After enduring the ridiculously over-the-top musical introduction accompanied by mood-setting shots of space, it also would be overly optimistic to expect the script to demonstrate the slightest subtlety or intelligence. Instead, the audience must endure 158 minutes of mind-numbingly uninspired character interactions, and dialogue that would make an average 5th grader blush.
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Using an experimental technique to tell its story Cloverfield successfully manages to create tension and excitement in spite of the limitations it must endure, and yet without those limitations it becomes just another tale in which a ragtag bunch must survive catastrophe.
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That we have buildings crumbling and dust clouds sweeping through the streets of New York is more than a little interesting. I can’t imagine that many New Yorkers will be completely blase about the concept, and it is a little telling that no one at any point mentions the ‘T’ word.
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In terms of big dumb popcorn flicks, Poseidon has to be THE prime example. It’s full of BIG THINGS – a BIG SHIP, a BIG WAVE and BIG EXPLOSIONS. The film doesn’t exactly aim too high, which means that it’s Continue reading Poseidon
Once again we have a Japanese film set in a post apocalyptic world. It’s really quite sad when you realise that the notion of total and utter destruction has not (and apparently never will) left the Japanese psyche.
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