... a brilliant new online comedy series The Last Security Man about a psycho Belgian security guard:
http://www.rte.ie/storyland/episodes-the-last-security-man.html
when I say I've just seen it, I wrote it and performed in it but it IS very funny.
It's six minutes. Check it out!
Gnomeo & Juliet, with my kids. It was OK, but I was rather hoping they'd keep it as a tragedy and kill them both off at the end - just to see the expressions on the kids' faces, to be honest. A nice concept, though it wasn't brilliantly realised. The animation was good, but nothing one hasn't now seen a hundred times. The story was a bit all over the place, frankly, and didn't really gel. It was fairly join-the-dots stuff, but harmless, I suppose. Several nearly-laughs, but very few hit the mark. A film like this needs at least one strong emotional moment and this really didn't have any - basically because the characters weren't developed very well. Got the feeling a lot of back-story had been frantically cut out in order to keep the running time down. It may keep the thing relatively pacy, but it cuts the heart out of it.
Three points:
1) Why cast Michael Caine as a character's voice in an animation? It's too distinct - Michael Caine's voice can only mean Michael Caine. So unless there's an irony with the casting (which there wasn't) then it's pointless and distracting.
2) Ditto the casting of Ozzy Osbourne as a deer - why? A pointless character and a pointless piece of voice casting - as if the mere fact that Ozzy is doing the voice somehow makes the character interesting. It doesn't and didn't.
3) I know Elton John co-produced/financed the film, but does that really excuse the soundtrack consisting entirely of his f**king songs? It's not like we haven't heard them enough over the years. Repeatedly. Ad infinitum... It's obviously not enough for Elton that everyone is aware that he's involved in a project, he feels the need to piss all over it like a feral cat marking it's territory. If I have hear him and Kiki Dee doing their 70s mince ever again...
Anyway, I realise I'm banging-on about what is essentially a children's film, so I'll shut up now.
(Oh, Stephen Merchant was completely wasted in this, btw.)
FINAL EDIT: Oh - and yeah - and there's a new Elton John song featured - in a montage sequence which is simultaneously about a) a garden and b) love. The song is called Love Builds A Garden and sounds like something that Elton dreamed-up during a (brief) visit to the lav and thought "that'll do".
Gnomeo sounds like Romeo...
Let's make a movie!
Awesome idea Josh!
Quote: Leevil @ March 5 2011, 8:40 PM GMTGnomeo sounds like Romeo...
Yeah I think that's about all it took! A two second meeting and a big thumbs up from the grumpy syrup wearing Watford chubster. I wonder what the brilliant genius mind of Elton John has dreamed up for the sequel, perhaps The Two Gentlemen of Ver-gnome-a? The Merry Elves of Windsor? Orc-thello? Much Ado about Goblin? Aaaaghhh!
Tw-Elf Night.
Hee!
Mungo, Mary and Midget
I know we are all trying to think of em now.
Paul.
Was in a cinema that wasn't full but those that were in were, shall we say, of the Chav heritage.
They laughed at all the swearing but I was the only one laughing at the Jesus killing Darwin T-shirt.
Ghost Rider!
Why oh why did I even try.
I quite liked it
Switchblade Romance. A brutally effective slasher film from France that really puts you through the ringer. Now I'm watching OMG! With Peaches Geldof on ITV2.
I'm not sure which is most distressing.
Zombie Samurai.
mmmm
Indeed good comedy is timeless.
Whatever Works