The Mountain.

This isn't a film or a music video it is just an incredibly beautiful piece of filming. This video emodies everything which is good about film. The person who did these time lapses must have had such patience and understanding to get the shots and footage just right. The music also fits perfectly with the video as it compliments the soothing nature of the images you see before you.

Gorillaz - On Melancholy Hill

Last music video I promise (maybe) but again I really want to shed some light on this masterpiece of a music video. The song itself is really mellow and chilled out but the video is far from it. It shows an entire war happening but i think the clash in action and calm work really well together. The animation is also fantastic done in true Gorillaz fashion with all the characters: Russell, Murdoch, 2d and Noodle. Whats great about the Gorillaz videos is that it really brings them all to life and seeing them in a variety of situations makes them almost seem like they are the members. They each have such a unique and weird personality even though they barely ever talk.

The video also shows a small army of other artists in submarines, including Snoop Dog, backing up the Gorillaz as they fight off a weird black demon thing. I always think seeing famous people as cartoons is always amusing especially when its done so well. 

''Old School''

Old school is about 3 friends who start up a college fraternity long after they have left college. The reason for this is that Mitch (Luke Wilson) catches his girlfriend cheating on him and he buys a house on the school campus. The only way he can keep the property legally is if he starts a fraternity to contribute to the university in some way.

Even thought it could be considered as another slice of the american pie, so to speak, its actually a hilarious and very enjoyable film. The casting is fantastic as you see a lot of familiar faces who have all proved themselves in other areas of film or television. Actors like Sean William Scott who makes a brief appearance, still delivers a great few lines despite his cameo role. Rick Gonzalez who played a major role in 'Reaper' a television series which i used to be obsessed with plays a minor role but still manages to amuse us with most of his lines. Simon Helburg from the Big Bang Theory also plays a minor role, his role just proves he isn't a one trick pony and can perform on the silver screen.

Whats great about this movie is that it perfectly captures middle age men trying to recapture their youth. Seemingly obvious but its shown all through the film with things like Vince Vaughan smoking whilst dressed as a clown at a kids party including his code word with his son 'earmuffs' which he says when he wants to swear. Will Ferrell puts in a great performance as the nutter he is. With some incredible lines from him including a hysterical ribbon display for the gymnastics.

As this is a fraternity they have to have pledges and the above picture shows one particular task. I won't go into details but I think its pretty obvious what they are doing. The reason for this is a trust exercise as they are to trust their pledge masters judgement that the rope has enough....slack. One particular pledge throws off his cinder block and it crashes through a manhole and pulls him off with it, with him letting out a hilarious scream as he falls. Its comedy like this which will never die, no one will ever get tired of watching stupid people hurt themselves in films. It may be considered cliche or done before but people will never not find this funny. I know i won't even in my twilight years.

Sean William Scott: Acting like Stifler even when he isnt. Brilliant stuff from him as always.

Smoking clowns shouldnt be at birthday parties

A really good film and I think most of the reason for this is the casting. The supporting actors are excellent as they help fill out the film with extra laughs. Films with poor supporting actors are always not as good as you're always waiting for the main guy to say something funny, the casting for the guys in the fraternity was excellent and you never really know when one of them is going to make a joke or make a fool of themselves which leaves you in stitches a lot of the time.


8/10

Yonkers - Tyler the Creator

I just wanted to briefly mention a music video (again) which has caught my attention. The song is called Yonkers by Tyler the Creator and the way its shot in addition to the desaturated filter really make for a quite disturbing and mesmerising video.

The camera blurs every now and again which really adds a really creepy effect like your eyes aren't focusing properly. The whole video is just him sitting on a chair rapping at you but the video is so good you don't even care about the lack of variety. The video starts to get pretty dark as he bites the head off a cockroach and then hangs him self but this just adds to the video and makes it more powerful. Even if you dont like the song mute it and watch it because it is an incredible piece of filming