Saturday 26 January 2013

Compliance- A terrifying look at how we will obey.




Compliance is not for the faint of heart. Compliance is a film that appeared at Sundance last year and is based on true events. This movie covers the story of a fast food joint, that gets a call from someone claiming to be a police. This police tricks the employees into doing terrible things, and accusing a innocent girl of stealing and giving her consequences.


I think one of the most terrifying things about this movie is how real it is. This happened before and its scary how we can relate a bit to what they are going through. These people are complying to the orders of the so called police officer because the police officer assures them that what they are doing is right. So basically their instincts disappear.

I think the camera work for this movie was very well done and really captured the mood of the film through colours. All the actors and actresses in this film played their roles very well in conveying the feelings of being in this actual situation.

Overall, I wouldn't watch this movie again because of how disturbing this is, but as they say if a movie makes you think differently by the time you finish it, it is a good movie. And boy did this movie make me think differently. A-




Gangster Squad- Short Review!




Gangster Squad is the long awaited star studded movie based on real events. I was looking forwards to see this movie because of the high awaited praise for it.

This is about police officers who band together to get rid of the mob king, Mickey Cohen who runs the city.

This movie created a good idea for the time that they were in. I enjoyed the music, and how it really captured when this happened. I also enjoyed the story and how it was very real, but at the same time, fun to follow.

Overall I did enjoy this movie, but I think that it would appeal a lot more to a different type of audience other than myself. I thought it was very well rounded and would recommend it! B

Friday 4 January 2013

Life of pi





Life of pi is a film about a boy who gets stranded on a lifeboat with a tiger. But life of pi isen't only about that, its about friendship, family, love and hope.

Life of Pi was visually amazing. There were some scenes, well almost all the scenes in this movie were stunning. They were also so realistic. The special effects were mind-blowing! Did you know the tiger was CGI??????? It was so real!!!

I know this is going to be short, but this movie was really, really good. I think that when the oscars come along, this is going to be a strong nominee! !! A-