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Saw (2004)
Great gruesome horror flick
This is a film similar in tone to Seven. A plot unravels, whereby two men and the only name in this film Danny Glover, come to grips with an evil psychotic hidden mastermind.
The people in this film are faced with dilemmas and challenges so gory and unthinkable. What would you do, if your families life was on the line and you had to take another life, this is the evil game the villain plays with his victims. In turn scary, gory, and emotionally unhinged characters. The actors pull it off.
It is one of the best, most gruesome horror films I have seen, though Audition is fairly brutal. The interplay between all the different characters is good, and you are always wondering who the bad guy is, which I won't reveal here.
So if your not squeamish, enjoy a thriller and love twists you'll like this.
Night of the Living Dead (1990)
Awful, avoid.
I had some anticipation that this might be a good horror zombie film. All that was evaporated, within the opening sequence, hackneyed, unrealistic characters, but not particularly funny characters. The zombies are not scary.
Mostly this is a cheaply made film. Zombies are normally shown on camera at night time or at a distance whereby you don't see any detail. It could be you or I just ambling about.
A couple of bits where zombies pop up, OK maybe make you jump but this is a frustrating to watch film. First the zombies move so slow you could run by them easily, the acting is over the top and not funny. It is a ridiculous film.
Beware this film is not so awful that its good, its just awful.
Vertigo (1958)
A great suspenseful film
Having seen Psycho I thought I had seen Hitchcock's best film. This film compares favourably. Vertigo has a great cast, Jimmy Stewart, and Kim Novak. Set in San Francisco with beautiful scenery, a plot unravels where you will be drawn in, and hooked to the conclusion. This is a suspenseful film from beginning to end.
This is beautifully filmed, from the camera work, to the use of colour, and the film score adds greatly to the drama. This is a thrilling and clever film. The characters are whole and interesting, and Stewarts performance is compelling, and really marks him as one of the great actors. Kim Novak puts in a performance that is one of the best leads I've seen by a female actress.
All round this is a wonderful, delightful film, with a in depth look at the human psyche, that has a strong resonance.
Doesn't get a 10 because, i'm a film buff and very stingy.
Valiant (2005)
Good effort, nice quirky animation
Valiant is a fair effort at an animated film. Without the budget of an American movie this British movie does well. It is based on the role pigeons played in WWII. The animations are delightful, the voice cast is talented for a change. Ricky Gervais does a very amusing quite lengthy turn, as ewan mcgregors buddy. Though perhaps the animations aren't as expansive as others like finding nemo, the humour is still apparent. This movie could have been longer, you do feel a bit short changed. Its nice to see a British animated movie with its own unique quirks, I feel this film will be shown repeatedly as a Christmas treat film on TV. There are funny moments and this movie is probably more for kids.