Charlie St. Cloud is a young man overcome by grief at the death of his younger brother. So much so that he takes a job as caretaker of the cemetery in which his brother is buried. Charlie has a special lasting bond with his brother though, as he can see him. Charlie meets up with his brother (Sam) each night to play catch and talk. Then, a girl comes into Charlie's life and he must choose between keeping a promise he made to Sam, or going after the girl he loves. The genre of this film is a, Romance, Drama, Fantasy.
I really enjoy this film, and felt that there was a really good storyline. However, I did feel that it was very confusing at times, and they could have helped the audience by making it a little clearer. There were stages in this film that I felt were created very well, and some of the edits made this film. I also think the setting of the film was very strange, I mean how often do you go to a mariner, and around a mile away is a grave yard. However, I did really enjoy the film.
The Switch is a very good film which would be classed as a 'RomCom'. The storyline of this film is; Kassie (Jennifer Aniston) and Wally (Jason Bateman) are best friends. Being unlucky in love, Kassie has decided to have a child using artificial insemination. Wally doesn't like this idea, but he isn't capable of admitting to himself, let alone to Kassie, that he's in love with her. At Kassie's artificial insemination party, Wally gets very drunk and spies the sperm donor's sample in the bathroom. Wally was way too drunk to know what he did that night, and Kassie has moved away because she doesn't feel that New York City is a place to raise a child. Now 7 years later, Kassie has moved back with her son Sebastian. While she is looking to get Roland (the sperm donor) more involved in their lives, Wally can't help but notice the many striking similarities that he and Sebastian share.
I really enjoyed this film, and felt that there was a real strong storyline. However, At one point The Switch may have been a darkly humorous romantic comedy, but it’s had so much plastic surgery you can only look at the too-smooth lines and imagine the wrinkles that used to add character and nuance to its features. During the film there is a huge jump in the film, this is when it shows the opening of the film, and then there is a big jump to 5 years later, this made it feel really unrealistic, because what sort of best friend doesn't speak to someone for over 5 years, and then when he has met the son, he starts thinking 7 years back to when he changed the sperm.
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
