Showing posts with label Sean Bean. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sean Bean. Show all posts
Tuesday, 9 June 2015
The Martian Trailer Typecasts Matt Damon
Poor old Matt Daaaaaaaaaamon. You'd think somebody in Hollywood had it in for him. First he got stuck out in the far reaches of space in Interstallar and now he's all on his lonesome again in the new trailer for sci-fi thriller The Martian.
Don't feel too sorry for him though. First, Christopher Nolan. Now, Ridley Scott. Matt Damon is getting his pick of the great directors in Hollywood. Maybe all this solitary stuff on faraway planets is Damon just trying to get away from all these other Hollywood actors and their spoiled behaviour on sets. Have you seen the cast list on this one?
Kristen Wiig, Jessica Chastain, Kate Mara, Sean Bean, Donald Glover, Jeff Daniels, Michael Pena and Chiwetel Ejiofor. That all adds up to a lot of talent and just maybe a lot of tantrums that Damon got to mostly avoid.
This looks great so far but as it's not out till November, I hope this is the one and only trailer we'll get. It's already over 3 minutes long so we really need to see nothing more of this until we sit down to watch the film in cinemas thank you very much.
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Wednesday, 4 February 2015
Jupiter Ascending Review
‘Could this get any weirder?’ Mila Kunis asks at one point in Jupiter Ascending. With bees that recognise royalty, hover shoes that allow the wearer to skate and surf in thin air, and Channing Tatum wearing pointy prosthetic ears; the answer is definitely no Mila, it probably bloody couldn’t.
Jupiter Jones (Kunis) is an
ordinary girl from Chicago, born under a night sky with the stars aligned to
spell out her destiny for future greatness. Her reality is cleaning toilets;
day in, day out like a modern day Cinderella. Out of the stars, flies her very
own Prince Charming... or perhaps that should be Prince Channing, with
Tatum playing a hunter who has been sent to Earth to find his princess. He’s a
genetically engineered ex-military hybrid; part man, part dog with gravity defying boots and a keen sense of smell. His mission is to discover
Jupiter who, unbeknownst to her, is actually an intergalactic royal heir and in
line to inherit a fortune that could decide the future of every human on Earth.
The Wachowski siblings have
never really dealt in small ideas. Their debut Bound feels light years away
from this epic space saga which eclipses even The Matrix and Cloud Atlas for
the scope of its ambition. However, Jupiter Ascending is not the masterpiece
that either The Matrix was, or that Cloud Atlas may one day be hailed as. It is
brimming with action, special effects and imagination, but is sadly lacking
when it comes to character and real emotion. This is like The Fifth Element on
steroids; if you liked Luc Besson’s vision of the galaxy, strap in for more
bonkers creatures and OTT villains than you can shake a misplaced Lightsaber
at.
Jupiter Ascending has
Hogwarts extras, Koopa Troopas from The Super Mario Bros movie, henchman dressed like gimps and plenty more crazy aliens for its down to earth heroine to
contend with. It also has Eddie Redmayne on turbo charged uber-villain duties.
As one of a trio of royal siblings that are squabbling over what to do about
the threat that Jupiter poses to them, he chews the huge and extravagantly
designed scenery to pieces. With his creepy features and strained voice, it is
a shame when he resorts to moments of SHOUTING to make sure he tips over
into pantomime.
Jupiter Ascending is a film
filled with chasing and rescuing, but the action scenes go by in a bit of a blur of special effects
and repetitiveness. Kunis gets a few chances to show her charm but spends most
of the film going from outrageous costume to costume and either clinging to
Tatum or chasing Channing (who forgets to put his shirt on for a large section
of the film) for a quick kiss. If Jupiter Ascending isn’t numbing with its
action, it’s getting bogged down with the likes of Sean Bean delivering pages
of exposition. If you just want to know what's in Tatum's genes, you might want to wait for Magic Mike XXL.
Still, if you like big
special effects driven space odysseys more like The Fifth Element than
Interstellar, then Jupiter Ascending might just be the star you’ve been
searching for.
Watch the trailer:
More recent reviews from I Love That Film:
Selma
American Sniper
Birdman
The Theory of Everything
Whiplash
Tuesday, 21 May 2013
Game of Thrones Hit List
I've just started Game of Thrones series 2 last night and in amongst all the incest, preparing for war and baby dragons are some absolutely horrendous characters. I don't mean poorly written, I mean despicable, seemingly irredeemable scum of the earth types. As I'm watching, I'm finding myself making mental notes of who I want to die and even how I'd like to see them bite the dust.
It's starting to seem like most of the characters are involved with incest in some way; fathers marrying daughters, mothers breast feeding their children for way too long, brothers shagging sisters. I'm surprised they haven't all got four eyes or six legs at this rate.
While there are a few characters who I still like and look forward to seeing them take their revenge on others, they are few and far between and the last series dispatched many of my favourites. Series 2 is introducing even more characters and settings into the mix but it is great to get beyond the wall and to see a growing potential for a massive, massive war brewing.
Anyway, since the very first scene of this series I have been making my very own hit list. Sometimes in films and TV the villains are so interesting and so essential to the story and the ongoing conflict that you don't want them to die because that would spoil everything. In Game of Thrones, these three characters are all essential and interesting but they are also so unbelievably vile that I just can't wait to see them get what's coming to them. Though the show would be sadly lacking without them, I still wish them dead sooner rather than later.
Joffrey Baratheon
This little puke is number one. A case of perfect casting, the second I first saw this kid, I wanted to hurt him. Then as the series has progressed, my thirst for blood has reached critical levels. After what he did to Ned Stark and just about everything he ever does, I cannot wait to see Joffrey get what he deserves. Ideally this should be a very slow and painful death and by then I hope he is sure about who his real father is just to add to the mental torture!
Cersei Lannister
I blame her for everything. There is clearly a theme here with two evil Lannister pigs making this list so far. She spawned the vile Joffrey, physically and mentally making him who he is today and he is top of my hit list, so after taking care of him, I'd move on to his hideous mother. She's a scheming, unsympathetic monster and again, I blame her for what happened to my mate Ned Stark. Again, she can suffer plenty before her death, perhaps having her beloved Jaime strung up before her first.
Lord Petyr Baelish (aka Littlefinger)
A new addition to my hit list, Littlefinger should have been a target since the beginning seeing as he is a despicable pimp and was always bound to betray Ned Stark.Still, I had hoped that Baelish would prove to be a noble character despite his abysmal treatment of women but then he went and stabbed Stark in the back. That wasn't the last straw for me however. In the most recent episode I watched, one of his whores was crying over the death of a child and I thought Baelish might be comforting her. He then said the most evil and unspeakable threat to her I'd ever heard. I should have known not to trust him. Pimps are clearly the scum of the earth and Littlefinger is no exception.
Anyway I'm getting a bit wound up by all the constant incest, misery and despicable behaviour in Game of Thrones. The writer must have a seriously warped mind to come up with this kind of stuff but it still has me gripped so fair play to him for making such a rich and believable world.
I must add that without the brilliant performances of all three actors, these villains would not be half as effective and also I would never really advocate killing anyone ok? So now it's your turn... who's on your Game of Thrones Hit List?
It's starting to seem like most of the characters are involved with incest in some way; fathers marrying daughters, mothers breast feeding their children for way too long, brothers shagging sisters. I'm surprised they haven't all got four eyes or six legs at this rate.
While there are a few characters who I still like and look forward to seeing them take their revenge on others, they are few and far between and the last series dispatched many of my favourites. Series 2 is introducing even more characters and settings into the mix but it is great to get beyond the wall and to see a growing potential for a massive, massive war brewing.
Anyway, since the very first scene of this series I have been making my very own hit list. Sometimes in films and TV the villains are so interesting and so essential to the story and the ongoing conflict that you don't want them to die because that would spoil everything. In Game of Thrones, these three characters are all essential and interesting but they are also so unbelievably vile that I just can't wait to see them get what's coming to them. Though the show would be sadly lacking without them, I still wish them dead sooner rather than later.
Joffrey Baratheon
This little puke is number one. A case of perfect casting, the second I first saw this kid, I wanted to hurt him. Then as the series has progressed, my thirst for blood has reached critical levels. After what he did to Ned Stark and just about everything he ever does, I cannot wait to see Joffrey get what he deserves. Ideally this should be a very slow and painful death and by then I hope he is sure about who his real father is just to add to the mental torture!
Cersei Lannister
I blame her for everything. There is clearly a theme here with two evil Lannister pigs making this list so far. She spawned the vile Joffrey, physically and mentally making him who he is today and he is top of my hit list, so after taking care of him, I'd move on to his hideous mother. She's a scheming, unsympathetic monster and again, I blame her for what happened to my mate Ned Stark. Again, she can suffer plenty before her death, perhaps having her beloved Jaime strung up before her first.
Lord Petyr Baelish (aka Littlefinger)
A new addition to my hit list, Littlefinger should have been a target since the beginning seeing as he is a despicable pimp and was always bound to betray Ned Stark.Still, I had hoped that Baelish would prove to be a noble character despite his abysmal treatment of women but then he went and stabbed Stark in the back. That wasn't the last straw for me however. In the most recent episode I watched, one of his whores was crying over the death of a child and I thought Baelish might be comforting her. He then said the most evil and unspeakable threat to her I'd ever heard. I should have known not to trust him. Pimps are clearly the scum of the earth and Littlefinger is no exception.
Anyway I'm getting a bit wound up by all the constant incest, misery and despicable behaviour in Game of Thrones. The writer must have a seriously warped mind to come up with this kind of stuff but it still has me gripped so fair play to him for making such a rich and believable world.
I must add that without the brilliant performances of all three actors, these villains would not be half as effective and also I would never really advocate killing anyone ok? So now it's your turn... who's on your Game of Thrones Hit List?
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