Date: Saturday 16th March
Film: Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Director: David O. Russell
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro and Jacki Weaver
Running Time: 2 hour 02 minutes
Rating: 8.5/10
I've seen this before, and my feelings haven't changed. It's still brilliant and I'm still a little bit in love with Jennifer Lawrence, so when I knew The Luce was going to be in town and we saw that this was showing at The PCC, we couldn't pass up the chance to see it. In fact, I even ran across Leicester Square to make sure I didn't miss any of the film.
What a joyous movie.
Challenge day: 172
Challenge time: 10 days, 20 hours, 07 minutes
Challenge film total: 134
Showing posts with label Jennifer Lawrence. Show all posts
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Friday, 12 April 2013
Thursday, 10 January 2013
They just want a good show, that's all they want.
Date: Monday 31st November
Film: The Hunger Games (2012)
Director: Gary Ross
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth
Running Time: 2 hours 22 minutes
Rating: 8.5/10
New Year's Eve, a bowl of chili, a glass of champagne, some good friends and a film I've watched, and enjoyed, recently.
Nothing to add on the second viewing. It's still great.
Challenge day: 97
Challenge time: 05 days, 20 hours, 53 minutes
Challenge film total: 73
Film: The Hunger Games (2012)
Director: Gary Ross
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth
Running Time: 2 hours 22 minutes
Rating: 8.5/10
New Year's Eve, a bowl of chili, a glass of champagne, some good friends and a film I've watched, and enjoyed, recently.
Nothing to add on the second viewing. It's still great.
Challenge day: 97
Challenge time: 05 days, 20 hours, 53 minutes
Challenge film total: 73
Friday, 23 November 2012
If you stay positive, you have a shot at a silver lining
Date: Sunday 18th November 2012
Film: Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Director: David O. Russell
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro and Jacki Weaver
Running Time: 2 hour 02 minutes
Rating: 8.5/10
From all the trailers and press I wasn't sure about this film, but a free screening is a free screening (even if it did involve trekking to Stratford first thing on a Sunday morning!) and I'm so glad I got up and went.
I already knew I loved Jennifer Lawrence, she's amazing in Winter's Bone, as well as The Hunger Games and X-Men: First Class, but this film gave me a whole different opinion on Bradley Cooper. With the exception of The Hangover, I struggle to think of a film he's been in, let alone one where he can prove that he's more than a pretty face. With Silver Linings he does exactly this, he plays vulnerable, needy, emotionally unstable and a little kooky, brilliantly.
The supporting cast is equally outstanding. This is the first solid performance I've seen Robert De Niro give in a long time and Jacki Weaver was, yet again, phenomenal.
The story isn't anything special, you can see the ending coming from a mile off, but the acting and dry script lift this away from a standard predictable rom-com.
Worth seeing if you get the chance.
Challenge day: 56
Challenge time: 2 days 18 hours 33 minutes
Challenge film total: 36
Director: David O. Russell
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro and Jacki Weaver
Running Time: 2 hour 02 minutes
Rating: 8.5/10
From all the trailers and press I wasn't sure about this film, but a free screening is a free screening (even if it did involve trekking to Stratford first thing on a Sunday morning!) and I'm so glad I got up and went.
I already knew I loved Jennifer Lawrence, she's amazing in Winter's Bone, as well as The Hunger Games and X-Men: First Class, but this film gave me a whole different opinion on Bradley Cooper. With the exception of The Hangover, I struggle to think of a film he's been in, let alone one where he can prove that he's more than a pretty face. With Silver Linings he does exactly this, he plays vulnerable, needy, emotionally unstable and a little kooky, brilliantly.
The supporting cast is equally outstanding. This is the first solid performance I've seen Robert De Niro give in a long time and Jacki Weaver was, yet again, phenomenal.
The story isn't anything special, you can see the ending coming from a mile off, but the acting and dry script lift this away from a standard predictable rom-com.
Worth seeing if you get the chance.
Challenge day: 56
Challenge time: 2 days 18 hours 33 minutes
Challenge film total: 36
Tuesday, 6 November 2012
Hope. It is the only thing stronger than fear.
Date: Sunday 4th November
Film: The Hunger Games (2012)
Director: Gary Ross
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Laim Hemsworth
Running Time: 2 hours 22 minutes
Rating: 8.5/10
After reading the books earlier this year, I was a little torn on whether I would like the first movie in The Hunger Games trilogy, mainly because whilst I enjoyed the premise of the books, I found the Katniss character to be weak and whiny, something I struggled to tolerate.
However, friends who had seen the film but hadn't read the books advised me that Jennifer Lawrence plays Katniss differently to how she is written. Instead of being this girl who puts herself into situations then complains that she doesn't like the way things are going, in the film Katniss is a strong girl who fights for the people she cares about.
The subject matter is dark, in the future Panem (the remains of North America) is controlled by The Capitol, who suppress the 12 poorer districts. Annually, in an effort to exert their control, the Capitol run the Hunger Games, a nationally televised event in which a male and female tribute, aged between 12 and 18, from each district must go into an arena and fight until only one person remains standing, having helped kill the other 23 tributes.
As with all book adaptations, I had ideas in my mind of what I expected characters, scene and environments to look like and, ever since the soul crushing disappointment of the adaptation of The Time Traveler's Wife (way to ruin a great book), I went into this with low expectations. I was pleased to be proved wrong.
Considering that for a large section of the story Katniss is alone, the filmmakers have worked well to show her struggle without resorting to cheesy voice overs. Considering the manner in which some tributes meet their demise, the fight scenes weren't overly graphic and were balanced well with the relationships forming in the arena and views of the nation outside watching the games.
Backed by a strong supporting cast, made up of many a familiar face, The Hunger Games is a great film.
Challenge Day: 42
Challenge Time: 2 days, 3 hours, 42 minutes
Challenge Film Total: 29
Film: The Hunger Games (2012)
Director: Gary Ross
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson and Laim Hemsworth
Running Time: 2 hours 22 minutes
Rating: 8.5/10
After reading the books earlier this year, I was a little torn on whether I would like the first movie in The Hunger Games trilogy, mainly because whilst I enjoyed the premise of the books, I found the Katniss character to be weak and whiny, something I struggled to tolerate.
However, friends who had seen the film but hadn't read the books advised me that Jennifer Lawrence plays Katniss differently to how she is written. Instead of being this girl who puts herself into situations then complains that she doesn't like the way things are going, in the film Katniss is a strong girl who fights for the people she cares about.
The subject matter is dark, in the future Panem (the remains of North America) is controlled by The Capitol, who suppress the 12 poorer districts. Annually, in an effort to exert their control, the Capitol run the Hunger Games, a nationally televised event in which a male and female tribute, aged between 12 and 18, from each district must go into an arena and fight until only one person remains standing, having helped kill the other 23 tributes.
As with all book adaptations, I had ideas in my mind of what I expected characters, scene and environments to look like and, ever since the soul crushing disappointment of the adaptation of The Time Traveler's Wife (way to ruin a great book), I went into this with low expectations. I was pleased to be proved wrong.
Considering that for a large section of the story Katniss is alone, the filmmakers have worked well to show her struggle without resorting to cheesy voice overs. Considering the manner in which some tributes meet their demise, the fight scenes weren't overly graphic and were balanced well with the relationships forming in the arena and views of the nation outside watching the games.
Backed by a strong supporting cast, made up of many a familiar face, The Hunger Games is a great film.
Challenge Day: 42
Challenge Time: 2 days, 3 hours, 42 minutes
Challenge Film Total: 29
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