Shrek Forever After

This is a great film and is much better than Shrek the Third, but is not as good, in my opinion as the original two.

The premise of the film is easy, Shrek makes a pact with the devil (Rumplestiltskin), Shrek obviously doesn’t read the small print and he ends up in deep trouble needing to win back Fionas heart for true loves kiss before sunset – echoes of the writers returning to the original loud and clear. What follows is a classic escapade through thick and thin in true Shrek fashion, comparisons to toy story £ are ineveitable - and for me the gag reel in Shrek is better, there are more gags and laugh out loud moments, but the look and the feel of the film is below that of Toy story 3.

Still a good movie though and a fitting end to the franchise, though puss in boots should definitely be getting his own spin-off.

3.5 stars

Knight and Day

this film has divided me pretty substantially. the good points - great fun action sequences, completely unbelievable but at the same time very ingenious and very entertaining. Tome Cruise fits into the role of comedy actioner amazingly easy, and his charm in these sequences develops through the film. i found the first fight scene a little strange with Tom Cruise killing loads of bad guys on a plane whilst making quips and comedy music on in the background and i thought this would be the case through out the whole film - luckily it wasn't and it all became a lot more charming and fun as the film went on.

the problems i had with the film are that the bits in between the action scenes seemed long. although the chemistry was great bewteen Cruise and Diaz during the action scenes, there just didn't seem to be a reason why they were sticking together when they didn't really need to be. due to this the film felt long when it really isn't (110 minutes) and that is never a good thing.

overall though so good clean simple fun with Cruise on top form.

3 stars