Reviews

My experience of these as comics, including the existence of the books prior to my research, are none and no knowledge of "The Sandman" had even existed, so my views are solely based on a first time experience to this story

My review only serves to reiterate what many negative reviews have already stated, but in addition, and depending what tickles ones fancy, everything that "The Sandman" did right was done incredibly well.

That Segway leads me nicely to compliment all the special effects/CGIs and scenery that is a wonderful set for the fantasy environment where all these mythological beings to exist for a viewer to be drawn into believing, which is the whole point of fantasy; the final production had finished with all the pizzazz of a blockbusting hit by Guillermo del Toro and the story has every quality for a fantasy world that anyone would pay to visit for the escape from the mundane existence or dangers of the real world, these were points that accumulated my 5 star ratings.

However, the manuscript might of been considered as worthy of reading in a comic magazine, short dialogue is understandable when only a limited amount of space on a page of paper can restrict a writer to only adding the vital parts to piece a story together, but when the adaption of a comic book goes towards a screen then the script needs to be expanded upon. A story needs to be told by greater dialogue, or perhaps a narrative that guides the viewer with aural diction, otherwise the viewer might as well be watching a silent movie from the 1920s or a mime artist, regardless of the impressive aesthetics that were worthy of being projeced onto a screen.

My final conclusion is that the whole sense of reading a comic on screen, whilst actors were substituting the drawn characters of the comic, had greatly missed the point of motion pictures, with all the ingredients, seemingly present, for a skilled conjurer to project something quite mesmerising on screen and yet the only illusion that was created, which was met with disappointment, was my high expectations of such tantalising prospect but, depending on each person's preferences, then there might be many elements which could understandably appeal to many whom oppose my own views.

For season one; The Yellowjackets are a highschool all girl soccer team. They enter a national competition and their plane crashes in the middle of some woods on route, miles away from any of civilization.

The general premise might sound familiar but the storytelling, the building of each character and a mystery person separates this story from any similar stories. All of which contributes towards the slowly unraveling of what exactly happened during the nineteen months the group were stranded and the present day when a stranger is blackmailing the victims to keep their deepest, darkest secrets from becoming public. What did happen is slowly revealed, what might have happened is hinted and what could happen is yet to be seen.

Now at the end of season one, some flaws might get addressed in the next season but, as it stands now, this could have been wrapped up in ten episodes with a tight score of 10/10. Still impressive when considering the duration of each episode is fifty minutes. I also hope that this series remains unspoiled by too much situational scenarios, that which often ruins many TV shows by prolonging a good storytelling in exchange for longevity.

Edit: no other seasons of Yellowjackets were viewed, since by the end of season one there were enough to infer the general gist of the story without a dramatic end, and the end of season one had concluded enough for me to be satisfied with only enjoying one season.

ASCAP- Top box office film (must have been a bad year for films or maybe the marketing team ought to be awarded)

Golden Schmoe- Best trailer of the year (best mode to view this film too)

Golden Trailer- Best summer 2013 blockbuster poster (that's important when watching a two and half hour long film¡)

IGN- Best movie poster (WOW, that poster must have been impressive)

IGN People's choice- Best movie poster (Yet another award for a poster, really regretting looking past the front cover of this film)

Key art award- best audio/visual award (certainly a lot of effects but none so positively lasting about this film. As for the music; nothing memorable whatsoever and MOST CERTAINLY no John Williams)

MTV movie award Best Hero- Henry Cavill (not his fault but he could have been a plausible Superman if not for the rest of the film)

I think these awards are a genuine reflection of what this film, Man of Steel, has to offer and speaks quite truthfully on what to expect from this film.

Nothing, whatsoever, has left a positive impression on me of this film except that Harry Cavill has all the qualities of a remarkable Superman. The whole story and the writing of this film is the main flaw, even the soundtrack is easily forgotten which the original soundtrack of Superman, some 40+years old, has left a greater impression upon me.

Great first 2 seasons but season 3 was a mish mash.

The main story revolves around three main characters that become caught in a time loop after blood is spilt on sacred grounds, Milton that's played by Milo Cawthorne, Skyler played by Oliver Tennet and Russell that's played by Ari Boyland. Skyler is such a stereotypical bad ass that her character is almost a mockery moreover a failed act. Milton is a geeky character that is contrasted, later in the film, as a cold blooded killer which adds a hint more mockery. Same with Russell, Skylers boyfriend, who's a psychotic character but ironically is the victim of many deaths. The story unfolds gradually whilst little bits of details, that the viewer isn't aware of, becomes known with each failed attempt of figuring out a solution to escape from this time loop. Oliver Tennets performance shone threw the most for me as she had an excellent ability to leave me guessing where the writer was taking me, especially when Milton and Skyler seemed to be falling in love. That isn't to discredit Milo or Ari, whereas they had a one dimensional character, Skyler expressed a believable conflicting struggle between her bad girl self and her new found love. My only reservation is certain inconsistencies within time loops but, nevertheless, easily offset by the quality of the rest of the film. A wonderful thriller, poor excuse for a horror, amusing in parts, an entertaining film on the whole.

Unsure as to the reasons for such critical reviews of a film, which has been adapted from a book, that had been written for juveniles. A fanciful addition to the Sherlock Holmes narrative but from the perspective of his Sister, Enola. This is not a Sherlock Holmes film, with deductions and logical puzzles being solved, but indeed an entertainingly lighthearted film as Enola sets forth into the world to discover her own path in life after her Mother leaves her all alone. With the lessons that her mother bestowed upon her from a young age, Enola sets out to find her Mother but not before her Brothers, Sherlock and Mycroft, arrive to insist on a different path. Mycroft, as her ward, has different plans to what Elona has for herself, believing that Elona needs to first become a young Lady at a finishing school, Elona then begins her journey to find her mother. Meeting a young prospective Lord on her travels, their two paths inevitably intertwine, causing Elona on her own path which is the setting for the happy ending to the story.

(film watched in Spanish using subtitles) The first film, The Invisible Guardian, offered a great start towards a trilogy based on mystery and mythology. As a viewer, the mythological side kept my curiosity on edge on whether the film would take a slightly fantasy role later but nothing certain was revealed as to validate on a creature known as a Basajaun.

(film watched with English dubbing) The second film, Legacy of Bones, introduced another creature that was new to my knowledge named a Tarttalo, although these creatures began to bare very little importance to the construction of these films. The actors seemed different to me as I watched this second film but, with the dubbing, my first thoughts were that perhaps the voice actors might of ruined this film for me. What did become noticeable was the prolonged music throughout, which seemed to be heard all through the film, that was off putting and irritating on many scenes.

(watched film in Spanish using subtitles) Reverting back to continue watching the trilogy in original language, but using subtitles, quickly became apparent to me that the film was relying on music and actors to dragging this film out. This had all the ingredients to have been a wonderful mythological mystery, combining fiction with suspense and possibly horror with romance, yet failed greater and greater the longer the film went on. Perhaps Oriol Paulo might done a better job on this considering the books have high reviews.

When two words, one name, has the ability to summarise a film, then greatness has been achieved. A thriller, mystery, science fiction and romance all nicely wrapped in the style of Oriel Paulo. Beautiful, really beautiful!

Voicing my opinion so others might be encouraged to watch this, plus the nature of this series is about the afterlife and therefore almost a timeless television masterpiece. I would recommend this, an intelligently euphoric art, to absolutely anyone.

This film unravelled a story, without any twists or turns, which means that everything the viewer anticipates to happen, happens. Unfortunately, in a sad and sinister way, I had hoped this film was based on some true events which in turn would have made this movie twice as entertaining, or not half as bad as the final product. The actors all played their part well, Nicholas Cage a little slow minded but a role which suits him. Kadee Strickland a seductive wife of Nicolas Cage and Luke Benward as a main suspect in a murder case, that of which is the narrative of the story. All in all a long one and half hours.

Oriol Paulo directed this film and another called "The Body" or "El Cuerpo", an earlier film. "The Invisible Guest" is truly a masterpiece and if anyone hasn't seen "The body" by the same director then I strongly recommend watching "The Body" before watching "The Invisible Guest" so as not to be underwhelmed. This director and this film, in particular, will be on my foremost recommendations to anyone who requests a good film to watch.

1 rating would be unwatchable, 10 unmissable and 5 the best of the bad but worst of the best. My rating for this film is a 4 to the fact that the final production was professional and with a, somewhat, coherent storyline. A sense that opportunities were missed in this film, or that they greatly failed to provide suspense and fright which dominates this genre of film, appears frequently. There is a slight mystery or twist they tried adding at the end, a very bad taritinoesque flashback, but even then, that could not redeem points for the rest of the film. Also a spirit doctor near the end made me laugh, no doubt that was unintentional too.

My ability to review films are limited to opinions opposed to any constructive criticism which I anticipate an expert to find many flaws in this movie. The story is rather compelling and explores the paranormal by means of suicide and resuscitation upon which opens a sinister realm. The acting seems low quality but sufficient enough to tell the story. Honestly, this movie was a nice change from all the failing blockbuster efforts and instead produced a film that any novice/intermediate movie crew/cast would be proud to have been a part of.

Imagine a one hour and thirty minute television soap opera then imagine calling that soap opera a film. That is what Quality Problems seemed like to me. The reason for two stars and not one is that the final production seemed professional but failed to add any more than the synopsis had to offer.

Two women disappear very soon into the film, and with the paranormal activity present, one assumes a malevolent entity is to blame. From beginning to the end of this film a seamless suspense throughout unravels a mystery which sheds more light on some of the other characters. 10 stars might be excessive since my experience with this genre of films is little but definitely full with dread and all the thrills of a horror, without blood and guts of a hack and slash.

This is not a synopsis of the film, nor contains any spoilers, but rather my opinion in comparison to the previous two John Wick films. Unlike the prequels,John Wick chapter 3 is fundamentally an hour long film at the most that has been dragged out for double that time by fight scenes. Action packed seems an overstatement when a story line is unable to provide a foundation for such action. Instead, John Wick finds himself in one gun battle wherein, armed with one hand held pistol, fires off countless number of shots, before a brief clip of him stumbling to reload once in a ten minute gun fight, seems to break any mood that this unrealistic fantasy could be anything else but unrealistic instead of some spoof. For me the story wore thin and would certainly be worth another 2/3 more ratings with either half the length of the film or more meat in the story line.

Hippopotamus is an adaption of a novel written by Stephen Fry, which by credit to whomever chose the cast, became obvious within ten minutes into the film when Ted Wallace, played by Roger Allam, affirmed his character so well as to have an essence of Stephen Fry's grandiloquence emanate through his role. For that reason, this film would certainly be recommended to any fans of Stephen Fry, himself.

The quality of which, between the book itself and the film, must forgo to others more competent as book reviewers rather than film, as I, myself, thoroughly enjoyed the more eloquent use of language, as expected from a book, whilst a cast, of whom were capable of the eccentric roles which were required from them, were perfectly matched to the script. Bringing together a film, which by today's standards, is a phenomenal increase in the use of grammar with a visual display to aid the story onto the screen.

The story revolves around a supposed miracle of which Ted Wallace (Roger Allam) is employed by Jane Swann (Emily Berrington) to witness for himself but yet opposes throughout. With such opposition, the film becomes an Agatha Christie Poirot mystery with all the clues just need piecing together to figure out if indeed this was a film, as one would watch at Christmas, with all the miracles of hope and joy, or if, by going against the grain of human emotion, reason and logic would succeed to answer the inexplicable.

Much to my disappointment was that a search for more adaptations of Stephens Frys books led to zero.