#ukmovies

Most #JasonStatham movies are not worth it. I've mentioned #Homefront and Crank: High Voltage. The only reason that I stuck with #TheBeekeeper (2024), despite Statham once again strutting around muttering expressionlessly, fighting people, and stealing other people's cars, was the cast of British actors (from #MinnieDriver through #JemmaRedgrave to #DonGilet) all putting on their best General American accents and pretending to be the upper echelons of the U.S.A. intelligence services and government. I was also intrigued by the #bees, but that part was rubbish. There are holes in the plot that one could drive a truck through. Indeed, Statham does drive a truck through one, and ride underneath a truck over another. The whole premise of the movie is stupid, and it is nothing more than a bunch of fight scenes strung together, but not with anything like the panache of Kill Bill. Of course they've already made a sequel. I can make a good guess what Statham will be doing. #UKMovies

If I could time travel, would I go back and first watch #AboutTime (2013) earlier than today? I doubt it. From a #SciFi perspective, it is nowhere near as a complex and fully exploratory treatment of time travel as one can find, and this flatly isn't a Sci-Fi movie. The closing credits have a cast list and a few crew. There's no special effects department or even a second unit. The only stage in the entire movie, indeed, seems to be the play within the movie itself (with Richard E. Grant and Richard Griffiths playing themselves playing parts). This is a love story, on several levels and for several characters. In that respect, #BillNighy's performance, looked at retrospectively (I did rewind.) in light of the reveal near the end, is spot on. It's a who's who of famous actors, with #RachelMcAdams of course, and pre-franchised #VanessaKirby and #MargotRobbie both with posh London accents. The only gripe is that there's not a steady camera shot in the entire thing. #UKMovies