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American Ninja Story is about a soldier who along with others is ordered to escort the colonels daughter and a truck, they get attacked by mercenaries and ninjas who try to steal the truck. Our hero escapes saving the colonels daughter, only to be confined to his quarters. This cannon flick is alright, the problem comes from the action scenes are few and far between as well as also being rather average. 5/10 Sent from my MediaPad T1 8.0 Pro using Tapatalk
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A Lonely Place to Die (2011) A group of five mountaineers are hiking and climbing in the Scottish Highlands when they discover a young Serbian girl buried in a small chamber in the wilderness. They become caught up in a terrifying game of cat and mouse with the kidnappers as they try to get the girl to safety. Stars Melissa George, Ed Speleers, Karel Roden, Eamonn Walker, Sean Harris and Kate Magowan Clever, well made and enjoyable. It's an interesting low budget film that moves along quick enough and keeps you watching 8/10 RECOMMENDED |
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There's an article in The Guardian from the films director which is worth reading. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2004/feb/27/2 What he doesn't seem to get is that being crude is not shocking or offensive anymore and it can be funny. There are plenty of very crude films i've laughed my head off at as i'm sure the film critics who panned his film have as well. I'm sure i'd have enjoyed the film a lot more if i was as drunk as a skunk with equally hammered mates but i wasn't. I was hoping for a few laughs though which should have been achievable no matter my level of intoxication. I actually like Vegas (I've had a beer with him after a small gig in Colne where he constantly took the piss out of us during his act), Crook, Gatiss and Julia Davis (Have you seen her series Nighty Night? - very dark and very funny), so from a casting point of view i looked forward to the film. In fact the actors were all pretty good. It's just what they had to work with was largely a one trick pony which although crude ended up being not very funny as swearing soon grates when it takes the place of actual comedy. The jam and fish joke was initially amusing, but the script used it at least eight times so the comedy value wore off really quickly. |
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I completely understand what you're saying, because just as with anything, shock value quickly wears off and turns to irritation. Imagine if someone is standing in your room popping balloons. The first couple of times might cause you to jump, but you're likely to want to punch them in the face shortly thereafter. Similarly, you can have some great films which will make children laugh from beginning to end because they have a balanced output and others which are slapstick or fart jokes from beginning to end, and they become grating in two minutes. I don't find Chubby Brown funny. Some of his gags can be amusing, but most of what I've seen/heard (some of them were on audio tape when I was a teenager) was offensive in its crudity, and Sex Lives of the Potato Men seemed to fit into this category of 'humour'. In terms of the funding, the UK Film Council, who I think put up much (if not all) of the money, could have spent the money by funding (in whole or part) a film by Mike Leigh, Morgan Matthews, Ken Loach, Debbie Tucker Green, Shane Meadows, Yann Demange or someone completely unknown, making the next Dead Man's Shoes, '71, X+Y, Kes, Second Coming or Secrets and Lies instead.
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In terms of the funding, the UK Film Council, who I think put up much (if not all) of the money, could have spent the money by funding (in whole or part) a film by Mike Leigh, Morgan Matthews, Ken Loach, Debbie Tucker Green, Shane Meadows, Yann Demange or someone completely unknown, making the next Dead Man's Shoes, '71, X+Y, Kes, Second Coming or Secrets and Lies instead.[/QUOTE] Some great directors and films there (one or two I don't know or haven't seen) Dead man shoes and kez 71 are utter brilliant in many ways , British films at their best 71 was filmed round and behind my friends house .. |
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