Welcome back to the Randomizer, and Happy New Year!
I hope you're all well and enjoying yourselves so far in 2015.
I am well for the most part, despite being relatively safe. I say relatively,
it's more random laughs and awesome days with friends. How we all put up with
each other I don't know!. Now back to business, and back to last year. It is
that time again, and the annual Top Ten films of 2014.
2014 was actually a pretty good year for films and me. There
were some nice surprises to behold, like the really good Guardians of the
Galaxy, The Lego Movie, and Captain America: The Winter Soldier, along with the
World of Middle-Earth finally coming to a close with The Hobbit: Battle of the
Five Armies. Wow, Marvel had some good films for once! For me, I finally
watched some films that I was under no circumstances whatsoever told I had to
watch, like Alien (awesome), Elf (awesome), and Maleficent (good, not great). Two
of those were suggested by a certain Beadle. That's right, Jeremy. Even though
he's dead.
However, I'm feeling a little bit of making a twist this
time around. Since I did the best films I've seen all year for the past two
years, I thought it appropriate to shake things a little bit with the WORST
films I've seen last year, with the best film I've seen at the end. Some of
these films you will definitely recognise from the heavy promotion they had in
advertising, some you may not from how little promoting they received, and some
'so-bad-they're-good' films.
For me, watching bad films can be as interesting as a good
film. They can make you feel 'what the f*** is this?', and give you an idea
about how a film should NOT be made, even if you have the intentions in the
world. But on the other hand, there can be certain films that don't make you
FEEL anything whatsoever, and your face probably went from this :
(-_-)...to...(-_-). That will be par an investigation into my list of bad films
today.
So what will this list show? Well, let's find out!
(warning there will be spoilers for some films)
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Number 10: Maleficent
First and foremost, sorry Alice Beadle! It could be a lot
worse, Guardians could be in this slot. Then you'd have every right to disown
me.
This probably shouldn't come as a major surprise for anyone
since I did a review about it last October, and I'll try not to go too
overboard to talking about it.
Maleficent is a reimagining of the classic Disney film
Sleeping Beauty, turning the original villain of said character into the
protagonist of the story. At the start when she's only a girl, she meets a boy
called Stefan, and forms a close bond with him. However, he eventually doesn't
see her anymore due to the 'lures' of the human world, and when the King tries
to kill her, he steps up to do the act (becoming King as an incentive) and sees
her again, but can't go through with it, instead cutting off her fairy wings.
Maleficent is pissed when she learns why he did it, and vows revenge, bringing
it to the Sleeping Beauty story, with the twist that she does become the
Princess Aurora's hero with 'True love's first kiss'.
I'm not going to say that this is a god-awful film, far from
it. I like the relationship that develops between Maleficent and Aurora, as a
sort of mother and daughter thing, and how the two affect each other throughout
their lives, Maleficent coming to regret her actions later on. Aurora here is
an improvement from the original film, just a bit more interesting, though not
that much. I liked Diaval as a character, I found him to be not overbearing in
terms of being advising despite being a slightly generic character in that
field.
How much I think it's a good film, it is effectively wasted
potential. Here we have a Disney Villain, considered to be one of the best ever
that the franchise has put out, and despite having a more interesting
backstory, this film really doesn't give that much thought or logic into the
other parts of the film. Like with King Stefan, a character that's pretty much
near as blank piece of paper as you can get, especially where the supposed
'lures' of the human world are meant to be. Could be being a fan of Justin
Bieber for all I know. The fairies as well, while a little funny, are poor
comic relief in terms of being very stupid, and come off as probably being
worse than the original fairies to start with. Lastly, some people have said that
Maleficent losing her wings is symbolic of rape. I can see that in a way, but
to me, it's just her wings getting cut off. There's nothing really there for me
to say 'Oh, that's rape. You horrible man'. That's really the main problem with
this film. There are a lot of ideas thrown in, but none of them are really developed
apart from Maleficent herself, which is a real shame.
Oh...what an awkward situation. I'm sure your friend Alice agrees too.
That said, this is perfectly a satisfying movie for a
weekend. If you want to see it, I'd say do it. Thought maybe just for the one
time. There's not much else to pick up on. If you want to see a full depth
review, go to the side bar, and find October 2014.
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Number 9: Beautiful Creatures
Beautiful Creatures is a bit interesting, yet can be so
over-the-top in some places. The story follows...actually to be honest it's....(urgh)
a Twilight rip-off. The story follows Ethan Wate, an Southern American drawler,
who dreams about a girl that is a new arrival at school, Lena Duchannes. She is
secretly a witch who can control the weather and create illiusions, living
under the watch of her uncle Macon, both soon revealed to be 'Casters',
powerful witches and wizards that either choose two sides in a neverending war:
'Light' and 'Dark' (isn't that just the way?). Ethan and Lena fall in love with
each other, and eventually face the apparent destiny of Lena being inevitably
chosen for the 'Dark'.
Strangely enough, despite being one of the many 'Young
Adult' films still being released, I actually didn't mind this film that much
at all. It was pretty fun, though entertainingly over-the-top at the best of
times.
One of the things that do bug me when I see the film are the
Southern accents the actors put up when they're speaking, especially with Emma
Thompson playing the main villain. The film is set is South Carolina, but I
feel the accents are really clichéd, they come across as so un-natural and more
in your face than they need to be. Also in seeing how way over the top it is,
there's one scene I vividly remember: After the two have an argument over Lena
feeling sorry for herself and Ethan eventually snapping her out of it, when she
goes to kiss him they knock into a wooden billboard and then lightning strikes
it on their side. That...just made me burst out.
But I don't think it's a terrible film by any means. It had
my attention in spates for how Lena was cursed: Her ancestor brought her lover
back to life with dark magic, and that was a very bad idea, allowing to her
turn fully dark and kill him, placing a curse on all the women in her family.
Not sure it makes any sense thinking about it now because some female
characters are part of the Light side in the family, so...huh? Another thing I
did like was how Lena wanted to protect Ethan by erasing his memories of her so
she didn't have to kill him in order to break her curse. It does have a nice
flow of continuity after the big good/evil battle, until Ethan remembers her
when leaving town to go to university, passing the struck billboard.
I would say again, just give the film a one-off. It's not
very big and plenty of plot holes all around, but if you fancy a good old laugh
at how so over-the-top it is, rent it out.
Thor's aim was really off then
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Number 8: The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Well this is quite a big one. I had liked the first Amazing
Spider-Man film for the acting, particular Emma Stone and Sally Field for their
portrayals of Gwen Stacy and Aunt May respectively, though the plot was a bit
off-putting for my liking. The second one? Erm....Everything is pushed up a bit
more further.
Spider-Man faces 'the biggest challenge of his life', as he
has the prospect of being haunted by Gwen Stacy's father of getting her
involved in his crime-fighting life, Harry Osborn coming home with a hereditary
disease and looking for a cure, and saving Max Dillon (an abused wreck) who
finds the time to be bitten by electric eels, electrocuted and blown up. All on
his birthday. I'm glad my birthday was nothing like that. It was drink,
bowling, films, and friends! Couldn't ask for anything better.
The good stuff is still really good. Sally Field is still
awesome as Aunt May and Emma Stone still gives a really good performance as
Gwen. Jamie Foxx and Dane DeHann as Electro and Harry Osborn deliver pretty good
performances on their part. There is the neat little twist that Norman Osborn
does actually die in the film, although with the blantant Green Goblin imagery
that might be a little distracting, and the only time I did have a proper laugh
was when Peter ParkThat's kind of where the good stuff ends pretty much. Boo.
The bad stuff is pretty much multipled by about ten. The
characters aren't neatly as developed so much, especially with Electro. He's
just made out as an awkwardly social guy with no real explanation why he is turned
out this way, and turned evil just because the character itself is evil.
Despite Jamie Foxx's acting ability, there's really nothing of substance there.
Another problem is how bigger the film becomes as it incorporates all sorts of
future plans for sequels, with the dreaded 'Sinister Six' being pushed up to
take precedence...without making much note of it except for fan service. It's
not too much of a bother. What is however, is what happened with Uncle Ben's
killer? Was he ever caught? Who knows, and the film doesn't care to show.
Wah-wah. Also, Rhino as a third villain was pretty pointless. No need for him
to be in the film at all.
By the way, you may remember from my Marvel vs DC article,
about how the sequel may have something in store for Gwen Stacy. Well...it did.
Just a head wound, everyone survives in Marvel right.....RIGHT?!
To be honest, I did see this coming from the first film,
whether she would eventually be axed off. But it was pretty sad to see her go,
and maybe would have better for a third film (that is, if there is a third
film). I don't think what helped were the little hints that gave it away in the
first place, especially with the costume being shown. Dead girl walking much?
This film has been claimed by some people to have completely
destroyed Spider-Man once more thanks to Sony wanting to push themselves into
the light where Comic Book Franchises are our generation nowadays. It is really
bad I grant you, but it's not over the border of terribleness just yet. I don't
really blame Sony for wanting to try and jump on the band-wagon, but the way
they've done it in this film just made things pretty worse for them. Despite
being well-filmed, the overall execution really needed an overhaul. Now there's
talk of another reimaging of the entire franchise once more. As if things could
turn out bad a third time...something I will come to later on.
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Oh dear. Just...those two words pretty much sum up the shock
value this film has.
Two American tourists called Lindsay and Jenny get lost on
way to a party (I think) in Germany, but get a flat tyre and seek help in a
house belonging to Dr Josef Heiter. However, the Doctor drugs them and uses
them for an experiment, including a Japanese tourist called Katsuro, in
connecting mouth to anus to create one singular digestive system, hence: The
Human Centipede.
When I watched this film for the first time, I was borderline
horrified at what this film was showing. It starts off as something that looks
rather clichéd, as the American tourists mobiles have poor reception and forced
to seek a house while arguing with each other a little. But then it goes into
something a little bit more clever, as the girls are drugged and thus we are
led to bear witness what happens over the course of 90 minutes. The only thing
that literally comes really out of nowhere is when Katsuro says that he regrets
treating his family like crap, thinking the experiment was due punishment for
such treatment, and commits suicide. Well that seemed pointless to bring at
such a time, especially when they were just about to escape. Idiot. I did feel
like a little kid actually, cheering as two policemen do attempt to arrest him
for hiding something from them, though did became annoyed because they died,
killing the Doctor in the attempt.
Actually ages after I watched it, I have come to think that
it might NOT be a true avocate of horror, relying more on the visual of the
centipede to actually gage a reaction from its audience, instead of focusing on
the characters and other hints. In one way, you can see why of course. Film is
a visual medium after all, and the image of an actual Human Centipede is
disgusting to say the least. However, it is a point that after that, nothing is
really developed. We don't see what makes this doctor tick, other than probably
being a reference to the infamous Nazi Doctor Josef Mengale (look up at your
own risk). The three other characters are obviously more concerned with trying
to escape, but that goes tits up because Katsuro gains conscience near when
they have a perfect chance to escape.
Does that mean it is that bad a film? In one way yes it is
bad. At the end, I was more focused on being horrified than thinking 'yes it's
horrific but it was absolutely brilliant in many aspects'. There wasn't really
anything much else that stood out for me personally, just more on the centipede
than anything else. That more or less was the intention, for something inhuman
to edge its way into your brain.
If this little review has put you off the actual film, I
don't blame you in the slightest. If you do want to give it a go, be afraid. Be
very afraid.
I watched it once.....it was actually ok........mummy?
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Number 6: Red Tails
This was the first one I saw in 2014, and it's just silly.
What would you expect from George Lucas nowadays?
The film follows a group of African Amercian airmen in World
War II, known as Tuskegees, who having endured racism in training and
destroying trainlines in Italy, finally have a shot to fight the Luftwaffe in
helping the Allied landings in Anzio. They are eventually pushed up to
protecting bombers (meeting the most ridiculous German actor ever), but also
have their own personal demons to fight, including alcoholism and
hotheadedness.
For all the good intentions it has in showing racism and the
difficulties faced before Black Americans, the way everything seems to be
executed is in a 'Hollywood' fashion. You know what clichés will appear
on-screen, you know you're going to be rooting for the good guys, and you know
everything will turn out roses and flowers in the end. It doesn't make for
interesting cinema, just another popcorn movie if you're feeling really bored
one day. The only thing I enjoyed seeing and not in a good way, was the most
ridiculous German pilot called 'Pretty Boy'. Seriously all his dialogue was
pretty much 'ACHTUNG' with teeth clenched. That's one of few reasons you should
this.
Another thing is I really don't remember how the acting was,
although the star power this film has is quite impressive, with the likes of
Cube Gooding Jr, Terence Howard, David Oyelowo before his turn as Martin Luther
King Jr, even Walter White has a cameo somehow in this. In fact, I can't really
think of the impression this film left me with, apart from an over-the-top bad
guy. Perhaps some films can feel like a draining experience, that leave you
nothing really noteworthy to FEEL good or bad about.
That's something I'll come back to later, but Red Tails is
something probably to just leave altogether.
Hey I still have SHIELDs number on my phone, maybe if I call them for help...Oh wait that's right....damn it.
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I will be honest I had seen this film before, but not all
the way through. Only picked it up in the middle to see how bad this film
really was, and it did not disappoint in said field. So I decided to watch it
all the way through to get it over with. Strangely enough it still didn't
disappoint.
Based on the first book of the same name, we meet John Smith
or Number Four on the run from the all-conquering race called the Mogadorians.
He and his guardian Henri flee to Paradise, Ohio, where they set up home again
and John insists on having a proper education at school. There he meets Sarah
Hart, a photographer who slowly takes an interest in him. Despite Henri's eventual
suspicions that people are catching on, John does not want to leave having
finally found someone he likes. However, the Mogadorians are on their trail, as
is another Number.
Again, I don't practically remember this film well. Perhaps
that due to certain films having a standard to conform to certain conventions.
It's the same with Beautiful Creatures, that some novel adaptations will simply
not work out on the big screen. I am Number Four falls into that category. It's
a predictable, stupid film that has really nothing going for it. Nothing is
really explained about why the Mogadorians are trying to kill him and the other
numbers, not that I remember anyway. In fact, many films like this just chuck
logic out of the window, perhaps just making these for the fans of the books.
That doesn't help those who haven't read it, so already the
audience is lost. I didn't really care about what happened in the end, because
I wasn't pulled in either time I watched this for the most part. It's just not
interesting to garner much attention too, just a daft film. If you enjoy it,
I'm not going to say you should hate it otherwise.
'Are you sure we're doing the right thing with these cliches, Henri? I want to be true to the books'
'Just think of Twilight'
'......ROLL CAMERAS!
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Yes, I have only seen Spider-Man 3 all the way through this
year. Shhh. I had only seen the ending of it beforehand many years ago, I had
read the plot on Wikipedia, I had seen critic videos taking the piss out of it,
so many times I had not actually properly seen it all the way through, and have
a valid opinion on it. Now I do!
Spider-Man 3 is the last of the original trilogy directed by
Sam Raimi, following Peter Parker and his proposal to Mary Jane Watson. However
everything is thrown together at once, with the introduction of Gwen Stacy,
Eddie Brock, the misguided Marco Flint aka Sandman, Harry Osborn coming for
revenge and finally a certain space object simply called the symbiote. After
finding out the Sandman actually killed his uncle, Peter Parker connects with
the symbiote, becoming a darker version of Spider-Man, and almost killing Sandman,
until he hits Mary Jane and is horrified by what he becomes. He removes the Symbiote,
only for it to latch on Eddie Brock and are you beginning to see how much stuff
there is in this film?
To be honest, my over-riding of this film was boredom. Yeah,
Spider-Man's 1 and 2 at least left me with a credible impression. Spider-Man 3
after everything people really complain about, the mistakes, and controversy of
events between Raimi and producers, really was just a borefest. That might be
from all the stuff I had watched prior to the film all the way through, and
it's probably not very helpful. The characters aren't very interesting,
especially Eddie Brock who's just...meh. Gwen Stacy in this version isn't very
engaging, and the conflict between Peter, Mary Jane and Harry is pretty much
nonsensical.
Honestly the one scene that did get something out of me was
when Flint rises up after he becomes Sandman, seeing what he finally becomes
and still deciding to do whatever he can to save his daughter Penny from her
illness. That scene was just fantastic to see his expressions as he slowly
realises what he has become, even after he drops a necklace with Penny's
picture inside and eventually manages to pick it up despite his arms now
disintegrating thanks to him being trapped in a particle accelerator. One scene
out of a film, think about that.
I used to like the Spider-Man films a lot when I was
younger. Now to be honest, the good stuff is far and few in between for ALL of
them. I didn't exactly feel drained by this film but there is definitely a few
things missing from them. I sometimes like to think of the Spider-Man series as
two different universes, like some comic books have likened to do in recent
times. None of them have really endeared to me at all, which is kind of sad
when you think about it. One question I will ask myself in future is: why
should I care anymore if Spider-Man is just going to change over and over
again, which is the likely outcome in future.
Thank you for mourning Mr. Garfield
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How many of you have heard of this interesting little film?
None of you? Ok, I'm willing to give a little back-story on this piece.
Years ago, there lived in Hollywood a film-maker by the name
of Ed Wood. He created films that considered by anybody who has seen his work
to be the worst ever made. THE worst, perhaps on par with Uwe Boll today. In
1959 came what might be considered to be, ironically, his magnum opus for it is
the most remembered, and maybe most laughable piece: Plan 9 from Outer Space.
If you want a taste of how bad it is, here's one bit of dialogue:
"...One thing's for sure. Inspector Clay's dead, murdered...and somebody's
responsible'. I am not joking. That is literally the taste you get in this
film, and there are plenty more shots, dialogues and really bad special effects
that would make your just cringe and burst with laughter, such as the switching
from day to night or vice versa, whenever Bela Lugosi makes an appearance
on-screen (who had died during early production stages) and quite bad-looking
UFOs that shake just before the camera as they float among a graveyard, and just
the acting, the acting itself is just so half-assed, just watching the 1950s
talk show host/ actress Vampira walking along hands held out, I couldn't help
but take the piss, it just looks so horribly bad.
Thinking about the plot, I think you'd give up in the first
second of this film, and I wouldn't blame you. Its aliens who want to stop the
Earth from destroying the universe with their weapons development, by means of
resurrecting corpses and killing off the humans that way. Yeah it's that
painful. You'd think this was just a rip-off of 'The Day The Earth Stood
Still', and you could be right I don't know.
So why isn't this film more higher on the list, not even at
number one? Well honestly, there are
films that you could argue are considerably worse than this one, which I come
to later, but first upon watching it, there are a few shots I did like the
first time of watching, of just people pointing out to the UFOs as they go
along in their cars, which might look suspiciously like stock footage anyway,
considering it cuts back to shaky UFOs in mid-air, which rises the questions
why are they in broad daylight? This question and any others you have will
never be answered. Ever.
I would definitely say give this film a complete miss, it's
really not worth your time. However if you love watching bad films and enjoy
the cringe-worthy moments for their complete bluntness, get some popcorn out.
You will absolutely be amazed at how bad this film can be. I had some enjoyment
laughing at how bad this legendary film is, but it's still amazing crap, as Dad
would say.
Other graduates in this honor are Justin Bieber, Brett Ratner, and Nigel Farage
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Number 2: I, Frankenstein
.......hahahahahahahahahaha....HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.....(ahem)
. Where do I even start?
I, Frankenstein stars Aaron Eckhart as the title monster, rejected
by his creator and kills his wife before leaving for the Arctic, the creator
dying while following him. As he buries him, he is then attacked by demons for
some reason, until he is saved by two gargoyles, who were created to do battle
with the demons in the never-ending struggle of Heaven and you've lost interest
already haven't you? Don't worry I did too in about 5 minutes after this film
started.
To be honest, watching the trailer for this film made me
think how bad this film would, and I went to see it in the hopes of being
entertained by how bad this is. You will not believe exactly how entertainingly
bad this film really is, and how forgettable it can be. The dialogue is just
extruciating and laughable ('Decend in pain, demon'), the plot is barely there
in terms of explaining where the film is set, or why things happen, and just
hardly anything was worth remembering, except for that one piece of dialogue. Despite
the star power of Aaron Eckhart and Miranda Otto, even Bill Nighy, none of
their characters made a favourable impression on me.
In fact, it was so boring I actually started to have a
conversation during a quiet moment in the middle with my close friend Dani.
That's how bad this film is. A film should try and grab your attention with
something noteworthy, at least something to give you so you can say,
'...actually it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be'. I, Frankenstein did
none of that for me, it only made me laugh at how poorly made this film was
done, how it fails to achieve anything in its 90 minute frame time to garner my
interest.
The funny thing is, I'm not particularly angry at it for
being stupid, it's just very harmless and doesn't give you anything in return
for its service, just a few laughs and utter boredom. Although saying that, I
have thought it's like the Plan 9 from Outer Space for my generation, just for
the sheer badness of it. Although to be fair, it didn't make me laugh out as
much as that movie did as that film was bad. Hence why it claims the Number 2
spot.
Decend into obscurity, film
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Number 1: The Black Cauldron
Oh dear, and I use those two words greatly in every sense of
meaning. I had some interest in watching this film because I had seen a partial
amount of the beginning and middle parts, but hadn't came back across it until
I was watching a certain internet celebrities take on it, and decided to again
give it a go myself.
The Black Cauldron is about a boy named Taran who lives on a
farm with the enchanter Dallben, and a pig named Hen Wen. This is no ordinary
pig, as it has the power to whenever it dips its nose into a bucket of water,
to see what is happening throughout the world. One day, Hen Wen shows that the
evil Horned King is looking for said cauldron, and Dallben fears he would use
Hen Wen to find the cauldron, so sends Taran with her in tow to safety. Thus
through many mistakes and redemption, they defeat the Horned King in the end
and go back to the farm.
This...this...this was the film that did absolutely nothing
for me. I was so bored watching this film in every sense of the word, I even
spoiled it on purpose because I don't care about it. I'm sorry for that, but trust
me this is a waste of time. Compared to the other Disney films that I had
watched during my little phrase last year, The Black Cauldron was the WORST of
the bunch I had brought, more so than Sleeping Beauty.
The voice-acting was ok, but not even John Hurt could in
anyway help with that, because I felt there was nothing of substance there, it
all seem bland. The animation was just ok too, despite being not very
impressive half the time. The characters, I don't really like at all. None of
them left as much as a whisper on me, not Taran, not the princess for the day,
not the pig, they all gave me the collective reason to say: meh.
So why is this number one? Because I hardly felt a thing
while watching it. You could argue that though there are bad films that do make
you laugh a lot, you still laugh. If a film is really bad, you might just remember
it more for how it made you feel. If a film doesn't make you feel anything at
all, no laughter, no anger, no happiness, no sadness, than what is the point of
that film? What do you gain from watching a film that doesn't give you anything
memorable at all, instead keeping your face like this: (-_-) all throughout. I,
Frankenstein at least gave me something to laugh at. The Black Cauldron gives
what could be the worse thing ever a film can do:
Make you feel nothing from start to finish.
That is why this film is Number One.
Well...at least I tried
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(sigh)
So after all the bad stuff I watched this year, what film
stood out as being the best of the year for me? Believe me, this wasn't an easy
choice. There was Alien, which I fucking loved upon first time watching it,
X-Men Days of Future Past with Bryan Singer back to form (and should really
stay haha), Frozen (best Disney I had seen for a good while), and Terminator 2:
Judgement Day (just was so freaking awesome), and The Jennifer Lawerence Show
aka Mockingjay: Part 1. Well, after a quick think and plenty of cups of tea
inbetween, the one film that really, really, really stood out for me was the
first film I wanted to see last year:
Gravity
Sorry Jennifer! I know I missed the trinity....come on let's hug it out. I'll get you a Burger King?
Directed by Alfonso Curon, the film follows 90 minutes in
the life of Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) as she suffers through her first
mission the fun times of a cloud of debris that destroys their space shuttle,
being helped by George Clooney through to the International Space Station to
protect themselves, and eventually coming to terms with her own personal
tragedy as she has to find a way back to Earth, and subsequently back to life.
I have never seen a film that has some amazing shots,
interesting characters and the best use of 3D ever. Yes, some of them are
blatantly on the nose especially with some 'rebirth' imagery, but the way they
are executed is just exquisite, and the way the screen is filled up right at
the beginning and close to the end is beautiful to behold. I won't give away
what is in those shots, for you should see it for yourself. But trust me, they
might take your breath away.
The acting was really good. I had not seen Sandra Bullock in
a film properly for a long time, but here she does a great job of carrying the
film as the only person who doesn't just keep your attention as the main
character, she keeps your attention as a person, someone who is dealing with
her tragedy by placing herself literally away from the world. George Clooney
was pretty good as her commander, very composed in his position, yet never
talking down to her. Everything in that area just felt sublime.
The music...my god, what pieces composed by Steve Price. He
had won the Oscar for his work, and you can very well hear why, especially at
the end. Everything just fitted perfectly into the drama placed on screen,
helping to enhance the story that little bit more, with the bombastic drumming
ringing all around, the echoing 'awwwwwwww', the slow building up, the use of violins,
I could just go on with listing the instruments used, but I won't. This is one
of my favourite pieces of music EVER placed on them. If you ever see this
sequence, whether on YouTube, I hope to GOD this music does not leave you
anytime soon.
Gravity is one of those films that should NEVER be viewed at
home. I know that sounds really weird, but really think about it. Films shouldn't
just be on the small screen. They have a home in the cinema, where they can
truly belong, not just on the TV or on Netflix. I know I collect the DVDs and
Blu-Rays like many others, but the difference is you can feel a lot more in the
cinema than you do in the comfort of your own home. Just seeing it on the big
screen was more than enough to take in the grandeur laid before you, and in 3D
no less. Perhaps even in IMAX no doubt. But this is one is definitely something
to take hold in the cinema if you have the chance.
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That's it for the New Year everyone. I hope you enjoyed my little
rants!
See you all in February!
