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Radio On (1979)
Radio On - A Portrait Of A Different Britain
Radio On is a 1979 British film following a London DJ on his quest to uncover the mystery of his Brother's suicide.
The film's plot however is not it's key focus. Radio On is a film which has a lot to say and it does this through the use of New Wave British filmmaking techniques and New Wave British music. It contrasts the bombastic sounds and sights of New Wave with the bleak time period in British society.
The use of black and white cinematography in the film is stark and paints a stunning picture; when coupled with songs by the likes of David Bowie, Kraftwerk and Ian Dury, the black and white cinematography creates an overall feeling of bleakness and austerity yet hope and queerness.
There is no non-digestic music in Radio On. The scenes where there aren't music playing are often pictured alongside factory settings and large industrial complexes. This further emphasises to the audience that Britain at the time was a rather hopeless place but during the scenes with music we get glimmers of hope and promise.
It's British and it's proud but not only does it tell an interesting story, chock full of interesting characters and plot beats. Quirky yet hopeless, beautiful yet bleak, Radio On is a stunning portrayal of 1970s Britain and the problems the nation was facing
Carnival Row (2019)
Tried a tad too hard
I mean it was okay I suppose. The message certainly wasn't subtle which I feel hampered the overall effectiveness of the genuinely promising story that this film seemed to hide from us in favour of a preachy and in your face moral. I mean what am I supposed to take away from this series, immigrants aren't treated very well in some cultures, okay, what else has this show got to offer?
I found both stars to be rather disappointing. Orlando Bloom hardly moved his face and therefore conveyed no emotion whatsoever and Ms. Delevingne was rather unimpressive, she was fine just not special enough to give any praise to.
In conclusion, Carnival Row wasn't bad but its very pushy message and its ineffectiveness to fulfil its potential drags it down enough to get a negative rating from me.
Could of been so much better than this but a 4/10 is the best its going to get. I just hope season 2 does something a bit more special to impress me enough to increase this rating.
Career Opportunities (1991)
I knew this wouldn't be great but wow!
I mean realistically this film should be a 1, but due to the fact that the during the hour and a half i had to sit through this atrocity, I got to ogle at a young Jennifer Connelly this film is a two.
A bit naff overall, wouldn't recommend this film to anyone other than people that like Jennifer Conelly.
A solid 2/10.
The Grinch (2018)
Illumination are just awful!
I do not like Illumination. I find them to be one of the most money hungry corporate film producers working today. Where Disney, Pixar and even occasionally Dreamworks make actual artistic pieces of film which are beautifully told and animated, Illumination use the cheapest methods possible to get an easy reaction out of both children and the idiots that fall for their tactics. Another reason I truly despise this company is because they made the "Minions" which are one of the worst things I've ever seen. I was sitting in the theatre waiting for the film not expecting much then before I even got to the dullness of "The Grinch" I was forced through five or six minutes of purely unfunny Minion antics. When I saw the horrible outline of the freakish creatures I groaned out loud in the theatre. After I managed to suffer through the painful experience of the Minions short "The Grinch" came on and to be honest it was just as bad.
There is a few things a comedy animated film is supposed to do. These things are:
Be funny.
Have good animation.
That's all I requested and I received neither. To start the animation style was very boring and ordinary, I saw the new "Spider-Man: Into The Spiderverse" a while ago and the animation in that film was unique and stunning and that is due to Chris Lord and Phil Miller caring about their film. The people behind "The Grinch" couldn't care about making the film actually good. A problem I have with Illumination's animation style is the constant reusing of both sets and character models and although this film was much better for that than the atrocity that was "Sing" I was still able on many occasions to notice many reused models.
In terms of the comedy I wasn't expecting much, maybe one or two laughs. I didn't laugh once. I didn't even smile. This film was not even mildly entertaining, it was just so boring. It wasn't even like there was some awful jokes I could make fun of! This film had nothing interesting about it whatsoever.
In conclusion I utterly hated the hour and a half I endured this unfunny, lazy mess. Don't give Illumination any money to see this film. 2/10.