(trailer review) - Eternals

(Teaser Trailer)

Ok, it seems I might have missed a few trailers for this movie or Marvel have decided to be a little different with the trailers for this because this trailer shows soo much I've not seen before and it looks GREAT! Like how many trailers have they put out yet?

I said before that the t ailer doesn't show me much but blimey, this trailer seems to answer all the question we had been asking.  I'm really starting to love that Marvel seem to be IN the audience's heads and tackling the question we would ask about the lore/world of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.  So, if this happened, why didn't so-and-so do this and come and help or why didn't blah blah come with blah blah to help.  A problem the MCU can have, is people forever asking these questions, but the real of it is, people are always out doing something else with their own problems and/or demons they need to fight. It's similar with real world things and life, you don't hear from someone because it is likely their life is chaotic as it is.  I just loved the way this trailer shows us a lot but still doesn't show us much and going off the back of what I have been hearing about the Shang-Chi trailers, the trailers do NOTHING for the film, so it stands to reason, this movie will be 100 times better than these trailers.  I mean it does look really amazing as it is AND that the bar had been raised. Maybe Shang-Chi has raised the bar, but I haven't seen that yet.  We will see.

Directed by Chloé Zhao and starring Gemma Chan, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, Lia McHugh, Brian Tyree Henry, Lauren Ridloff, Barry Keoghan, Don Lee, Gil Birmingham, Harish Patel, Kit Harington, Salma Hayek & Angelina Jolie

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(film review) - 1917

I know who Sam Mendes is.  I've heard the name being passed here and there and if I remember correctly, James Bond?  He was responsible for the great Skyfall, no?  Then dropped the ball with Spectre.  I enjoyed Spectre, but it was nowhere close to the Masterpiece that was Skyfall.

However going into this, I hadn't a clue he was responsible for this movie.  Maybe I heard his name but I totally forgot as I went in until I saw his name at the end.  And considering he dropped the ball somewhat with the last movie I saw from him, it is great to proudly announce (as if you didn't already know) that he has picked the ball up again and he is running and doing a good job.

1917 centres around World War I with two guys, William and Tom on a impossible mission through enemy lines to deliver a message to Tom's brother in the 2nd battalion who are due to move out in the Morning.  They have learned of Germany's plan and if this message does not get delivered and stop the troops from leaving, there will be a massacre.

Two things.  Tension and Timing.  This movie is shot in what seems as though it is one continuously long take.  There are no "breakaways."  There is reason to believe there is some trickery involved but this movie does exactly what Birdman did and it was great.  Not only did you feel like you were following these characters, you actually felt like you were in the War and on the battlefield.  You felt like you were right there in the thick of it not knowing where to go, where to look, who to trust and where the bullets were flying from.  The tension was built up soo well and with the score assist, you really felt like you were there, I don't think I can stress that enough.
Beautifully shot as well.  Because there are no breakaway shots, the camera follows these to characters and you get and 3rd person views and some of the imagery is beautiful whilst a lot of the shots were haunting.  It really gave you the dark and gritty element of what war is, the aftermath and how desperate it can be.  Two scenes stood out to me, one in the trailer involving a crashing plane which showed me, in War, sometimes you don't even know who the bad guys are when you see and arial dog fight.  Then later on, this is reinforced where there is a moment where one Will is walking and witnessing a huge fire, then slowly coming into frame is a Soldier.  The soldiers get close enough to then realise that they see the enemy.  That moment leads to one of the two best moments for me.  Sometimes when you know you are out numbered and when your survival instinct kicks in, you do what has to be done.  You see both moments in the trailer but I won't say what they are due to spoilers, but I was definitely rooting for them.

The ONLY negatively I had, was the convenience of Mark Strong's character as I would have thought you would have heard him and the fact that Will at least, had 9 lived.  I understood that the weapons were not as accurate and reliable as to how they are now, but Will just would not die.

This film is a cinematic film.  It is not flashing explosures and cool dialogue, it is grounded and real.  How i'd imagine and how I wouldn't even date to imagine how War is.  The things you see and go through, a lot to have a man go through.  I mean, early in the film and this is a very small spoiler, but Will holes open a Barnes wire fence, pricks himself on it and the wound is bleeding out.  Before he is able to doctor it, he accidentally pushes said hand into the corpse of a dead body a rat is picking/eating at.  I'm that moment, I commented, "Urgh, that's butters" (butters being English alang for nasty) and I knew from that moment, I couldn't do War myself.  My thoughts on hygiene and cleanliness was going into overdrive.

Brilliant film.  Not what I wanted to see as I was really going for Jojo, but was shocked how engaging, atmospheric and tension filled this movie was with superb moments of slight comedy and amazing shots and scenery.  Sam made a film that wasn't necessarily about the characters, as you will Notice famous actors who have somewhat cameo roles, but the movie is about the War and how life at War is.  About desperation and what needs to be done.  Well done Sam. 

(film review) - Bastille Day

When I first saw the trailer for this movie, I couldn't get my head past the annoying accents.  It looked like another British made film where the plot was half-hearted, pitched to be something Hollywood worthy but the budget always said otherwise and frankly, a pile of sh*t.  Although most of these ran true, I must admit, it wasn't a pile of sh*t.  I have seen worst, trust me.

A con-artist, Micahel Mason (Richard Madden) who comits different types of frauds and is also a specialist at picking pockets, is currently living in France and one night he purposely pinches a bag with a bomb in it belong to a woman named Zoe (Charlotte Le Bon).  Unknowing of the bomb and the danger, after not finding anything of any value or interest to him, Michael disgards the bag but unfortunately blows up an area in France.  Whilst activists and terrorist groups are plotting attacks on the city and with an upcoming protest on Bastille Day, Michael gets caught in the middle of it all as the CIA believe he is the bomber and call Sean Briar (Idris Elba) an Ex-CIA agent to help capture Michael before the French authority find him and before the situation escalates further than it already has.

As I said earlier, the accents were very unnecessary, but I believe I understand why they did it.  If Idris spoke normally, he would probably be seen as John Luther and if Richard Madden spoke normally, I guess everyone would just see him as Rob Stark from Game of Thrones.  So like I said, I get it but I didn't welcome it and it did leave me slightly unhinged throughout the entire movie.  There were a few twists here and there which were predictable for me, but all in all, along with the jokes littered throughout the movie and the action, I felt that this film was Idris' audition to become the next Daniel Craig in the Bond Franchise.  The fighting was really good and gritty. With a big hulking man like Idris, he isn't quite, The Rock, but looks as though he could throw down with the team in the Fast & Furious franchise.  Richard didn't offer much to be honest, but as I stated, this film wasn't quite the pile of sh*t I thought it was going to be.  So enjoy.