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Bad MomsĀ 

8/27/2016

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Bad Moms is directed by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore and stars Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell, Kathryn Hahn and Christine Applegate and is about three over worked, under appreciated Mother's who are pushed to the limit and decide to ditch their responsibilities and become Bad Moms. 

I had no exceptions for this films as it was the only thing showing when I visited Everyman Dine In Sofa Cinema in Leeds earlier this week. However like many film this year I wasn't pleasantly surprised.

Bad Moms is not a clever, groundbreaking comedy it's just damn good fun. The ladies in the film were hilarious, they all played different type of Moms but each character had very funny lines that did make a huge difference as to if the film was funny or not. Kathryn Hanh is by far the baddest and most outrageous Mom of them all. She entered almost every scene with an incredibly raunchy one liner or smutty gesture sending the entire audience mad with laughter. She portrayed her perfectly and  was  definitely the funniest addition to the film. Although the other Moms are kind of laid back and a little boring and  that's the biggest problem with the film, it sells itself as the outrageous and naughty comedy of the century but  sadly it really isn't as funny and raunchy as it wants itself to be. It  needed a funnier dialog, as the film never really took off and was fairly slow in places. The humour was there in places but needed little touches like one liners to make it that extra bit quick and snappy. But one thing that surprised me about Bad Moms was the fact it was actually able to tell a proper story well, it sent out a good message to all mothers and that is one thing I can really respect the film for-though some of the jokes maybe on the mediocre side of things the film is drenched in positive vibes and I really did have a fun time with this film.

Whilst the jokes were either average of over the top never the less the film was very funny and sent out a good message therefore

I am going to give Bad Moms:

6.2/10
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Star Trek Beyond

8/12/2016

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Star Trek Beyond is directed by Justin Lin and stars Chris Pine, Simon Pegg, Zoe Saldana, Karl Urban and Zachary Quinto. This is the third instalment of the new Star Trek series and this time, we see the crew of the USS Enterprise shipwrecked on a planet in uncharted space, whilst they try to find each other they are all faced with their greatest threat yet, The Mighty Krall.

For a non Star Trek fan this film is really enjoyable. Justin Lin once again has proved that he is able to direct a very fun film with some amazing special special effects like his work in the Fast and Furious films. I enjoyed how fast pace the film was, it was definitely hard to get bored, even the script was quick and snappy it sort of made one liners come naturally to each character. The scene in which the Enterprise was torn apart was an example of some of the best special effects out there, it was a big, loud, and enjoyably spectacular. Other scenes throughout the film as well had some pretty amazing effects, it was very special it was like all the magic from the original TV programs and films was brought to life by modern day CGI. I personally think this film would be fantastic for die hard Star Trek fans. Every performance was spot on, every character interacted with each other they were all very different but had the same views which were very important in more serious scenes like when the crew had to rejoin to stop Krall.

There are very few things wrong with the film. The plot was okay, pretty basic and didn't have any exciting plot twists like it did in the previous film Star Trek Into Darkness, there isn't anything bad about it, it's just sad it didn't have a more clever spin to it, but since Simon Pegg co wrote it, it had a more comedic element to it. Idris Elba is an extremely talented actor but there wasn't anything special about him as the main villain, the film advertised he was there greatest enemy yet, but very much like Oscar Issac as Apocalypse didn't pose much of a threat. With a different aim 'Krall' would have seemed more villainous. The only other problem was the camera work some scenes were amazing but in some of the fight scenes the camera was kind of jammy and confusing to follow. It was also really dark in one part and didn't manage to lighten up and since the scene latest about 15 minutes I had to mention it in the review as I couldn't really see anything at all for a while.

The film in itself isn't oscar worthy but it is a great time and a really fun film with admirable special effects and a respectable homage to the original Television. 

I am going to give Star Trek Beyond:

7.7/10
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RIP Anton Yelchin (1989-2016)
A talented young spirit gone way before his time.
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Suicide Squad

8/6/2016

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Suicide Squad is directed by David Ayer and stars Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Viola Davis, Cara Delevingne, Jay Hernandez and Jared Leto, and tells the story of a group of meta-human super villains who are ordered to join Task Force X run by the wicked Amanda Waller, in order to take down an ancient god that is amplifying supernatural energy throughout Midway City. 

​After Batman v Superman I was praying that this Suicide Squad was going to be good since DC are trying to set up a cinematic universe with as much strength as Marvel and the trailer campaign for this film was absolutely  amazing. Thankfully I wasn't disappointed  by this film however that doesn't mean there aren't somethings wrong with it.

In the first scene we are all introduced to the team and their origin story's, but some of them were slightly rushed. June Moon (Delevingne) has a very confusing origin story that doesnt tell us much about the character, as well as Harley Quinn (Robbie) who has an amazing back story which was right infront off us but was told through flash backs and hallucinations so it was completely jumbled and was over really quickly. Also, all these story's are narrated over, It's nice that the film wants us to hear it from Waller but I wanted to see it play out not be told what was happening. Like Finding Dory and Ghostbusters the best part about this film is the characters Robbie's portrayal  is beyond words, I thought that she was exactly like Harley Quinn from all the animated TV shows and all the Batman Games but with her own unique take, she was crazy yet deadly and she was playful yet you felt bad for her as she was so obsessed with The Joker even though he abuses her, the only word I can think of is phenomenal. Will Smith blew me away as Deadshot, his character was the more humane of the bunch and you really got involved with his emotions and his relationship with his daughter, this is definitely a turning point for Will Smith and one of his best roles in years. Viola Davis as usual is amazing; she is a heartless brute as Amanda Waller who will do anything and screw over anyone to get what she wants. Then there's Joker. Whilst he isn't in the film much, Jared Leto's take on The Joker is a complete master piece, I have never felt this scared of a villain in years, he is completely insane yet his presence is haunting and his relationship with Harley is so messed up. I can not wait to see him with a bigger role in  the future. Arkham Asylum was done very well and felt very claustrophobic, it had sickeningly sinister tone and the fact that Batman goes around putting the villains in the Asylum makes it feel more and more accurate to the comics. 

​The biggest problem is the layout, the whole film is very messy; most scenes don't flow into each other well so it feels rather clunky and miss placed and the editing is not up to standard, good songs were placed in really random moments in the film; it's like David Ayer is trying to make the music to the work for him.  I think the plot was very week it sort of felt like two different films that were badly merged into one. I think this film would've bene perfected have it a new director and a completely different plot as I think it's more about miss guidance from Ayer then bad film making. That being said the actions scenes were visually impressive, The camera work was very good, I liked how dark the film was without trying to be dark and the script was really good, every line matched each character perfectly. 

Overall the action was great, the characters were amazing and there is one scene involving the transformation of Harley Quinn that is done so well it sends shivers down my spine however the film was messy, the editing was choppy and the plot was so thin it didn't give the characters much to work with.
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I am going to give Suicide Squad:

6.9/10

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