Film #118: AUSTENLAND (2013)

This was a small romantic/feel good film. It was quite a nice film that was based around a house that people can visit to act like their living in the Austen books. It was another romantic mushy film but contained a few moments of genius, such as casting Jennifer Coolidge (better known as Stifler's mum in the American Pie films). Her character was so beautifully funny and wonderful. But other than that it was an ok film.

Film #117: JURASSIC PARK (1993)

This was a Steven Spielberg classic film that just regained my faith in what films can be like. The idea.The plot. The acting. Everything was brilliant. For the few people that don't know what the film is about, it is based on the idea of humans being able to grow dinosaurs from DNA found. They then make this park to keep the animals in and are planning to make it like a zoo for visitors to view the dinosaurs in and make lots of money. So as the park is close to opening up they invite a handful of guests to check it out first, there's scientists, the finance people, as well as a few others go around the park but disaster strikes when the animals escape their cages and they all have to fight for survival. I in particular loved Jeff Goldblum as Ian Malcolm he was a wonderful character. He was the blunt honest kind which gave humour to the situation and lightened the mood of the film at parts.

Film #116: DEAR JOHN (2010)

I feel like I've watched loads of romantic films which really isn't like me, I don't overly like them which is probably noticeable from my reviews on here. I really didn't like this film. It was just so blah. There was nothing that really stood out for me like in The Notebook the kiss makes even the coldest of heart melt. But this film was just boring romantic mush. It's based around Amanda Seyfried and Channing Tatum's characters writing to each other after they fall in love one summer. It shows their different lives as Tatum's character is in the army and with Seyfried's character at college. But I just found it totally unrealistic of the events that occur in the film like falling in love so instantly and then basically changing their entire lives to be together when only knowing each other for such a short period of time.

Film #115: STARSKY AND HUTCH (2004)

I loved this film. It was so well filmed and was as funny and thrilling as the original from the 1970's. I surprisingly loved Snoop Dog's character Huggy Bear and thought that Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson nailed these roles. I thought the plot was clever and very witty and I was just impressed overall as to the result of the film. But I think this is really particular to the audience, I like real witty, immature and (well done) slapstick comedy which was delivered in this film, however I know that that is a very specific comedy type to have so if you do not find comedies like that funny then definitely do not watch this film.

Film #114: WATER FOR ELEPHANTS (2011)

This was a good film but also slightly unbelievable. It's a (another) story about love. a forbidden love that overcomes all obstacles. All of you film fanatics out there reading this will realise that I just quoted Moulin Rouge (a brilliant film) and all of you who didn't then shame on you. I liked this film, it was based around Robert Pattinson's character Jacob and Reese Witherspoon's character Marlena falling in love. Both characters work for a travelling circus, Jacob as the circus vet and Marlena as a performer with elephants and other animals. It was beautifully shot and the costumes were spectacular. It was a good watch but very conventional of a romance film.

Film #113: ANY HUMAN HEART (2010)

Ok, this was a TV show but I'm counting this as a film as the episodes were an hour long each in this series so it every single episode felt like a film in itself. I kind of liked this but it was way too long. Its based on the life of a man called Logan Mountstuart and his life. Therefore there is numerous characters that play Logan, Jim Broadbent, Matthew Macfadyen and Sam Claflin. It shows his life growing up and going through numerous different life changing events that define his life. I did like the idea and the acting was beautiful so I did appreciate it in that sense but as terrible as it sounds my

problem with it was the length of the series itself.

Film #112: THE GUILT TRIP (2012)

This was another cheesy American film about a possessive mother (Barbra Streisand) going on a trip with her son (Seth Rogen) after he discovers that his mother was actually in love with another man before she married his father. He persuades her to come on the trip with her as he tries to market his cleaning product to buyers in order to have her meet up with the guy she was in love with.
It was a sort of predictable film and I didn't find it overly funny. There were a few moments were I chuckled but on a whole I wasn't impressed with it.