Showing posts with label Liev Schreiber. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Liev Schreiber. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

The Reluctant Fundamentalist

SF: I wasn't too keen on seeing this film, especially as I'd heard very mixed reviews about the book. Thankfully I need not have worried. This film is excellent. The acting is engaging and never over played, the story compelling and the direction spot on. Yes I saw a few things coming but it didn't matter. Well worth a watch. 7/10

50Eggs: n/a

DonkeyB: Another literary adaptation, another plot device to allow narration. This time I haven't read the book so the device might be in the book. However, this makes a more interesting counterpart to 0D30 than The Great Gatsby. Very good; interesting, thought provoking people should see it. It's not perfect- there are parts which seem a little trite and it falls back into cliche once or twice- but it's a film that's trying to be about something and it has an opinion. 7/10

Overall: 7/10

Friday, August 20, 2010

Salt


SF: Very much Bourne meets The Long Kiss Goodnight. Twists and turns, full of action and rather entertaining - does everything I wanted, only bad point is it's left open for a sequel, I hate when they do that. Still 6/10

50 Eggs: I fully expected this to be tripe, but was pleasantly surprised. Kept me guessing the whole way through. 7/10

DonkeyB: Dull. Bad Angelina. 5/10

Overall - 6/10