Romeo + Juliet review

Rated 12. This adaptation of the world's greatest love story is set in mordern times in a fictional town. It is very inventive, but also it is without the heart or the heartbreak of the its source matireal, relying on extreme and ugly takes on important scenes.

Leonardo Dicaprio and Claire Danes do their best. The film has things like the families being rival buisnsses and the prince being the chief of police and the balcony scene taking place in a pool. Very inventive, interesting take on the heartbreaking love story! The acting is OK, with good use of Shakespeare's dialouge.

But what is 'thou', 'thee', or 'doth' doing in mordern times? The dialouge seems very out of place! There are definetly disadvantages to the film being set in mordern times. The play is a touching and poignant spectacle, not an ugly city drama! Guns instead of swords, car chases instead of chases on foot... you get the idea. Just like the recent Gulivers Travels film, this fails to do its source matirial justice. I don't know how this managed to get 69% on rotten tomatoes.

Also I would like to point out something else. The movie violent and bloody. The fight between Tybalt, Romeo and Mecrutio is made very bloody. But what I highlight most is the scene where Juliet's father gets cross with her for not wanting to marry Count Paris. Instead of him just being cross he starts hitting everyone. Thecharacter of ord capullet is made very unpleasant in this film. Because it contain violence, gore and sex, it's not exactly something you could show to a primary school class who are studying Shakespeare, can you?

This movie is unpleasant, distastefully mordern and ugly with a capital U. If Shakespeare was alive today, something tells me he wouldn't be too pleased with this! 1.5 stars out of 5.

Epic movie review

Rated 15. Epic movie is another VERY silly parody movie from Friedberg and Seltzer. Still, out of all the Friedberg and Seltzer films, this is one that parodies the best films. The movie is quite fun but I probably only say that because I'm a kid. The truth is, the movie is shamelessly crude and filled with predictable and silly humour that never rase more then a few chuckles.

Perhaps it's fun because it stays suprisingly faithful to the film: The lion, the witch and the wardrobe, which is what it mainly parodies despite Jack Sparrow being at the front of many of the posters.  4 orphans come from different backrounds (each of which parodies a different movie), then a chain of events leads to them going into a chocolate factory where they find a wardrobe and go to Gnarnia, where they must save it from the evil white *****!

The acting isn't that great but it's OK. There are some funny bits: The bit when the character from The Da Vinci Code runs down the slope screeching wildly, a part at the end of the big battle involving the white *****, the bit which parodies snakes on a plane and a part in the chocalate factory as well as a catchy pirate rap. Trouble is, some of these funy bits have been seen or hinted in the trailer. The rest of the movie never seems to raise more than a few chuckles.

With the humour you often know what's coming. And if this movie looks like a fun comedy which is great for kids, it isn't. Trust me. The movie is very rude, with sex references, swear words, comic violence and even brief nudity. Its 15 rating is definetely apropiate. This movie needs to realise there's more to a comedy than rude jokes.

As well as that, this movie could be very offensive to those who like Narnia. I mean think about. The last time I looked, Aslan was a noble lion, not a rather dirty old man! Also, Jack Sparrow works, the white *****, Peter uses the remote control from click to defeat the white *****'s army, the kids go to Hogwarts.... well, you get the picture. Narnia with the rude bits.

I think what makes this movie fun is all the pop culture references within. It knows it's going to be bad and just goes ahead with lame pop culture gags and silly, absurd humour. only the fun of this technicly terrible movie elevates it into the 1.5 star rating. 1. 5 stars out of 5. 

Deep blue sea review

Rated 15. Though deriative and a little silly, Deep blue sae is a heart pounding thriller with plenty of fantastic thrills, scares and decent effects.

Ok, so it does copy Jaws quite a bit. Jaws is better than this. This is also unlikely and rather silly. Just quite a fun little thriller really.

But this movie comes close to Jaws because it is very scary, very exciting and much better than any of the sequels to jaws. A mind blowing thriller!

Super cool and really scary, just silly, but great fun! 4 stars out of 5.

Shaun of the dead review

Rated 15. This horror comedy, filled with genius satire and decent thrills, provides the ultimate zombe movie.
Very funny, scary and ingenious, this is fantastic entertainment!

OK, a few may find the film irritating but most will find it a hugely entertaining zombie movie, even if it perhaps dosen't go as far as it should as a few more exciting bits could of been added.

Shaun of the dead is very funny with loads of clever satire and a huge amount a good jokes. Also, its imensely likable star adds to the fun. It has excellent direction and a few decent scares too. Some pretty gory stuff as well. Therefore, an excellent mix and horror and comedy.

Genius. The ultimate zombie thriller. Five stars out of 5.

Little Fockers review

Rated 12A. Happy new year everyone! I thought I would review this because its quite a big film. Just prepare to be disapointed if you are looking foward to it.

i previously though planet 51 was the worst movie of the year. Now I know better. This movie was painfully unfunny and embarrassingly lazy. The stars in this film are not at their best. The direction is weak as well. The film dosent have any decent laughs. Just crude dialouge. The MEET THE PARENTS franchise has always been low and silly, but this is lower still and not that silly, making it completely joyless and also has a lack of new ideas. The film is so lazy! Dosen't do anything new, dosen't really try to be funny, the direction is quiet too. Any good bits have already been seen in thetrailer.

I was looking forward to this! Meet the parents was good, meet the Fockers was excellent, but this was terrible! 1 star out of 5.

The magic roundabout review

Rated U. The magic roundabout (known as Doogal in the US) is based on the old TV show 'the magic roundabout'. It's not one of the best annimated movies I've seen, bt I think it is a perfectly deecent animated effort.

For something based on an old five minuite TV show, this is pretty intense. There are some scary moments and a pretty scary viallain. Its script isn't dazzling, I must admit. The characters are good, but not all of them are likable. I like Dylan, Bryan, Zebedee and Train. I don't like Doogal, Ermintrude or Florence.

However, this is a sometimes rather colourful tale, with plenty of adventure. It will be very exciting for some, though some fans of the original TV series might not like the film. It has an all star cast and it is an interesting tale.


It's perfectly good; But fans of the original show may find this a bit of an insult to the programe. 3 stars out of 5.