Season of the Witch

OH BOY

Where do i start? First of all id like to give somewhat of a shout out to Ron Pearlman hes a wonderful actor and highly underrated and suffers for this by having to take movies like this one here... Season of the Witch. For those of you who dont know S.O.T.W is about this "Knight" and his buddy who abandon the crusades for some stupid reason and go to Syria (the desert country by Israel) witch looks alot like medieval France for the weirdest reason, there they find a castle (again odd), inside said castle is a witch, they gotta get witch to some temple blah blah blah. To put it bluntly this movie is COMPLETE shit, the story is so cut and paste from al bunch of other movies its ridiculous, the puns and "tough guy" lines Nic Cage (more on him later ) sputters through out are dam right hard to watch. The directing in this movie is so dam lazy it almost laughable, every time they need a break in the "dialogue" or the "action" they cut to a wide sweeping shot with classical music playing (done right in the LOTR movies) this happens AT LEAST 15 times through out. On to the "acting" as i said before Ron Pearlman does his best with what hes got and i just feel sorry for him. The rest of the cast however are terrible, all supporting roles are filled by people whom just phone the bullshit in (and so they should) the real diarrhea icing on this shit cake is, of course Nic Cage. Now other than his stellar performance in Lord of War, id probably say nic cage is the WORST leading man off all time, his performance in this however is probably his worst yet. He is so unbelievable as this bad ass knight, or what ever hes trying to be in this that it made me laugh pretty much the whole movie and dam right cheer when he died in the end. Oh whoops Spoilers, honestly though if you were looking forward to seeing this and i just ruined it, you are whats wrong with this world. Id think of some positives, maybe that with better actors and better movie maker this could of been a kinda ok movie, but that's just ridiculous 
OVERALL
2 OUT OF 10

                                           

True Grit

True Grit
True grit is the latest and possibly greatest from the genius Coen brothers (No country for old men, The Big Lewbowski ). This time around the Brothers take us to the wild west around the turn of the century, where we meet Mattie Ross (Elizabeth Marvel) looking for revenge against her fathers killer (Josh Brolin). She enlists the help of harden US Marshall Rooster Cogburn, and a young Texas ranger (Matt Damon), the bad of rag tag law makers set out into Indian country to bring some justice. Now that's the basic premise seems kinda cut and dry on paper, but let me tell you, this movie is a visual treat, beautifully shot by the Coens and the cinematography is just sublime, you will truly be transported to the west. On to the performances, all three of the lead (Marvel, Bridges, Damon) bring there A game to this, making you truly believe the characters. Damon and Bridges chemistry is amazing  bring genuinely funny moments to this film. Not that its a comedy by any means, when this film gets violent its gets VIOLENT, witch will please some. Now id usually put downsides but this movie was so well made and acted i cant think of any, even there small roles were filled by masters of the craft. Final thoughts, the mix of great directors and actors transports you into the world of the wild west, the way its meant to be seen. I cant recommend this movie more.
OVERALL:  9.5 OUT OF 10


     
     

The Kings Speech

The Kings Speech
Now after seeing Colin Firth win all the awards for Best Actor i went into this movie with high hopes, and thankfully was not disappointed, he was amazing in it. For those of you who dont no its about King George VI . Now king George has a bit of a problem, hes got a terrible speech impediment. So the majority of the movie is him learning to speak... along with dealing with childhood trauma, living up to his fathers image and not wanting to be king..... OH and world war bloody 2 . The movie is wonderfully directed and Wonderfully acted, both Firth and Helena Bonham Carter shine as the king and queen respectively. Now i know many people might stray away from this kinda period piece, BUT as many of this things do, theirs alot of morals and the like (couple of funny parts mixed in to). Making this a heartfelt engaging movie. and Spoilers if ur not smiling big at the final speech, then u have no soul. The downsides being that its a bit slow at timees, and i couldn't tell that Geoffrey Rush was Australian (probably why he had to keep reminding us). On a personal note i believe that the movie taking place in England and me being English added to the factor of me liking it, any movie taking place in are finest hour gets me going.
OVERALL    7.5 OUT OF 10