Today,
reviews for Argo, Taken 2 and Here Comes the Boom.
Argo
is another really brilliant film that I saw on Monday, Argo. I wasn’t sure that I’d enjoy this one as it’s
set in the late 1970’s and is based on the Iranian hostage crisis (which I
actually remember a happening) so I really didn’t think it would be something I’d
enjoy. However, the reviews I read where
really good. I mean REALLY good, so I
thought, “Why not”.
Well,
I’m glad I did. It was really good, very
enjoyable and rather gripping actually. The
story, during the Iranian revolution in 1979, 6 American Embassy employees
manage to escape and hide out at the home of the Canadian Ambassador. Knowing it’s only a matter of time before the
6 are found out and likely to be killed, a CIA infiltration specialist comes up
with a risky plan to get them safely out of the country.
It
was excellent. Full of twists and turns
and kept you guessing right to the very end.
Highly entertaining and well worth a watch. Here’s the trailer ...
Next,
let’s look at Taken 2. I was really
looking forward to that film. The
trailers had been everywhere and made it look really good. I loved the first film, it was one of those
films you just kind of stubble on and turns about to be amazing (I love it when
that happens). Not so for this rather
lame sequel though. Don’t get me wrong,
I still really love Liam Neeson and I actually felt really sad for him that the
screenplay for this film was so bad.
What’s
it about? Well you know how his daughter was kidnapped in the first film and he
went on a killing spree, attacking all her kidnappers and killing as many as
possible? Well, their families now want
revenge and come after him, his ex-wife and their daughter (she doesn’t have
much luck does she?) on a trip to Istanbul (like you would holiday there after
everything that went on before ... go figure!).
I
can’t say that much action ensued. It
was really rather boring, lacked story and lacked action (not good for an
action film!). Definitely one for the ‘never
watch again’ pile ... hence no trailer!
Next,
let’s do ‘Here Comes the Boom’. This was
a weird one because considering how many times I go to the cinema, I’d never
seen any trailers for this one ... not a one!
Which is rather sad because I think it was a really funny film that many
people won’t see because they don’t know about it!
Basically,
it’s a bit of a ‘boys’ film with some rather basic humour and quite a bit of
cheese, but I still enjoyed it and laughed out loud quite a bit. Kevin James plays a former college wrestler,
Scott Voss, who is now an overweight, bored biology teacher in a failing high
school. When cut backs threaten the
music department, laying off their teacher (Henry ‘The Fonze’ Winkler), Voss
begins to raise money by taking part in mixed martial art fighting. Salma Hayek plays the love interest. It is rather schmaltzy, but enjoyable all the
same. Here’s the trailer, because you
won’t see it anywhere else unless you Google/YouTube it!
Right
lovelies, that’s it for now, more tomorrow.
Until then, be fabulous!
Lots
of love
Jx
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