So i had been looking forward to this for a long time, and then the reviews started coming out about how bad it was and so on. so to my surprise i actually loved it.
it is a very good story told with brilliant subtlety. it is effectively two films roled into one. you have the one film revolving around the real life events of susie salmon and her family and the aftermath of her murder, a brilliant suspense thriller as they try and track down the killer, all the while as an audience member we get to see the murderer as well as the hunt for him. a note here on just how brilliant Stanley Tucci is as George Harvey - the loner who killed susie salmon for self pleasure. a brave decision from a very talented actor.
the other part of the film is following susie salmon in her after life - "the inbetween" as she has yet to progress to heaven until she sees her family and friends resolve her murder. in this part Peter Jackson is seriously flexing his weta workshop special effect muscle, and admittedly some of it is a bit gratuitous, but it does look rather beuatiful.
the film beautifully builds up the tension up to the point where they finally start closing in on the killer. and for me it was genuinly edge of the seat stuff.
glorious
4 stars
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Friday, 26 February 2010
Wednesday, 18 November 2009
2012 / Taking Woodstock
2012 was a fairly fun ride considering I was expecting it to be awful, I’m talking Day after tomorrow awful. The film was basically a kind of car chase… except it was the planet blowing up behind where ever John Cusack was running, driving, flying to. Quite a fun … feel good film… considering most of the world dies in it.
3 stars (might be 2 stars but was expecting alot worse)
In Taking Woodstock we see how the festival was put together. It really made me wish I grew up in the 60s and got naked with all the hippies. This is quiet possibly Ang Lee’s best film (especially if you don’t hold Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in high regard, which I don’t. And let’s face it his Hulk sucked!). I was expecting a funnier movie, but it was an interesting engaging one.
3 1/2 stars.
Peter S
3 stars (might be 2 stars but was expecting alot worse)
In Taking Woodstock we see how the festival was put together. It really made me wish I grew up in the 60s and got naked with all the hippies. This is quiet possibly Ang Lee’s best film (especially if you don’t hold Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in high regard, which I don’t. And let’s face it his Hulk sucked!). I was expecting a funnier movie, but it was an interesting engaging one.
3 1/2 stars.
Peter S
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