The Third Man is set in post war Vienna. The war stricken city acts as a backdrop for the black market deeds that were rife in cities across Europe in the 1940's. The Third Man focuses on one of the perhaps more sinister events of this era.

The story is thick with themes of morality, survival and judgement. These were all topics that would have been on the minds of citizens everywhere in wars aftermath. when everybody was trying to get by. The political stanze of the film is played down alot but the structure for a debate on super powers is definately evident within the film. The city is split into 5 sectors russian/british/american/french and the international sector in the middle of it all.

It is evident that the actors and actresses that were chosen to play the lead characters were well thought out (this can also been seen in the extras in the dvd) For example the high and mighty Orson Welles playing the imoral blackmarket fiend. His personality shining through, his ego entwined with the character's.

i thouroughly enjoyed this film and suggest anybody who enjoys a 'not your average noir' to go and buy it.

Linked to Sweeney Todd as they both have the actor Timothy Spall in them.


I really love this film as i have read the books and watch each film as it comes out at the cinema. This has to be my favourite out of all the Harry potter films so far. This is for many reasons. Firstly the amount of talented actors and actresses such as timothy spall, David Tennant and Maggie Smith grew and i find that recognisable faces whos performances you can rely on to be enjoyable to watch, make films easier to understand and enjoy fully. For example.
secondly i love the way this film shows the darker side to fantasy. The costumes are all picked to depict characters personalities. Thirdly i like it because it gives an audience what it wants, a film that has a beginning a middle and and end but that will keep going if you want it to. Recognisable and easy to relate to characters and it looked good too.

Linked to Shark Tale as both are produced by Dreamworks.


I went to see this at the cinema during the weekend. The film is certificated as an 18 because it has outright violence in it, but i thought that it could have been a 15 easily. The violence is not made to look realistic, the only really gory bit is where the lady is thrown in the fire and you have to watch her burn. The certificate should mean a smaller audience as you are looking at adults who also like musical thrillers. i think many cinemas turned a blind eye to this certificate, by letting under 18's into the film. This may be because they knew otherwise they may not get a very big audience.

Overall I was disappointed by this film, although it looked really good; the costumes were beautiful, the use of colours was amazing, the shots were well planned (so it seemed) and it was all in context to the historical time period. The plot was thin, and although this is a Thriller so nothing is supposed to be resolved, the lack of closure on some subjects such as joanna and the sailor, left me feeling as if there should be more to the film. I also felt somewhat cheated by the lack of really catchy songs.
they say that a marketing tool, especially for musicals is to have memorable songs and through people generally singing the songs a certain hype begins to bring in a wider audience. Sadly the songs were not catchy and so there was no hype about the fact it was a musical.
I don't think i'd recommend this film to a friend unless they enjoyed films that were pleasing to the eye but unstimulating for the mind.

Shark tale was released in 2004. It is directed by three people. Bibo Bergeron, Vicky Jenson and Rob Letterman. Shark tale is one of my favourite films. I watched it at the cinema with my older sister, when it came out and then it was bought for me on dvd some months later.
It is comical with an underlying serious messgae about family and friends and how they stick together. Shark tale is a family film, rated U in uk, it pulls its audience in by bringing it other films that did well such as Shrek. It also pulls its audience in with its star studded cast list.
The main characters are played by celebrities such as Will Smith, Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Renee zellweger, Robert De Niro and Martin Scorsese. These are the main celebrities but Shark Tale also boasts lesser know musician type celebrities such as Ziggy Marley and Peter Falk. The soundtrack does not miss out on this celebrity attention and many of the songs are done by famous bands and singers such as Justin Timberlake, D12 and Christian aguilara.