Fedora wearing Biggins reviews The Time travlers wife

If you wait around long enough you'll see me disappear. let me start by saying I was forced to read this for my English lit class an would have otherwise never even thought of reading it. Now I've always loved the idea of an unwilling time traveler disappearing into the past or future and having to adapt to the situation at hand. This book provided me with the "chrono-displaced" traveler I had wanted however it also brought his wife. Now I am aware the book was called The time travelers wife and I knew before reading it that it was a romance. I had seen trailers for the film and so I knew the general jist but was not excited in any way about reading it.

As I have already said I loved the concept and as I read I really enjoyed the way the book was set out. It was not set out in your typical linear way, it jumped backwards and forwards through time sometimes with Henry sometimes to simply shed some light on what was happening by going back to hear a anecdote from Clare. The book switches between Henry and Clare as the narrator but is always in first person, occasionally you get the same extract twice from their respective views. The book in theory was very good (although I did want the first time Henry met Clare in the past.) My problem is with Clare as a character as i found her boring and repetitive as everything you need to know about her is in th prologue at the beginning of the book.

The book is riddled with subtle symbolism and Henry's character development is really quite impressive as well as interesting to read. The book at the start was fun and carefree but when it reached the half way mark it quickly became dark and really rather depressing which while made the book better was a bit of a downer im not really sure it even had a happy ending although it definitely was meant to have one. The ending was the most depressing thing I have ever seen, read or watched. purely because of the books layout and the whole concept of an unwilling time travler this book manages to get a 2 out of 5.

Fedora Wearing Biggins reviews Watchmen

Who watches the Watchmen? For the supposed "greatest superhero movie of all time" I was rather disappointed. The fights were kick ass and paid great attention to the little blocks and punches which most superhero films replace with punches through walls and breathtaking super powers. While I thought the fight scenes were great, they were also short and far too spread out. The plot while interesting was in no way original and took longer than necessary to explain.

The film featured many weird heroes two of which being Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley) and Nite Owl (Patrick Wilson) who if combined would make an exact replica of Batman. Nite owl had the Batman type suit, gadgets and such and Rorschach had Batman's voice and detective skills. The two characters were interesting although Nite Owl frequently got on my nerves with his goody two shoes act but with out the backbone to back it up. Rorschach's gruff demeanor and especially his mask made him all that more interesting, the way he spoke made every thing he said seem ten times more important and vital. I also liked the Silk specter (Carla Gugino) as well as her predecessor the silk specter 2 (Malin Akerman) was an interesting comparison on the previous and current teams, it showed how the old team (the minutemen) had slowly been cut down in there prime. This was later shown with the current watchmen. I disliked Ozymandias (Matthew Goode) as I felt he was incredibly stuck up and close minded. Now we get to DR. Manhattan (the big blue naked guy played by Billy Crudup) I enjoyed his story line and watching him become slowly more and more detached from his humanity. The Comedian (Jeffery Dean Morgan) was one of those characters that you laugh at even though he is clearly completely insane and twisted.

The film was long, had three sex scenes starring Silk Specter 2, one attempted rape of the original Silk Specter, about eight decent fight scenes and a gazillion flash backs. It had an incredibly fluid plot and its flash backs which in some films are awkward and badly executed was preformed expertly and were my favorite parts of the film (not including the opening credits.) Also I enjoyed the soundtrack from the film which had some of my favorite songs in it such as "the times they are a' changing" and "hallelujah." The music fitted the story and the mood of the film perfectly. This film was not the greatest superhero movie of all time while I did like the idea of a alternate Earth where the U.S.A won the Vietnam war and Nixon got elected for a third term however films such as The Dark Knight and Ironman are closer to being the greatest superhero films of all time. Not because they are my favorites(I prefer Superman films and Blade) but the two that are truest to the comics. Watchmen was a good film but it wasn't perfect I give it a 3 out of 5 because it occasionally got a bit boring due to lack of action.

Fedora wearing Biggins review's Zombieland

Rule 32: enjoy the little things. Zombie land was fun, violent and freaking hilarious. Starring woody Harrelson as the kick-ass zombie slaying joker, who is funny all the way through the film but towards the end he does gain some emotional depth and his twinke addiction will have you in hysterics. Jesse Isenberg plays the average shy teenager with no social life to speak of until the zombie apocalypse that is. With his rather predictable love interest being played by the talented not to mention gorgeous Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin comes along for the ride too.

I love zombie movies theres something very compelling about the idea of zombies taking over the world and man kind having to fight to win the earth back. This film was a perfect zombie comedy. It centers around the four main cast trying to get to a theme park in LA and while that seems like a crazy idea (which it is) the journey to get there is to put it lightly epic! It was a somewhat predictable film it was a interesting film with an amazing opening title sequence. The music suited the theme of the film just fine but it was nothing that noticeable.

The film also has a surprise non zombie guest pop up half way through ( i won't ruin it for you though don't worry) providing hilarious results. The film is also filled with funny flash-backs my favorite being Columbus's (Jesse Isenberg) one. While this film isn't quite up to the standards of Shaun of the dead it is a great thrill ride comedy with many cool zombie killing methods that just make you laugh purely because they are so unexpected. A must see film 4/5.

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Fedora Wearing Biggins reviews Sorority row

Sorority row is proud to be sponsored by facebook. When I saw this film advertised I assumed that it was just your run of the mill slasher film but I was pleasantly surprised. This film starred a variety of hot college girls, a creepy psychiatrist and a tire iron wielding psychopath. Sorority row centers around a group of sorority sisters try to cover up the death of their house-sister after a prank gone wrong, only to be stalked by a serial killer who favors a Tire iron as his weapon of choice.

This film while based on a film made in the 80's it did a good job of breaking away from the cliché and pitfalls of your average horror or slasher film. The acting was superb and the story was mystifying enough to keep you wanting more. I don't scare easy but some of the murders were so gory or in the case of the first kill so unexpected that my jaw hit the floor and stayed there for five minutes. Not only was this film gory and filled with hot chicks but I couldn't help but laugh like a hyena all the way through. The film its self wasn't supposed to be funny I don't think but some of the deaths were so fitting you couldn't help but laugh, some of the killers dialog was quite funny if you can laugh at a sorority girl with a tire iron in her head.


My only problem with this film was how often facebook was mentioned as it wasn't necessary at all and to be honest I prefer Twitter. Besides that though I was surprised by how good the film was and I do not normally like this kind of film but it is worth watching if you like slasher films, comedy of hot half naked party girls. A word of warning though you may develop a very rational fear of tire irons. A solid 3.5 out of 5 for Sorority row.

Fedora Wearing Biggins reviews District 9

I was really looking forward to this film but to be honest I was a bit disappointed by it. I love the idea of District 9 the premise was sound, the movie was very sad and it definitely had an underlying theme of hope that I really enjoyed but the action lacked excitement.

This film was adapted from "Alive in Joburg", a 2005 short film written and directed by Neil Blomkamp. The film starred Sharlto Copley as Wikus Van De Merwe, a man whos life is ruined when he starts to become a "Prawn" (the nickname for the aliens.) Wikus Van De Merwe was not the type of character I was expecting but it did give the film a more realistic feel to it, it was easy to relate to Wikus because he was just your average guy who becomes the hero even if he becomes the hero unwillingly (I've always loved the hero's who don't want to be hero's.) Aside from the human side of the story, you also see it from the "Prawns" perspective and how at the end of the day they just want to go home. This film also did a good job of humanizing the aliens, to show us that they were just like us really they had emotions and children. But the best thing this film did in my opinion was make me side against the humans, this is the first film I've seen where I wanted the humans to lose. The way the "Prawns" were treated was really quite bad for example they burnt down house's where the "prawns" had laid eggs effectively killing off thirty baby "Prawns." At the end of the day if a film can make you side against your own race you know its doing a good job.

I really enjoyed this film but to be honest I won't watch it again because once you know what happened it loses all its suspense and it becomes boring. But it is a brilliant film and well worth watching, I give it a 4/5 purely because the action let me down a bit.

Fedora wearing Biggins reviews Crank 2

He was dead but he got better. If you saw the first "Crank" you know it ended with Chev Chelios falling out of a helicopter after running around keeping poison from killing him using adrenaline. This film was even sillier and much more ridiculous than the original, there was less of a plot and more action. Now some would dislike this amount of pointless violence and explosions however it was obviously necessary as this time his heart was taken and replaced with a electric heart.

While some scenes such as the five minute sex scene were a tad unnecessary even if enjoyable. The film on the whole was rather enjoyable and at times hilarious. The music was very modern at suited the movie very well as it was incredibly fast paced. The film at parts had throw backs to the original movie as well as cut offs to funny quick animated shorts and flashbacks.

However I may be slightly bias as Jason Statham is my favorite actor of all time. I loved Transporter, adored Death race and was amazed by Snatch (honorable mentions include the bank job, transporter 2 and 3, war and cellular.) In my opinion Jason Statham is the ultimate action hero, he is my Chuck Norris.

So in conclusion if you enjoy fast paced action, car chases, half naked women, crude comedy or Jason Statham taking down fifteen cops at the same time you need to see this film I give it a 5/5 top score.

Fedora wearing Biggins Reviews The Ugly Truth AND The Proposal

Rom coms galore. Ok so I was recently on a seven hour ferry trip to France fortunately it had a inboard cinema so I basically saw every film out at the moment. That is why I paid good money or films I wouldn't normally watch but I have to say It wasn't all that bad.

Lets start with The Ugly Truth, starring Katherine Heigl as the romantically challenged morning show producer and Gerald Butler as the anti commitment type of guy and directed by Robert Luketic. This film was painfully predictable, It followed the same simple pattern as every other romantic comedy I've seen however Gerald Butler's performance completely turned the film around for me. His line delivery was just excellent his line delivery even rivaled Matthew perry (my favorite actor.) Katherine Heigl's performance was also very good but it was somewhat less noticeable because her lines were less comedic although she was fairly funny at times. A lot of the Ugly Truth segments were actually quite smart and made a lot of sense but if your a guy its the only reason to see the film. The film was pretty straightforward although the end seemed to happen to fast and it felt Incomplete but maybe thats just me.

All in all it was a good rom com but I wouldn't watch it again as It wasn't really my kind of film but If your fond of romantic comedy's then you should see It but unless your a chick your not going to be Impressed by It.

The Proposal put a new twist on the classic pattern that most romantic comedies follow. It starred Ryan Reynolds who is an incredible actor as well as Sandra bullock who is a terrific actress, the plot was good as was the script but despite some funny moments I was surprisingly bored by the film. Sandra Bullock's performance was top notch and she had some very funny lines, Reynold's performance was good but he needed better lines the writers should have trusted him with some better lines. The film's plot really wasn't as funny as the trailer made it out to be as all the films best bits were in the trailer. Even though the proposal had a better cast and a better story I preferred the ugly truth because it was simply the better film even though the proposal should of been the better film. There really is no reason to see this unless your stuck on a boat for seven hours because the proposal was extremely predictable, very rarely funny and the supporting cast was boring and to be honest unnecessary.

So in conclusion see the ugly truth and watch the trailer for the proposal.