Not posted here for a while.
Watched Super 8. It was a film that felt like a cross between Stand By Me and E.T (Stand by ME.T?) and I did overall enjoy it - the story was good, it was a bit bland in the morning when it was just explosions and a thinning story, but it held together well. Acting was superb all around - credit to the young cast. Things that irritated me: explosions. Too many of them. It felt like a Michael Bay film at times. The lens flares. I must've noticed them in Star Trek, but somehow they annoyed me endlessly throughout the whole film - it ruined most shots. The monster - stereotypically bland an boring.
Other than all of that, it'd worth a watch, I guess. The credits film is amusing and thankfully had no lens flare!
7.5/10
Watched Lymelife which stars the delicious Emma Roberts. I wasn't sure what to expect, but I find of liked it. It was darkly funny, I really wanted to guy to score and Emma Roberts shows us her lovely breasts encased in a bra (I swear in every film not aimed for kids that Emma Roberts is in she shows us her underwear?! Not that I'm cleaning, of course). It was sweet, entertaining and a nice watch.
7/10
I went to the opening screening of The Inbetweeners Film, which was very funny, literally just like an extended episode of the show albeit with a bit more of a 'film-like flare' to it. KIt was by no means hilarious, but the comedy was consistent throughout, although the first 10 mins were dull, dire and were completely unfunny. There were lots of nude men and male-parts in the film and no visible female related parts, which was surprising and annoying.
The film compliments the series brilliantly, and if you like the show and the humour within it like I do, you'll enjoy it lots. However, Bridesmaids is still my favourite comedy of 2011 so far, but this comes a very, very close second.
7.5/10
Watched Rise of the Planet of the Apes. I loved the original (and I mean the TRUE original Planet of the Apes), but was unsure whether a modern-style prequel would compliment the original film. I was pleased to find it did, rather well.
The CGI was good - in fact amazing - but throughout the whole film I couldn't help but think the apes didn't actually move around properly - it seemed very unrealistic and annoying that they didn't. However, the plot was good, realistic to a certain extent and the film was much better than I anticipated throughout. I have no doubt there will be a sequel (or second prequel, I guess) as this will no doubt by highly successful.
8/10
Watched Cowboys and Aliens. I've been seeing teaser trailers and shorts from this for seemingly years now at the cinema, so I was intrigued enough to want to go see it. It feels just like a cowboy film with elements of sci-fi as opposed to a cowboy vs sc-fi film, which I wasn't expecting but wasn't complaining too much about. It was well done, especially as it could have been a very jokey film with an even jokier story. Daniel Craig was simply superb throughout - full credit to him.
Needed more aliens, more explosions and more sci-fi, but still very enjoyable.
7/10