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The Cabin In The Woods - 1/5

This was like one of the stories you used to write as a ten year-old in creative writing lessons at school. The teacher would put up six opening sentences on the board and you'd have to pick one and expand on it. That is basically the intelligence that has gone into the script for this film. It was rarely brightened by Josh. That's what I gave it the one star for.
Ill Manors - 5/5
Quite possibly the best British urban film of recent times. Well done Plan B. Beautiful, brutal and realistic. Put Noel Clarke in the shade that's for sure!

I agree Cabin in the Woods thought it was so much smarter than it was yet the 'intelligent' points it raised have been pretty much used and recycled in the 'Scary Movie' films already. Not only that but the Scary Movie films do it more subtly and don't feel the need to mention how clever they are for using movie archetypes..... And the Scary Movie films aren't even clever.
Fair play if you TCITW didn't work for you, but to compare it to Scary Movie is so far off the mark, one is a cheap gross out style film which has no respect for the genre, where as the other is a well crafted, entertaining film which at least plays to its target audience. Also I would love to know what you found subtle about Scary Movie?
Skyfall
It was good in many ways but poor in many others. I expected them to use the Bond girl more if I'm honest and didn't like Bond's lack of interest or care in her. Didn't like Q. Thought Skyfall was going to be something a little more important than it was. Not a lesser Bond but not one of the better ones either.

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The Cabin In The Woods - 1/5

This was like one of the stories you used to write as a ten year-old in creative writing lessons at school. The teacher would put up six opening sentences on the board and you'd have to pick one and expand on it. That is basically the intelligence that has gone into the script for this film. It was rarely brightened by Josh. That's what I gave it the one star for.
Ill Manors - 5/5
Quite possibly the best British urban film of recent times. Well done Plan B. Beautiful, brutal and realistic. Put Noel Clarke in the shade that's for sure!

I agree Cabin in the Woods thought it was so much smarter than it was yet the 'intelligent' points it raised have been pretty much used and recycled in the 'Scary Movie' films already. Not only that but the Scary Movie films do it more subtly and don't feel the need to mention how clever they are for using movie archetypes..... And the Scary Movie films aren't even clever.
Fair play if you TCITW didn't work for you, but to compare it to Scary Movie is so far off the mark, one is a cheap gross out style film which has no respect for the genre, where as the other is a well crafted, entertaining film which at least plays to its target audience. Also I would love to know what you found subtle about Scary Movie?
Skyfall
It was good in many ways but poor in many others. I expected them to use the Bond girl more if I'm honest and didn't like Bond's lack of interest or care in her. Didn't like Q. Thought Skyfall was going to be something a little more important than it was. Not a lesser Bond but not one of the better ones either.

Keep the Lights On (2012) 6/10
Flakes (2006) first viewing 7/10

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The Cabin In The Woods - 1/5

This was like one of the stories you used to write as a ten year-old in creative writing lessons at school. The teacher would put up six opening sentences on the board and you'd have to pick one and expand on it. That is basically the intelligence that has gone into the script for this film. It was rarely brightened by Josh. That's what I gave it the one star for.
Ill Manors - 5/5
Quite possibly the best British urban film of recent times. Well done Plan B. Beautiful, brutal and realistic. Put Noel Clarke in the shade that's for sure!

I agree Cabin in the Woods thought it was so much smarter than it was yet the 'intelligent' points it raised have been pretty much used and recycled in the 'Scary Movie' films already. Not only that but the Scary Movie films do it more subtly and don't feel the need to mention how clever they are for using movie archetypes..... And the Scary Movie films aren't even clever.
Fair play if you TCITW didn't work for you, but to compare it to Scary Movie is so far off the mark, one is a cheap gross out style film which has no respect for the genre, where as the other is a well crafted, entertaining film which at least plays to its target audience. Also I would love to know what you found subtle about Scary Movie?
Skyfall
It was good in many ways but poor in many others. I expected them to use the Bond girl more if I'm honest and didn't like Bond's lack of interest or care in her. Didn't like Q. Thought Skyfall was going to be something a little more important than it was. Not a lesser Bond but not one of the better ones either.

Keep the Lights On (2012) 6/10
Flakes (2006) first viewing 7/10

I don't think Scary Movie is actually subtle, I just said it was in comparison to TCITW which is like saying that McDonalds is healthy in comparison to bleach. My final line did say the Scary Movie films aren't clever.
But despite being dumb parodies the Scary Movie films already pointed out all the stuff raised in TCITW, the difference was they didn't make it a 'twist' which audiences are a sucker for. I love a twist but the one in TCITW seemed more of a cop-out than a twist..... It was just bad. I'd rather watch Scary Movie than TCITW simply because both are shit but one takes itself seriously and the other doesn't.

Talk To Her (2002, Pedro Almodovar)
Like every other Almodovar film I have seen this one is excellently executed but a very disturbing film. Some reviews imply it is a 'light comedy' but I found the film extremely messed up and would not watch it again despite the fact it was clever and shot excellently. Really don't know how to rate this one, I wouldn't recommend it but that's not to say its forgettable or bad.

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Talk To Her (2002, Pedro Almodovar)
Like every other Almodovar film I have seen this one is excellently executed but a very disturbing film. Some reviews imply it is a 'light comedy' but I found the film extremely messed up and would not watch it again despite the fact it was clever and shot excellently. Really don't know how to rate this one, I wouldn't recommend it but that's not to say its forgettable or bad.

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Talk To Her (2002, Pedro Almodovar)
Like every other Almodovar film I have seen this one is excellently executed but a very disturbing film. Some reviews imply it is a 'light comedy' but I found the film extremely messed up and would not watch it again despite the fact it was clever and shot excellently. Really don't know how to rate this one, I wouldn't recommend it but that's not to say its forgettable or bad.

While I don't consider Talk To Her to be Almodovar's best work, for me it certainly ranks in his top five, even if behind All About My Mother, Volver, Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown and Broken Embraces.
It's one of his most mature and thought provoking films, totally original, and one that only Almodovar could have made.
It's a haunting meditation on love, devotion and desire, and no matter how many times I see it - and it definitely requires more than one viewing - I always find something new and fresh in it. As for being disturbing, that's a wrord that could be applied to a couple of Almodovar's films, most notably The Skin I Live In, but definitely not to Talk To her.

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Cosmopolis (2012)

I'm not sure rether I liked it or not, as It seems to be one of those many,many adaptions where you think if there was any point in making it into a motion picture in the first place.
The performances were good,especially Robert Pattinson but the language the characters use,for me,alienated me at times,whereas in Book format you always have that option to retread the Books text-style and notion at your own pace.

So all in all the film achieved two things for me:1. was the performance of Robert Pattinson
and 2.Made me interested in reading the Book.

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Beasts Of The Southern Wild (2012)
A special film. Amazing, wonderful, fantastic, mesmerizing. The type of film that makes everything worth it. Movie of the year. 10/10

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Genuinely loved it. It wasn't until the final 20 minutes or so that it really struck me as something truly great.

Won't be surprised if I liked it more than most though to be honest, similar to The Tree Of Life last year.