Film Reviews by AB

Pointless, storyless, incoherent drivel that only a psychologist, nay a psychiatrist, could fathom. A complete waste of time and effort to even put the DVD into a drive. Avoid like the plague

Some amusing moments that were funny, some just amusing, thankfully not many toe curling scenes. I think that the whole cast must have had a great time making this and some of the out takes must be very amusing, blue-blooded and X-rated! Oh to be an actor who gets to rub Jane Seymour's breasts in the interests of making a film! Grandma had some of the best lines in the film as well. If there are teenagers watching it, I don't really think that you could make a career out of this, but you would certainly enjoy yourself!

Ponderous, slow-moving, lacking in any sort of drama and even "the secret" is unbelievable, but well-hidden.

One for the psycho-babblers to enjoy and for 'arty' film buffs only

I had absolutely no idea what this film would be about but its name is one that always crops up in reviews, conversations and lists so I thought that I'd watch it - far better than I thought it would be.

The plot you can get elsewhere but it has a bit of farce in it, sex jokes, lost love, toe-curling embarrassment and the two scenes with the dog had me laughing like a drain. Enjoy it.

I found the film interesting, and set my my wandering - what if this situation occurred to myself or my wife, where memories had to be made each day?

Nice twists and turns in the film and I guessed wrongly!

Haven't read the books but this is "Lord of the Flies" meet "Cube". Too many open questions - before Teresa, why did no-one question why there were no girls, why not climb up the walls? Did the boys dream? If so, the same dream? Needed some intelligence in the script which was sadly lacking for a bunch of teenagers who would/should be asking a lot of questions and attempting to find answers. And what were the "Grievers" supposed to be? jailers? the bogey-man? Again, too many questions and too few answers. "The Cube" wasn't much better, despite both films having a great idea behind them, where viewers would actually want to be part of the whole setup as part of of "what if I ..."? premise

I watched this the whole way through waiting for something to happen - which it didn't. Couldn't see the point of the whole film - neither character had any presence and why Brosnan's character would ever get to like Kinnear's (and vice versa) is anyone's guess.

I like fantasy films but this one irritated me as it was far too reliant on CGI, with a love story that was beyond believable and which was there simply to make another storyline subplot, and that failed due to the all-too-formulaic "pretty girl sees beyond oddball's oddness"

A film that tugs at the tear ducts in the final reels and depicts (again) the bravery of men (in all of history) who go into battle knowing that they may not come out of it alive, whatever their beliefs and reasons for fighting. These battles were of the "close combat" type where fitness, training, adrenalin all played their part in keeping you alive, as well as camaraderie, luck and judgement. The battle scenes here will make you proud of men who fought in such conflicts, especially given that this film is based on fact.

Was I the only one rooting for the apes in this film? Wonderful prequel to the genre, explaining Caeser's 'genesis'.

I enjoyed this due to the anthropomorphic characterisation of the animals in the film - tune were pretty dire but it is a feel-good film about getting things done and getting them right. Who needs character development in a cartoon? It is simply a drawn version of a 'feel good' storyline that humans act in.

Far too complex to be watchable - your soon get very confused as to what is going on and is there a why? or a how? or a when? A teenage film only so perhaps they can explain what the storyline is really about - I think it is an eco-message but it goes about it in a long-winded way to get there, and even then it only surfaces at the end in a speech that lasts about 10 seconds from Hugh Laurie

Where things could go wrong, they do, in this film that is more akin to a farce than a storyline, with events getting in the way of everything the boys plan and try to execute.

Has its moments, good and bad, but overall an enjoyable film

My description of a "Nice film" is under-stated, but it is not a "great" film - the characters play out as they should for the timeline, and the titular gun does the rounds of people, but that storyline should have been played out a bit more in my opinion, as they were too many extraneous scenes. IMO, James Stewart was a bit wooden in the film, Shelley Winters was a revelation as everyone always thinks of her as an old, "mutton dressed as lamb" actress from her later years and Rock Hudson was unrecognisable. Perhaps a bit more historical facts about why the gun was so sought after might have helped explain the whole thing.

A film full of characters that only luvvies would enjoy seeing - you could swap in any other actor/actress for any of the roles and the storyline would still be the same - soft, gentle, amusing (not 'funny' as quoted above) about being accepted, being unusual, being free-spirited, being an individual. A bit toe-curling at times