Posts tagged Sharlto Copley
MOVIE REVIEW: Free Fire
MOVIE REVIEW: Free Fire

I don't know about you, but I get a kick out of bad gunshot wound acting in all ages of films.  It’s either hilariously drawn out with overacting or it’s unrealistically rapid in fatality.  The brutal facts of getting shot enough to cause death rarely check out in the movies.  That never stops filmmakers from trying new and creative ways to shoot people with varying degrees of entertainment success.  “Free Fire” is one such film daring to blast anything and everything with ammunition encased with twisted zeal.

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2017, 3 STARS, Independent Film, MOVIE REVIEWDon ShanahanMusic Box Theatre2017, 2017 Spring Movies, Free Fire, Ben Wheatley, Armie Hammer, Sharlto Copley, Brie Larson, Laura Rose, Amy Jump, Jack Reynor, Sam Riley, Mexican standoff, Noah Taylor, Babou Cessay, John Denver, squibs, Enzo Cilenti, Cillian Murphy, Michael Smiley, shoot 'em up movies, shoot 'em up films, movie gunfights, film gunfights, life lessons, life lessons from films, life lessons from film, life lessons from movies, High-Rise, dark comedy, action comedy, gunshots, Mr. Pink, film review, movie review, film commentary, movie commentary, independent films, A24, A24 Films, Don Shanahan, Donald Shanahan, Every Movie Has a LessonComment
MOVIE REVIEW: Chappie
MOVIE REVIEW: Chappie

The title robot at the center of "Chappie," the latest science fiction film from Neill Blomkamp ("District 9" and "Elysium") lacks the qualities to become anywhere close to one of the best movie robots of all time.  Both the film and the robot lack impact, presence, purpose, distinction, and, worst of all, uniqueness.  It's a shame too because there were some intriguing "big ideas" floating around in "Chappie" that could have developed into something that had the chance to be impactful, purposeful, distinct, unique, and resonating.  

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2015, MOVIE REVIEW, 1 STARDon ShanahanChappie, Neill Blomkamp, Dev Patel, Sharlto Copley, Elysium, District 9, Robot movies, Robot films, Film about robots, Movies about robots, Every Movie Has a Lesson, Donald Shanahan, Don Shanahan, life lessons from films, life lessons from movies, life lessons from film, movie commentary, film commentary, movie review, film review, Sigourney Weaver, Hugh Jackman, Ninja, Yolandi Visser, Jose Pablo Cantillo, WALL-E, Short Circuit, Robocop, Paul Verhoeven, Artificial Intelligence, ConsciousnessComment