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March 15th 2009 06:32
Greetings folks, and welcome to the new look "Saturday Morning Movie Club", as authored by me.
Just seen has been Aussie movie star Eric Bana's debut as director, a doco titled "Love the Beast". The "Beast" is his labour of love away from acting, his Ford Coupe car, which he has refurbished and worked on for 25 years. He also races the car. Yes, he is a rev head. Bana narrates the story and introduces us to the friends who have helped him with the car, as well as his beloved family. To give added purpose, Bana chats with the likes of Dr Phil, Jay Leno and Jeremy Clarkson about his passion for his car. This is quite a personal and indulgent project for Bana who has been one of the finest film actors around ever since he broke out in the classic "Chopper" in 2000. However, this is an easy film to watch and is quite enjoyable without being exactly riveting, or life changing anyway. I went to the film with little interest in Bana's subject matter here, which isn't such a problem though as Bana is quite infectious with his enthusiasm for it, but I'm pretty convinced that there's other better things to watch.
It gets 3 out of 5.
Seen previously was "Notorious", the film of 90's rap superstar Notorious B.I.G, or Biggie Smalls perhaps more affectionately. What the film gives us is a young man whose home life falls apart which inspires him to rap, gets busted for drug dealing, proceeds to play with a number of women, and makes some of the most classic hip hop music of all time. Then of course there's the feud that breaks out between Biggie's New York scene and his counterparts over in California. Rival rap star Tupac Shukar is friends with Biggie until a falling out occurs and the feud erupts. This film does not contain the most in-depth study of its subject here, but it is very absorbing. The performance scenes which have Biggie plying his trade are a pleasure.
3 and a half out of 5.
Also seen has been "Watchmen" and "The International". On Watchmen, a film which has been highly anticipated on its release, I found it a very difficult film to enjoy. Firstly, although its source material - a graphic novel, is a much praised work, the superhero thing for me is a tired thing now. Yes, it's another film about superheroes. Last year The Dark Knight and Iron Man were inspired works of the genre and Watchmen begins also in an inspiring way. But then the film just make its mark as pretentious, making little sense, and over-long at more than two and a half hours.
2 out of 5.
Just seen has been Aussie movie star Eric Bana's debut as director, a doco titled "Love the Beast". The "Beast" is his labour of love away from acting, his Ford Coupe car, which he has refurbished and worked on for 25 years. He also races the car. Yes, he is a rev head. Bana narrates the story and introduces us to the friends who have helped him with the car, as well as his beloved family. To give added purpose, Bana chats with the likes of Dr Phil, Jay Leno and Jeremy Clarkson about his passion for his car. This is quite a personal and indulgent project for Bana who has been one of the finest film actors around ever since he broke out in the classic "Chopper" in 2000. However, this is an easy film to watch and is quite enjoyable without being exactly riveting, or life changing anyway. I went to the film with little interest in Bana's subject matter here, which isn't such a problem though as Bana is quite infectious with his enthusiasm for it, but I'm pretty convinced that there's other better things to watch.
Seen previously was "Notorious", the film of 90's rap superstar Notorious B.I.G, or Biggie Smalls perhaps more affectionately. What the film gives us is a young man whose home life falls apart which inspires him to rap, gets busted for drug dealing, proceeds to play with a number of women, and makes some of the most classic hip hop music of all time. Then of course there's the feud that breaks out between Biggie's New York scene and his counterparts over in California. Rival rap star Tupac Shukar is friends with Biggie until a falling out occurs and the feud erupts. This film does not contain the most in-depth study of its subject here, but it is very absorbing. The performance scenes which have Biggie plying his trade are a pleasure.
Also seen has been "Watchmen" and "The International". On Watchmen, a film which has been highly anticipated on its release, I found it a very difficult film to enjoy. Firstly, although its source material - a graphic novel, is a much praised work, the superhero thing for me is a tired thing now. Yes, it's another film about superheroes. Last year The Dark Knight and Iron Man were inspired works of the genre and Watchmen begins also in an inspiring way. But then the film just make its mark as pretentious, making little sense, and over-long at more than two and a half hours.
2 out of 5.
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