My Rating: 6/10
Honestly not quite as bad as i had been expecting. That's not a bad start really, the film opened with a collection of action sequences introducing each individual member of the A-Team. To me given the pedigree it felt kind of unnecessary, however i should take into account that this will be aimed at a new 11+ generation of action movie fans. All in all it opens explosively and gets any possible character nuances out of the way straight off so we can get straight into the plot of the film.
Things of importance are the following: Standard action movie redemption story, a double cross, obvious evil bad guy, unsurprising 'twist' villains, strained 'romance' story and super OTT action. If that sounds like something you fancy then best get going to see this. With all due respect the action is pretty good, there are instances where the effects are over the top and it all gets a bit too explodey and unrealistic. However this is exactly as it should be, it's the A-Team, Big Explosions and Big Action set pieces are the name of the game.
Relief from the continuous strain of action and obviousness comes in the form of the outright fantastic Sharlto Copley. He Plays mad murdock and provides a glaring comedy contrast to the roles of the other 3 members of the team. This is great as it really allows a break from the endless action and cheeky i'm all that moves of bradley coopers 'Faceman'. However after Copley's role in the utterly sublime sci-fi thriller District 9 it's clear he has the acting chops for a role so much better than this. Granted it's fantastic to him to be so recognized in hollywood that he got this role in the first place, yet we should expect to see him in real powerful and interesting roles. Liam neeson is his usual self, he plays the part of hannibal well but somehow his performance is left behind, much with quintin jackson unusual slightly odd portrayal of everyones favourite B.A. Baracus.
Something good:
Explosive silly action movie action!
Something bad:
Stupidly obvious plot.
Much Worse Than:
District 9
Better Than:
Predators
Overall: Leave your brain at the door and enjoy this for the pure ridiculous action.
Steel
Tuesday, 3 August 2010
A team
So we have arrived in the cinema, and currently just the 4 of us sat down for a team! Not the best start for the summer blockbuster! Let's see if it pans out better! Love steel
Monday, 2 August 2010
This Weeks Hit or Shit - The A -TEAM
Tomorrow's film is gonna be the A-Team, can Hollywood piss all over my childhood... probably.
Quisli has been missing since Toy Story 3, we believe he may have been traumitised by the scary baby doll - so this week we have a special follower guest - Emil.
Reviews should be on tomorrow night, or in Quisli's case the following week :S
Magnum
Quisli has been missing since Toy Story 3, we believe he may have been traumitised by the scary baby doll - so this week we have a special follower guest - Emil.
Reviews should be on tomorrow night, or in Quisli's case the following week :S
Magnum
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TRAILER WATCH
Its that time again folks and I have picked a couple of trailers for you to mull over for a couple of weeks.
HIT
Get low, this film stars the always amazing Robert Duvall, one of my all time favourite actors Sir Bill Murray and Lucas Black, who is due a good role as he has bags of talent. I love this story, it sounds like a great idea, celebrate your life before you die.
SHIT
Grown Ups, Ok this just looks fucking awful it really does, what happened Adam you used to make me laugh and Chris you used to be edgy, now look at you, just look at yourself. Thats right you're a joke a really shit one at that.
Much love, El Papa Diablo
HIT
Get low, this film stars the always amazing Robert Duvall, one of my all time favourite actors Sir Bill Murray and Lucas Black, who is due a good role as he has bags of talent. I love this story, it sounds like a great idea, celebrate your life before you die.
SHIT
Grown Ups, Ok this just looks fucking awful it really does, what happened Adam you used to make me laugh and Chris you used to be edgy, now look at you, just look at yourself. Thats right you're a joke a really shit one at that.
Much love, El Papa Diablo
Toy Story 3 - Quisli
Well well well a third animation in the series of these toys that are so concerned wheter their owners play with them or not, i have never felt so guilty about misusing throwing away or not playing with my toys. Actually i never misussed my toys or threw them away as i am a serious hoarder and as for not playing with them well i played with my action men and fake flood well into my teens and then passed them onto my four year old brother at the time.
I was not too excited to go to see toy story 3, i did want to see it but after seeing inception i was wondering whether this film was going to have twist after twist and soemthing about dreams and putting people in dreams and making the environment of the dream and then wondering whether he was still dreaming at the end. but no this was a great film, and im glad i saw it at the cinema and i would see it again if my girlfriend will go with me after she was disapointed i went without her.
Dont watch a knock off of this, it is much better going to see it than buying off some chinese man that comes into the pub whilst your having a pint trying to sell you some jiggy jiggy and the latest blockbuster releases, leave that for inception as you will probarly need to watch a few times and i woulnt recommend paying the price of what Madonna probarly paid for her new adition to the family.
Anyway you will hear loads of rumours about this film, dont beleive any and just go and watch it, you cant miss it if youve already watched the other 2, its much better than number 2, in the way that terminator 2 still dicks on rise of the machines, i watched T2 today in HD wow, just wow.
This film gets a 10 out of 10 i think its been a win all round, full of surprises and i think there was a take from terminator in their somewhere and some other films so a major win win. Plus some hilarious scenes involving mr Potatoe Head
10 stars
I was not too excited to go to see toy story 3, i did want to see it but after seeing inception i was wondering whether this film was going to have twist after twist and soemthing about dreams and putting people in dreams and making the environment of the dream and then wondering whether he was still dreaming at the end. but no this was a great film, and im glad i saw it at the cinema and i would see it again if my girlfriend will go with me after she was disapointed i went without her.
Dont watch a knock off of this, it is much better going to see it than buying off some chinese man that comes into the pub whilst your having a pint trying to sell you some jiggy jiggy and the latest blockbuster releases, leave that for inception as you will probarly need to watch a few times and i woulnt recommend paying the price of what Madonna probarly paid for her new adition to the family.
Anyway you will hear loads of rumours about this film, dont beleive any and just go and watch it, you cant miss it if youve already watched the other 2, its much better than number 2, in the way that terminator 2 still dicks on rise of the machines, i watched T2 today in HD wow, just wow.
This film gets a 10 out of 10 i think its been a win all round, full of surprises and i think there was a take from terminator in their somewhere and some other films so a major win win. Plus some hilarious scenes involving mr Potatoe Head
10 stars
Sunday, 1 August 2010
TOY STORY 3 - El Papa Diablo
To begin with I just want to say bravo to Pixar, these guys are constantly raising the bar not just for animation but for live action films as well. They write incredibly moving, funny and entertaining stories, that never fail to have an effect on the audience.
I sat down to watch Toy Story 3 as a massive fan of the franchise, I grew up in the piss poor Disney age of lost magic and had to live with the classics (go Jungle Book). Then in 1995 a film that changed everything arrived, Toy Story. Every production company tried to replicate that magic that was captured in Toy Story, they failed quite epically in my opinion, but Pixar just keep on releasing the magic. In Toy Story 3 they do this again and complete the greatest trilogy ever made (yeah that's right fuck you Star Wars fans)all three films are incredibly strong and speak to pretty much everybody of every age range (unless of course you sold your soul for a shot at the big time). There is nothing about this film I didn't love, it made me laugh. cry and put me on the edge of my seat and that is a huge achievement for an animated feature.
The story starts with the game Andy is playing in the first film, but this time its as Andy see's it and it is wonderful. We move through the years via Mum's video camera and arrive at present day. The toys no longer having a purpose as Andy has grown up and is moving away, leaving the toys useless (to him anyway). Many people at this present time will know exactly how that feels as employment is a mess all over the world and most of us feel like we are useless and no longer have a purpose. Pixar are very good at using current issues in their stories to let us know we are not alone. This sparks a mistaken move to the Sunnyside daycare centre, which on the surface appears to be a safe haven for toys. But of course it isn't, I will never look at baby dolls the same way again let me tell you, it is ruled by an evil cuddly bear who runs it like a prison of which he is the daddy. So the toys make their escape, not before Buzz is reset and believes he is a space ranger again, not to worry he is fixed shortly after with truly hilarious consequences.
The escape provides the funniest and most heart wrenching moments of film, Mr Tortilla head being the funniest moment in cinema this year by miles. This is by far the most dramatic of the three films, it really takes you to places that no other pixar or animated children's film has ever before, your heart beats and tears fill your eyes, as your childhood slips away from you. These are characters we have become attached to, the fact they are cartoon toys is irrelevant, these guys have been there for years making us laugh, cheering us up on those bad days when you can just put the movie in your DVD player and wear an instant smile, it will truly break your heart in places and also bring a tear of joy at times.
Toy Story 3 is more of an ensemble than the first 2 films, all the toys having equal footing pretty much. Mr Potato Head really standing up and being the funny guy here and Ken being a great addition to the cast, Michael Keaton doing his best work in a long time, perfect casting from pixar.
I loved this film and will watch it for the rest of my life and when I have kids I hope they will to. This film touched me because when Andy says goodbye to his toys, his old friends, we are saying goodbye to our old friends too. But at least we will always be able to pay them a visit.
My rating 10/10 best film of the year.
Much love El Papa Diablo.
P.S Magnum, you're my favourite deputy.
I sat down to watch Toy Story 3 as a massive fan of the franchise, I grew up in the piss poor Disney age of lost magic and had to live with the classics (go Jungle Book). Then in 1995 a film that changed everything arrived, Toy Story. Every production company tried to replicate that magic that was captured in Toy Story, they failed quite epically in my opinion, but Pixar just keep on releasing the magic. In Toy Story 3 they do this again and complete the greatest trilogy ever made (yeah that's right fuck you Star Wars fans)all three films are incredibly strong and speak to pretty much everybody of every age range (unless of course you sold your soul for a shot at the big time). There is nothing about this film I didn't love, it made me laugh. cry and put me on the edge of my seat and that is a huge achievement for an animated feature.
The story starts with the game Andy is playing in the first film, but this time its as Andy see's it and it is wonderful. We move through the years via Mum's video camera and arrive at present day. The toys no longer having a purpose as Andy has grown up and is moving away, leaving the toys useless (to him anyway). Many people at this present time will know exactly how that feels as employment is a mess all over the world and most of us feel like we are useless and no longer have a purpose. Pixar are very good at using current issues in their stories to let us know we are not alone. This sparks a mistaken move to the Sunnyside daycare centre, which on the surface appears to be a safe haven for toys. But of course it isn't, I will never look at baby dolls the same way again let me tell you, it is ruled by an evil cuddly bear who runs it like a prison of which he is the daddy. So the toys make their escape, not before Buzz is reset and believes he is a space ranger again, not to worry he is fixed shortly after with truly hilarious consequences.
The escape provides the funniest and most heart wrenching moments of film, Mr Tortilla head being the funniest moment in cinema this year by miles. This is by far the most dramatic of the three films, it really takes you to places that no other pixar or animated children's film has ever before, your heart beats and tears fill your eyes, as your childhood slips away from you. These are characters we have become attached to, the fact they are cartoon toys is irrelevant, these guys have been there for years making us laugh, cheering us up on those bad days when you can just put the movie in your DVD player and wear an instant smile, it will truly break your heart in places and also bring a tear of joy at times.
Toy Story 3 is more of an ensemble than the first 2 films, all the toys having equal footing pretty much. Mr Potato Head really standing up and being the funny guy here and Ken being a great addition to the cast, Michael Keaton doing his best work in a long time, perfect casting from pixar.
I loved this film and will watch it for the rest of my life and when I have kids I hope they will to. This film touched me because when Andy says goodbye to his toys, his old friends, we are saying goodbye to our old friends too. But at least we will always be able to pay them a visit.
My rating 10/10 best film of the year.
Much love El Papa Diablo.
P.S Magnum, you're my favourite deputy.
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