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My Son (2021)
The Things We Do For Love...
Ok, the ending was confusing and rushed and quite jarring. Can't deny that and a lot of folks ask why London Police took control of the case from the local constabulary, it's quite easy, they were already working on the wider network of the paedophile ring and probably knew the modus operandi of the abduction elements, clearly well-funded as the kids were stolen to order, so this is top level stuff. London could not risk a small Ballachulish police dept potentially ruining years of work on bringing down a clearly massive child pornography ring, so they took control, handed it to experienced officers and probably, had the film taken a little longer to unfold, arrived in Scotland with more of an explanation. They probably took the local force out of the equation because for all we know, elements of the ring were known to have connections or allies in one or another Police Force or maybe a CI on the ground in London was employed in the Met or other. On a personal note, I can only praise McAvoy's character for reacting and acting as he did. I come from a similar experience, although thankfully not paedophile related, but certainly child abduction related, and I can honestly say you really don't know what you're capable of until someone takes your kids. The anger, rage, outright terror are something thankfully few parents will ever have to encounter. Nothing is out of the question, nothing is off the table, nothing is 'too' far. The bond between parent and child is no more put to the test than when someone takes them and you cannot catch up, or follow, or stop it happening. Staggering impotence is very quickly converted into a feeling I can only describe as murderous.
People ask why at the end of the film, McAvoy gets taken away by the Police, well in real life, you can't torture someone, possibly kill another with a fire extinguisher, give someone a good beating and get away with it just because they were bad guys of the highest order. Technically, none of them were attacking him, so he can't plead self-defence. It's murder if he intended it to be and he can't deny that was his intent. He committed a serious crime and that has to be dealt with as a separate incident. The Judge referred to may take the extenuating circumstances into the equation if it's right to do so, but unlike Hollywood, you will face the music and you will go to court. Who's side are you on? I hear some of you say, they were pedo's for Pete's sake! Yes, but hard lessons learned taught me that unless you are very specific and controlled in how you dish out revenge or punishment, in the UK at least, then you will, like the character, end up in court and possibly end up in jail. But then, per my earlier comment, when it comes to someone abducting your child, a little holiday in Her Majesty's AirBNB is a small price to pay for an infraction of one kind or another. The things we do for love.....especially for the wee one's we love.
I Love My Mum (2018)
Abysmal
Abysmally dire unfunny film. Crap chemistry, crap script. Poor direction. Bizarre soundtrack. They say piracy is killing movies, well this one will be no loss.
Car Share: The Unscripted Special (2018)
Dirty rear window
A reviewer asks about the rear window being dirty throughout. This is down to a couple of things. The car is being towed on a low level transporter or behind another car. With 4 or 5 cameras at eye level, lights from cars behind would glare the lens and ruin each take and attention seekers who are following the hero car would also ruin takes. It could also be a way of enabling the actors to focus on the task in hand and not be distracted by traffic behind. It's about compromise between realism and reality when filming in real traffic but within the confines of the law and film insurance etc. Can you imagine the stick they would get if they were constantly spotte
d by people acting up in the cars behind to get on camera.
The War of the Worlds (2019)
H.G.Welched more like.
Speechless. It's all been said in almost every other review. What a total mess. Simply put, someone spend £50M and do the book proper justice. Ridiculous extramarital story, shoddy effects....that meteorite....the irked brother....oh god make it stop! Jeff Wayne's version has little to fear 40 years later. Even the music was boring. C'mon BBC, the chances of any thing coming good from this are a million to one.
The War of the Worlds (2019)
H.G.Welched more like.
Speechless. It's all been said in almost every other review. What a total mess. Simply put, someone spend £50M and do the book proper justice. Ridiculous extramarital story, shoddy effects....that meteorite....the irked brother....oh god make it stop! Jeff Wayne's version has little to fear 40 years later. Even the music was boring. C'mon BBC, the chances of any thing coming good from this are a million to one.