Tim and the guys at the Sunbeam film club have been busy watching and reviewing all the major blockbusters over the Summer. Here are the reviews…..
Warning!: This post will be pretty long as they watched lots and lots of movies.
13/6/12 – Snow White & the Huntsman
Michelle – Loved this! The Queen was fantastic (and prettier then Snow White!)
Patrick – It was so romantic! I had a great time!
Colm – Violent, but still really good
David – I liked it, especially the witch
Maureen – I thought it was good, when the deer got shot I cried
Tim – This was an excellent update of the Snow White story, kind of reminded me of ‘Willow’ in parts. I’d highly recommend it to anyone who likes fantasy.
28/6/12 – Fast Girls
Michelle – I really liked it, the girls all becoming friends even though they hated each other at the start was good.
Patrick – There was very little romance in it, I was disappointed by that. The racing bits were good though.
Colm – I thought it was a bit boring.
David – Didn’t like it.
Maureen – It’s good to see a film where a girl gets to be the hero every now and then
Tim – I liked it, it’s a very slick and well-made sports film. Bit slow at times though and very much a girls film, if you got a young daughter I’d imagine they would love it!
4/7/12 – Ice Age 4
Michelle – Though it was funny, loved the squirrel (Scrat)
Patrick – No romance, didn’t like that. Still fun, even if it was a bit childish
Colm – Loved it, thought it was very funny.
David – I liked it.
Maureen – Meh… it was ok, wasn’t crazy for it.
11/7/12 – The Amazing Spiderman
Michelle – The fights were great! And Spiderman was pretty fun.
Patrick –There was a great romance with Spiderman trying to get with his school sweetheart.
Colm – Spiderman was great, the lizard (the villain) was kind of scary though
David – Liked it!
Maureen – I want to go see it again!
Tim – I HATED this film, but then I’m a huge comics fan. A bigger comic fan then the director at any rate…
18/7/12 – Rock of Ages
Michelle – This was so good, it was like ‘Momma Mia’ but with better music!
Patrick – It was soooo romantic and after falling out the boy and girl reunite at the end… *sigh*
Colm – I thought it was very fun, didn’t like some of the music though.
David – Liked this a lot, really liked the music.
Maureen – This was great! The soundtrack was just fantastic and I want it!
Tim – I couldn’t agree with Michelle more, this was a lot of fun, everyone involved was great at their role and the songs were fantastic.
1/8/12 – The Lorax
Michelle – It was kind of boring at times to be honest
Patrick – The romance was only a very small part of the story but I liked some of the songs
Colm – I really enjoyed it, it was very funny!
David – I liked it.
Maureen – It was funny and the songs were good, was a bit confusing at the start though.
15/8/12 – The Dark Knight Rises
Michelle – I liked the fights but I didn’t really know what was going on.
Patrick – Batman got with Cat-Woman! I really loved that part, the rest was fine.
Colm – Liked the fights but it was very long.
David – Didn’t like it.
Maureen – Batman wasn’t in it for ages! It was good though.
Tim – It’s a strange film… the first half is a bit of a mess to be honest but the last hour or so just keeps getting better and better and it ends on a real high… still not as good as The Dark Knight by a long one.
22/8/12 – The Bourne Legacy
Michelle – Though it was very dull.
Patrick – It was long and the two main characters never got together, which I found disappointing.
Colm – Long film! Not bad, but not great either.
David – Didn’t like it.
Maureen – Didn’t understand what was going on!
Tim – It’s certainly a new take on the Bourne films… Think this film suffered without Greengrass directing though and the first hour is just politics and characters mumbling at each other, which was a real mistake and de-rails the film before it really gets started.
29/8/12 – The Watch
Michelle – So rude! I loved it!
Patrick – It was really dirty and the main lads makes things up with his wife, I thought it was fantastic.
Colm – Dirty! Very funny though.
David – I didn’t like it.
Maureen – It was so rude, but still funny.
Tim – Like ‘The Hangover’ crossed with ‘Men in Black’… except nowhere near as fun as that sounds. Crude and not very funny, couldn’t recommend it.
5/8/12 – Total Recall
Michelle – It was good but very hard to follow.
Patrick – Was it a dream or not?! Still had a good love story.
Colm – Too violent for me.
David –Didn’t like it.
Tim – It’s a decent remake that tries to be quite different from the original. If they had focused more on the “Is it a dream or not” angle, I could have really loved this. As it is, it’s still above-average.