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Sacha Baron Cohen is back with another outrageous turn, this time as disgraced fashion reporter Brüno. Similarly to Borat, he looks to America (via the Middle East and Africa) for the answer to his problems, this time in the hope of finding fame and re-invigorating his career. But this time are we laughing with him, or at him?
I really wanted to like this film, and I'm as open-minded and up for a laugh as they come. I'm also a gay man, so perhaps I was anticipating this film just a bit more than the next Joe in the street. I also had a pretty good idea of what I was in for, having seen and largely enjoyed Borat. Not to mention that Cohen is pretty much a genius, someone who lives and breathes his creations, no matter how extreme or dangerous the situation in which he finds himself becomes.
The outrageous jokes are there, as are the stunts. But it's arguable as to what is actually authentic and what has been set up with willing participants (refer to Cohen's MTV stunt with Eminem), and this does take away from the film. I found myself laughing out loud with the audience at a number of these, and just like in Borat, some where I could barely keep my eyes open as I was cringing in my seat with embarrassment for both him and his unwitting victims.
But at the end of the film I was left with a sour taste in my mouth. Whereas I feel the humour in Borat came from exposing everyday peoples' prejudices, he also had an ounce of likability as the naive hillbilly who was out of his depth. Brüno is a different beast altogether - largely unlikeable - and he goes out of his way to provoke reactions in people you might actually have some sympathy for, and also reactions that become downright scary and predictable. That's when the humour disappears and Brüno veers from biting social commentary to mindless provocation 'for laughs'. I'm just not sure anyone was really laughing...
I really wanted to like this film, and I'm as open-minded and up for a laugh as they come. I'm also a gay man, so perhaps I was anticipating this film just a bit more than the next Joe in the street. I also had a pretty good idea of what I was in for, having seen and largely enjoyed Borat. Not to mention that Cohen is pretty much a genius, someone who lives and breathes his creations, no matter how extreme or dangerous the situation in which he finds himself becomes.
The outrageous jokes are there, as are the stunts. But it's arguable as to what is actually authentic and what has been set up with willing participants (refer to Cohen's MTV stunt with Eminem), and this does take away from the film. I found myself laughing out loud with the audience at a number of these, and just like in Borat, some where I could barely keep my eyes open as I was cringing in my seat with embarrassment for both him and his unwitting victims.
But at the end of the film I was left with a sour taste in my mouth. Whereas I feel the humour in Borat came from exposing everyday peoples' prejudices, he also had an ounce of likability as the naive hillbilly who was out of his depth. Brüno is a different beast altogether - largely unlikeable - and he goes out of his way to provoke reactions in people you might actually have some sympathy for, and also reactions that become downright scary and predictable. That's when the humour disappears and Brüno veers from biting social commentary to mindless provocation 'for laughs'. I'm just not sure anyone was really laughing...
OK - honestly, why do we watch these films? It's not for the story lines or the wonderful acting. We want blood, guts, gore, and plenty of it. Thrills and spills, scenes that make us cringe and groan out loud, and yeah, have fun while doing it.
Hostel 2 has very little of any of that. I would say about 95% of it focuses on the exploits of a trio of girls vacationing in Europe, having fun in art class, chilling out in a spa and folk dancing. Seriously, riveting stuff.
There is no menace in Hostel 2, no sinister undertones that made the original fun and compelling to watch. Definitely no shocks or aforementioned thrills and spills. The ending was a semi-neat twist but overall, this was incredibly tame and nowhere near the bar set by its predecessor, let alone the likes of Saw (perhaps what Hostel is most commonly compared to). Perhaps we're just getting de-sensitized but honestly, I was expecting much, much more from Roth. 2 stars for the cinematography, 1 star for the 'effort'.
Wait for it on free-to-air.
Hostel 2 has very little of any of that. I would say about 95% of it focuses on the exploits of a trio of girls vacationing in Europe, having fun in art class, chilling out in a spa and folk dancing. Seriously, riveting stuff.
There is no menace in Hostel 2, no sinister undertones that made the original fun and compelling to watch. Definitely no shocks or aforementioned thrills and spills. The ending was a semi-neat twist but overall, this was incredibly tame and nowhere near the bar set by its predecessor, let alone the likes of Saw (perhaps what Hostel is most commonly compared to). Perhaps we're just getting de-sensitized but honestly, I was expecting much, much more from Roth. 2 stars for the cinematography, 1 star for the 'effort'.
Wait for it on free-to-air.
Video game to movie adaptation. Are those alarm bells I hear?
Silent Hill introduces us to a rather disturbed little girl, Sharon, and her protective parents. Sharon has been sleepwalking and the final straw for her mother, Rose, comes after an encounter with a very high cliff top. So Rose does what any sensible, intelligent mother does and takes Sharon off to the town of Silent Hill - the name Sharon has been muttering in her nocturnal adventures. Being a horror movie, and with a name as creepy as Silent Hill, we're about to find out this is the place of nightmares.
To get it over with, as a video game adaptation, Silent Hill somewhat bucks the trend and provides us with an entertaining couple of hours. Stunning visuals and production values make it very easy to watch and coupled with the score, it is easy to get lost in Silent Hill. But like a lot of video games (and lets face it, movies too), the storyline has enough holes to rival a sieve. Rose makes countless, illogical decisions and not enough is revealed to the audience as the film dawdles along. Finally about two thirds of the way in and approaching the climax, the film kicks into overdrive and a barrage of revelations are made - which is all well and good but with so much information to take in it all gets rather convoluted and confusing...
I liked the film a lot but it's really a classic case of style over substance. If only they had paid half as much attention to fine tuning the story as they had with the imagery and attention to detail, Silent Hill would really be cream of the video game-to-movie crop.
Silent Hill introduces us to a rather disturbed little girl, Sharon, and her protective parents. Sharon has been sleepwalking and the final straw for her mother, Rose, comes after an encounter with a very high cliff top. So Rose does what any sensible, intelligent mother does and takes Sharon off to the town of Silent Hill - the name Sharon has been muttering in her nocturnal adventures. Being a horror movie, and with a name as creepy as Silent Hill, we're about to find out this is the place of nightmares.
To get it over with, as a video game adaptation, Silent Hill somewhat bucks the trend and provides us with an entertaining couple of hours. Stunning visuals and production values make it very easy to watch and coupled with the score, it is easy to get lost in Silent Hill. But like a lot of video games (and lets face it, movies too), the storyline has enough holes to rival a sieve. Rose makes countless, illogical decisions and not enough is revealed to the audience as the film dawdles along. Finally about two thirds of the way in and approaching the climax, the film kicks into overdrive and a barrage of revelations are made - which is all well and good but with so much information to take in it all gets rather convoluted and confusing...
I liked the film a lot but it's really a classic case of style over substance. If only they had paid half as much attention to fine tuning the story as they had with the imagery and attention to detail, Silent Hill would really be cream of the video game-to-movie crop.