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Approaching the Unknown (2016)
Be prepared to invest
Unlike others,I just randomly came across this film. All I knew was that Mark Strong was the lead,which is rare,as he is usually a top-notch supporting actor(RocknRolla,Robin Hood,KickAss),so apart from this knowledge I went into the film blind.
The first 10 minutes of a film is crucial for me,and its where my first worry set in.The narration at the start,seems rushed,and delivered badly,feeling as though either there was a late re-write,or a terrible day in the booth for Strong.
The editing is also extremely anorexic in the first half. Much like Interstellar,your hand isn't held,you aren't explained each little gadget,or the ship,or even much of a backstory for the character.Information comes in dribbles,mostly from Stanaford himself. This might be considered streamlined or sparse depending on your view.
The biggest problem people seem to have in this film is that nothing seems to happen,which is true and not at the same time.
40% of 2001:A Space Oddysey is like Space,empty.About 20% of ATU is also empty,but crucially,is boring,in the case of ATU
Comparison with The Martian may seem unfair and easy to make,but... Involves Mars?Check Single Character?Check Crushing loneliness?Check Disaster/Explosion/Challenge?Check
And that's ATU's main problem.While watching,I could almost guess when Problem A would arise,Problem B,and Problem C.I felt like I was watching a very smooth,well designed fan tribute to The Martian and 2001:,with a top class actor,off form,and excellent production values.
I watched this late at night,but if you can make it to the end,and through the journey,try to hold back the laughs over the MarsSuit.
A nice try,but a film that didn't know where it was going,where its wheelhouse was,or who to aim at.
Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)
A MOVIE! and a rarity-a thought provoking movie
Like the title says this is a thought provoking movie,if your looking for a film watch the excellent 12 Angry Men or Tom Hardy's latest "The Drop"
I'll break this down into Pacing Story Acting and Direction,the CGI without the need for saying was top notch
Pacing:was quite good,there were few points where I felt like if I had the choice,I would fast forward through,the opening battle was perhaps a bit rushed as well as parts of the ending,overall the runtime feels acceptable
Story:The most difficult part,I genuinely believe that Scott considered two things regarding the story FIRST:everyone knows how it ends,so tension can be hard to build here when,haha spoilers cannot be provided
SECOND:We live in secular times,so no matter how hard he tried,it would be nigh on impossible to make the audience feel about Moses and Ramses the way they should or used to.
ACTING:For me the art of acting is being able to move from character to character and BE the current character.In this regard Bale,kind of fails,it depends.He had one of THE hardest roles to play,considering the actual history of Moses(not a great public speaker and so on) he did an okay job,but there was some Bruce Wayne-esque mannerisms especially with his family.That said his scenes with Edgerton were quite well done,understated. Edgerton had a very meaty role in Ramses,one of Histories great villains,and for me he just about pulled it off,make-up or no he didn't go OTT which would have been extremely easy.Watch "Warrior" and you'll understand my point of moving from character to character. On a side note the 12 year kid playing God?Steals EVERY scene he is in,great performance with little time.Kudos. Also John Turturro ?Better than the booming Heston version Weaver was a bit wasted,although not a central character,so forgivable
DIRECTION: this section will be incomplete until the 4 hour version comes out,but seriously this is the best director of our time the Hans Zimmer of directing.I do believe he had to get a Caucasian cast to get funding for the film and appeal to Western audiences thats just pragmatism,sometimes,there is a whiff of The Life Of Brian,but his hands were tied in that respect.I especially liked how he tried to apply logic to the plagues through Bremner(come on every film needs a bit of humour,Scottish accent in Egypt or no) without trampling on peoples beliefs.It is interesting also to note how logic cant be applied to the First Born child bit,versus using Natural occurrences for the Parting of the Sea bit.
All in all I enjoyed this movie,I think eventually it will be remembered for the right reasons,PEACE TO ALL HINDU'S,BUDDHISTS,MUSLIMS,CHRISTIANS,HEBREWS AND ATHEISTS <--not in order btw,hopefully no matter what sect you belong to,we can all enjoy a decent flick now and again
FIFA 10 (2009)
The best sports game
Fifa 10 has to be the best game I have ever bought{mw2} runs it v. close The thing that really hooked me was the ease at which full flowing moves could be accomplished(when you know what your doing)and the huge amount of skills and celebrations available. The thing that annoyed me about has nothing to do with the game Its to do with EA. I think EA finally made the complete football game and then realised they'd set themselves up for a huge financial downfall for the next 5 years If a game cant be improved on what do they do? They strip away the things that made it excellent(like MW2-MW3) and add bells and whistles,it really annoys me Fifa 11,12 and now 13 have returned to the dark days off 06,05,04 where the ball is a pudding,getting past ppl=next to impossible and stringing moves together or even scoring a goal is more luck than skill However the one that killed my desire for future EA features was the Draconian decision to close the Fifa 10 servers,the ultimate way to get ppl buying their future products,its unfair,totally consumer-unfriendly.
Signin off Fifa 10=My favourite Xbox game,the best party game(4 ppl can play in one sitting the main thing the xbox was bought for)and endless hours of fun,oh and THE BEST SOUNDTRACK OF ANY GAME ANYWHERE(possible exclusion of Rock n Roll Racings brilliant synthetic rock)