Went to see the 'Fury' film on Wednesday for a late night showing at our
local 'VUE' cinema here in York. Took along my brother-in-law Mike and
my old friend Chris Jenkins. We decided to make the most of the
experience and booked the luxury seats and chose the high definition
screen to watch it on. First time I've seen a film on that screen, and
was impressed with the 4 x higher resolution, everything was a lot
sharper.
As for the film itself, for the military/wargaming enthusiast this film
is quite simply a MUST see. It's not perfect by any means as the ending
is bit too Hollywood for my taste, but it gets a good 8.5 out of 10
from me. Tiger 131 makes a appearance, my only slight criticism on that
front is that we didn't see more of it. Attention to detail in terms
of the kit used is almost second to none, and from that point of view it
must rate as one of the best WW2 films made.
Here's a short vid showing some bits with the Tiger in.
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Saturday, 25 October 2014
Monday, 4 June 2012
Prometheus - Short Film Review
Last night a small posse of us saddled up and dropped-shipped into the latest of the Alien film franchise Prometheus. Myself I have deliberately not watched any of the trailers (even the one on this blog) or read any of the reviews, so that I could see the movie unencumbered by pre-conceptions.
The first thing to say is that, if you are a fan of the Aliens movies, this IMHO is a MUST see film.
On the up-side it is real visual treat; the sets are gorgeous and the way the script answers some outstanding questions from previous films is very well done. Camera work is good, and so are the special effects. The lead actress provides quite a gritty (Ripley like) performance.
This is the point I now say, don't read any further further if you think my criticism might spoil your enjoyment if you haven't yet seen it.. Plus there is some plot spoilers...
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On the down-side the script is such a disappointment :( Character development is poor, in fact really poor in some areas, plus some of the characters are rubbish along with big chunks of the story. For instance one of the guys starts feeling unwell and spots a tiny creature in his eye. Does he mention to anyone, his partner for example ? NO, he just presses on. Why the Android decides to experiment with contaminating the crew is simply not explained. And so it goes on...
I have seen many of Ridley Scott's films, and consider this to be the worst scripted one I have seen.
Overall ratings out of 5:
Value For Money (for sheer entertainment): 4.5
Linkage Into Existing Alien Movies: 4.9
Overall Quality Of Script: 2.5
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The first thing to say is that, if you are a fan of the Aliens movies, this IMHO is a MUST see film.
On the up-side it is real visual treat; the sets are gorgeous and the way the script answers some outstanding questions from previous films is very well done. Camera work is good, and so are the special effects. The lead actress provides quite a gritty (Ripley like) performance.
This is the point I now say, don't read any further further if you think my criticism might spoil your enjoyment if you haven't yet seen it.. Plus there is some plot spoilers...
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.
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On the down-side the script is such a disappointment :( Character development is poor, in fact really poor in some areas, plus some of the characters are rubbish along with big chunks of the story. For instance one of the guys starts feeling unwell and spots a tiny creature in his eye. Does he mention to anyone, his partner for example ? NO, he just presses on. Why the Android decides to experiment with contaminating the crew is simply not explained. And so it goes on...
I have seen many of Ridley Scott's films, and consider this to be the worst scripted one I have seen.
Overall ratings out of 5:
Value For Money (for sheer entertainment): 4.5
Linkage Into Existing Alien Movies: 4.9
Overall Quality Of Script: 2.5
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