Thursday 8 October 2009

Movie Reviews - Inglourious Basterds and Mesrine

I went to see Inglourious Basterds the other week. I really really liked it. I'd heard mixed reviews beforehand but went with an open mind. I thought it was an excellent piece of film-making with Tarantino's direction assured and masterful. The cast was excellent with Michael Fassbender as a particular standout with his British army captain looking and sounding uncannily like a young Laurence Olivier, top notch. Also Brad Pitt was on excellent form with his brilliantly witty and OTT American soldier. It had brilliant moments of dark comedy and was super stylish with deft little touches from QT such as the little chapter headings and the good old fashioned noir voiceover. It was a film about film with QT fashioning a love letter to the power of cinema and making a genre movie with a twist.
I've also seen Mesrine parts 1 and 2 which is a french gangster movie about the life of Jacques Mesrine, a french gangster. It was a fantastic movie, a really slick old fashioned gangster film. Vincent Cassel gives a supreme performance as Mesrine, bringing electrifying charisma and convincing brutality to a complex role. Also excellent was Mathieu Amalric all wired intensity and excellet facial expression acting as an accomplice of Mesrine. Gerard Depardieu was also great as a smooth talking big time crime man. The soundtrack to the film was brilliant and it looked both accurate and vibrant. All in all two great films.
Ruth

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