JustALittleBitRandom
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Caesar comes up with a new plan to wipe out the huge threat that is a Gaulish village by adapting them to Roman life by building huge apartment complex's nearby.
A comic book that's just over 40 pages long being adapted into an 85 minute long film? It can't be done can it? Well Asterix: The Mansions Of The Gods proves that this can be done while remaining faithful to the original material. This film is genuinely like one of the comics has come to life. And even better it will entertain both kids and adults with something for all ages to laugh at. It's got lighthearted slapstick and gags both of the visual and spoken variety. It's a surprisingly funny film and also very entertaining. At one point halfway through it seems to look like it might drag but it picks itself back up and continues on the same form it was originally from. It does look like it might be a cheesy film due to it's mixture of a very British cast from all different areas of Film and Television, etc but it is successful and is actually a good film.From watching the trailers it does seem to look like another dodgy foreign film with a bad English dub done by some big names to sell it better and that is possibly what has been done but it pays off well because this adaptation is a good one.. The plot is well done and there is potential for gags throughout as the events unfold and the writers take advantage of nearly every opportunity to do this and these grabs for laughs usually end up with a few chuckles from the audience no matter what age they were. The script and plot are both very well done and clearly remain faithful to the source material and all the original Asterix comic books. And then it ends. From start to finish 85 minutes goes by very quickly and having been thoroughly enjoyed by most of the audience.
Funny and very entertaining Asterix: The Mansions Of The Gods is a very well done adaptation that stays faithful to the original material. It has something for kids but will also entertain the adults taking them. It's another one of this summers pleasant surprises.
**** <-- Four Stars (Out Of Five)
A comic book that's just over 40 pages long being adapted into an 85 minute long film? It can't be done can it? Well Asterix: The Mansions Of The Gods proves that this can be done while remaining faithful to the original material. This film is genuinely like one of the comics has come to life. And even better it will entertain both kids and adults with something for all ages to laugh at. It's got lighthearted slapstick and gags both of the visual and spoken variety. It's a surprisingly funny film and also very entertaining. At one point halfway through it seems to look like it might drag but it picks itself back up and continues on the same form it was originally from. It does look like it might be a cheesy film due to it's mixture of a very British cast from all different areas of Film and Television, etc but it is successful and is actually a good film.From watching the trailers it does seem to look like another dodgy foreign film with a bad English dub done by some big names to sell it better and that is possibly what has been done but it pays off well because this adaptation is a good one.. The plot is well done and there is potential for gags throughout as the events unfold and the writers take advantage of nearly every opportunity to do this and these grabs for laughs usually end up with a few chuckles from the audience no matter what age they were. The script and plot are both very well done and clearly remain faithful to the source material and all the original Asterix comic books. And then it ends. From start to finish 85 minutes goes by very quickly and having been thoroughly enjoyed by most of the audience.
Funny and very entertaining Asterix: The Mansions Of The Gods is a very well done adaptation that stays faithful to the original material. It has something for kids but will also entertain the adults taking them. It's another one of this summers pleasant surprises.
**** <-- Four Stars (Out Of Five)
A family is haunted by a "terrifying" figure that only appears when all the light's go out.
Notice the word terrifying in the plot summary for this review. Notice how it is in speech marks. Notice how it gives a sense that once again not even I of all people found this horror movie scary. And I didn't, and I don't think anybody in the screening room did either. In total I think there are about two jump scares which are only just effective are barely successful and the reason none of the intended scares are scary is because they are all so predictable and you can see them coming from a mile off. The main threat in the film doesn't actually seem to be very scary and all I could think of when it came on screen was that it looked like a female version of Gollum just with a less extreme hunchback... It's not scary and the same can be said for the film itself. The acting in the film is good and adds a bit of realism to what is a very unrealistic/ dodgy film. One reason that the film isn't majorly scary is the fact that the majority of it is spent away from the scenes of horror and in other places trying to figure out what the actual threat is, where it came from and how to get rid of it, yes some of these scenes are slightly interesting but they go on for too long and just make the creature that is haunting even less scary than it already was. So in the 20 minutes spent in the dark with this threat there are only about two jump scares which are slightly scary despite still being predictable. It just makes it more of a Godsend that it's a short film at 81 minutes. At least it's not as bad ,to the point where it's almost not even laughably bad, and over two hours like this years earlier horror release The Conjuring 2.
It's not scary and the threat is like a female version of Gollum with less of a hunchback and the majority of the film is spent in a non-threatening/ safe environment. At least it's not as bad as The Conjuring 2.
** <-- Two Stars (Out Of Five)
Notice the word terrifying in the plot summary for this review. Notice how it is in speech marks. Notice how it gives a sense that once again not even I of all people found this horror movie scary. And I didn't, and I don't think anybody in the screening room did either. In total I think there are about two jump scares which are only just effective are barely successful and the reason none of the intended scares are scary is because they are all so predictable and you can see them coming from a mile off. The main threat in the film doesn't actually seem to be very scary and all I could think of when it came on screen was that it looked like a female version of Gollum just with a less extreme hunchback... It's not scary and the same can be said for the film itself. The acting in the film is good and adds a bit of realism to what is a very unrealistic/ dodgy film. One reason that the film isn't majorly scary is the fact that the majority of it is spent away from the scenes of horror and in other places trying to figure out what the actual threat is, where it came from and how to get rid of it, yes some of these scenes are slightly interesting but they go on for too long and just make the creature that is haunting even less scary than it already was. So in the 20 minutes spent in the dark with this threat there are only about two jump scares which are slightly scary despite still being predictable. It just makes it more of a Godsend that it's a short film at 81 minutes. At least it's not as bad ,to the point where it's almost not even laughably bad, and over two hours like this years earlier horror release The Conjuring 2.
It's not scary and the threat is like a female version of Gollum with less of a hunchback and the majority of the film is spent in a non-threatening/ safe environment. At least it's not as bad as The Conjuring 2.
** <-- Two Stars (Out Of Five)
David Brent ,from The Office UK, returns and this time he's on tour with his band Forgone Conclusion.
Not being the biggest fan of The Office UK or the trailers for this film I wasn't really sure what to expect from the return of Ricky Gervais' comic creation. But as always I went into the screening room with an open mind and to my surprise I actually found this film quite funny. The majority of the jokes in the film are very Hit Or Miss but luckily most of them are hit's and only a couple do seem to unfortunately miss with most of the audience. Seeing as this is a film based on a band tour there are obviously a number of songs throughout and one or two of them aren't very funny as they seem to be intended but there are some which are successful especially one about halfway through the film which does possibly go out to ,from the eyes of Gervais seeing how Brent would see things, unintentionally offend. But the majority of the possible offensiveness does seem to be done with a moderate amount of taste and not to anger or majorly offend people to the point of complaint and uproar, it does make the majority of people laugh and it's the way Brent is, unintentionally offensive and that's what makes him funny in this film. However, luckily not all jokes go along this line and there are also a number of safer/ less risky/ cleaner jokes that also muster up a lot of laughs. There are many points where the audience begins to laugh out loud because of the barrage of gags being thrown towards them from the cinema screen and this is one of the reasons that some people might want to go and see this film again. One of the downsides to the film is that it does seem to end to quickly the pacing throughout is good and well done but when it gets to the end of the film things seem to become rushed as if the writers want to make sure that the film definitely doesn't drag and yes this is something that the film does well but I think if it did have an extra five minutes it wouldn't affect it very much and would most likely neaten out the ending and give it a more comfortable, less cramped time frame. One more thing Gervais is able to do is ,like in his previous TV series Derek but not as strong, is the plot/ script has a certain amount of emotion that gives a different feel to the film but it doesn't get to the point where things begin to seem weird and feel awkward. Overall it's a successful funny and mildly emotional film.
David Brent returns with lots of laugh out loud moments and a small amount of emotion in David Brent: Life On The Road. If the ending and some of the songs were better then the film would be that tiny bit better.
*** <-- Three Stars (Out Of Five)
Not being the biggest fan of The Office UK or the trailers for this film I wasn't really sure what to expect from the return of Ricky Gervais' comic creation. But as always I went into the screening room with an open mind and to my surprise I actually found this film quite funny. The majority of the jokes in the film are very Hit Or Miss but luckily most of them are hit's and only a couple do seem to unfortunately miss with most of the audience. Seeing as this is a film based on a band tour there are obviously a number of songs throughout and one or two of them aren't very funny as they seem to be intended but there are some which are successful especially one about halfway through the film which does possibly go out to ,from the eyes of Gervais seeing how Brent would see things, unintentionally offend. But the majority of the possible offensiveness does seem to be done with a moderate amount of taste and not to anger or majorly offend people to the point of complaint and uproar, it does make the majority of people laugh and it's the way Brent is, unintentionally offensive and that's what makes him funny in this film. However, luckily not all jokes go along this line and there are also a number of safer/ less risky/ cleaner jokes that also muster up a lot of laughs. There are many points where the audience begins to laugh out loud because of the barrage of gags being thrown towards them from the cinema screen and this is one of the reasons that some people might want to go and see this film again. One of the downsides to the film is that it does seem to end to quickly the pacing throughout is good and well done but when it gets to the end of the film things seem to become rushed as if the writers want to make sure that the film definitely doesn't drag and yes this is something that the film does well but I think if it did have an extra five minutes it wouldn't affect it very much and would most likely neaten out the ending and give it a more comfortable, less cramped time frame. One more thing Gervais is able to do is ,like in his previous TV series Derek but not as strong, is the plot/ script has a certain amount of emotion that gives a different feel to the film but it doesn't get to the point where things begin to seem weird and feel awkward. Overall it's a successful funny and mildly emotional film.
David Brent returns with lots of laugh out loud moments and a small amount of emotion in David Brent: Life On The Road. If the ending and some of the songs were better then the film would be that tiny bit better.
*** <-- Three Stars (Out Of Five)
