Fast and Furious
Number 4 in the series, though I had only seen the very first one before watching it. I thought the first one had an advantage over this one due to factors of a story, less ridiculous stunts and originality.
And number four? I lasted about 30 minutes into this garbage before I binned it. The opening stunt of Vin Diesel driving under a poorly cgi'ed flaming fuel tanker as it rolled down a hill was preposterous enough but the next scene opened with the obligatory post sticking-it-to-the-man party with the supercars fanned out like a hand of cards as bevvies of scantily clad eye candy gyrated to the music being pumped out. You know, because it is really like that.
And then the film started to get really stupid. I just hated it so much my eyes began to bleed.
I can see why these films are popular amongst a certain breed of people (chav vermin mainly), but having seen real street racing first hand I can attest that none of the competitors looked like Vin and co but instead looked like rat boys and gang bangers. The obligatory arm candy looked less like high street honeys and more like back street crack whores.
They should screen this film in high schools and if the viewers actually enjoy it, they should report for immediate sterilisation.
Avoid this film at all costs.
The Blind Side
Being a committed misanthrope I'm not a fan of heart warming dramas so approached this with a sense of dread. The fact that it was about sport was also not drawing me in as I can't abide watching it. On the way back from the USA I was once subjected to a film called Rudy starring the Fat Hobbit and it was an absolutely pointless tale about a midget wanting to play football and gloriously making one memorable tackle as his team still lost.
However, The Blind Side was excellent. Well acted (a deserved Oscar for Bullock there) and with just the right amount of "action" to keep the story ticking over smoothly. It was a very uplifting story.
I felt they could have gone more into the investigation carried out after Oher's appointment to Ole Miss, but apart from that it hit the mark with the right balance of drama, humour and message.
The pictures at the end also show what a man mountain Michael Oher is in real life. There is no way he could get into Mister Frodo without serious rectal trauma.
Number 4 in the series, though I had only seen the very first one before watching it. I thought the first one had an advantage over this one due to factors of a story, less ridiculous stunts and originality.
And number four? I lasted about 30 minutes into this garbage before I binned it. The opening stunt of Vin Diesel driving under a poorly cgi'ed flaming fuel tanker as it rolled down a hill was preposterous enough but the next scene opened with the obligatory post sticking-it-to-the-man party with the supercars fanned out like a hand of cards as bevvies of scantily clad eye candy gyrated to the music being pumped out. You know, because it is really like that.
And then the film started to get really stupid. I just hated it so much my eyes began to bleed.
I can see why these films are popular amongst a certain breed of people (chav vermin mainly), but having seen real street racing first hand I can attest that none of the competitors looked like Vin and co but instead looked like rat boys and gang bangers. The obligatory arm candy looked less like high street honeys and more like back street crack whores.
They should screen this film in high schools and if the viewers actually enjoy it, they should report for immediate sterilisation.
Avoid this film at all costs.
The Blind Side
Being a committed misanthrope I'm not a fan of heart warming dramas so approached this with a sense of dread. The fact that it was about sport was also not drawing me in as I can't abide watching it. On the way back from the USA I was once subjected to a film called Rudy starring the Fat Hobbit and it was an absolutely pointless tale about a midget wanting to play football and gloriously making one memorable tackle as his team still lost.
However, The Blind Side was excellent. Well acted (a deserved Oscar for Bullock there) and with just the right amount of "action" to keep the story ticking over smoothly. It was a very uplifting story.
I felt they could have gone more into the investigation carried out after Oher's appointment to Ole Miss, but apart from that it hit the mark with the right balance of drama, humour and message.
The pictures at the end also show what a man mountain Michael Oher is in real life. There is no way he could get into Mister Frodo without serious rectal trauma.
