Saturday, 21 January 2012
Content of the review
Stand up 2 the challenge is the sequel to the first film, stand up. Director Robert Cimpoes and the rest of the crew are back in action with the second and final part of the action packed movie stand up. These guys love action genre films with revenge therefore they made another amazing film. The director has successfully created a highly acclaimed film in the short pace of 5 minutes. The viewer of this short film is promoted towards the theme by many of the techniques used by Hoang and Bacchus. In the newly released film, after days and weeks of training, Robert catches up with the bullies that troubled him in the first part.
Asif who are stereotypical bullies. As Robert beats them up and he thinks it’s over, he’s unaware there is even more trouble waiting for him.
Amateur actors did a perfect job! Acting works well in illustrating the emotions of the characters in the film. After the first fight scene, the brutality doesn’t stop there. The last fight scene is definitely the best scene in the film.
Pyznarska did an amazing job! She managed to squeeze so much into a short sequence. The editing is extremely tight. It is a pure adrenaline rush! Everything here was done on an extremely tight budget, but they managed to work on high and professional level.“It’s not the money that makes the film good, it’s the director, producer, editor, actors and everyone else involved in the film” states Hoang. The music plays a key part in narrating the short film. Cimpoes and Bacchus created several soundtracks for different scenes.
The music works with the action very well as it builds up the tension. The amazing fight choreography created by Hoang creates an exaggerated and surreal atmosphere in order to create insane, intense scenes. The movie is hard hitting as it could relate to the audience as bullying and revenge can happen to most people
The film does contain a small amount of exaggeration, but however, the audience can still emphasise with the characters in the movie.
Verdict: This film is one of the films which have easily exceeded all of my expectations. It’s outstanding, blending the key elements of action. If you like action films, this one is perfect for you!
Asif who are stereotypical bullies. As Robert beats them up and he thinks it’s over, he’s unaware there is even more trouble waiting for him.
Amateur actors did a perfect job! Acting works well in illustrating the emotions of the characters in the film. After the first fight scene, the brutality doesn’t stop there. The last fight scene is definitely the best scene in the film.
Pyznarska did an amazing job! She managed to squeeze so much into a short sequence. The editing is extremely tight. It is a pure adrenaline rush! Everything here was done on an extremely tight budget, but they managed to work on high and professional level.“It’s not the money that makes the film good, it’s the director, producer, editor, actors and everyone else involved in the film” states Hoang. The music plays a key part in narrating the short film. Cimpoes and Bacchus created several soundtracks for different scenes.
The music works with the action very well as it builds up the tension. The amazing fight choreography created by Hoang creates an exaggerated and surreal atmosphere in order to create insane, intense scenes. The movie is hard hitting as it could relate to the audience as bullying and revenge can happen to most people
The film does contain a small amount of exaggeration, but however, the audience can still emphasise with the characters in the movie.
Verdict: This film is one of the films which have easily exceeded all of my expectations. It’s outstanding, blending the key elements of action. If you like action films, this one is perfect for you!
Thursday, 22 December 2011
Wednesday, 14 December 2011
Review Analysis
Empire Magazine - Adulthood
It starts off with Simon Crook (reviewer) explaining the plot, from this we see him use chatty language and terms such as “rusty shiv with his name on it”, this notifies the reader that the review is informal for general readers. When Crook starts to review, he firstly shows his appreciation to ‘Kidulthood’ (previous film), saying that it is aimed at “realism” and then makes a joke claiming that Kidulthood is not “sensation, like Larry Clark’s Kids after a Magners-and-crack binge - hangover included”, which furthermore adds to the fact that the review is written using informal language.
In the next paragraph Crooks begins to show his considerations towards the film using subtle sentences such as “there’s something satisfying about lifetime-in-a-day movies” and “Adulthood delivers a dynamic shot of timebomb cinema”, from these quotes we can see that Simon Crook thinks highly of the film, however he is unbiased as he declares that ‘Adulthood’ “loses its rhythm twice”
In the last paragraph he further on makes jokes, referencing other media while making fun of the film, “strip away the slang and tracksuits, and it compares well with the likes of The Firm and Scum”. At the top of the page there is also a picture from the film showing characters, Mooney and Jay face to face. Overall Simon Crook gave a positive review, detailing the good parts of the film and also giving it a 3 out of 5 star rating.
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