The Untouchables

For this review I choose to revisit one of my favourite films and a true classic in every sense of the word.

1930's Chicago, Elliot Ness (Kevin Costner) is a treasury agent intent on bringing down one of the most powerful criminals in the prohibition era, Al Capone (Robert De Niro), by forming his own group of incorruptible, untouchable agents.

Every job on this film is undertaken, in my opinion, with near perfection, from the acting to directing to the music, they are all executed with such brilliance it makes me realise why I love movies so much.

All the stars do a superb job especially Sean Connery, who won an Oscar for his part and is in the best role of his career. Even Kevin Costner, who I am not the biggest fan of does a fine job going from an inexperienced agent to one of the most well known lawmen in American History. David Mamet's script is is excellent with some lines that are unforgettable, one of which, my favourite when Robert De Niro loses his cool and says about Ness "I want him Dead, I want his family dead, I want his house burnt to the ground and I want to go in there in the middle of the night and piss on his ashes".

True master composer Ennio Morricone fame for The Good, The Bad and The Ugly is on board for scoring duties and it enhances it even further. The different types of camera shots make it a visual treat with a crane shot early on which depicts a street filled with Ford Model T's which transports you straight to the 1930's to a handheld single cut as a killer stalks Connery's Malone through his apartment.

I really have no bad words to say about The Untouchables, this to me is essential viewing.

I give this movie 5 out of 5.

Transformers : Revenge of the Fallen

After seeing this at the cinema I gave Transformers : Revenge of the Fallen another watch yesterday, I know a lot of people who have seen it would wonder why I was wasting my time but I have to admit its a guilty pleasure of mine.

We pick up with the story two years after the events of the first. The Autobots have united with the US Military hunting down Decepticons, when they learn of an ancient Decepticon that is coming to destroy the human race.

Its not that I think the story should be completely void of a human story line, but I just don't care whether or not Sam, the main character, can keep his girlfriend while he goes to college especially when there's fighting robots in the same movie. The film comes in at a hefty 150 minutes run time, which I think even tests a die hard fans concentration levels, it definitely needs some trimming down in certain places.

There was far too many rubbish jokes in there as well, although a couple of them made me laugh, the mother getting off her face with hash cakes and running loose on a college campus and John Turturro making a robot-scrotum reference were highlights for me, also the promise of Matthew Marsden coming on screen with his cringe-worthy acting is always entertaining but for the wrong reasons.

You have to take it at face value though, its entertaining however you look at it.

I give this movie 3 pop corns out of 5.

Race To Witch Mountain

OK bit of a random one to start off with but its what I watched last night so its as good as any.

The film has an easy to follow plot, Dwayne Johnson is a Las Vegas cabbie who becomes embroiled in helping two, quite annoying, teenage aliens with supernatural powers get back to their spaceship after crashing on earth, meanwhile escaping from a shady government division and an assassin from their home world.

The film has a good pace to it which helps keep your attention on what is a fairly poor and predictable story. The action was flowing and set pieces well put together but then I expect no less from a Disney production.

This film reaffirms in what I believe 'that Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson is a good actor' despite the fact that his acting background comes from pro wrestling. His natural screen presence for me makes anything that he is in watchable.

Overall I thought it was an enjoyable film which would be good for family viewing.

I give this movie 2 pop corns out of 5.

I'm new here

Greetings to anybody out there!

As of today I have decided to start a blog posting my thoughts and views on the movies I am watching. I watch a lot of movies and always have, but I thought it was about time I wrote down my thoughts on the things I love and loathe about the medium I have such a passion for. I usually get through roughly 3-4 movies in a week so I will post on all I watch.



" Mama always said life is like a box of chocolates. You never
know what you're gonna get"



Forrest Gump (Forrest Gump, 1994)



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