That's My Dad.

Savages - 

Brutishly sensationalist and tremendously boring, acclaimed director Oliver Stone twists an already poor premise in an already banal genre into something massively tasteless and blasphemous. (2/10) 

———————————————————————-

Follow us! Entertainment review blog: That’s My Dad 

Tumblr: http://itwascoolandfunny.tumblr.com/

Twitter: @itsmydad 

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - 

An industrial, slick and restrained spy thriller that proves as a great addition to the genre, featuring a remarkable ensemble performance with the likes of Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy and a superb directorial effort by Tomas Alfredson (Let the Right One In). (9/10)

Filmmakers should never attempt to stereotype their films as intelligent.

The Ides of March is the next George Clooney project designed as a contemporary film that delivers an inventive and culturally-relevant impact (i.e. Up In the Air, Syriana). This time, Clooney takes on the directorial role along with the supporting lead in his political thriller The Ides of March.

The Ides of March tells a very clever and classic story. Set up in a ficticous political world, we watch a web of deception and double-faced characters unfold into a controlled and well-managed thriller. It’s not something we haven’t seen, but the care given to the core story shows itself in spades and gives the film a poetic touch. The film lets that channel through its most prominent vehicle: Ryan Gosling.

Ryan Gosling is one of this generation’s most hard-working and equally talented actors. Unfortunately, his good looks overshadow his true talents, leaving the masses to undermine his raw versatility. With this film, Gosling allow his classic straight-edged/well-rounded persona to seep into his character. The film then dishes out as much pain and conflict on him to see much his pretty face can really take. In these moments does Gosling show some bold moments of remarkable and livid acting.

The shame is, I didn’t enjoy this film or find it particularly necessary to well, exist. It seems very timely for a political thriller to come out, especially with the Clooney label. But all this film really does is carry a loose facade of the notion of being “politically relevant” and mimic recent downfalls in U.S. politics. It doesn’t prove anything, shed light on something new or has any commentary to provide. It’s a quality film that tainted itself with this unnecessary and overbearing notion of trying to be intelligent. Don’t wrap yourself around in it, its really not.
This film not my dad, but a lousy politican. (2/5)

Meet Lola. She has exactly twenty minutes to get 100,000 marks (German currency) or else her boyfriend will get killed.

The conceit is simple, edgy and attention grabbing. The film is something beyond that.

Run Lola Run runs on an electric and beautifully dignified pace. It’s approach towards solving a puzzle most thrillers find themselves muddled to complete comes off as bold and impeccably clean. The film finds itself breaking so many molds cinema has sheltered itself under for many years that its simplistic work delivers multiple waves of pure innovation. 

Aside from its crafty premise, it’s the extremely audacious execution that truly spikes this punch and colors the film in with an untamed vividness. We’re lunged 

The best aspect of Run Lola Run is its functionality; with its unconventional structure and style, the film exercises itself as a video game more than a film. You can legitimately label it as a surrealistic thriller, but Run Lola Run behaves as a sandbox concept. There’s more to this film, through its execution, that sets it apart from that genre. Run Lola Run approaches its task with an undeniable realism, but takes its daunting difficulty and sets it up against a surrealist story structure that proves more existentially aware than many philosophically charged films.  

Run Lola Run manages to cross over from mainstream cinema to pure art-house gold due to its imaginative writing and fantastic execution. The film allows so much culture flow in through the editing style, camera-work ethic and humanistic acting that it gives the film an eclectic power and right to represent its late 90’s MTV generation. Run Lola Run lives and breathes as an idea and maximizes that idea’s potential, (very much like Inception or The Matrix did) making one of the most revolutionary and influential films of all-time. 

This film was my dad’s dad.