Kick Ass

Director: Mathew Vaughn

Cast: Aaron Jonhson, Nicolas Cage, Mark Strong, Chloe Moretz

Year: 2010

Genre: Action

Rating:

Cinema-Reader – 7.9
IMDB – 8.4
FilmAffinity – 7.2

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Cinema-Reader Synopsis:

Why none has tried to be a super hero ever before?
This is what Dave (Aaron Johnson) has always wondered. He’s a commonly known as an outcast. His social life at high school can be summarized with never ending discussions about action comics with his equally nerd friends.

Until one day, a reckless idea comes up to his mind, become a super hero.

However his very first encounter with the crime will have an ending never expected as well as wished by the brand new world saviour.

Despite his first slip, Dave gets even more determined to achieve his lifetime dream. It’s then when he’ll discover that in fact there are real super heroes out there that struggle the bad guys with no fear and hesitation, such Hit-Girl (Chloe Moretz) and Big Daddy (Cage); as well as merciless villains with no scruples as Frank D’Amico (Mark Strong) that rules the city with heavy hand.

Cinema-Reader Review:

Another Marvel comic brought to the big scream. However now ain’t a classy such Superman or X-Men. This time is a comic newly released (just 2 years ago) which rights to bring it as a motion picture were sold even before to the comic was published.
Lately is quite common to find just with a simple eyesight a Marvel superhero on the scream as Batman (brought by Christopher Nolan), Iron Man or unfortunately the remake (the death) of Superman.

However this brand new kind of superhero brings along a new looking glass that update totally the genre. With no gadgets, no remarkable skills, no appeal at all and no powers or whatsoever but a imagination full of bullshits and banal ideas of how a hero should be, a guy closer to a nerd rather than the stereotype of the regular superhero, renew this genre that became typecast with the handsome secret identity of a powerful crime fighter.

The action scenes are awesomely filmed with a fast and effective move of the hand shot camera with a clear influence of Tarantino’s style, perfectly accompanied with a good choice on the sound track.
Great movie, that without being the finest movie ever on its genre (Nolan’s Batman is and will be my weakness), makes you fancy the world surrounding comic heroes.Parental advice: do not try to be superhero at home.

FAQ About Time Travel

Director: Gareth Carrivick

Cast: Chris O’Dowd, Anna Faris, Marc Wooton

Year: 2009

Genre: Comedy

Rating:

Cinema-Reader – 7.2

IMDB – 7.2

FilmAffinity – 6.6

Cinema-Reader Synopsis:

Whilst drinking in their habitual pub, a group of 3 outcasts made up of a guy obsessed with time travelling (Chris O’Dowd), a frustrated scripwriter full of lousy ideas within his brain and a guy which main concern is to drink as much pints as possible; find a time hole in the toilet that will make them leap back and forward in time with no control.

Helped by a hottie time-leaks official came straight from future (Anna Faris), they will try to come back to their regular lives and time frame avoiding futuristic psycho killers, uncertain future situations and encounters with their past and future selves.

Cinema-Reader Review:

FAQ... is a smart comedy about time travel based on a chain of actions that will lead the starring (among which is the funny Irishman Chris O’Dowd known for his work on "IT Crowd" or "The boat that rocked" and the "Scary Movie" actress Anna Faris) to tricky situations with continuous leaps in time.
Nowadays comedies just look for a loud laugh among the audience; however this comedy tries to get (and gets indeed) a smile through the entire movie, with hilarious situations but with no silly humour (as the crap saw on such lousy films as "Scary Movie", "Spanish Movie" or all those "Bullshit Movies"...). Something to be happy of.

Low budgeted movie that works around a superb idea, with ups and downs but worth to be seen if what you are looking for is a different and fresh comedy in the same line of the unclassified and awesomely hilarious "Shaun of the Dead".

Clash of the Titans

Director: Louis Leterrier

Cast: Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Gemma Arterton

Year: 2010

Genre: Action

Rating:

Cinema-Reader – 5.2

IMDB – 6.7

FilmAffinity – 5.3

Cinema-Reader Synopsis:

Gods oversee human from the Olympus with a sense of disappointment. What Zeus (Liam Neeson) figured out when creating human kind is vanishing due to a growing feeling among mortals that Gods forsaken them long time ago.

This defying behaviour will cause Gods rage encouraged by Zeus’ brother’s tricks, Hades (Ralph Fiennes), who’s hiding second plans for human race and for his own brother Zeus.

However Perseus (Sam Worthington), a demi-god son of Zeus raised as a fisherman, will start a journey going all the way to hell in order to stop the fury unleashed by Titans over the city of Argos.

Cinema-Reader Review:

I define myself as an action kind of guy when talking about cinema. I do enjoy as a kid all actions movies with a sustainable plot. Coz I reckon a decent story is as important as frenetic and jaw dropping action scenes.
Something this movie lacks at all.

For all those who saw in a first place back in the 80’s the original Clash of the Titans, here is my piece of advice; try to erase out of your mind the idea of a remake which at least equal what we saw (at least I did) in that classy movie. Much more X effects but with an absolute gap in the plot.
A waste of a great story based in the always handy Greek mythology which has already risen in boxes worldwide same money that spent when filmed.

That means a fuck to me.

I felt like throwing away an entire evening (and 22 € of my pocket) on a movie with a disjointed script. Even more in a pointless 3D... (I should have followed the advice I read on TOTAL FILM Magazine that highlighted the 3D version was made against the watch with no a great outcome).

By the way, any of ye guys agree with me about how Sam Worthington plays in exactly the same way as in Terminator 4: Salvation?
Shame on my, I had forgotten robots in the far future acts in the same way like a demi-god in the ancient Greek civilization... He even keeps the same hair cut, quite suitable for that period of time...