Tuesday 29 May 2018

Movie: Solo: A Star Wars Story (12A)

A Star Wars Story (12A) – what’s it about? The story of young Han Solo and how he becomes the Solo we know from the classic Star Wars universe.

Welp I’m not sure if everyone will be happy with this movie. Its very modern in the way it feels, though it still has that Star Wars vibe but I just don’t think it’ll be Star Warsy enough for some of the hardcore fans. That said imo I thought it was a brilliant film, I wasn’t sure how good it would be, you know spin offs can be meh sometimes, but I was very pleasantly surprised by this one. The story was great, and it gave some good information that I’ve wondered about, and it was filled with a good dousing of action and humour too – well it had me giggling in bits anyway. I don’t really want to say anything that’ll spoil it so I think I’m going to stop here and just say, if your wanting something a little fresh from the Star Wars world then definitely go and take a look, just don’t expect it to be following the big story arch.

Rating: ****


Monday 21 May 2018

Movie: Deadpool 2 (15)

Deadpool 2 (15) – what’s it about? Deadpool forms a new team of rogue mutants to try to stop a mutant boy turning into a big bad.

If you’ve seen the first Deadpool movie then you know this isn’t going to be your nice and sparkly family friendly Marvel superhero movie. This one is more of the same crude, rude, comedic violence and action which is filled with pop-culture references and a good set of laughs. I don’t really want to say too much as I don’t want to accidently say something spoilerish but yeah I’d say it’s as good as the first one which is cool – I never knew if it would make it to that level or not. If your a pop-culture buff and see lots of films and stuff you’ll pick up a lot of references as well as the normal humour of the film and pretty much be laughing all the way through, not so much crying with laughter but you’ll definitely be amused.

Rating: ***


Tuesday 8 May 2018

Movie: Avengers: Infinity War (12A)

Avengers: Infinity War (12A) – what’s it about? Thanos is on his quest to find the rest of the infinity stones so he can cull half the universes population.

I’ve deliberately left this a while to write a review because I didn’t want to accidently put spoilers in it. Well if you haven’t watched the rest of the Marvel movies then you may be left a little empty with not knowing all the characters back stories, but I’m pretty sure you can still enjoy it for what it is, a good action packed comic book movie adaptation. Anyway, that said it is a little different than previous movies, yes it’s still light hearted and comical in parts but at the same time you are left shocked thinking omg what’s next, so don’t expect to come out on a high like at the end of most of the Marvel movies as you get a nice conclusion. This is like a part 1 movie so you have to wait for the full conclusion to happen in a future film. It’s a great movie though with lots of action, some humour, with some good interactions and story, but all I’ll say is man the credits are long to sit through!

Rating: ****