darren_ddw Reviews

Quantum Leap: Genesis: Part 1 - September 13, 1956 (1989) Season 1, Episode 1

Great Series!!! Shame about the ending

[10/10 · 22 March 2001]

Quantum leap was and still is one of the top five series ever made, but why did it have to end like it did??? I found the ending so confusing! If any one can shed any light on what actually happened please let me know by posting another comment. Saying that i will always remember how much i looked forward to this every week and when watching the re-runs i try to block out how it all eventually ends.

Only Fools and Horses (1981–2003)

The Best thing ever filmed

[22 March 2001]

How good Only fools and horses is simply cannot be described in words. I can actually make myself laugh hysterically just by thinking back to some of the scenes, like when Del boy visits the doctors and strips to the waist the wrong way, When Del goes to lean on the bar and falls through, the batman and mugger chase scenes from the 96 christmas specials etc etc etc etc etc etc........... But its not just these bits its the little things that make it so good as well like how Trigger calls Rodney Dave and the way Del boy calls rodney a plonker. I am currently in the process of collecting every episode and christmas special on video and although it is costing me a fortune it is more than worth it. David Sullivan is a genius, the way he seems to write every scene with such perfect comic timing and getting the full potential laughter out of every scene is just amazing. Then of course are the actors themselves... Del boy, Rodney, Trigger, Uncle Albert, Grandad, Boycie, Mike, Raquel, marleene, Denzel, cassandra, mickey pearce, Alan and again the list goes on. These actors just seem to have been cast so perfectly and there intreraction is so beleivable. My suggestion to any one who likes comedy is to buy as many of these videos as you can because you will have a cushty time but be prepared to have a bad stomach afterwards from all the laughing that you will do. Bonjour!!

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)

Brilliant more fun than any movie i have seen!!! With the exception of I.D

[9/10 · 18 August 2000]

This film is too good for words to be honest but im gonna write some anyway! The film is about four geezers from the east end who get in to a bit of trouble with the local gangland boss and have to come up with half a million quid in a week. The script is brilliant the story line full of twists and add that to a really talented cast of actors and you've got a real classic. The most effective scene in the movie is when Vinny Jones (Big Chris) goes crazy after his son is held at gunpoint by the main chracters gangster neighbour and slams his head in the door time and time again.

I don't think this film is anything like Pulp fiction as some people have claimed, for a start its 100 times better and English. The film is up there with the greats like Star Wars, Indianna Jones, Lethal Weapon and the Matrix. However it is still only my second best British film behind I.D.

I.D. (1995)

Brilliant

[6/10 · 18 August 2000]

This film is easily the best football film ever. The film is based on football violence in the late eighties and is incredibly realistic. I am a football fan myself and can really relate to how easy it was for John to get so caught up in the whole terrace atmosphere. The scene where john chases after the bus full of brummies and then is joined by the rest of the Shadwell army charging behind him is brilliant and so effective as is the part of the film when John and Bob go into the opposing fans stand and start singing "we are shadwell...." then it all kicks off and John charges back in to the Shadwell end to loud cheers, it is so brilliant. Reece Dinsdale as John is incredible and i can't believe he hasn't become more of a star like Sean Pertwee who was also brilliant. The whole cast was brilliant and it was a great movie that i have watched several times and love it more each time i see it. The only criticism of the film that i do have is that when the goals used to go in the terraces went mad and you would end up halfway down the stand bruised and battered (from all the jumping up and down) from the hysteria that followed the goal (God i miss the terraces), whereas in ID they score against their local rivals and its no more than a YES with arms in the air before calmly beginning their next chant. However this doesn't effect the viewing pleasure of this film and if the rest of the film wasn't so perfect i probably wouldn't have picked up on it. I Give ID 10/10 Brilliant and unmissable for all football fans.