Director: Jon Favreau
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Jeff Bridges, Gwyneth Paltrow
Genre: Superhero/adventure
Age certificate: 12
Rating: **** - good
I have to tell you that when I first started watching this film, I was actually in the mood for some soppy romance. Therefore, the first, ten minutes maybe?, I was not impressed. It seemed like it was just going to be another war film. Although, at the same time, I admit, I was slightly amused by the attitude of the main character, Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.). After the initial war and death part though, and when Stark started building a giant iron man to escape a terrorist camp, I actually realised that this film is hilarious, and just generally good all-round, with stunning visual effects and great acting. The characters are not just likeable, but also loveable, excluding the antagonist of course, whom you automatically loathe.
Thursday 27 August 2009
Monday 10 August 2009
There's Something About Mary
Title: There's Something About Mary
Director: Farrelly Brothers
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon, Ben Stiller, Chris Elliott, Lee Evans
Genre: romantic comedy
Rating: **** (awesome)
There's Something About Mary starts off funny, continues to be funny, then ends funny. Because it's a funny film. Basically, a man hires a detective to spy on his childhood sweetheart, to determine if she is married etc. However, the detective falls in love with her, causing a battle to win over Mary. What is later revealed to us is that there is another player in the game, and, nearer the end, three more. This film is unpredictable, laugh-out-loud brilliance, and also hilariously embarrassing.
Director: Farrelly Brothers
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon, Ben Stiller, Chris Elliott, Lee Evans
Genre: romantic comedy
Rating: **** (awesome)
There's Something About Mary starts off funny, continues to be funny, then ends funny. Because it's a funny film. Basically, a man hires a detective to spy on his childhood sweetheart, to determine if she is married etc. However, the detective falls in love with her, causing a battle to win over Mary. What is later revealed to us is that there is another player in the game, and, nearer the end, three more. This film is unpredictable, laugh-out-loud brilliance, and also hilariously embarrassing.
Borat
Title: Borat
Director: Larry Charles
Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen, Peter Baynham, Anthony Hines, Don Mazer, Todd Phillips
Genre: mockumentary, comedy
Rating: ***** (a favourite)
One word: BRILLIANT.
This is such a masterpiece that every single person in the world should go out and buy it immediately. And laugh at everything in it, even if it is insulting you or your beliefs (it insults EVERYBODY'S beliefs). Be good-natured, laugh, have fun, wet yourself. Watch this. Now.
Director: Larry Charles
Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen, Peter Baynham, Anthony Hines, Don Mazer, Todd Phillips
Genre: mockumentary, comedy
Rating: ***** (a favourite)
One word: BRILLIANT.
This is such a masterpiece that every single person in the world should go out and buy it immediately. And laugh at everything in it, even if it is insulting you or your beliefs (it insults EVERYBODY'S beliefs). Be good-natured, laugh, have fun, wet yourself. Watch this. Now.
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