Film Reviews by PW

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Pixar have made a Dreamworks film

(Edit) 01/07/2020

Pixar have made some of the most near-perfect films of our generation.

But this is just ... OK. It's the sort of by-the-numbers Pixar copies that Dreamworks make. It's not actually "bad", but (for Pixar) it's embaressing.

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Life in the War: Part 1: The Gathering Storm

Great footage

(Edit) 07/06/2019

The footage they've licensed (as I understand) from the BFI is very, VERY good.

You normally see the same few clips on TV programmes, but I had seen very little of the stuff here. It was new to me, and very interesting.

However, the script/voiceover is fairly basic and non insightful.

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Working the Land: The Bygone Age of Farming

Great footage, voice over not so much

(Edit) 20/05/2019

The footage is really, REALLY good. I've watched a lot of re-enactor type content, especially the Victorian Farm/Green valley series.

But it's simply a joy to see people doing tasks who can REALLY do them. The seed broadcaster was a wonder to behold (yes, I'm a nerd).

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Solo: A Star Wars Story

Mechanical

(Edit) 14/01/2019

This feels like some poor script writer was given a bullet point list

* becomes a pilot

* meets Chewbacca

* acquires the Millenium Falcon

* does the Kessel run in 12 parsecs (which is a unit of LENGTH not time, btw)

And simply joined the dots. The 30 second long high point was how they introduced Chewbacca.

One for completists only.

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Blade Runner 2049

Would look a good film - unless you compare it to the original

(Edit) 16/04/2018

Lesser than the original in almost every regard - music not so good, imagery less impressive, plot more obvious.

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