Reviews

I am about 6 months behind the regular movie-going audience at the best of times so this is the first time I've seen 'Up'. It's certainly the best Pixar production and possibly the greatest film for children ever made.

It is a work of art, the animation is beautiful. The sound design (including the Oscar winning score) is gorgeous. And the voice talent is completely flawless. I can't find a single flaw with the film at all actually, and I don't want to. It was as perfect a viewing experience I will ever have. It was funny, sad, poetic...neither pandering to its mainly young audience nor confusing it. I loved how Pixar have not been afraid to tackle the subjects of death, loss and growing old in case the children watching couldn't deal with it. Despite the unreal-look the whole film has and the ridiculous story (local boyscout and an old man who has recently lost his wife use thousands of helium balloons to fly the old man's house to a place he always promised he'd visit). I laughed out loud a good 10 times during the film and cried twice.

Definitely a modern classic. 10 out of 10.

When I heard this was Grimas' student film, his final project, I wasnt expecting much, but MAN was it clever and so technically brilliant. The use of sound is (obviously!) the biggest and most noticable aspect of this short film. It manages to convey mystery and sheer power along with humour.

The visuals in the film are amazing, with the merging of the theatre stage and the silver screen......very clever. Also loved the surreal element of the film suddenly becoming 'real'.

Most of all I loved the idea of the the 'artiste' who came from nowhere, for an unknown purpose, and disapeared as mysteriously as he'd arrived. And the final moment, with the smashing of the monitor screen had me in stitches.

One of the best shorts I've ever seen, and if this was a student film I hope Mr Jostein Grimas recieved a good mark!!!!

This film blew me away because I simply wasnt expecting it to be what it was. Though I had a feeling it would be something special, I didnt realise I would be so involved and, by the end, so totally moved! It appears that everything Kauffman touches turns to gold!

First and foremost, a wonderful and unusual, eccentric story, that when told to a friend sounds ridiculous, but when watched on the big screen is perfectly feasible. The script was great, you totally believed the dialogue that the characters shared and each character had his/her own individual voice.

The imagery was alternately beautiful and horrifying. Featureless faces and memories being raced against before their erasure was a masterstroke! Joel's memories of Clementine and his placing her in different parts of his memory was very clever, and very well done, relying on the visual medium (which made it easier for me to understand hehe).

Something that occurred to me after leaving the cinema was that there was evidence of couples within the film that would go on to have the Lacuna treatment. Joel's friends, the couple (one of which was Mel in Frasier I believe?), looked as if they would soon be candidates for the treatment, and the young man who was clearly more into Kirsten Dunst than she was into him also looked as though he'd be a candidate. This I found subtle and clever.

The acting was simply flawless. I realised after watching the film that it was probably the first genuinely good film I'd seen Kate Winslet in (who will ever forget Titanic?), and my god she was redeemed for that film! Not only was her accent perfect, she managed to be a character that you liked, but also wanted to shake! And you could tell that the relationship would have worked had they kept their eyes open and not allowed themselves to hate eachother, because the line between love and hate is a very fine one! It is a rare thing to have a believable love between two fictional characters.

The star of the show though was Carrey. I find him irritating and embarrassing in his comedic roles (Bruce Almighty I found horrendous) but it appears that he cant do wrong when he stars in carefully chosen dramas. The Truman Show, Man On the Moon and Eternal Sunshine... are all superb films, and he never fails to impress me in his dramatic roles.....I would love to see him in more. And SURELY this year he has to be at least nominated for an Oscar! Who would have thought it, that the 'rubber faced genius' (debatable!) would not only be a good straight actor, but also an Oscar worthy candidate.....that would shake up Hollywood a little I should think!

This film was bought in a petrol station for 5 pounds on DVD. I expected little from it. It turned out to be one of the sharpest, funniest and deepest comedies I've ever seen.

De Niro is an idol of mine and he was fantastic as Jon, underplaying while displaying many layers to his comedy. My friend and I were giggling ourselves stupid at the opening scene where the superintendent keeps upping the price of the disgusting flat, with it's bath full of cat shite, and broken furniture. The montage of various bits of furniture breaking in the superintendent's hands is endlessly watchable, and one of the great comic moments in cinema as far as I'm concerned.

The satirical nature of Be Black, Baby was incredible. It is as poignant today as it was 30 years ago, and raised some interesting points.

All in all, I think the film was hysterically funny, De Niro looked and acted great, and I only wish that he'd do more comedy like this today, because even as a green up-and-comer he was more than capable. So why are we still watching painful moments like 'Rocky and Bullwinkle'?

This film features an interesting and very, very long tracking shot that I was fascinated by because it must have had to be very highly choreographed, just as Scorsese had to choreograph carefully his legendary Steadicam shot in Goodfellas. Fascinating!

It will bomb in the US and it will create some haters in Britain, but it is a funny, safe and uplifting film for all those fascinated by the World Cup. I love Tomlinson, he's so funny, and although he is just playing Jim Royle with football in this film, he is still likable, watchable and hysterical. Tonka is Gazza and the assistant coach was Peter Beardsley. Some great in jokes, and a funny cameo from Pele. See it if your a footy fan/Ricky fan.

This was an amazing film. It encapsulated Roger's talent, dry wit, and smooth good looks in one deeply moving and original sports fest that reeks of immortality and timelessness. Simply stunning, and I will watch it for years to come.

The main star of this film is not Roger, but his eyebrow.The eyebrow is smooth and delivers all the charisma of Roger.

I don't think this film is about a zany sports megathon at all, think it is about the opression of our world and the bleakness of obscurity.

Basicly, this film was.................completely perfect and the Special FX are the best I have seen in any film, even more so than Independance Day.

I saw this film on Paramount last night for the first time and it had me in stitches. It is not Eddie Murphy at his best(he was at his best in Coming to America) but is very close.

I have seen Beverly Hills Cop 3 and didn't think much of it but after seeing this one I am going to see the second film.

Eddie Murphy is fantastic!Check him out in Bowfinger!

I saw this film on Sky at 5am so I wasn't really in the best mood to watch any film. I had an exam that I was dreading(Music GCSE) that morning and so thought some TV would calm me down.And it did.I stumbled across this little light-hearted film and watched it from the start as it had Susan Sarandon in it who starred in my one of my favourite films,The Rocky Horror Picture Show. It made me relax and forget about the terror of GCSEs for an hour and a half. It was astonishingly average but very harmless and if taken as a bit of fun then it'll be enjoyed.