Film 142/365, Day 152/365 – Kill Bill: Volume 1

An absolute masterpiece of cinematic wonder.  I love Kill Bill, with volume 1 being my favourite of the two.  I am a huge fan of Japanese film and animation and love the way that Tarantino has blended them together with a number of other styles and genres to create this visually, musically and just generally stunning film.  Love it, love it, love it!

Synopsis:  The bride, a former member of the Deadly Viper squad, is attacked and left for dead at her wedding by her former squad members.  When she wakes from a coma to discover that she has lost her unborn child she seeks revenge of all of the members of the Deadly Viper squad and their leader Bill.

Film 141/365, Day 152/365 – Sharktopus

Complete and utter shite.  The acting is bad, the direction is bad, the CGI is bad, the script is bad but the most shocking thing about Sharktopus is that someone actually put up the money to make it.  Almost the worst film I’ve ever seen!

Synopsis:  The military in it’s infinite wisdom creates a Shark-Octopus hybrid which it soon loses control of and it goes on it’s inevitable killing spree.

Review of May 2011

Well, that is the first five months done.  Only seven to go and I have eleven films to make up which is more than last month but it is still not impossible and as long as I keep within touching distance I am confident that it is achievable.

Here is my progress to date

Here is the new to old film ratio.

I saw nine new films this month which keeps me on target for one third of my films being new.

Here are how the films have been rated.

There were five films that scored five stars in May, no zero stars but there were three one star films.  So it's not all been good.

And here is the percentage of my time that I have spent watching films so far this year.

Yet more film stars have joined the list of names at the bottom of each review.  Arnold Schwarzenegger has pulled away with six.

• Arnold Schwarzenegger

Five

• Bruce Willis

Four

• Jim Carrey
• Angelina Jolie

Further updates to come soon.

Film 140/365, Day 151/365 – The Running Man

Still brilliant and quite an accurate view on the media of the future.  Sure it’s all about Arnie running around fighting ever increasingly difficult opponents giving him more and more opportunities to throw one liners after dispatching each one but I can’t help but enjoy the way the media is shown to cut and edit footage to show the public what they want them to see… Excellent, one of my favourite Arnie films.

Synopsis:  In a dark and depressing future humanity is almost entirely reliant on the TV.  The top rated show is the Running Man which gives convicted criminals the chance to win their freedom by taking part in an extreme version of gladiators.  Ben Richards is framed for a crime he didn’t commit and must now take part in the Running Man in an attempt to win back his freedom.

Film 139/365, Day 151/365 – Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

It’s stupid, really really stupid but you’ve got to love it.  This film has so many memorable lines that you will find yourself repeating over and over again.  Ben Stiller is excellent as the slightly unhinged and vain White Goodman.  If you can dodge a wrench then you can dodge a ball!  Again, it is so stupid it is brilliant.

Synopsis:  White Goodman, the owner of Globo Gym, seeks to squash all competition and to do so buys Average Joe’s.  Now in order to save their gym a group of misfits enter a Dodgeball tournament under the tutelage of legendary Dodgeball player Patches O'Houlihan.  The only problem is that White has discovered their plan and has entered his own team!