I wanted this to be funny. It was just alright. It's got good qualities, and it was in keeping with the theme of the weekend regarding how unhappy I am at work.
A failing branch of a company throws a christmas party in order to try and convince a prospective client to work with them and save the branch and all the jobs with it. There's not too much memorable about it to be honest and they did the usual mistake of putting all the funny parts in the trailer so there was nothing left to laugh at.
I don't know whether I was just too spoilt with Sisters last year, now that made me laugh until I ran out of air.
Wednesday 21 December 2016
Sunday 18 December 2016
Moana
Trust Disney to hit me right in the feels, right when I really needed it.
Let's start with the short, oh my days, if it wasn't just a representation of my life right now. It's basically about a guy who goes to work everyday, passing by all the fun and joy of the world. He's sat at a desk day after day, watching life pass him by. His life is grey and dull. He finally makes the decision to go out into the world and interact, enjoy. I get that there are many, many people in similar situations and I am not in a unique position, but you know when it feels like they are directing it right at you...
Anyway, Moana. My only complaint is, the songs are no where near Frozen standard. Everything else, great. Young girl, has to leave her home island, to return the heart of Te Fiti. She also has to find the Demi-God Maui to help her put it back. It's actually another really good moral story of being able to achieve anything if you believe in yourself. She has to realise her own potential in order to complete her task, as does Maui. Also, felt like it was speaking directly to me.
And off I go to rethink my life....
Oh, and it took me WAY too long to figure out that the voice of Maui was The Rock...
Let's start with the short, oh my days, if it wasn't just a representation of my life right now. It's basically about a guy who goes to work everyday, passing by all the fun and joy of the world. He's sat at a desk day after day, watching life pass him by. His life is grey and dull. He finally makes the decision to go out into the world and interact, enjoy. I get that there are many, many people in similar situations and I am not in a unique position, but you know when it feels like they are directing it right at you...
Anyway, Moana. My only complaint is, the songs are no where near Frozen standard. Everything else, great. Young girl, has to leave her home island, to return the heart of Te Fiti. She also has to find the Demi-God Maui to help her put it back. It's actually another really good moral story of being able to achieve anything if you believe in yourself. She has to realise her own potential in order to complete her task, as does Maui. Also, felt like it was speaking directly to me.
And off I go to rethink my life....
Oh, and it took me WAY too long to figure out that the voice of Maui was The Rock...
Saturday 10 December 2016
A United Kingdom
If there's one thing I can say regarding the people this movie is about, they were strong, strong people! It's also another one of those films that saddens me slightly when you see how awful human beings can be to each other.
Guy meets girl, they fall in love. She's a white English girl, he is an African King. It's the 1940's and as you can imagine no one is happy about it. What really amazed me was, instead of seeing it as an opportunity to unite two countries, everyone was doing everything to try and keep them apart. Unsurprisingly, there are diamonds involved. They are apart for so long, and it was all government and politics that caused it.
It's quite heart warming that actually in the end, the people in his country accept her as their "queen" and they make it through all those obstacles to be together. Love like that is rare.
Guy meets girl, they fall in love. She's a white English girl, he is an African King. It's the 1940's and as you can imagine no one is happy about it. What really amazed me was, instead of seeing it as an opportunity to unite two countries, everyone was doing everything to try and keep them apart. Unsurprisingly, there are diamonds involved. They are apart for so long, and it was all government and politics that caused it.
It's quite heart warming that actually in the end, the people in his country accept her as their "queen" and they make it through all those obstacles to be together. Love like that is rare.
Sunday 4 December 2016
Allied
I've had a few days to digest this one. The biggest question when we sat down to watch was "So, you think she's a spy or not?" My friend immediately answers with, "Na, she won't be", so I countered with "Well, if you're going no, I'm going yes!"
On with the film. It's a tough one, it has to be said, could have gone either way right up until the reveal. I mean I was convinced she was, until they started giving reasons against, like him being up for a promotion and being "tested". So, I swayed back and forth throughout, which is good as sometimes these films can be a little too obvious!
Anyway turns out she is, and she ends up killing herself in order to save her husband from having to kill her or getting himself arrested and probably killed in the process.
That's all folks....
On with the film. It's a tough one, it has to be said, could have gone either way right up until the reveal. I mean I was convinced she was, until they started giving reasons against, like him being up for a promotion and being "tested". So, I swayed back and forth throughout, which is good as sometimes these films can be a little too obvious!
Anyway turns out she is, and she ends up killing herself in order to save her husband from having to kill her or getting himself arrested and probably killed in the process.
That's all folks....
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