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Toy Story, a review by Critter

Toy Story



Year: 1995

Director(s): John Lasseter

Run Time: 80 min

Plot: A cowboy toy is profoundly threatened and jealous when a fancy spaceman toy supplants him as top toy in a boy's room.

Cast: DVD Extras:My Thoughts
Toy StoryToy Story still holds its own visually.

Of course I could go on forever about how beautiful it looks, but in the end a great film comes down to a great story, and storytelling is what Pixar do best. Toy StoryMy Rating

 


(From Critter's Animated Film/Anime Marathon on June 29th, 2010)

I Am Love, a review by Antares

I Am Love (2009) 57/100 - I guess I'm going to be the contrarian on this one, both my wife and I were really disappointed in this. This was a film that seemed to be looking to be different at the cost of being entertaining or rewarding. When it was over, I felt as if I had watched a big budget, film school project from a director who may have spent too much time believing in his own impending genius. Sure, it has its moments of luminescent cinematography, but a series of pretty pictures does not make a great film. In fact, it seemed as if the cinematographer, composer, film editor and director were never on the same page or maybe were playing a game of one-upmanship. The score for this film was intrusive at times and at other times, wildly out of place (When Swinton is following Antonio). It's too bad, because in the beginning I was enjoying the story, especially the erotic nature of Antonio's culinary creations. But a little more depth as to why Emma (Swinton) swoons over him was definitely in order here. Eating a couple of prawns isn't going to make you sleep with a stranger, trust me, if this were true, I would have slept with more women in my life than Wilt Chamberlain.  Pity that the extensive amount of time that this film languished on how it looked wasn't better used to add some character development to both Emma and Antonio. And I must say that this was the first time I've watched Tilda Swinton give, what both my wife and I both felt, was a subpar performance. Just like the director, she seems to be trying a bit too hard. Maybe it was taking on the additional role of producer that threw her off her stride in this.

If I were to sum up this film up in one sentence, I would most definitely say this is In the Mood for Love... lite.

What the color coding means...

Teal = Masterpiece
Dark Green = Classic or someday will be
Lime Green = A good, entertaining film
Orange = Average
Red = Cinemuck
Brown = The color of crap, which this film is

(From Antares' Short Summations on October 14th, 2013)

My PILOT Marathon, a review by Rich

MARION & GEOFF - SERIES ONE - EP1



"I don`t feel like I`ve lost a wife, I feel like I`ve gained a friend. I would never have met Geoff if Marion hadn`t left me!

Good morning, good morning! It`s a beautiful day and Keith is looking for a fare. With the cab`s radio on the right channel he might even find one...Separated from his wife Marion and missing his `little smashers` Rhys and Alun, the `man with no home` is always optimistic. Marion`s lover Geoff may be something hot in pharmaceuticals, but Keith Barrett is `in cars`, literally. Keith is always popping up to Cardiff to keep an eye on Marion and the kids (through his binoculars). The trouble is, he`s always a bit early and they never want to see him. Still - another day, another dollar! Apart from a little trapped wind and his impending divorce, life for Keith is lovely, smashing and very nice.

After seeing Rob Brydon live, I had high hopes for this series. But if the first episode is anything to judge this by, I was disappointed overall by the lack of originality and humour, in fact I felt quite depressed by the storyline which revolves around a lonely loser who craves everything he has lost, all shot inside his taxi.
I will not rush to finish this series.



(From My PILOT Marathon on May 18th, 2008)