John Smith (johnehsmith)

The Inbetweeners Unrated

My previous review of this film didnt post properly. My fault or flixsters? Who knows. Either way its annoying as I cant remember what I wrote about this film. Its 2 stars for a start. Not very good in other words but not utterly without merit. There are some funny scenes, mostly involving people having their bums/willys/etc exposed but for the most part its not that good at all. Peurile is the best word to describe this which is a compliment if you are a teenager for whom this film is targeted. Oh and I see 78% of users liked it so Im in the minority here. I also see that flixster has decided that this is an arthouse film! Really....?
Arthouse my arse.

Not much else to report here. Watch this film if you want mild peurile amusement for 90 minutes. If you dont. Dont.

Submarine R

Good, but not as good as Mrs Smith would say. She really liked it.

Dangerous Parking Unrated

Well this was a surprise. I can honestly say I didnt expect to like this film and it blew me away. At the end of the film I was in floods of tears. This film was superb. I've had this in my to watch box for some time, perhaps because my XBMC couldnt find the poster for it the film didnt look like it was worth watching with just a still from the movie to highlight it. Nevertheless going through my collection last night I decided to give it a go. I must say I wasn't too impressed to begin with, the film seemed to be about a director going on a bender getting drunk and trying to sleep with lots of women but it developed nicely and used the time jumping style of flitting between different periods of time without ever confusing you too much. The acting was good, the film was funny and emotionally engaging. There was much to praise in the storyline above all and I really felt for Noah when he found out the cancer had come back and he couldn't tell his wife who proceeded to go off at him for being aloof and so on. I'm sure this storyline has been done before but I have to say it worked for me anyway. The only surprise for me is that this film hasn't gathered more praise and attention as I thoroughly enjoyed it. This is a good example of British film making and the kind of stuff they do best. There should be more of this.