Film&TV reviews

The comedy was good, glad Marvel has stuck with that lighthearted feel, it did feel a little out of place or scripted sometimes but it wasn't bad. I'm glad they referenced the Blip and the Mandarin from Iron Man, it really helped bring this film into the MCU and connect loose ends from years before. Oh and the Mandarin, or Tony, I can say he was so funny and I love that they brought him into this film. All in all this was a great introduction to Shang-Chi’s character and his sister's character who we find out has her own plans and her own part to play in the MCU in later years. I'm glad they didn't just toss the sister to the side like they usually do in films, and they have let her create her own character and place in the MCU. I don't usually rate origins films, especially superhero ones, very high but for me the story was something we haven't seen before, and the cinematography and graphics just won it over for me.

Surprisingly enjoyable. It’s one of those films on Netflix where you read the description and think ‘this will be good background noise’, but no I found it surprisingly gripping and I just couldn't look away at any point of the film. I don’t think we needed as much sex in this film as we got but it did help thicken the plot a little bit, and I got to see Ben Hardy naked so I won't argue with that. There are so many twists in this film and they are never predictable which is so refreshing in a psychological thriller like this. The twist at the end was my favourite, she didn’t actually kill them she just made them blind, the ultimate karma. Always read the terms and conditions before you sign anything people, okay that part just made me laugh but not in a good way, it added nothing to the film if anything it actually made the plot and the plot twists bland as you find out that these two photographers basically just like to watch people and take away their human rights and then kill people to get their way. The twist about them taking photographs and the wife not actually being dead was a bit predictable but the way the filmmakers introduced this twist was well done.

This film is underrated. I only ever saw the teaser trailer for this and didn’t think much of it only saw it because I needed to watch something, and I loved every minute of it. I loved the fact that it was more of a slasher film than usual cop films, there were definitely horror movie filming techniques used to help introduce tension into the film and it worked really well. The colours used in this film as well amplified the horror/ slasher aspects of the film and made the film more entertaining to watch. I liked the use of classic 80s, 90s cop show themes and music to bring a bit of comedy into the film to stop it from being too heavy and gory. My favourite scene out of the whole movie has to be the bathroom scene when everything is blue and dark and the horror movie camera angels really come into play amping up the tension and giving the characters great development within the film. All the way through the film there were great camera angels being used especially in the prison cell, this helped audiences connect with the characters and pick sides. One thing I will say is that the film did brush over some things, like with Hubert, why did he do everything he did? Why did he side with Tony the bad guy? Also, some parts of the two other main characters stories got brushed over and we as the audience didn't get the answered we needed to make sense of some of the smaller parts of the film. Furthermore, I love how they made the ending non-predictable like I actually believed Gerard’s character was dead, and I love how they have to lead this film onto the second film and still given the audience a lot to look forward to.