2009 at 06:15 AM
I saw The Hangover the other weekend, and you're right, it WAS genius. And Bradley Cooper was in it. And it was hilarious! And Bradley Cooper was in it. I have never laughed at a film so much for ages! (And Bradley Cooper was in it.)
Cheers for the heads up on The Proposal. I thought it actually looked quite good from the trailer, but now I'm not so sure. Also, it doesn't have Bradley Cooper in it :-9(
Posted by: Croila | 06 July 2009 at 02:25 AM