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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
Incoherent mess of a film
The trivia section states that they started filming this before a script was completed, and boy does it show! It appears in order to come up with a script they got 5 twelve year old boys with hyperactivity ADD who wrote scripts independently of each other and had them randomly spliced together for the final script.
The result was gobsmackingly incoherent. Random and contrived plots popping in and then fizzling out, which isn't helped by the terrible acting. Orlando Bloom, and Keira Knightly were so wooden I got splinters. Keira's method of acting seems to be reading from an autocue and then pouting.
However there are some great special effects; but who is impressed by special effects anymore?
A good liar will keep talking but say nothing, and this is exactly what this film does. Lots of fluff but no narrative.
Overcoming (2005)
Good potential poorly executed
I really expected to like this film as: a) I'm a procycling fan; b) CSC are my favourite film; c) Bjarne Riis is an interesting character.
However I found the film flawed in several ways. Firstly narration was absolutely terrible, almost no context was given for any event in the film.
For instance there were scant details given about anything about the race which made details of the team efforts seem like an aside. Another example would be footage of the pre-season team training in Denmark; why were they there and what were they trying to achieve?
In order to fully understand the context of the above you would have needed to read procycling publications on regular basis. Fortunately for me this is the case so I could follow the film.
In addition to the poor narration, the footage shot wasn't particularly good, and even less well edited given a really disjointed feeling.
I had high hopes for this which were unfortunately unfounded. However if you agree with a), b) and c) above it's still worth a watch.
Saw (2004)
By the numbers...
Derivative is the word that best describes this film.
It's not that it's bad, it's not that it's not entertaining, however it just felt as if the director/screenwriter attended a workshop or bought a book on how to write and direct horror/thriller movies. He went home, watched Se7en and followed the guidelines step by step.
The result is a moderately entertaining horror yarn with the now obligatory twist, which many viewers unfortunately mistake for intelligent storytelling.
If I hadn't seen Se7en and was 15 I would have really rated this film. If this applies to you, go see it you won't be disappointed.
Otherwise wait for it to come out on TV. 4/10