So it was my birthday last Friday (25th July) I open my present from my best friend, which states that she is taking me for lunch in London and to the IMAX CINEMA :D to see THE DARK KNIGHT!!! So I was majorly excited! I went yesterday and OH MY FREAKING GOD!! The movie was made for the Imax to be honest >.< Just. WOW! I loved it!

This was how Batman films should have been from the start. Heath was the perfect joker, he was scary and I believed he was insane! That was fabulous! Harvey Dent was just an awseome character in this one, seeing him turn into Two-Face was just perfect! It worked so well! Christian Bale was just a wonderful Batman and everything just fit to be honest.

Dark, ruthless and brilliant! I am going to see it again, no doubt, I just adored this film way too much! I am also gunna watch Batman Forever at some point to compare xD Cause I can (and its on video, I feel like going old school for a change).

I am also gunna have a super blog soon, after I have finished writing it :D

We knew it was coming

Ok so some critics say its shite, others say its ok and some even say its amazing. Now I decided it is my turn.

I saw this film last Friday, been meaning to update since but revision for exams took over, anyway! I have been wanting to see this film for AGES, especially since I studied M Night Shyamalan for my Auteur Project for Film Studies this year (I know Alot about the guy!) so I was very excited about seeing this film. I was all "What's happening? Know one knows! That's what makes it exciting!" My friend thought I had offically flipped, when in actual fact that happened years ago.

Don't go thinking I am bias cause of my studies of him, I admit Lady in the Water was SHITE and Signs may not have been brilliant (though that film really does scare me!)

But onto the film. So the simple, quick answer? It's worth seeing! I personally thought it was great, very Shyamalan in its style and narrative, everything you expect in a Shyamalan you will get it. His directorial traits all there, a car crash, alot of characterisation and less action, lack of CGI, believeable characters, settings and even storyline.

Now here is where I will get into spoilers, cause I can :D















Just in case you thought I didn't leave enough space or summin silly like that.

Trees? Plants? As the baddies? Well yeah sounds kinda... dumb really. But to be honest it does kind of make sense, and also like most of these supernatural films, its not supposed to be possible most of the time. Yet Shyamalan in this makes you truely believe it could, just like in Signs, Sixth Sense and Unbreakable.

Mark Wahlberg and Zooey Deschanel are quite convincing, but I hink Shyamalan could have picked better. They certainly really didn't make the film. Betty Buckley was really creepy as Mrs Jones, I really didn't like her, and Ashlyn Sanchez was very cute and I think played her part very well.

Now scariness? Maybe not that scary, has its jumpy moments and also gross out moments. There is this guy who kills himself by running himself over with a heavy duty lawn mower, and you may not see it, but you hear all the crunching and stuff and its just brrrr horrid!

Overall I loved it! Cannot wait for the DVD and special features xD I'm sucha geek!

After the Wedding

I watched this film for the first time today. I had never heard of it, or the director, however the lead male is in Casino Royale ;-) It was for my friends research project, had too watch these films and say why liked etc.

Basically

I loved this film!

No seriously! Go watch it now! Right now! Then continue reading, it's brilliant.

Stylistically it may not be the best, it is a very simple sort of movie in its cinematography, but that gives it its grace and just a sense of feminity about it. However the narrative is supurb! I did not expect any of the little twists that presented itself! I was nearly in tears, its just extremely moving!

And guys its not a pure chick flick kinda film, we watched it with my mate Daveh, he liked it XP

The film itself is primarily in Dutch, but also Indian and English :D Don't let all that put you off though, its a sexy film. I really want to rewatch it again right now, but I can't.

For those in the UK, it has to be imported as it is not released in the UK, which fails. So make sure you have multi-region DVD player :D

This is a quick update really, I have this whole thing with exams and sleep and revising xD I will probs edit this at a later stage :D

It's all New to Me!

*Looks around* This be some crazy stuff right here, first blog here. Yup.

Wanna know some stuff about me? Just some basics k?

Goes by the name of Lee. Lives near London, UK (proper London). Is going to university. Loves films waaaaaaay too much :D Oh and Harry Potter as well >.<

If you do wanna know more about me, just ask xD Actually I shall make this an ask a question post. Ask anything you want, not like major personal, I will ignore them, and I shall answer as much as I can :D

Basically what I wanna do in this blog is like try not to whine too much about angsty teen stuff, cause thats not so cool. What I will try and do however is update whenever I can about a different film. Old, new, world cinema, Hollywood, everything really, basically because I like movies, makes sense to me. Plus films always cause debate I find. I may mention other things from time to time, personal life here and there, music and stuff basically because I can :D

And I shall start like right now!

Transvestites. Singing. Dancing. Sexuality. Shoemaking. Northampton?

An unlikely tale of a man who inherits a shoe factory and brings it back from the dumps by making his workers create ‘kinky boots’ for transvestites.

Realising that old style men’s shoes are just not the right fashion accessory anymore, added with unenthused workers and his lack of desire to resurrect the company Charles Price feels as though he must shut the factory down. Then a jolt of inspiration comes from nowhere during a business trip to London.

Lola, a colourful character, with a brighter costume designs, finds it rather awkward walking in women’s boots, after all not designed to hold a man’s foot and weight they break easily and just don’t fit. With encouragement from his employee, Lauren, he quickly decides to change production from old men’s shoes to ‘kinky boots’ and display them in Milan on the catwalk.

Now here be spoilers!

Making it to Milan with a great welcome and reception the company boomed with sales, and is still in production today (check it out! Divine)

Kinky Boots is another in a string of brilliant British films, especially comedies, which are appearing at the moment. Simple, funny and even thought provoking at times it is pure entertainment that will leave you with a giant grin on your face. Eccentric characters, gritty settings and a touch on discrimination present, but not in your face, throughout the film make it a fabulous watch for all!

Not only that the camerawork is just as entertaining, close ups of shoes being made and sheets of fabric whizzing along in time with the music make the film stand out. Yet not as much as the musical style scenes of Lola and her fellow transvestites singing, better than anyone on X-Factor or the likes these days, and adding a flair to the film’s overall quirky outlook on life.