Films

I went to the Cinema with Mum to see the film “Australia”, Mum thought it was really good and starting crying at points…but I was a bit bored and left unmoved. It was too predictable. I felt like the makers of this film had read “Epic Films For Dummies” before filming it and made sure they included all the essential bits such as:
> Emotive orchestral music
> A few dramatic deaths
> A few dramatic near-deaths
> Romance
> Sexy protagonists
> A love scene
> Walking out of a smokey haze after a dramatic bit
> Impressive stunts and action
> Bad guys
> Kisses in the rain

I watched a film called “Sweet Sixteen” the other day. It was about a boy who had grown up in a rough area of Scotland and also had a rough and poor upbringing and his Mum was going to leave prison the day before his sixteenth birthday. Despite this he was determined to make things right for him and his Mum. He had very noble and honest intentions even though he probably didn’t go about it in the most honest way, it seemed the be the only way he knew how at the time…

I found the film a lot more moving and engaging than “Australia”. It made me think it doesn't need to be a star studded cast, or be a complex story and include compelling music for it to be a good film.

I included the trailers of both films: