Noah - Movie Review (Spoiler Free)

I suggest you don't drink during this movie

You will need the loo.

There's no avoiding it.

So this movie started out okay and I thought I could go with it and enjoy it, due to the amazing imagery and interesting start to the plot, but then the actual movie happened... It felt like the movie was trying to be a part of too many genres at once, one minute it was a thriller, then an adventure, a romance, a religious/biblical film, then a family one; it was just too much (it also felt like it was none of those... a sort of nothing film.)

And then there was no plot, the start was good but then after that it fell apart... I didn't feel like there was a middle and an end to be honest, no good climaxes or anti-climaxes, it felt like they were just filling up empty space in the film. It felt like ordering a burger and only getting the bun (there I go again...) know what I mean? I'm sorry, but I was bored, even when everyone started dying from the giant waves. I didn't laugh, I didn't cry, my heart didn't bang wildly in my chest when it was supposed to, it was just awful as a plot; the only thing that sorta saved it was the scenery which was just so beautiful.

Despite the actual premise of the film being awful, I found that both Emma Watson and Logan Lerman carried their roles well, and I did enjoy watching both of them. Although, I really do have to congratulate Emma because it couldn't have been easy to cry the much, and still make it look believable; also, Logan fitted into his character really well and could see from their point of view easily (which was an interesting one). Although, I found Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly's performances really disappointing, it was kinda of a drag watching them and they didn't sound or feel realistic (sorry guys).

Despite saying all of this, it was still interesting to see their spin on the classic Bible Story, and how a different artist could interpret it. The way it was interpreted wasn't bad as a whole, it was quiet interesting to see the emotional and inner turmoil that everyone experienced on The Ark in the film, but at the same time it was presented in the wrong way and some of it really wasn't necessary and was over the top... really over the top (you'll know what I mean if you've seen it.)

So overall I didn't really get anything from this movie, I may have felt something towards Emma and Logans' performances, but, they were ruined by the lack of plot and over the top suspense. Don't watch it unless you really want to see it, it's not worth the money.

Rating: 2/5 cookies

Gravity (Movie Review)

Oh wow look!

I'm doing a review that isn't about books.

That's kind of a surprise.

Now, this film is phenomenal. You would think it was boring, but oh no, I was on the edge of having a heart attack over half the time... not kidding.

Yet again, Sandra Bullock has out done herself (seriously though she is a perfect actress), why don't we talk about Sandra Bullock more? We should talk about her more. For about half the film (maybe less? I don't know, I didn't count the hours...) she was on her own on the screen, only with voices but no other visual people, and yet... it wasn't boring. What? How did she do that you ask? By being a kick-ass actress, yep, that's how she did it. 

She was just fabulous, she was so realistic and made me want to cry half the time when she was talking about Earth and her past life down here. Also, the way she played off with the limited characters we saw was great, like George Clooney's character, Matt Kowalski, it was so witty, genuine, light-hearted and gave some of the film a nice feel to it - when you didn't want to rip out your hair in tension.

Besides George and Sandra making me want to cry and yell my swears in frustrations at the screen, there was no plot for this film (which was kinda weird but good). But even though there was no plot this film was so intersting, it kept you on the edge of your seat, and kinda made you want to strangle the director (Alfonso Cuaron), but at the sound time just feed him lots of cakes in reward for being so brilliant. 

Overall, this movie is amazing, and you never get bored - it keeps you on the edge of your seat constantly. I probably won't watch it again in the near future, but that doesn't mean never.

Rating: 4.5/5 cookies