THIS
WEEK'S PREVIEWS
Opens in Australia: 18th August, 2013
Other Countries: Release Information
If you enjoy
these irreverent, American comedies (Wedding Crashers, Hall Pass, This is 40,
Horrible Bosses) you will enjoy this very much.
I don’t usually like them. However, this one had me chuckling. Jennifer Aniston looks very pretty as well. It’s fun and forgettable and is reasonably
consistent all the way through. What more can you ask for in a comedy?
Elysium
★★★
Opens in Australia: 15th August, 2013
Other Countries: Release Information
After the very original science
fiction flick District 9, all sci-fi fans
were eagerly awaiting Director and writer Neil Blomkamp’s next venture. Elysium is not the fabulous follow-up we had
expected. It’s riddled with more plot-holes
than you can poke a crutch at (you’ll get the joke if you see the film) and the acting is very inconsistent. I understand that science fiction is made
up, however, there are certain physics rules you need to stick to, and if you
break them you need to explain how. So,
when I see a ship crash land on Elysium because it’s open to space, I question how the oxygen doesn’t escape, or why Elysium is always seen from
the same spot on Earth, and why they have such good security against ships landing, and then they don’t just to suit the plot.
Just two
films this week I can review. I saw more
but they are not releasing yet. This week a highly anticipated film Elysium disappoints and We’re the Millers (that was not on my
list of films to see) was actually very entertaining.
(My movie Pick of the week)
We’re
the Millers ★★★ ½ Opens in Australia: 18th August, 2013
Other Countries: Release Information
OUR THOUGHTS
If you enjoy
these irreverent, American comedies (Wedding Crashers, Hall Pass, This is 40,
Horrible Bosses) you will enjoy this very much.
I don’t usually like them. However, this one had me chuckling. Jennifer Aniston looks very pretty as well. It’s fun and forgettable and is reasonably
consistent all the way through. What more can you ask for in a comedy?
STUDIO BLURB
David Burke (Jason Sudeikis) is a
small-time pot dealer whose clientele includes chefs and soccer moms, but no
kids-after all, he has his scruples. So what could go wrong? Plenty. Preferring
to keep a low profile for obvious reasons, he learns the hard way that no good
deed goes unpunished when he tries to help out some local teens and winds up
getting jumped by a trio of gutter punks. Stealing his stash and his cash, they
leave him in major debt to his supplier, Brad (Ed Helms). In order to wipe the
slate clean-and maintain a clean bill of health-David must now become a
big-time drug smuggler by bringing Brad's latest shipment in from Mexico.
Twisting the arms of his neighbors, cynical stripper Rose (Jennifer Aniston)
and wannabe customer Kenny (Will Poulter), and the tatted-and-pierced
streetwise teen Casey (Emma Roberts), he devises a foolproof plan. One fake
wife, two pretend kids and a huge, shiny RV later, the "Millers" are
headed south of the border for a Fourth of July weekend that is sure to end
with a bang. (c) WB
Funny interview below with Jennifer Aniston on
We’re The Millers.
Opens in Australia: 15th August, 2013
Other Countries: Release Information
OUR THOUGHTS
After the very original science
fiction flick District 9, all sci-fi fans
were eagerly awaiting Director and writer Neil Blomkamp’s next venture. Elysium is not the fabulous follow-up we had
expected. It’s riddled with more plot-holes
than you can poke a crutch at (you’ll get the joke if you see the film) and the acting is very inconsistent. I understand that science fiction is made
up, however, there are certain physics rules you need to stick to, and if you
break them you need to explain how. So,
when I see a ship crash land on Elysium because it’s open to space, I question how the oxygen doesn’t escape, or why Elysium is always seen from
the same spot on Earth, and why they have such good security against ships landing, and then they don’t just to suit the plot.
It’s also just a little bit repetitive
on the apartheid theme Blomkamp handled so well in District 9. Hopefully, he
will take heed of the mixed reviews and try something new next time. I will say this, the spaceships look very
real even if the acting doesn’t
I would probably give this a
lower rating but everyone in my family enjoyed it, as did a sci-fi friend,
so maybe it was just me.
STUDIO BLURB
In the year 2154, two classes of people
exist: the very wealthy, who live on a pristine man-made space station called
Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. The people
of Earth are desperate to escape the planet's crime and poverty, and they
critically need the state-of-the-art medical care available on Elysium - but
some in Elysium will stop at nothing to enforce anti-immigration laws and
preserve their citizens' luxurious lifestyle. The only man with the chance
bring equality to these worlds is Max (Matt Damon), an ordinary guy in
desperate need to get to Elysium. With his life hanging in the balance, he
reluctantly takes on a dangerous mission - one that pits him against Elysium's
Secretary Delacourt (Jodie Foster) and her hard-line forces - but if he
succeeds, he could save not only his own life, but millions of people on Earth
as well. -- (C) Sony
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