Much Ado About Nothing (2012, Whedon)

My two favorite things Joss Whedon and William Shakespeare have come together and formed the 2012 masterpiece film 'Much Ado About Nothing'. Filmed in the week Joss Whedon had off from the Avengers with a majority of his many actor friends (including Nathan Fillion) fitting the filming around their already busy schedules.
Whedon used the original script written by William Shakespeare and filmed the movie in his own house over the course of a week and a few weekends (or so it says in the commentary). It is in black and white because of the colors in Whedon's house but he made it work to his advantage because it just gives the film a more vintage touch to it.
I love this movie and recommend it to anyone that likes Shakespeare and wants a modern yet still traditional telling of his stories. Or any person that loves Joss Whedon's work and the actors that regularly appear in that work *cough* Nathan Fillion *cough*.
Something to watch out for is Sean Maher stealing a cupcake. Which was a totally on the spot action that Sean Maher decided to do in the moment. That is the best thing about this movie, it is an on the spot movie. So much of it is the actors and actresses natural reactions and what they think will make the scene better.
Overall, I would say that this film isn't for everyone but it isn't for a specific audience either. Anyone has the ability to like this movie, but you do have to except the film for what it is. It isn't the avengers, or Firefly, or Buffy or like anything else Whedon has done. If you like Shakespeare you will like the movie purely because it is the original script and everything just enhances it, if you like the actors that Joss Whedon uses you will like it for their performance and if you like movies you'll like it purely because it is so well made that it is mind blowing to think that it took them all a week to film it.

Sunday Film Reviews will hopefully turn out to be a regular thing from now on. I watch enough movies for this to happen, so I hope you look forward to it as much as I look forward to writing them.

The Lego Movie (2014, Lord & Miller)

So, I went to see 'The Lego Movie' on Friday and oh my days I cannot say enough about how amazing this movie is.

It is a good film for pretty much anyone. It's good for children because well, it's Lego. It's good for Lego people because once again it is Lego. It's good for film people because of how it shows different genre's and makes fun of them by pushing what the genre's do to the extreme. It's good for everyone because seriously who didn't play with Lego?
One thing is the actual story of the film itself. I was scared that because it is so focused on including the different Lego sets that the story might slip in some places but my worry was unjustified because that story never slipped. In addition to this the story wasn't too much of a kids story that has been done a million times (OK, I'll level with you the ending was a bit cheesy but not enough to be annoying). But overall the story isn't one just for kids, it's one that I think anyone could relate to.
The last thing I'm going to say is what absolute geniuses these guys where. I mean I'm pretty sure that the only Lego set they didn't include was Indiana Jones but that is totally made up for by including the Star Wars cameo. Anthony Daniels, the original C-3PO, does the voice of Lego C-3PO in the cameo which I kind of had a fan-girl moment over. Although, I will say the one trick they missed was not having Ryan Reynolds as the voice of Green Lantern because all they did was make fun of Green Lantern and that is what everyone does to the Ryan Reynolds Green Lantern film anyhow. (I do realize that they may have asked Ryan Reynolds and he rejected it for that exact reason)
Overall, I find it hard to have anything bad to say about this film. It is basically the perfect film for practically anyone. Just put down the laptop, turn off the computer and go to the cinema. Just watch 'The Lego Movie', you won't regret it. Promise.