jamesmcconnon
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And one of the best Stephens King adaptations I've seen. And yes, I an including the Shining, the Mist, Carrie and the Shawshank Redemption.
I haven't read the book since the 80s.i remember the ending a little differently, but overall it made me feel the way I remember the book making me feel.
Hamil is a bit hammy as the crotchety old major, but it fits the movie perfectly. All the actors playing the young men in the walk are excellent. They feel like real people, and you believe in every one of them.
It's gory and harrowing. But it's also heart warming and life affirming. The relationships between the young men trying to help each other through an ordeal only one of them can survive are the heart of the movie. The instant bonds they form feel true to the circumstances they find themselves in.
It's a film that is at heart about basic human decency in the face of it's opposite. I couldn't recommend it more.
I haven't read the book since the 80s.i remember the ending a little differently, but overall it made me feel the way I remember the book making me feel.
Hamil is a bit hammy as the crotchety old major, but it fits the movie perfectly. All the actors playing the young men in the walk are excellent. They feel like real people, and you believe in every one of them.
It's gory and harrowing. But it's also heart warming and life affirming. The relationships between the young men trying to help each other through an ordeal only one of them can survive are the heart of the movie. The instant bonds they form feel true to the circumstances they find themselves in.
It's a film that is at heart about basic human decency in the face of it's opposite. I couldn't recommend it more.
28 years later is brilliant. Real emotional roller coaster of a movie. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll jump, you'll go ewwww.
Rocco Hayes, the 12 year old lead is astounding. He is such a good actor, especially for a kid. Everyone else in the film is really good, but the film rests on his shoulders and he totally carries it. Great performance.
They film the whole thing on iphone, and it kind of shows, but gives it a very unique look.
Love the way they subvert some of the things you see in the trailer. If you've seen it you'll be, like, that's not what I expected that to be. Well played.
And the ending is bonkers. Guess it's setting things up for the sequel in a How's about that, then, way. No one outside the UK will get it.
Favourite little in joke was the happy eater featured in one scene. They went out of business in 1997. Which, I'm sure, not coincidentally, was 28 years ago.
Didn't think I'd see another film as good as sinners this year, but that's definitely in the same league.
Rocco Hayes, the 12 year old lead is astounding. He is such a good actor, especially for a kid. Everyone else in the film is really good, but the film rests on his shoulders and he totally carries it. Great performance.
They film the whole thing on iphone, and it kind of shows, but gives it a very unique look.
Love the way they subvert some of the things you see in the trailer. If you've seen it you'll be, like, that's not what I expected that to be. Well played.
And the ending is bonkers. Guess it's setting things up for the sequel in a How's about that, then, way. No one outside the UK will get it.
Favourite little in joke was the happy eater featured in one scene. They went out of business in 1997. Which, I'm sure, not coincidentally, was 28 years ago.
Didn't think I'd see another film as good as sinners this year, but that's definitely in the same league.
Really beautiful British comedy that will have you laughing and crying in equal measure. Tim Key, who i really like anyway, gives a career best performance in this as a millionaire who hires his favourite folk singer to play just for him. And then surprises the singer with a blast from his own past.
Tim's backstory is gradually revealed during the movie and is truly heartbreaking, but just makes him more and more relatable. His burgeining relationship with the local shopkeeper is also played really well and is very believable.
Tom Basden as the folk singer is also very good. Starting as the slightly downtrodden, mildly grumpy character he exceos ar, but experiencing real growth throughout the movie.
Truly beautiful movie of the type you don't often see in the cinema nowadays. Loved it.
Tim's backstory is gradually revealed during the movie and is truly heartbreaking, but just makes him more and more relatable. His burgeining relationship with the local shopkeeper is also played really well and is very believable.
Tom Basden as the folk singer is also very good. Starting as the slightly downtrodden, mildly grumpy character he exceos ar, but experiencing real growth throughout the movie.
Truly beautiful movie of the type you don't often see in the cinema nowadays. Loved it.