Mostly focusing on the peak comedy bit when the robot trips down the stairs, which is more of a moment than a whole scene, but I digress. It makes me chuckle, and slapstick’s where it’s at.
Continue reading “Friday Film Farces: Robocop”Segueing From The Source: From Book to Film
I watched the latest Wuthering Heights adaptation a few days ago, and it’s fair to say that it doesn’t rigidly follow Emily Brontë’s text. But does that divergence make it a better film than the book? No, no it doesn’t. And on that bombshell, I’m going to have a look at a few films to see whether their changes from the original source material serve the narrative positively or negatively. Potential spoilers ahead.
Continue reading “Segueing From The Source: From Book to Film”Friday Film Farces: The Other Guys
According to ye olde search engine, a farce involves ‘buffoonery’, ‘horseplay’, ‘crude characterisation’ as well as ‘ludicrously improbable situations’. So I’m basically just using that term as an excuse to discuss various moments of film that have provided me with some major league lols. First up…the opening sequence from The Other Guys, a hella underrated joint that still stands in the second position of my favourite Will Ferrell films (sorry, Elf’s still number one).
Continue reading “Friday Film Farces: The Other Guys”Memory Lane Sorting
I recently went through a lot of old items in the attic that I should have of chucked out a decent while ago, but hey, it’s interesting to take a look back at past ventures.
Continue reading “Memory Lane Sorting”Review: 28 Years Later/28 Days Later: The Bone Temple Double Bill
The original 28 Days Later was a gamechanger in the zombie apocalypse. It introduced the fast zombie, a beast that’s just as interested with getting its infectious blood on your skin as getting its teeth into those tasty, tasty brains. It’s a concept that’s summarised succinctly in the opening act when an environmental group’s attempts to free a bunch of animals in a laboratory goes horribly awry. There’s no expository monologue about what happens next as we’re introduced to Jim (a fresh-faced Cillian Murphy), an everyman who wakes up to find himself seemingly alone in a desolate London. Filming was a delicate operation for Danny Boyle, who waited until dawn on Sundays to capture deserted streets without selling out for overpriced CGI effects.
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