The Butterfly Effect

I saw this film a few years back and decided it was one of my favourite films. I have recently re-watched it which reconfirmed its place as one of my favourites. It is a very complex film and it is not at all easy going but it is definitely interesting and I think that the story line is amazing. I think that, what partly helped this great film, were the actors amazing performances. I especially loved Ashton Kutcher and Amy Smarts performance.
The storyline was incredible and extremely moving, after watching this film I felt emotional and a little depressed probably because of the story line which was so traumatic. Nonetheless this makes me enjoy the film even more and want to watch it over and over so that I can begin to try and understand the characters.
The basic outline of the movie is about a young man (Ashton Kutcher) that blocks out harmful memories of significant and awful events of his life. As he gets older, he finds a way to recall these horrific lost memories as he learns this, he also learns a supernatural way of changing what happened, subsequently changing the lives of him and every one around him.
The film did not follow a predictable story line and was not linear as it kept skipping back and forth in time. I think that this was a very effective way to portrait this horrifically wonderful plot. The film has alternative endings, which is very strange, one of them ruins the film but the main one, which was shown in cinemas, was the best. I don’t think that they should have made so many endings to such a good film because it confuses people.
This film is immaculately shot and directed. The lighting is perfect all the way through; it’s never too dark or light. It really creates the right mood for the film.
The film has a great sound track which really suits it because of the lyrics and feel of the track. It plays in the last scene and brilliantly ended an amazing film.

By Sheridan Goff

Terminator 2 is the second part of James Cameron's Terminator quadrilogy (as of 2009 with the release of Terminator salvation), this was released in 1991 and is also the best in the series so far, this is because for the early 1990's the CGI was extremely good, the story was original and it is just portrayed so well by Mr Cameron.
I am not a big fan of sequals, but this film completely changed my feelings towards them. There is outstanding choreography in the fighting, amazing wit throughout and just sheer excitement from start to finish.
Settings and locations were brilliant, ranging from mexico to Cyberdyne Syestems HQ (a military company designing the Terminators.)
The choice of cast is brilliant, especially Edward Furlong who plays John Connor (the film's protagonist) and Arnie himself who even cracks a few jokes in this one.

This film is a must see for all sci-fi lovers, but make sure you watch the less entertaining 1st one before hand because otherwise the plot can be difficult to grasp, this is the only flaw of the film.

I relly enjoyed this film and could watch it indefinately because it is so brilliant.

The 1996 Hunchback of notre dame is certainly one of Disneys darker films. Featuring the voices of Tom Hulce (Amadeus), Demi moore, Tony Jay and Kevin Kleine, it is the fantastic tale of Quasimodo, the deformed bellringer.
Although not as dark as Victor Hugos orginal Notre dame de paris, the film still touches on the themes of lust, Jealosy and religious fanaticism. This means that the film is enjoyable for children and adults.
The animation in the film is exceptional and portrays the cathedral of Notre dame in stunning beauty, not only the cathedral but the city of 15th century paris. During the scene where the character of Esmeralda (Demi moore/heidi mellenhauser) is singing 'God help the outcasts' She moves around the cathedral and the audience can see almost every aspect of it, by the end of the song she is standing underneath the huge window and the light shining through shows a beautiful pattern on the floor.

While on the subject of songs, the music in this film is also another great aspect. The composer Alan menken has worked on the musical score for many disney films, and the music in this film is as good as any of his others. However, some of the songs do seem to drag on a bit and perhaps take up too much of the film. None the less the use of latin style hymns in some songs gives a really religious tone to the film.

More than ten years old, This film is as amazing today as it ever has been and is something definatly worth seeing again and again.

Clerks 2
Directed by Kevin Smith
2006

Clerks 2 rejoins Dante Hicks and Randal Graves several years after the events of the original Clerks. Due to the fact that this is the sequel to Smith's film debut and the first film of the ViewAskewniverse franchise, Smith's cult fan-base were expecting something special, something that would stay true to the appeal of his other films (me included). The fans of the ViewAskewniverse were not disappionted, Clerks 2 maintains the odd and somewhat disgusting charm created by the films that preceded it. Dante and Randal are still as amusing and enjoyable as they were in 1994, as well as the two protagonists the film also features the ever popular Jay and Silent Bob played by Jason Mewes and Kevin Smith. As well as the classic characters from the original, Clerks 2 introduces Becky, a co-worker of Dante and Randal at Mooby’s as well as Elias, another co-worker who’s innocence and religion is the source of much mirth for Randal.

Despite the facts that the film is set in a different environment to the original and the storyline is more structured, the off colour humour and general tone of the film makes it have a very distinct, similar feel to the original. I would brand this film a must see for fans of Smith’s films, of course this isn’t only for ViewAskew fans, it can be highly enjoyed by comedy fans of all kinds.