I just saw Whip it! which is directed by Drew Barrymore and stars Ellen Page. It's about a 17 year-old girl, called Bliss, who takes part in beauty pageants to please her mum but then discovers Roller Derby. Roller Derby involves skating as fast as you can round a track with a team of other women and beating the other team - sometimes quite literally! Bliss can't tell her parents about her new hobby - as Babe Ruthless of the Hurl Scouts - and has to pretend to be over 21 to be on the team so we get to follow her journey from learning to skate to the inevitable trials and tribulations she must go through in order to learn valuable life lessons.
The film was generally pretty fast paced and had me grinning most of the way through. A good fun film, perfect for a girls night out!
Tuesday, 13 April 2010
Monday, 5 April 2010
New plan
As I've not updated this more than twice and not for ages my new plan is that I'll use it to review films I've seen. I go to the cinema and watch DVDs a lot!
First review is Kick Ass.
Kick-Ass is a super-violent black comedy about a comic book loving nerd who decides to try being a superhero. It stars up-and-coming British actor Aaron Johnson in the title role as well as Nic Cage, Chloe Moretz and Christopher Mintz-Plasse.
Dave (Johnson) wonders why nobody has actually tried being a superhero and decides it's time someone did. Inevitably he gets pretty badly hurt when trying to 'do good' as Kick-Ass and after some surgery, some metal plates and some time spent in hospital he's as good as new; or perhaps better as he now has nerve damage and can't feel much. He tries being Kick-Ass again and ends up being filmed saving a guy from a beating by three men and ends up being a You Tube sensation. As the story unfolds we also meet Nic Cage as Big Daddy and Chloe Moretz as Hit Girl who are like 'proper' superheroes to the young Kick-Ass.
There are some very violent moments in the film and a couple of scenes I found myself looking away; you'll know what I mean when you get to the bit with the huge microwave! Overall though it kept a grin on my face through much of the action with keeps the pace of the film moving along nicely.
I'd give this 4.5 stars and say it's well worth a watch!
First review is Kick Ass.
Kick-Ass is a super-violent black comedy about a comic book loving nerd who decides to try being a superhero. It stars up-and-coming British actor Aaron Johnson in the title role as well as Nic Cage, Chloe Moretz and Christopher Mintz-Plasse.
Dave (Johnson) wonders why nobody has actually tried being a superhero and decides it's time someone did. Inevitably he gets pretty badly hurt when trying to 'do good' as Kick-Ass and after some surgery, some metal plates and some time spent in hospital he's as good as new; or perhaps better as he now has nerve damage and can't feel much. He tries being Kick-Ass again and ends up being filmed saving a guy from a beating by three men and ends up being a You Tube sensation. As the story unfolds we also meet Nic Cage as Big Daddy and Chloe Moretz as Hit Girl who are like 'proper' superheroes to the young Kick-Ass.
There are some very violent moments in the film and a couple of scenes I found myself looking away; you'll know what I mean when you get to the bit with the huge microwave! Overall though it kept a grin on my face through much of the action with keeps the pace of the film moving along nicely.
I'd give this 4.5 stars and say it's well worth a watch!
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