Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 2007 by AverageMansReviews

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 2007 by AverageMansReviews

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Okay, I wanted a close shave, but that was extremely to close: briefly; we meet Benjamin Barker/Sweeney Todd/Mr. T. [Johnny Depp:] as he comes back to London with revenge on his mind against in particular Judge Turpin [Alan Rickman:] a Judge that had him imprisoned so that he could steal his life, but Sweeney comes back to the finding his tools and to cook up revenge with a woman by the name of  Mrs. Lovett [Helena Bonham Carter:] she owns and manages her own Pie Shop, which is struggling because she doesn't have a wide selection of fillings, but maybe they could help one another out.

Generally speaking: art; well straight away from the outset we have a tremendous and I will only say this once graphic opening credits sequence of events; basically in a nutshell it shows you bits of the film in an artistic interpretation, the storyline/script is excellent it uses the outlay of storyline to musical number and back again outlay, including; to begin with we have the musical number "The Worst Pies in London" sung by Bonham Carter; as she basically highlights she is fully aware that her pies at the worst in London, because she has no proper ingredients with comical lyrics, but I'm going to point out what Todd/Depp does here, he tries to discreetly spit out the pie, or my favourite musical number entitled "My Friends" sung by Depp and Bonham Carter; in a nutshell; he is showing an element of crucial character wrinkle to him; as he sings about missing his only true friends [his artist accessories; shaving blades, they now have a job to do and his arm is now complete, while Bonham Carter sings about being Todd friend, so keeping this in mind the framework and pacing of this 116 minutes film consequently is going to be excellent.

Art, comedy and action; it is very clear to see that the entire presentation of this film is vitally important be it the location designs, set designs, wardrobe, accessories and anything other; throughout this film has a very dark intoxicating tone that doesn't let up and indeed progress gets worse; in an sensational manner, for another piece of comedy which I can mention; we have a shaving competition and for the dark art and action which I can reference; now and again we do get some blood splatter on the camera lens, but broadly speaking now the blood components of this movie is fantastically engaging, as you never quite know how much we are going to get.

Character developments, art and performances; the character developments are strongly defined on who they are meant to be; there is another elegant and smart character wrinkle for Todd; now and again we get him looking or seeing his reflection in this cracked mirror as he is communicating things in one way or another; I could be wrong here, but I'm going to go with it anyway; that this is symbolic; for his broken mental stability or/and personality as we see roughly speaking little bits of him in this cracked mirror or something to that effect, so consequently this is a very strong assembled cast of characters and performances; I am not taking anything away from this class; but then again it really does help when you have your main three key characters being portrayed by three massively established names in Depp, Bonham Carter and Rickman; because their experienced performers, they know how to powerful without being dominating unless it is time to do so or have fantastic synergy with whomever they are working with on that scene at that time.

This film receives: 10/10, this film is top-notch entertainment; in my opinion this is part of modern cinema classic for everything I have made reference to in this content and no surprise here but this film has quite a few awards accredited to its name such as 34 Winners which include but not limited to Academy Awards, USA 2008 Oscar Best Achievement in Art Direction Dante Ferretti (art director) Francesca Lo Schiavo (set decorator) and Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA 2008 Saturn Award Best Horror Film, 77 Nominees which also includes but not limited to back to the Academy Awards for 2008 Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Johnny Depp [altogether this film has 2 Oscar nominees to its name] and Critics Choice Awards 2008  Critics Choice Award Best Acting Ensemble Helena Bonham Carter Johnny Depp Sacha Baron Cohen Laura Michelle Kelly Ed Sanders Timothy Spall Alan Rickman Jamie Campbell Bower Jayne Wisener

 

Sweeney Todd 2006 by AverageMansReviews

Sweeney Todd 2006 by AverageMansReviews

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I mean I wanted a shave but not that close: briefly; we meet Sweeney Todd [Younger: Unknown/Older: Ray Winstone:] he is the Barber of Fleet Street, the performance of our medical/other tasks as well like thinning down the population of these surroundings, he also meets and assists Matthew [Tom Hardy:] basically he is a Police Officer of these times and first meets Mr. Todd when he needs a bullet removed from somewhere around his shoulder.

Generally speaking: the storyline/script is a good interpretation of the subject matter; the framework is of one that goes full circle and the pacing of this 90 minutes film is good

Art and action; the set designs, wardrobe and accessories have to be given praise for their real authentic presentation, I mean as a TV movie they really did push the boat out to bring this war to live and on top of that with all things considered they did the best with what they had to make these graphic action sequences from time to time.

Character developments and performances; the character developments have a slightly different exposition to what I'm used to from this story, in this interpretation they bring his father into it performed by David Bradley [better known as Argus Filch: the caretaker Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from the Harry Potter film series] and on top of that for by and large they made Todd a lone wolf in his endeavours, yes later on he does have some assistance. On reflection I think it is only fair that yes Winstone put in a very powerful performance as Sweeney Todd; but he is supported by an excellent cast around him; so this is very much a cast performance and I will reflect that in my marking.

This film receives: 9/10, this film is excellent; I really don't mind slightly different interpretations, but there is one golden rule and if you think about it... it makes perfect sense; which is simply put make it makes sense, which it does. This film also has some awards accredited to its name such as 1 Winner Shanghai International TV Festival 2006 Magnolia Award Best Actor Ray Winstone and 1 Nominee Banff Television Festival 2006 Banff Rockie Award Best Made-for-TV Movie Gub Neal David Moore Joshua St Johnston UK

 

The Odyssey 1997 by AverageMansReviews

The Odyssey 1997 by AverageMansReviews

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You can either do this project as a film or a TV program: briefly; Odysseus [Armand Assante:] has angered Poseidon [Image/Voice by: Miles Anderson:] the God of the Seas, Storms and Earthquakes, so he sends Odysseus and his soldiers on an little adventure that takes many upon many years to get back from; basically the moral of the story is in this timeframe is; if you screw with the gods... the gods will screw with you.

Generally speaking: the storyline/script based on in one sitting the whole way through of roughly 178 minutes; this version of the storyline/script is good it holds together quite solidly even though we have a break roughly in the middle [going from one episode to another;] with storyteller voice-over from Odysseus now and again throughout; for some strange reason I found myself falling asleep consistently in the first episode basically, as it feels and looks really heavy footed, cumbersome and pedestrian, but there is plenty happening on screen from time to time, but the second half/second episode I don't have this problem; it just settled down and get on with things.

Art, action and comedy; let's be polite first of all; the actual set designs on what I am going to presume has a limited budget which is fair enough; including wardrobe and accessories and all of that; is really good and authentic, including the horse, for the computer art has two good points; the Cyclops and any conversations with Poseidon; as they have gone with something simple but incredibly effective of making him a wall creature; but in the waters instead of walls [basically you will see him appearing communicating to Odysseus on the waters,] these underworld ghostly images are of a positive note as well, but what I can't overlook are these green screen effects; they really do stick out like a sore thumb and I know... I know this project is a TV production, but surely they could have done much better than these effects... they are really ugly. We have dealing with things as they pop up in this adventure, including this trial task at the end of this movie; this is good, but for me the comedy elements used in this film really don't work, whenever they come into play; they really do just cheap and things, such as this massacre towards the ending stages of this project; the action remains good fun, but whenever someone gets hit with an arrow or any other object when they aren't being pushed; they go flying back, which in turn completely undercuts the seriousness of what is happening at this time I mean to be fair you could get away with it once as a bit of a righty, but after that, as I have already indicated it undercuts what you're trying to put across.

Character developments, comedy, performances and voice performances; the character developments are good versions of what they are meant to be, but on the other hand and yet again the juvenile nature of the comedy doesn't help things either as it relates to the character developments or/and performances; in short it is all about tone at that time and I should point out on an individual basis the comedy elements aren't actually that funny, but as it relates to the comedy and performances; it's like someone is farting and then getting back onto the plot and the voice performances are good as well.

This film receives: 6/10, this film is good; minus the negatives and taking into consideration the second half is clearly better and stronger than the first; it is able to keep in this section of my marking system for much longer and comfortably so, especially with the reliably good performance of Armand Assante as he leads the cast very well indeed. This film also has some awards accredited to its name such as 3 Winners which include but not limited to; Primetime Emmy Awards 1997 Primetime Emmy Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or a Special Andrei Konchalovsky (director) and from the same award ceremony/event Outstanding Special Visual Effects Mike McGee (special visual effects supervisor) For part II. Tied with Asteroid (1997). 26 Nominees would also includes but not limited to end yet again returning to this award ceremony/event Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries or a Special Roger Hall (production designer) John King (supervising art director) Frederic Evard (art director: Turkey) Karen Brookes (set decorator,) Outstanding Hairstyling for a Miniseries or a Special Suzanne Stokes-Munton (chief hairdresser) Petra Schaumann (hairdresser) and Outstanding Miniseries Francis Ford Coppola (executive producer) Fred Fuchs (executive producer) Nicholas Meyer (executive producer)Robert Halmi Sr. (executive producer) Dyson Lovell (producer)

 

The Bank Job 2008 by AverageMansReviews

The Bank Job 2008 by AverageMansReviews

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Unknown to them this job comes from high above in 1971: briefly; Terry Leather [Jason Statham:] gets given this opportunity for a very lucrative bank robbery from someone in his past  Martine Love [Saffron Burrows:] which she herself is in a bit of bother with the wrong kind of people; Leather puts a team together.

Generally speaking: the storyline/script, exposition character developments and the framework are all good, but the pacing of this 102 minutes film is very much a slow burner to begin with, but after some time like on the job, this movie does gather consistent and positive pacing throughout the rest of the movie

Art, action, character development and consequently comedy; the artistic outlay/vision for this movie is as you may have gathered from the early 70s, so they're done a really good job of bringing this time period back to life again, what with the set designs/location designs, wardrobe and accessories and not forgetting the 1970s hairstyles, for the action; with all things considered we have a better idea of action sequences ranging from the bank robbery to torture and deals, with this character types following their specific outlays which includes but not limited to being slightly, just ever so slightly stupid when it comes to using their real first names over the walkie-talkies.

Character developments and performances; as I have already alluded to good versions of what they are meant to be coinciding with likewise good performances throughout the cast, but on reflection it does need someone to be the spearhead for this title and that is where Statham comes in, without him being the driving force this film would have lost its edge; you will see some horrific elements do not done by our character/role, but you need someone to push back with British grit and he more than filled that lead role type/lead role so based on this I have decided to award another mark.

This film receives: 7/10, this film is good; yes it just takes some time to warm up, but after everything is said and done; it does reflect this marking; this film does have some awards accredited to its name such as 3 Nominees which include but not limited to Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA 2009 Saturn Award Best International Film

 

Nixon 1995 by AverageMansReviews

Nixon 1995 by AverageMansReviews

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Well I knew he was a complete Richard: briefly; we meet Richard "Dick" M. Nixon [Youngest to Oldest: Baby: Unknown/Corey Carrier/David Barry Gray/Anthony Hopkins:] goes on to be the 37th President of the United States of America and his wife; Pat Nixon [Younger: Julie Condra Douglas/Julie Condra sane person just going under different names/Older: Joan Allen:] she goes on to be the First Lady of the United States of America alongside her husband.

Generally speaking: where to be completely honest when I say how this film and its outlay has been put together as it relates to the script, character development [including exposition which includes but not limited to news reports by voice-overs] and its complete framework and pacing is dog manure, there was no nice way of putting it so I may as well have just came out with it; it is really dog manure, which I hated it on every single level, because it does this film a great disservice and no justice whatsoever; this film roughly go on for roughly 192 minutes... yes I did just say 192 minutes long, which on one hand in theory is no problem, but back in reality it is a problem based on how this film and its framework and outlay has actually been laid out; for the vast majority of this movie until I would feel comfortable suggesting roughly around the final quarter this film doesn't actually settle down in the slightest; so you will continuously move backwards and forwards in time, including time jumps and placed jumps, President Nixon/Hopkins mental imagery recall [which in an isolated outlay is firstly by far the better way of doing things with black-and-white;] but as a contribution element/component it sucks... no it really does suck! There was no sense of cohesiveness or flow or vague sense [meaning I am guessing here; where a logical guess that means I could be wrong; if you knew US history I guess you would know what was happening, but if you are like me that at the very broad and basic sense of US history or less; you are going to get completely either lost or confused or completely washed over with too much information.]

I mean after some time I just couldn't care less, because you can't really settle down with this film, so when we first started watching this film I fell asleep and on top of that we watched it in two sittings; I have been doing this kind of thing for a long time now, so trust me when I say; this is my new number 1, for worst constructive/outlay films I have ever seen in my life and you can bet on your last dollar that this does very much effect the rest of the movie in its entirety.

Art and action; the set designs, wardrobe, accessories and making Anthony Hopkins into Nixon is all fantastic work and when we have a comfortable amount of time to enjoy it this all; it can be all good and of a very high quality/calibre and for the action; I say this because I just have to fill out this part of this content; you will see action taken in war.

Character developments, performances and voice performances elements; well what do you want me to say; based on what I have said about the outlay of this movie; it is nearly to impossible to settle down with these characters until roughly around the final quarter, because even though we have mental imagery, we don't have so much moving around so they can start to get a grip on these characters; it has to be said getting to know the Anthony Hopkins version of Nixon or/and President Nixon can be such an arduous task; and this had nothing to do with Anthony Hopkins in the slightest, because you will get fed up of things getting in the way or taken away from seeing more or learning more; so from me the entire cast puts it in a good shift to make this film work and should be incredibly proud of what they achieved here; but Anthony Hopkins and/or Joan Allen do a fantastic job individually or together bring this husband-and-wife to life as the First Lady; Allen shows that the First Lady had to be strong to put up with her husband, even though he still got his own way, but at the very least she would put up a verbal fight; but I can't stress this enough without these two performers even know where given positive praise to the cast; this film would have may as well not been green lit into production without these two being a spear heads front and centre.

This film receives: 5/10, this film is mixed; now I am not saying you shouldn't see this film, but I am not telling you to watch this film either, but what I am saying is to watch a film like this in the first place you have to be dedicated to watch it. There is an ongoing sequence underneath the ending credits and some extra bits and pieces as well and finally; yes this film does have some awards accredited to its name such as 11 Winners which include but not limited to Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1995 BSFC Award Best Supporting Actress Joan Allen and Political Film Society, USA 1996 PFS Award Exposé. 18 Nominees which also includes but not limited to Academy Awards, USA 1996 Oscar Best Actor in a Leading Role Anthony Hopkins, from the same award ceremony/event Oscar Best Actress in a Supporting Role Joan Allen [altogether this film has 4 Oscar Nominations to its name] and Actor Awards 1996 Outstanding Performance by a Cast Joan Allen Brian Bedford Powers Boothe Kevin Dunn Fyvush Finkel Annabeth Gish Tony Goldwyn Larry Hagman Ed Harris Edward Herrmann Anthony Hopkins Bob Hoskins Madeline Kahn E.G. Marshall David Paymer David Hyde Pierce Paul Sorvino Mary Steen burgen J.T. Walsh James Woods

 

 

 

 

 

Deception 2008 by AverageMansReviews

Deception 2008 by AverageMansReviews

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This is a hot steaming pile of garbage: briefly; we meet Jonathan McQuarry/another character [Ewan McGregor:] he is an accountant that deals with audits, by his own confession he is watching his life pass him by, that is until he meets Wyatt Bose/other characters [Hugh Jackman:] he is a lawyer at this firm, they become friends and things slowly escalating from there.

Generally speaking: the storyline/script is by far the worst storyline/script that has ever been written; because it is one of the rare occasions where it doesn't matter what I put in the plot section of this content, because it goes from this to something else, something else to something else and I think there is more more something else [I lost count to be honest.] So as it relates to the framework and pacing of this 108 minutes film it is god-awful, for an example for roughly the first 42 minutes not much really happens other than without giving too much away an accidental apparently mobile telephone switch and disappearance

Art and action; I'm just filling out this bit of this content with the following... there isn't anything of substance to talk about here and for the action we have some computer stuff with usage of shooting.

Character developments, performances and voice performances; well as you can probably guess if the junction with the storyline/script, the framework and pacing, the character developments, performances and voice performances; I completely lost interest in them, how can I put this nicely?... It was very much a case of... let's just get through this project... shall we. Don't get me wrong they are on all counts serveable, if you like a paint by numbers are what they are meant to be at that specific time in the movie, but for me on the whole I am not buying what they are selling.

This film receives: 1/10, this film is poor; this film is completely missable, I have no idea how this movie got given the green light to go into production, but somehow this film does have some positive awards accredited to its name, so what the hell do I know?: 2 Winners; Direct Monthly Online Film Festival 2020 DMOFF Award Best Trailer Vianlix Mestey and Europe Film Festival U.K. (EFFUK) 2021 Europe Film January Award Short- Best Trailer Vianlix Mestey. 1 Nominee Best Director Award 2021 April Award Best Director Indie Short Film Vianlix Mestey

 

Reactionary To The Wrestling News of: Benjamin "Neville/PAC" Willard Satterley Dies just aged 40 in 2026 by AverageMansReviews

Reactionary To The Wrestling News of: Benjamin "Neville/PAC"  Willard Satterley Dies just aged 40 in 2026 by AverageMansReviews

Related content: Reactionary To The Wrestling News of: Andy "The Butcher" Williams Dies just aged 48 in 2026 Link https://averagemansreviews2017.blogspot.com/2026/09/reactionary-to-wrestling-news-of-andy_0329833608.html

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Well this sucks posterior!: Obviously the first thing I would like to do is send condolences to his family, friends and the adopted family within AEW and anyone other at this time; he was a very talented individual that should have been at one point or another should have been a main event champion [minus NXT: NXT Champion, but he was the inaugural NXT Tag Team Champion with Oliver Grey] this goes for the WWE and AEW, because when you have such a special talent that can take nothing and turn it into something special such as WWE Cruiserweight Championship [2 times: on WWE 205 Live; yes I don't regard this as a major main event picture either] then you know you have some very special indeed and this is the first time we got to experience the gimmick that would later on be called outside of the WWE PAC, where he went from someone with lots of potential and talent, now with a very suitable gimmick for him that turned him into potentially a main eventer.

He went to AEW in 2019 where he unleashed this gimmick known as PAC properly; okay within the WWE he started to show more of this ground and pound mixed with highly technical wrestling style other than his highflying wrestling style, but with in AEW it felt he could be his authentic gimmick/wrestling style;he very much outgrew his 5'8 height to become a pound for pound wrestler where he did pick up various Championships such as the inaugural AEW All-Atlantic Championship and other partner based Championships: this is just another very sad day in professional wrestling and for just two minutes forget the tribalism; AEW is having a few dark days lately with Williams, with Steven Borden taking by all accounts that horrible bump [at AEW All Out where PAC had his last wrestling match:] where I am only seen still pictures, but it looks fudgin' terrible, there is no way in hell he should have taken this bump [but that is for another time and there will be another time, I can reassure you] and now this; thank you to PAC for his many years of service to AEW in particular, because without the likes of you putting in the hard graft to get this promotion off the ground in those early years and AEW is still going from strength to strength based off your contributions, which myself and upon many other people are just so grateful to have AEW around and established, so thanks PAC, you may be gone but your DNA and essence is in the bricks of AEW; RIP Benjamin "Neville/PAC"  Willard Satterley 1986-2026