Ted & The Dark Knight Rises

OK, so I’d forgotten that I’d also been to watch a couple of other films over the last month.

Firstly there was Ted, which I have to say that I wasn’t going to bother seeing until my mate Debi told me how funny it was ... and she was right!  The premise is very odd.  A man has a teddy since being a kid that actually speaks.  Now, I guess what makes it funny, is that this teddy has a real potty mouth which you don’t expect a teddy to have!

The story ... a boy gets a teddy for Christmas and wishes it was alive, next minute you know, it’s alive and stays with him as he grows up.  However, it becomes problematic when he meets and falls in love and the teddy’s still hanging around.  Throw in a dodgy guy and his son that want to kidnap the ted and comedy ensues.

It’s definitely worth a look, for the shock factor if nothing else!  Here’s the trailer in case you’ve been living in a hole for the last month.  You may want to look at the 'Thunder Song' on YouTube too ... it's funny, but a bit rudder than I'd like to post in my blog!
 

 

The other film I saw was The Dark Night Rises.  Now, I have to say here that I’m not a Christian Bale fan.  Don’t know what it is about him (yes I do actually, it’s his mouth ... its odd) and I also didn’t like that he blasted someone on set a few years ago and was particularly vicious towards them (no need).   I’m also not really a huge fan of action films, so it was going to have to be magnificent if I was going to love it.  Unfortunately, it wasn’t and I didn’t.  It was OK and for those of you who like lots of action, comic books turned into movies and very long films (2 hours 45 minutes) then I guess it would be a winner.   For me, it could have done with being an hour shorter.

I’d tell you about the story, but it was that unmemorable that I can’t remember it!  I do know that the wonderful Michael Caine was in it though, so it definitely wasn't all bad.  Oh, and the usually gorgeous Tom Hardy was virtually unrecognisable, in fact I didn't realise it was him until near the end of the film!

Here’s the trailer ... I’m sure you boys will love it (not meaning to be sexist or anything!).

See you soon lovelies, have a good week.  Be fabulous.

Lots of love

Jx

The Expendables

Well, firstly let me apologise for the lack of posts over the last month or so.  I haven’t disappeared nor have I taken the summer off, I’ve just been working really hard on a couple of new projects that took every last bit of creativity.  I’m happy to say that I’ve done the bulk of the work so normal service can now resume!

I’d love to say that I’ve been up to some really exciting stuff (other than work) in the last month and therefore have loads to tell you about, however, sadly not!  I haven’t even been to the movies – it really has been all work and no play.

However, today, as a bit of a treat (oh dear, I can’t believe that I’m now classing going to the movies as a treat), I actually left the confines of my office and ventured out into the world (other than the supermarket ... that simply doesn’t count) and watched ‘The Expendables’.

Hmmmmm I’ve got lots to say about it and none of it good.  I really wanted to see ‘Brave’, ‘Dr Seuss’ or ‘Ice Age’ but I hate seeing kids films when there are kids about.  I can’t bear the little buggers kicking the back of my seat and the constant ‘up and down’ to visit the bathroom, so, against my better judgement (and after loving the new ‘Orange’ trailer with the cast of The Expendables, which is very funny) I decided to give it a shot.

Firstly what on earth is going on with those veterans’ faces?!  Holy moly!  Their faces where all lumpy and bumpy in quite the wrong places and they were tucked, pulled and pinched so that they were only vaguely recognisable as human!  I think that there must have been enough surplus skin removed from those guys to create a whole other person!  Most unnatural looking ... all except Jason Statham, but then again, he is at least 20 years younger than the youngest of the rest who included:

Stallone – now, his mouth/lips always did have a life of their own, but they seemed to have got even worse with age and the whole sub plot that a young (in her twenties) Chinese girl might find him attractive was, quite simply, ludicrous!  He also looked, for the most part, tired.  Like he’d just woken up ... which he probably had ... he’d probably been having forty winks in his Winnebago between scenes.

Arnie – Oh dear, he just looks permanently startled!  And the ‘I’ll be back’ quote ran a little thin the first time he said it ... let alone the fifth.

Van Dame – Again, lumpy!!! Very lumpy and why do men in their latter years insist on dying their hair black?  It’s rare to see a man in his twenties with black hair, so why these guys think they can get away with it I’ll never know.  I think it was a wig by the way.

Dolph Lundgren – Even lumpier ... Good head of hair though!  The script was particular poor with regards to him though.  It was embarrassing – I felt quite sorry for him.

Chuck Norris (who the hell is Chuck Norris?) – Well, he definitely won the ‘face lift gone wrong’ award ... hmmmmm rather alien like I thought, very strange.

Bruce Willis – was the only one of the geriatrics that still looked ‘normal’ ie little/no work done and he did the best with a bad job.

Jason Statham – If you read my blog regularly you’ll know I’m not a fan of his when he does an American accent, but I’m pleased to say that he kept it English for this film.  He was probably about the best in it, still mildly irritating though (with Willis a close second).

Liam Hemsworth – Well, I don’t really have anything bad to say about him.  He’s lovely.

So, in summary, those guys should leave the action stuff to the young ones.  It was embarrassing.  The screen play was diabolical and its 1.5 hours of my life I’ll never get back!

Just in case you want a taster, here’s the trailer...

 

 

Well that’s it for now lovelies.  I’m off for a lie down after all the excitement!  Enjoy your week and I’ll see you soon.  Be fabulous.

Lots of love.