Review-A Simple Plan

A Simple Plan (1998) was based on a novel by Scott B Smith and was directed by Sam Raimi. I'm not really a Raimi fan, I don't like the Spiderman movies, Evil Dead was a bit 'meh', but I did enjoy The Quick and the Dead and even For Love of the Game, surprisingly.

A Simple Plan sees Hank Mitchell (Bill Paxton), his brother Jacob (Billy Bob Thornton) and Jacob's friend Lou stumbling across a small plane that has crashed not far outside the small town which they live in. It is around new year and the area is covered with thick snow so the plane hasn't been found by anyone else. When they go inside they find a dead pilot and a bag containing more than $4 million in hundred dollar bills.

Review-Gattaca

Gattaca (1997) was written and directed by Andrew Niccol and, though it passed under the radar of the general audience, it is an intelligent and stylish science fiction movie.

Vincent Freeman (Ethan Hawke) has dreamt of venturing into space all of his life and has worked hard to become qualified for it. The only catch is this: Vincent was born naturally, which is against the current practice of being genetically engineered. People born naturally are labeled ‘invalids’ and are discriminated heavily against, putting them in a lower class and with no chance of attaining anything great in their lives. All the prominent careers go to the ‘valids’, the ones who have been given the best genes from both parents and these can go on to do pretty much anything they want to.

Review-Session 9

Session 9 (2001) has become increasingly more popular these last few years. I remember when I first saw it most people hadn't heard of it and locating a DVD was a difficult task. But now it seems to be getting more of a cult status, and rightfully so. This isn't going to be one of the best movies ever, but it is certainly one you should see at least once.

The plot is simple; a struggling firm win a bid to remove the asbestos from a condemned building, which just happens to be a huge ex lunatic asylum that has been closed for 15 years. They have promised to get the entire job done in one week, maybe not long enough to get it done but certainly time enough for things to go wrong.

Classic Scene-Mulholland Drive

Here is a great scene from an amazing movie. Mulholland Drive, directed by David Lynch in 2001, is a Marmite movie; you'll either love it or hate. Whatever you decide, there is no escaping the fact that this movie contains some amazing scenes and fantastic imagery as it screws with your head.

This is a completely stand-alone scene as it appears early on in the movie and this is the first time we see the characters. In five minutes Lynch shows how to construct a scene from a simple conversation with two new characters and rapidly increase the tension and suspense until the audience isn't sure what is going to happen next.