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Reviews
Slipstream (2005)
London Sci Fi festival World Premiere
I managed to get a free ticket last night (it was screened at the cinema I used to run) I had mixed opinions on it. The opening scene and credits were lovely, some nice shots and really nice ambient music. After that it got strange.
Not strange good. i think the Director was more concerned with how good it looked and completely forgot about the script - people die and the characters don't seem to care but that didn't matter (apparently) as it would look good!!!! I liked to call it Matrix Reloaded Syndrome. Don't get me wrong it was a nice but the little technique the Director used got completely OVER used and in the bank scene (the most important scene) it just didn't look real.
Sean Astin was of course the highlight. He was great as the geeky science boy but Vinnie Jones, why he felt he needed to put on an English accent when he already has one (you'll know what i mean when you see it) I'll never understand. This includes all the other bad guys.
I did enjoy it though and the last 20 minutes or so were really good. i just wish that if there was a different Director (who wouldn't cast Vinnie Jones) as maybe that way the characters would have been a little better though out.
Dream with the Fishes (1997)
A Film To Dream About
Terry (David Arquette) is a very sad, lonely man who spends his days watching other people live their lives rather than trying to make one of his own. Rather than do this, he decides that the best thing to do is to commit suicide by jumping off of the Golden Gate Bridge.
In what he thinks are the final few moments of his life along comes a very confident man, Nick (Brad Hunt), who notices that Terry can't seem to find the nerve to actually go through with it, and persuades him that this kind of suicide would actually be quite painfull, and might not even work, and suggests that he overdose on pills. Nick makes an offer of a jar of sleeping pills that he has at his apartment, in exchange for Terry's watch.
Once the pills have been downed, Terry suddenly has a drastic change of heart and makes Nick take him to the hospital where it is revealed that they were actually vitamins.
Angry, Terry wants to confront Nick to get his watch back and finally tracks him down at the hospital where he finds out that Nick only has a short while to live himself.
The next day, Nick leaves the hospital with a proposal for Terry. If he will help Nick to live out all of his life long fantasies in the few weeks before he dies, Nick will pay him back by killing him.
Determined to go out with a bang, Nick takes Terry on an adventure and teaches him how to live his life to the fullest, including robbing a bank with an unloaded gun and nude bowling with prostitutes (whatever turns you on Nick!!)
It may seem that Nick is doing this all for him, but this film is about not taking life for granted and he is trying to open up a new world for Terry, one where he wouldn't want to die. This is what makes this a fantastic movie with many highs and lows. Mainly, a great story of love, friendship and adventure.