Scott pilgrim vs. the world

Hubba Hubba!!

Hello Hello! Hope youre all fine and dandy! Well Autumn definitely seems to be drawing in, its making me feel quite cosy, I love the need for jumpers around this time of year, and of course we need new clothes so a good excuse to reinvent yourself too. :) Yesterday was an amazing full moon and the start of the Harvest festival, also being a more preferred time to retreat to the local picture house to see SCOTT PILGRIM!!

Theres quite a few good films out at the moment, Winters Bone, Cyrus, and awaiting the new harry, but I wanted to go and see Scott Pilgrim for a while! The absolute geek god of film Micheal Cera, living with his gay best Friend and sharing the same bed- for me alone was deffo a thumbs up-haha. After watching Kick Ass Earlier this year, and being disappointed with it THIS IS HOW IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN!! I mean in my eyes any film with Nicolas cage in it sort of makes me frown.... and that hit girl was just too violent for its target market! This film, was an entirely entertaining flick for the mass market! I certainly couldn't find an fault in it. If you wanna laugh and see good looking people beat the hell out of each other.. this is the movie for you!

I'm off to London again today to see the Edvard Muybrige exhibit at the Tate, very exciting, this guy practically invented film. Ill also see one of my best friends who has just recently moved there! Theres also soo much going on in Brighton its not true, got events coming out of my ears! Ive booked tickets to see The Mystery Jets in October, going to Sheffield (setting of the film full monty) next Thursday too to party- it all systems go! I must find time to study I must find time to study! Anyway, Has anyone seen any good films lately? anything new to report? Thanks for reading will right soon,
Luke x

kick ass- a metaphor for our society?

hummm after coming back home from meeting my friend and realising I had to be at the pics in 10 minutes (I'm so bad at time keeping)I shot back out the door and sped down the road to see Kick Ass..

What was I expecting to see?
- Violence- hey this was a "Super Hero" Movie
- An easy to follow plot
- Abit of Fun
- Possibly abit of romance (the good guy gets the girl type of thing)

Things I was not expecting
-Peoples legs to be sliced off by a 12 year old
-A range of weapons I have never seen before used
- Some kind of vigilante save the world scenario

Carrying a 15 certificate, This film will probably get seen by the majority of teenage boys out there. Games like Hit man, Driver, Metal gear solid..the list goes on, only need to tell you its target market. This film flits between being like SuperBad (a good thing) Spiderman (also a good thing) and some think you know you shouldn't be watching but are anyway because you like the other stuff. This film is Violent, yes, do I think it should be carring more than an 18 certificate-yes.

For me it was kind of like a metaphor for our culture. Good verses bad. We all know who is gonna win eventually- and hey we are all scouting for the good aswell. We are told by our government that we must "save the world from terrorism" that we are doing this for the good of the people. So many people have died on both sides of the coin for riotousness. This film says alot. I'm not saying we shouldn't be defending our liberties but is this what we want for our children our liberties fucked up by the system we are fighting for?

Yes I did enjoy it in parts-it was kind of a guilty pleasure, but it was also sad to see this is what a "superhero" supposed to be about- as usual the revenge scenario. "O I'm going to save the world so Ill kill loads of people in the process". and I actually like superhero movies, personally I thought that kick ass was one step to far, it didn't need as much violence in it to make it a good film. I enjoyed the overall story line, but the level of violence just ruined it for me.

Has anyone else seen it yet? what did you think?

Leave a comment, Luke

Things that kick ass

~tear~ I have just watched Marley and me, I have got to say it is a good movie, I know some of you out there will say that its shit, but I actually thought it was cool. When I saw the trailer I thought it had to be the worst idea ever, but it actually has a good story line- watch it.

On the subject of things you should watch- Precious. I actually managed to get out and see the movie I have so desperately wanted to watch for so long, on the last day of it showing in Worthing. Be prepared this is another tear jerker. Based on the book "Push" by Sapphire, is a gut wrenching tale of one girls struggle to move on up- some what reluctantly in parts, with the help of her teacher- Blu Rain (played by Paula Patton) and social worker (Mariah Carey) into a better life. This is in NO WAY like Marley and Me thou and is not cheesy- its gut wrenching stuff. I wont go threw the whole of the plot- you can read that for your self on wikipedia but if you can get to see it do. For me her mom was the best actress Monique- she was very fierce, her acting was amazing, but you also get to see how human, (if a little crazy) she is. I also loved how Precious (Gabourey Sidibe) flitted in between a life where she was the star- to how hard her life actually was- Raped by her father and treated like crap by everyone, she says "no one loves me" to her teacher Blu in the film- to which Blu reply's- I love you Precious. Another tear. no happy ending either.. although I cant understand why this wasn't on national release- this was a really good film.

I also found the cutest (both in a cute guy, and actually really sweet) blog and you tube channel today- wikedycool on you tube- and http://www.breaktheillusion.com/ for his blog, check him out.

I'm also going to see Kick ass tommorrow, a new movie that looks amazing. Lots of very positive reviews for it, so I'm looking forward to telling you all how it goes!

Peace, Luke