Just watched this film on BBC 2 and from the perspective of a massive horse racing fan it was a superb insight into the UK's best ever jump jockeys career and final season. The camera-work is top quality,y showing many of the major races that happen in the calendar year. The film captures the stress and strain that being a jockey is all about. I think that this film largely appeals to horse racing fans. A non sports fan is unlikely to love watching this but highly recommended for any horse enthusiast. 8/10 from me
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Ghost Ship
(2002)
Great story, but is this a horror movie??
24 July 2006
I watched this film yesterday and I must admit it has a good story line but by no means was it scary or full of suspense or anything that a good horror movie brings. It has a nice gory start, everything looks fake though but still a good start!
The wrecked boat 40 years later looks all set for a perfect horror with ghosts that kill you and sea monsters that kill you as well. But not to be.... Instead 1 of the ghosts advises them to get off the ship, oh great! Then one of them is actually quite fit! Until she turns away, then she looks like they all should in a horror movie.
If I was making this movie I would of killed all but one off in a gory fashion and let 1 of them take the gold, that girl. I suppose the ending means there is going to be a ghost ship 2, lets hope it is more guts and murder! than a good story line with human looking ghosts. My rating 6 out of 10 because the story line deserves it's credit. A lot of people seem to rate this film higher but it is an 18 rating and they have not used that to full effect I think.
The wrecked boat 40 years later looks all set for a perfect horror with ghosts that kill you and sea monsters that kill you as well. But not to be.... Instead 1 of the ghosts advises them to get off the ship, oh great! Then one of them is actually quite fit! Until she turns away, then she looks like they all should in a horror movie.
If I was making this movie I would of killed all but one off in a gory fashion and let 1 of them take the gold, that girl. I suppose the ending means there is going to be a ghost ship 2, lets hope it is more guts and murder! than a good story line with human looking ghosts. My rating 6 out of 10 because the story line deserves it's credit. A lot of people seem to rate this film higher but it is an 18 rating and they have not used that to full effect I think.
The Grim Reaper
(1980)
Don't watch it ,it's rubbish
24 July 2006
Well where do I start, it's 2006 and that is the only excuse this film has. O.k it is more than 20 years old now but I watched this film last night and it was absolutely rubbish, garbage, pants! Nothing looks real, most things can be expected, the killer is rubbish! you would actually expect him to be some kind of sea monster from the start but that would of been hilarious if it was!
The dead bodies looked tatty, grotty, not scary and un-human like.
the setting was nice but not used to good effect, the lighting in the house at night was ridiculous! You couldn't see the characters half the time and the sound was poor quality.
The music used sounded like a comedy show, it was appalling!
The worst part of the film is th ending, Oh my God what a terrible ending!!! The man kills it with a pick axe and it says 'the end' It makes you think why you had to watch this pile of trash just for that! The worst horror I have ever seen, it doesn't even get you scared at all! I laughed at it because it was all expected and no horror techniques were used to good effect at all. A shocker to watch overall, my rating 2 out of 10. I hope many other modern day horror lovers agree with this!
The dead bodies looked tatty, grotty, not scary and un-human like.
the setting was nice but not used to good effect, the lighting in the house at night was ridiculous! You couldn't see the characters half the time and the sound was poor quality.
The music used sounded like a comedy show, it was appalling!
The worst part of the film is th ending, Oh my God what a terrible ending!!! The man kills it with a pick axe and it says 'the end' It makes you think why you had to watch this pile of trash just for that! The worst horror I have ever seen, it doesn't even get you scared at all! I laughed at it because it was all expected and no horror techniques were used to good effect at all. A shocker to watch overall, my rating 2 out of 10. I hope many other modern day horror lovers agree with this!
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