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Muni Reviews: Bridesmaids (2011)

Bridesmaids Synopsis: Picked as her best friend's maid of honor, lovelorn and broke Annie looks to bluff her way through the expensive and bizarre rituals with an oddball group of bridesmaids. This film came out nearly 3 months ago, and I’ve been waiting patiently since then to watch it. I never got the chance to go watch it on the big screen, it was just one of those things, o well what can you do. So this week I finally got my hands on a copy and sat down and watched in anticipation. So on to the positives firstly, I love Kristen Wiig, she is a tremendous comedy actress, and has worked very hard to represent women in cinema and TV.  In this film she is like your average women in her late 20’s early 30’s going through a stage in her life where she has nearly hit rock bottom.  She plays her character perfectly, she reminds me a lot of Tina Fey, yes both are talented female comedy actresses, and both have been on SNL. I also like Chris O’Dowd, I liked his work on the IT Crowd, and I’m glad he has had a chance to star in a film like this. He does represent your regular guy; he is the ideal guy to play opposite Kristen, and both have a nice chemistry in the film. Jon Hamm is also great, he plays the A**hole perfectly. Did you know he started of in comedy? You can't really tell with his awesome-ness on Mad Men. The group of girls that are the “Bridesmaids” are the just the right mix, in someway we all know a women with those kind of personalities.  The characters are very funny to watch and the casting is very well chosen. The film is very well written; the characters are also beautiful crafted and you could tell the attention to detail put in by the writers. The director also has a standard job in making this film. That’s not a bad thing, its just there’s not a stand out scene, that made me say wow how did he do that. The film has been compared to the female version of the Hangover, and you can see the similarities, but I do think it is very different to that film. The story and the characters are different too, both of which have excelled in the box office. The one thing I was disappointed about was the fact that the other women in the film didn’t get a lot of film time. Yes the film is roughly 2 hours long, but I think the groups of women in the film are so good they deserve a lot more screen time.  Hopefully there could be some sort of sequel that would be fantastic, but the chances of that happening are slim. Overall I’d say if you want to watch a feel good comedy film then this is the best film to watch. The film is very funny, smart, cute and enjoyable. I don’t think anyone I spoke to about this was disappointed, and nor was I. a must watch for people everywhere. 8/10

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Avatar 3D review

Summary (CAUTION SUMMARY CONTAINS SPOILERS): Over 16 years ago, James Cameron wrote a 114-page 'scriptment' on an early idea of Avatar. 16 years. Cameron planned on following 'Titanic' with Avatar, but because of both technological and financial restraints, he was unable to do so. Fast forward to around 2004, ten years after his project was shelved, it was apparent that he technology that he required was accessible. Fast forward five years to present. December 17, 2009. I witnessed one of the most incredible spectacles in this I have been privy to. From the outset, it was apparent from that moment on, the film was going to be like nothing myself or anyone in the audience had seen. Virtually every aspect about Avatar was breathtaking, from the visuals, down to the revolutionary MoCap technology that was developed for the film. Motion Capture itself is a ground breaking piece of technology, but the way in which it was utilised within this film was outstanding. The expressions, the likeness of their real-life counterparts were extraordinary. The emotion that was transferred over into the Na'vi likenesses was just inconceivable, it[the technology] really captured every muscle on the character's face, from the tiny twinges of Neytiri's eyes, to the way Jake Sully gives a small hint of a smile toward her. Amazing. Something that excelled this film even further for me was the language that was created. By creating a language that was unique to the Na'vi, it brought out a whole other perspective. I really felt that the true emotion from the Na'vi(who spoke, anyway) came from their native tongues, rather than when they spoke English. It felt far more organic, believable. 3D to me is something that I'm still a little undecided about. It's something that has been around for generations, and has only just been recently 'revamped', if you will, into something that is meant to completely change cinema. Watching Avatar in 3D was something that absolutely must be done the first time. Although iffy in places, the moments within the Pandora world are so extravagant, that it(It's been said so many times before, but I mean this) really feels like your there, watching the Na'vi jump from branch to branch, interact with each other. While I was watching, I honestly became incredibly immersed within the film that I almost felt a little disoriented if I looked away from the screen. Then in saying so, it was possibly the glasses I had on for too long. Possibly. Negative? Maybe one thing. the character development was seemingly absent in this film. A lot of the characters didn't seem to be progressing much, weren't going anywhere- being developed. It was great seeing each of them, but, it was lacking in this department. They were far from one dimensional, each character had their own identifiable characteristic, but ultimately, they were just that- Characters with a specific trait to tell them apart from the others. That and the really bad dialogue. This negative does not at all bring the might of this film down, because there was one major thing that makes Avatar one of the best films in 2009, to me, at least: The soundtrack. The soundtrack... Will be left for another time. Right now, this was the Avatar review. Overall, great characters, great plot, just the right amount of action, amazing visuals, most definitely better in 3D, emotion, romance, it has it all. Ladies and gentlemen, this film...was Titanic. As in, the size..because..ahh. You get it. With already 13 award nominations within days of its release, it's no wonder this is being hailed as the most revolutionary film of all time. 9/10 Kazed