bennobi1
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I found this depiction surrounding a true life event of a tragic incident in 1932 of the Stinson plane crash to be brilliantly shot, directed and character portrayed. Also very well done on what was obviously a tightly budgeted project was the overall execution of story bringing a cliffhanger edge almost the entire time.
Jack Thomson played Bernard O'Reilly quite convincingly as did all the other actors being flawless in their parts.
I in all honesty can't recommend this film more highly and sincerely hope that it won a least a few deserving awards.
I also feel very blessed to have found it freely available on YouTube in it's entirety seeing as how the original DVD is extremely difficult to find and even a counterfeit copy proves very expensive to purchase (so beware).
Jack Thomson played Bernard O'Reilly quite convincingly as did all the other actors being flawless in their parts.
I in all honesty can't recommend this film more highly and sincerely hope that it won a least a few deserving awards.
I also feel very blessed to have found it freely available on YouTube in it's entirety seeing as how the original DVD is extremely difficult to find and even a counterfeit copy proves very expensive to purchase (so beware).
As a Holden fan I was quite literally, too keen to watch this movie when I learnt of it's existence but also as a keen Aussie history nostalgic I'm very pleased I did.
However having said that, I'm of two very seperate mind's when it comes to this auspicious production. I was very pleased to read that it was a great success in drive ins around the country and that it featured one of Australia's iconic actors of the early-mid 80's (Sigrid Thornton) and a particular favourite of mine but unfortunately she spent very little of the film and her considerable talents in the background with few line's and as a superfluous character of the film.
Which brings me back to the matter or duality. While the film did have some initial charm of it's own and from what I understand from the reviews of people that remember those days well (I was only 2yo at the time of production) the days of teenage suburban Sydney 1976 were captured quite well, this movie's story was for lack of a better word, BORING!!!
There simply was almost no story. It was just the very bare bone's of the day and a life of a typical teenager and his beautiful FJ Holden doing typical teenage things same as any other character!?!
As a child/teen of small country 80's-90's Australia I had more adventures than ALL of these people put together! Lol The entire movie I sat and waited for some Aussie style, semi cataclysmic event to befall one, some or all of the characters and..... nothing happened!?! Lol That's why I struggled to award this film with four stars. I could lovingly give stars for kindly taking me down the memory lane of a mid 70's generation (thank you very much) but in terms of production I felt totally deflated in term's of storytelling and substance.
Thanks again. I think?! Lol.
However having said that, I'm of two very seperate mind's when it comes to this auspicious production. I was very pleased to read that it was a great success in drive ins around the country and that it featured one of Australia's iconic actors of the early-mid 80's (Sigrid Thornton) and a particular favourite of mine but unfortunately she spent very little of the film and her considerable talents in the background with few line's and as a superfluous character of the film.
Which brings me back to the matter or duality. While the film did have some initial charm of it's own and from what I understand from the reviews of people that remember those days well (I was only 2yo at the time of production) the days of teenage suburban Sydney 1976 were captured quite well, this movie's story was for lack of a better word, BORING!!!
There simply was almost no story. It was just the very bare bone's of the day and a life of a typical teenager and his beautiful FJ Holden doing typical teenage things same as any other character!?!
As a child/teen of small country 80's-90's Australia I had more adventures than ALL of these people put together! Lol The entire movie I sat and waited for some Aussie style, semi cataclysmic event to befall one, some or all of the characters and..... nothing happened!?! Lol That's why I struggled to award this film with four stars. I could lovingly give stars for kindly taking me down the memory lane of a mid 70's generation (thank you very much) but in terms of production I felt totally deflated in term's of storytelling and substance.
Thanks again. I think?! Lol.
Merits. Good effects with good (not great) n smoothly applied production and direction. Some good acting with passable comic book style dialogue.
Demerits: Basically everything else. First off the worst part for me which held nothing but cringe moments was Jamie Foxx's depiction of electro as a hopeless (genius 🙄) looser that becomes uncharacteristically obsessed with Spiderman (in the middle of a dangerous car chase/heist, weird!) then via even weaker means becomes electro. Smh idk 🤷 Garfield's almost equally cring worthy attempt to be comic book witty, cute and charismatic comes off as simply cheesy and over done.
Among a whole host of other poor qualities this film exudes that I don't have the energy or movie phile vocabulary to convey, all I can say is protect your sanity and avoid this train wreck.
Demerits: Basically everything else. First off the worst part for me which held nothing but cringe moments was Jamie Foxx's depiction of electro as a hopeless (genius 🙄) looser that becomes uncharacteristically obsessed with Spiderman (in the middle of a dangerous car chase/heist, weird!) then via even weaker means becomes electro. Smh idk 🤷 Garfield's almost equally cring worthy attempt to be comic book witty, cute and charismatic comes off as simply cheesy and over done.
Among a whole host of other poor qualities this film exudes that I don't have the energy or movie phile vocabulary to convey, all I can say is protect your sanity and avoid this train wreck.