Jennifer's Body

From looking at the trailer, Jennifer's Body looked like a sexy horror with some comic elements. Now I don't like to just slag off films, but as it happens, this film was shit at all of those things.

The trailer was more sexy than the actual film was. For some reason I just didn't find Megan Fox hot in this film, where as in the trailer she was smoking. Weird!

As for the horror, it really was quite awful. There were a couple of good moments but that was about it.

And the comedy only came from awkward moments, it seemed like there was a joke written in there somewhere, but that wasn't was everyone was laughing at. It was funny in a spoof kind of way, which I don't think it was trying to do. In fact, I reckon the whole movie would have worked much better if it were a spoof, because it really was a joke.

I've not seen the film Juno, but I've heard nothing but good things about it. Now if this film is supposed to be from the writer of Juno, then they must have had a car accident since, because the film had horror scenes and comedy scenes that were inter cut. This worked for no one. People were just laughing at the horror and thinking, "what the?" during the comedy.

And if all wanted to see was Jennifer's Body (if you know what I mean) then it's all in the restricted trailer, and that's it.

Altogether a film I would recommend people don't watch.

Oh, and it has the worst end credits sequence I've ever seen.

2012

I really like Roland Emmerich's films. Stargate, Independence Day, Godzilla, The Day After Tomorrow, 10,000 B.C. are all great films in my opinion. However, I can't say I really like 2012.

It was the story. It just didn't do it for me. The first half was just really uninteresting. The second half was much more interesting, but still wasn't amazing. The first half was just the set up, them running away from chaos, people dying and lots of CGI. The second half was more about people and choices, which made it much more interesting and I found that I actually cared.

It seemed like the destruction of everything was just too big, so therefore it just couldn't get any bigger. It was cool at first, but then it just went on, and on, and on, and was just as big as it was when it started like 90 minutes ago. Which is why I loved it when the story became about choice in the end, because we were no longer dealing with massive cities sliding into the water, instead we were dealing with one man's life, and this made it so much better.

It's a very long movie so I wouldn't really recommend it to anyone unless you're a CGI junkie, because the amount of good versus the amount of not so good ends in a not so good result.

Harry Brown

Everything about this film is absolutely amazing.

The acting in this film particularly stands out and I'm not just talking about Michael Caine, who is excellent as always, I'm talking about the rest of the cast. The performances where BAFTA worthy. I particularly was impressed with Jack O'Connell (who you might better know for playing Cook in Skins).

The way the film is shot is just beautiful. The opening of the film is shot hand held, as opposed to the rest of the film which is quite smooth. However, there are a few moments during the film when the shots take on a more hand held quality, but nothing as extreme as the opening. Each different camera style is used incredibly well, and fits the subject perfectly.

The sound design is mind blowing. Every time Michael Caine shot someone it made me jump. Even you see him pointing the gun at the person and you know that he is going to shoot them, I still jumped. And every time someone got shot I would remain in shock for about 10 seconds.

The only flaw I found in the film was the opening credits which I didn't particularly like, but what do they matter when the film itself is so mind blowing.

The film reminded me of Get Carter and This Is England, which are both excellent films. Although Harry Brown is a thousand times better than either film. An 18 certificate was perfect for this film. A must watch.

The Men Who Stare At Goats

I found this film quite average. However, I think that could be just due to my tastes in comedy. Whilst I found a few moments funny, I didn't really find it that funny overall.

If you like the Coen Brothers movies then you'll probably like this. It reminded me of Burn After Reading, which I didn't like, but that some of my friends loved. So if that's your type of film then this probably is too. Although even though I didn't like Burn After Reading, I still liked The Men Who Stare At Goats. However, I wouldn't watch it again.

Michael Jackson's This Is It

Watching this just shows you how amazing Michael Jackson's come back tour was going to be. And I'm glad that this film got released for the fans after his tragic death.

I found the beginning a little slow mostly because I didn't really know the songs that well. However, once it got going and into the more famous songs then it was amazing.

A definite must see for anyone who is any sort of a Michael Jackson fan.

The Fourth Kind

This is one of the best films ever made. Which is why I'm never going to watch it again.

I came out with my mind confused as to what to believe. I thought, I don't believe in aliens, but the evidence in this film suggests they do exist. There is stock footage (which is shown in the trailer) where I guy seems to get possessed and floats off his bed. This freaked me the hell out, and there are worse bits.

I found myself in disbelief. It's physically impossible for someone to levitate (without "magic", and there was no magic involved), and yet the evidence is there. The thought that the footage was fake never crossed my mind because of the way the film is presented, and that it says it isn't fake.

However, aliens (visiting Earth) and levitation are two things I don't believe in. And human levitation is something science doesn't believe in. Plus if there were really aliens that were visiting Earth, I would have thought NASA would have discovered them.

But then I read this (spoiler warnings) and it all became clear to me, and suddenly I was no longer afraid or confused. I'm still probably never going to watch the film again, but that's because it will just remind me how I felt before I discovered the truth.

I wouldn't have recommended it to anyone before I read the article above, but now I suggest everyone sees it. It's the best film I've seen since the beginning of September. This film actually blew my mind.

9

If you want to get a feel for this film then watch the original short film (below). However, I found that I enjoyed the short much more than the feature. The feature had a rather slow start which once got going was quite good. But I probably won't be watching this one again.

If you do go and watch the film, then make sure you watch the short again afterwards, because you'll notice how there are exact scenes/shots from the short in the feature.

This is the Nine I'm most looking forward to: