Wednesday 29 March 2017

The Lego Batman Movie (Mckay, 2017)

Let’s start out by saying that this film is a Batman film done entirely in Lego. Yes, it has a ‘The Lego Movie’ take on that but if you are not inclined to the Batman universe from Adam West to Ben Affleck there are a lot of jokes that you probably won’t get. The Lego Batman Movie (McKay, 2017) is a very well done family film that anyone can enjoy as it is just funny even if you don’t understand the insane amount of references. The film follows Batman as he yearns to have a family and yet won’t admit to such because he is batman and he works alone. This film questions the batman universe, much like its big brother did as well with the Lego universe.
Ok, so what I really enjoyed about this film was of course the animation because it’s so well done, to the point that my friend was convinced the film was in stop motion. The humour is sarcastic and yet simple enough for younger viewers to understand without it boring to adults. Will Arnet as Batman is perfection, his batman voice is much better than others *cough* Christian Bale *cough*, to be honest all the casting in this is pretty perfect. None of the voices took me out of the film and made me think ‘woah, that didn’t sound right’ or make me think about who the actor was as they sounded different from themselves which is always good.
Now the stuff that wasn’t so good. My only real complaint about this film is the amount of jokes. There was just too many, it was as though the next joke had started being told before you had even finished laughing at the first one. It was just a constant barrage of jokes, some of which not everyone would have gotten anyway because they where so deep within the batman universe that very few of the biggest batman fans would have understood them fully. But again, this is really my only complaint. Which I guess means that it’s a pretty good film.

Overall, a very entertaining film where you get to see Batman rap and be lonely which is an interesting take on the character. If you liked The Lego Movie then you will most likely enjoy this film too because the humour is very similar. I would say that even if you aren’t the biggest Batman fan go and see it because past it being a batman film it is a very clever satire of superhero films in a more general way, obviously specifically batman but don’t let it stop you is my point because it is a little bit more than that. Although, any Batman fans reading this that haven’t seen it, you will probably go mad with the amount of references.

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Sunday 12 March 2017

Strong women in cinema

Warning, may be slightly rant like as this subject pisses me off just about a lot. 
The representation of women in cinema is a complicated matter to begin with but the representation of 'strong women' in particular annoys me maybe too much but I can't help it. Why do so called 'strong' women of film become masculine or psychotic and murderous? Try to think of a 'strong woman' that isn't covered in defined muscles or psychotic, it's a tricky task. I want a strong woman that cries, wears a dress, falls in love and yet is strong because woman are just that. Women cry, women wear dresses (or whatever else they want for that matter), women fall in love and are strong. The amount of shit that women have to put up with is ridiculous, the amount of times I get stared or whistled at by men when I'm wearing a skirt (basically anything to be honest) is ridiculous and makes my mood boil. Why do men think it's appropriate to do that, oh yeah because the media tell them that it's ok. That women are flattered by this kind of attention. Honestly, I cannot recall a conversation with another women talking about this where we haven't concluded that it makes us feel like nothing but objects, that we are nothing if not loved by men.
Honestly, fuck you society. Woman are strong: we create life, we break and break and yet continue to build ourselves up over and over again. We don't need some man staring at us to make us feel good about ourselves. Women should look into the mirror and be happy, feel safe and strong. We shouldn't have to worry that what we are wearing is too provocative, I doubt that a man taking his shirt off in public has that thought cross his mind and yet before we go outside we ask ourselves this question.
Cinema needs women that are girl bosses, that get mad when men whistle and stare. We need women that aren't super muscley and yet can be powerful with not physical strength but the strength of her mind. We need a dorky girl that doesn't get a makeover in order to save the day. We need a women that can save the day without looking like a man.
The representation of woman in cinema needs to change for the better of our own minds. Cinema brainwashes all to think that whatever it shows is the norm, it has done since the 1950's. It needs to show positive images of woman that don't die, don't kill, don't imitate men. It needs to show woman that are woman as they are in reality: Strong, powerful, and independent. Beautiful, smart, and kind. (The lists could go on)

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