Time.

At last a bit of time to myself! Right how's this for an idea? A film set in the 1950s or late 40s where the Germans won the battle of Britain and have invaded. The country is in occupation and dark times reign. However in rural Wiltshire a crescendo of resistance is building as rumor of a secret resistance force being trained in the grounds of Coleshill spreads hope in surrounding area. Germany's forces are gathering for a pincer attack on america by the Nazis and Japan and the Fuhrer himself is coming to inspect the troops. Can the Coleshill team succeed in the near impossible mission of bringing down Hitler or will the world fall to a fascist rule?

Sicky! Eugh!

Had to come home sick today. Feeling yuck. On the plus side I'm feeling a bit better now which means I can review something. Yay! My first internet review. Well I haven't seen to much recently so I'll do something I did see as boring as it may be:

Title: An Inspector Calls (1954)

Review: Well for starters before the film I wasn't expecting too much thrilling having finished the timid script the day before in English, but as I sat in that dimly lit classroom I did find myself becoming vaguely interested. Granted the film did not exactly take me by the nether regions but it hold some sort of interesting quality that made it watchable.

As a spectacle it wasn't brilliant, made in Shepperton Studios just outside London, yet the storyline did not allow for this. The sepia colouring was certainly justified for genre and colour would certainly spoiled it; but this begs the question what is its genre? Is it a crime fiction? No. Is it a mystery? Well not exactly considering we learn pretty quickly of a girl's death and that the main focuses of the film the Birlings are somehow involved. That, I would have said, rather cuts out the mystery.

The truth is Rick Priestly was trying to make a political point with his original play. I think this is why the film has no particular genre or in fact no real plot. The reason I think you get dragged into it is because after a while it just keeps feeding you small bits of information about this girl's death to invite you to keep watching. A simple but effective trick.

I guess what I'm saying is this film is not entertaining. What it is, is a historical reference of the political views of an opposer to class system. Certainly interesting and good for setting as a homework (yawn) but not a night in with popcorn.

Rating: 2/10

Should you watch it? I wouldn't bother.

First post!

Well the first post on my brand spanking shiny wonderful spectacular- okay maybe I was pushing it a bit there but in any case I have a new blog. Woopee! Excellent. To outline the purpose of this blog to anyone reading it I will be posting film ideas much like I used to on my facebook page but was advised to stop for security issues. These will be more basic but I will most likely have personal file where I am writing the full story. I will also outline my favourite films, why I like and why you should see them whilst critiquing any new releases/dvds I see. I hope you will enjoy reading this as much as I do writing it!

Oh and thank you again to Josh's cousin who suggested I start this.