The American

The American is a film about Jack (George Clooney) who is an assassin. When a job in Sweden ends more harshly than expected for this American abroad, he vows to his contact Pavel that his next assignment will be his last. Jack reports to the Italian countryside, where he holes up in a small town and relishes being away from death for a spell. The assignment, as specified by a Belgian woman, Mathilde, is in the offing as a weapon is constructed. Surprising himself, Jack seeks out the friendship of local priest Father Benedetto and pursues romance with local woman Clara. But by stepping out of the shadows, Jack may be tempting fate.

My opinion of this film is that it was a very poor film, and not only does it take ages to get in to the film, when its starts getting to the main story line, even then its not a brilliant film. I think the reason for me not liking this film was because there was not much talking between characters, and there was only one main character, this means they were always focusing on him, and because he was very alone in the beginning, they continuously showed close ups to try and convey the story using Jacks emotions. I think what the director (Anton Corbijn) of the film was trying to do is make the audience feel on edge all the time, however it didn't really work, it just made it seem a very dry film. The editing from scene to scene was also very slow which didn't help build up any tension, and there was not enough action.


When I went to have a look what others thought of this film, most of the responces were "Mind numbingly dull film with a cliched ending".  


If you wish to watch the trailer of the film, you can watch it on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ywmoXZwkA0

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

I have recently watched a film call Wall Street: Money Never Sleep. This is all about as the global economy teeters on the brink of disaster, a young Wall Street trader partners with disgraced former Wall Street corporate raider Gordon Gekko on a two-tiered mission: To alert the financial community to the coming doom, and to find out who was responsible for the death of the young trader's mentor. This film stars actors such as Micheal Douglas and Shia LaBeouf, two very well known actors across the filming industry.

I really enjoyed the film, however i didnt really feel that there was enough up and downs in the film, and they could have made it so much more dramatic. The main thing that really annoyed me is that you could understand the story line, and what was about to happen by them soundtracks that was being played. I also didn't feel that their use of camera shots could have been better, and they didnt use many close shots on the actors to show how they were feeling. The film was also a very dark film, what I mean by this is that most of the scenes were located in a dark environment, I think this was to make the audience worry more, and put them on edge.