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Senna (2010)
God, Man and Machine
Let me firstly say that I am not a driving fan or a fan of Mr Senna... until now. The movie is truly beautiful. It is quite unbelievable how much footage exists and it is so very much more powerful than any piece of writing on the project could be.
It was fascinating to see evidence of the troubles between he and Prost and yet not really side with either one. It felt impossible to do so, as they were both competitive men on different sides of the same coin.
A masterpiece of a film, congratulations to all involved. It was simply beautiful.
It is of course quite difficult to watch at times with all of the footage being real but it taps into our intrigue, our desire for truth. Ayrton himself, can not help but look when a friend is very badly draped across the road, after a crash in training. This is mirrored later at his own fatal crash, when as a viewer I simply could not look away. I had to know how it happened, why it happened and what it looked like.
An incredible movie of poet value.
Stormhouse (2011)
Scary movie for sure. Felt cheap in places
OK, so first of all the idea for this movie is great. I think the writer did a great job to come up with something original and yet very much within a horror movie genre. It had all the right horror clichés and yet had some bits we had never seen before. Is it a great movie? Not by a long shot, it feels cheap in places and some effects are bad quality. However there are moments when the obvious lack of resource adds to the fact it feels quite real. I thought the American actors who play Hayley and Mr Faber were the best in the movie, along with the British guy who played the major, by a yard stick! The rest were not interesting enough, I do not know if that's down to the writing, or the actor but I guess ultimately I want to blame the Director here. There is also one British guy who appears to be dubbed throughout the movie, an older character but because of this, it really jerks you out of the film. Fortunately he is not in the picture long enough. I read one of the user reviews saying it was too dark, I didn't agree. I thought the fact that the movie was dark was a real plus. I found it quite scary throughout but I do agree the sounds quality is just plain bad! I thought the moment when all the soldiers are singing the nursery rhyme and clapping was a little laughable but there were some genuine scares in here. Quite a few to be honest. And some nice twists in there too! Is it going to be the kinda movie that sets the world alight, I very much doubt it, it just doesn't have the full package. The quality is just not there. It was a refreshing piece though and worth a look for sure. I like scary and this movie had scary.