Knight And Day

After watching the trailer to this film I was quite excited about seeing it. It's been quite a while since I've seen a film with Tom Cruise in and well I think he is an amazing actor, so was quite looking forward to it.

Having seen it now, I'm not that bothered by it. It's not a must rush out and see film, in fact you could go your whole life without seeing it and wouldn't make much difference. But if you're board then I'd say it does kill some time.

It wasn't a bad film, it just wasn't a great film, and didn't live up to my expectations at all. And it's been a while since I've been let down by my expectations of a film, after Avatar and Micmacs exceeded them by lightyears.

I did find the film lost the excitement about halfway through and I did actually find it quite boring for a while, but luckily it picked back up again before the end.

I think the reason I was disappointed with the film overall though was because I found that the trailer made the film out to be quick and witty and exciting. However, I found that all the funny lines from the funny scenes were in the trailer, which meant that a scene which I thought would only be 10 seconds long, was more like 10 minutes long and I simply found myself waiting for the punch line which I'd already heard, so had lost most of it's humour anyway.

Ultimately the film could have been half the length for that exact reason, and I think I would have enjoyed it much more. A half hour version would have been much more exciting.

Although I still don't think the ending would have been any stronger. I wouldn't call it weak, but... it wasn't amazing.

To conclude, if you've got nothing better to do then give it a shot, but otherwise wait for the DVD, if that.

Toy Story 3

15 years since the first Toy Story film. One of the reasons that these types of films need to be more than just kids films, because the kids (me) that go and see the first one at the cinema aren't kids when it comes to to see the third one. And it's a good thing that they're not just kids films.

Toy Story and Toy Story 2 are both great family films, and Toy Story 3 is no exception. It is just as good as the other two. And if you've enjoyed watching the other two then no doubt this is a must see for you.

I don't want to say much else about the film because frankly if you don't see this film then... well, you're missing out on something special.

However, Toy Story 3 is of course in 3D and whilst I didn't find that when I went to see Toy Story again when it was released in 3D that it was really worth watching in 3D, and thought the same of Toy Story 2 (apart from the opening video game sequence), I think that this film should definitely be seen in 3D.

Why? Well because 3D is the future of films. It can be denied no longer that one day, all films will be in 3D and that it has surpassed it's "gimmick" label, as far as I'm concerned. I didn't consciously notice the 3D, but I did feel that it added something to the film, and when I did the quick glasses on glasses off test, I saw that there wasn't really any loss in colour when I put the glasses on, which I've found with pretty much every other film.

You won't really lose anything if you see it in 2D, but I think that since this film was made as a 3D film, that it should be watched the way the creators intended.

But either way, watch it!