Santa Who? (William Dear, 2000)

Cast: Leslie Nielsen, Steven Eckholdt, Robyn Lively, Max Morrow, Tommy Davidson, Darren Frost

Summary: Santa Claus develops amnesia after accidentally falling out of his sleigh and only the innocence of a small child can save him, while he has to battle the disbelief of a newsman.

Genre: Comedy

This film was a Christmas gift from a family member who had watched it, loved it and thought I might like it too. To be honest I didn’t like it at all, I found some of the acting bad in parts and I didn't find the jokes all that funny. I never really liked films like this, don't get me wrong sometimes I love a good cheesy Christmas movie but I'm not a big fan of cheesy comedy films or in general films like this.

Even though I do like a cheesy Christmas movie (more often than not they're TV movies), I think I much prefer classic Christmas movies like Miracle on 34th Street or maybe the films just need to be a lot better than this.

Saying that I think I should let you in on a little secret, my number 1 Christmas film is The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (2005). Not very christmassy I know but it is a little bit about winter, and anyway I don't care I still continue to watch it every Christmas Eve.

My moaning aside I think this film is perfect for young children, nieces and nephews.

My Rating: 4/10
Perfect for: Children
One Final Word: Not My Cup Of Tea (okay so maybe that's not one word)

Cloverfield (Matt Reeves, 2008)

Cast: Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas, T.J. Miller, Michael Stahl-David, Odette Yustman, Mike Vogel

Summary: A group of friends venture deep into the streets of New York on a rescue mission during a rampaging monster attack.

Genre: Sci-Fi

There's been a crazy number of found footage films such as Paranormal Activity, REC., Quarantine (I’ve not actually seen any of these, pretty sure they’re way too scary for me).
Another film in the found footage genre is Cloverfield, which is told through a camcorder held by Hud (T.J Miller).

I love the use of the hand-held camera as it really gets you engaged and involved in what's happening and as Hud isn't meant to be a professional the camera-work leaves you disorientated, it's shaky and the group is always on the move. Not everyone will like the use of the hand-held camera but I love it and I love the occasional flickers back to footage that was already on the tape.
The reason for the monsters attack is never actually explained, neither is its arrival and for while you don't actually get to see the creature, instead you only get glimpses of the creature normally when Hud happens to catch something on camera.

All in all I thought this film was brilliant and I especially liked the use of relatively unknown actors as I think it adds to the films believability.

and Special effects = Beauty

My Rating- 10/10
One Final Word- BRILLIANT

Hello - 100 Films in 1 Year

Hello!

Welcome to my 100 movies blog. I've decided to set myself a goal to watch 100 films I have never seen before in one year for no other reason then I like films and I think it would be cool. I told one of film studies teachers about my plan and she suggested that I start this blog to write about the films that I watch. So here I am.

I've actually started this blog a little late so I'll be back posting a few of my reviews so don't be to confused if you are following this blog. This will just be a place to share what I think about the films I've watched and hopefully people will get involved and comment to let me know what they think of some of the films they've seen.

Thank you and I hope you have fun reading!

Enjoy