Wednesday, February 25, 2004
TIMELINE
Featuring: Paul Walker, Billy Connelly
Brief Synopsis: Man gets sent back in time where French and English are about to do battle and his son and friends have to try to rescue him.
Comments: Unbelievable plot even by Hollywood standards which asks you to suspend belief on so many fronts, it’s abnormal. Everyone speaking modern day English is my main gripe. This could be forgiven if the story was any good but frankly it’s not. The cast are pretty ordinary in their acting and frankly it’s hard to think of anything that is worth recommending. Nope, it’s all bad and I really can’t think why I went to see this film. I thought it was something else at the time!
Rating: 1/10
Featuring: Paul Walker, Billy Connelly
Brief Synopsis: Man gets sent back in time where French and English are about to do battle and his son and friends have to try to rescue him.
Comments: Unbelievable plot even by Hollywood standards which asks you to suspend belief on so many fronts, it’s abnormal. Everyone speaking modern day English is my main gripe. This could be forgiven if the story was any good but frankly it’s not. The cast are pretty ordinary in their acting and frankly it’s hard to think of anything that is worth recommending. Nope, it’s all bad and I really can’t think why I went to see this film. I thought it was something else at the time!
Rating: 1/10
Thursday, February 19, 2004
SCHOOL OF ROCK
Featuring: Jack Black, Joan Cusack
Brief Synopsis: A rock guitarist gets kicked out of his band and forms a new one involving school kids.
Comments: Specially written for Jack Black and you can see why. He anchors this film so much, his enthusiasm shines through and he portrays that studious, mad nothing-but-rock-music-guy in his head so well, that you truly believe he is like that in real life! A comedy that carries you along so much that you don’t care about the fact that the classroom’s music insulation would not work at all. I also swear the boot of my car is like the back of his van. Music to play anytime, anywhere. Football to play anytime, anywhere!
Thing to learn from this film: Teachers have a big influence on their kids.
Rating: 7/10
Featuring: Jack Black, Joan Cusack
Brief Synopsis: A rock guitarist gets kicked out of his band and forms a new one involving school kids.
Comments: Specially written for Jack Black and you can see why. He anchors this film so much, his enthusiasm shines through and he portrays that studious, mad nothing-but-rock-music-guy in his head so well, that you truly believe he is like that in real life! A comedy that carries you along so much that you don’t care about the fact that the classroom’s music insulation would not work at all. I also swear the boot of my car is like the back of his van. Music to play anytime, anywhere. Football to play anytime, anywhere!
Thing to learn from this film: Teachers have a big influence on their kids.
Rating: 7/10
Thursday, February 05, 2004
RUNAWAY JURY
Featuring: John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman
Brief Synopsis: Guy gets on a jury of an important trial and offers his services to both parties to swing it there way – for a lot of money.
Comments: Another John Grisham film so I thought it might be a bit predictable especially having read many of his novels (although not this one). However it was actually a big roller coaster of a film with lots of frentic action carrying the thin plot all the way through. It’s helped with energetic performances by 3 big actors within the film. Cusack is thoroughly believable as a conspirator within the jury and Hoffman is easy enough as the good guy lawyer. Gene, as his polar opposite, is nice and vicious in his portrayal as a big money jury consulter. Don’t expect much in the way of deep arguments about the gun control and you will find your evening has passed by pleasantly enough. My only question is: how much of this stuff is true? Isn’t it lawyers who win or lose cases in trials?!
Thing to learn from this film: Things that you do in the past may come back to bite you later on in life.
Rating: 7/10
Featuring: John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman
Brief Synopsis: Guy gets on a jury of an important trial and offers his services to both parties to swing it there way – for a lot of money.
Comments: Another John Grisham film so I thought it might be a bit predictable especially having read many of his novels (although not this one). However it was actually a big roller coaster of a film with lots of frentic action carrying the thin plot all the way through. It’s helped with energetic performances by 3 big actors within the film. Cusack is thoroughly believable as a conspirator within the jury and Hoffman is easy enough as the good guy lawyer. Gene, as his polar opposite, is nice and vicious in his portrayal as a big money jury consulter. Don’t expect much in the way of deep arguments about the gun control and you will find your evening has passed by pleasantly enough. My only question is: how much of this stuff is true? Isn’t it lawyers who win or lose cases in trials?!
Thing to learn from this film: Things that you do in the past may come back to bite you later on in life.
Rating: 7/10
