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The Devil's Candy (2015)
It's alright.
The music score let it down. It wasn't bad. Watchable.
The Upside (2017)
A poor imitation of a perfect film.
Omar Sy and the French Dustin Hoffman in the original Untouchable are compellingly perfect, as is the music score, which is mostly Ludovico Einaudi. Do yourself a favour and turn this off and watch the superior French film.
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
Really quite dull.
I really loved Fargo and other Coen efforts but I just found this to be dull. Shame really. The whole musical thing at the beginning put me off no end. 6 stories that don't have enough meat for a feature film. 3 is a better number.
Empty Space (2016)
Paul Boring lives up to his name.
Film is pure boring. Don't bother. Even the writer is called Paul Boring. Fitting.
One Day (2011)
What a lot of scunnery nonsensical crap
I had a lot of problems with this film; in a nutshell - both main characters were a pair of complete numpties. Anne Hathaway's character was this 21-year old going on 50 year old who did a good impression of a frigid librarian whilst also managing to be very annoying and an absolute scunner. Jim Sturgess (mental note - will avoid all films with him in future) was a right banker, only replace the 'b' with a 'w'. He had this terrible transatlantic, slimy twit of an accent going on, I didn't find him charming or enigmatic, I just thought, you're a right idiot.
The film really missed a trick as well with the so called passing of time and context of the era. In the beginning scenes it was set in the 80s, had they not told us this, I would've thought it was 1940 by the way everyone was dressed (costume design?). I also hate the way a lot of these films depict British people, as if we've all got a bag of jorries in our mouth and we're as posh as the queen or something. Totally unrealistic and off the mark totally.
The plot is totally predictable, I guessed every major event in it. I felt no empathy towards the characters whatsoever. When Anne Hathaway's character got run over by a bus, that was the highlight for me. I was watching it with my mum, and even she commented that it was a shame that Jim Sturgess didn't get run over as well.
Another small highlight was seeing Romola Garai playing Sylvie. It's a shame her character didn't have a larger role, as she's a fantastic actress. 10 times better than that bore Anne Hathaway.
In short, don't waste 2 hours of your life watching this utter drivel. Cut your toenails or clean the oven instead.
Dead Poets Society (1989)
An absolute delight!
Upon watching Dead Poets Society, I was truly touched - tears were brought to my eyes with the heart rendering tale of friendship, coming of age, death and loss. Robin Williams cements this film with his portrayal of John Keating, an inspirational English teacher who invokes his students to seize the day and live life, however within the confines of a strict conservative elitist academy - which bodes well for the adversarial route that emerges between Keating and the Institution. In short, it was truly wonderful, OK it's not raw and brimming with realism, however this is not what this film attempts to do - a pure gem with a fantastic cast, I would definitely recommend it.