kev2003 Reviews

The Brain (1969)

whose got a computer for a mind ? THE BRAIN

[10/10 · 14 November 2005]

A film me and family watched when i was a child back in the early 1980's when Video was approaching Puberty.

To my knowledge it has only ever been shown on British Terrestial TV Once (unsure about satellite channels !!)

Mum recorded and we 3 kids(3 more came along and they have never seen this film we older ones talk about )wore the tape out - it was played again and again and again.

To this day i was still humming the theme tune and was delighted to find it on tape and bought it straight away.

For me i was 12 again - i got the same feelings i got when i saw star wars I again at the cinema again a few years ago

David Niven is a charm to watch as are Jean Paul Bemondo, Bourvil and Eli Wallach.

To cut a long story short a Train robbery,a Beautiful lady whose brother runs the local mafia, a great car chase involving the smaller Statue et liberte and a man whose brain is so large it cause s his head to tilt at times of anxiety and 2 small time thieves who embark on the same job after stealing the plans, the support actors play their parts great and its a film full of laughs

For a plot, good story, some great comedy acting - see this movie - As the song says "they call him the brain the fabulous brain, for stealing a heart while robbing a train!

One of my favourite films of all times and its a shame its never shown !

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

the wrath of khan

[8/10 · 21 October 2005]

there is a Klingon proverb that tells us revenge is a dish best served cold - its very cold in space

I have watched this film so many times since i was a kid and for me its simply - the best film made from by original crew of the enterprise.

So we find the 3 nacelles USS reliant( and it even looks like a reliant robin - British joke but successful 3 wheeler car ) searching for a barren planet to test genesis, Pavel Chekhov discovers its not barren so sets in motion a chain of events that ends in the countless deaths of the hands of the enterprise, reliant and of course Regulus

high points of this film - the amazing soundtrack by James horner i can listen to this and III's again and again, when ever James horner does a soundtrack i always listen for his star trek II&III overtones - its always there somewhere in all his films u just have to listen for it

the asking of kirk if he wants Prozac by McCoy during departure from space-dock

The meeting via screen of khan and kirk

the Battles and surprise attacks which even now stand the test of time - well they don't make films like this anymore do they !!! last film to use real models was ID4 i believe OH they still use the Tardis don't they !!!

bear in mind even the genesis material was stretching the computer Genius of ILM and even admit this

the relationships between both crews - khans crew will die for him, the enterprise crew will do the same

the final death of Spock which is a clever ruse by nick Meyer and takes some balls to do

what it needed ??

a full meeting of khan and Kirk - what this film missed was the punch throwing hit now think later Jim kirk going hammer and tongs at Khan.

what would have a big difference - what if KIRK had died instead of Spock ??

this film is an achievement - it nearly never got made -

the fact that it did allowed the spawn of good and bad sequels, this film also gave us Picard & Riker, Ben sisko and DS9, Voyager and Janeway and of course Jonathon Archer.

This film gave Roddenberry total credibility and allowed star trek to carry on as it does now - its resting at the moment - but wouldn't a film that mixed up the current franchises be nice - set near DS9 using the enterprise crew, Voyagers crew in a battle Royal

its just a thought and I'm sure many others have thought about it

anyway the film that saved the Franchise - star trek II the wrath of Khan !!

The Fourth Angel (2001)

the fourth angel

[10/10 · 17 October 2005]

never seen this film yet .......

but the coach is which the gunfight happens - well i cleaned the coach up of all the fake blood(its a basket to get off Formica !!) and the blanks - the railway coach number is 70510 and is now based at the Hunsbury Hill railway museum in Northampton and has been converted in an artists studio anyway some insider info for you Kev smith director of the Hunsbury hill railway museum (NIRT)

as for the films content - i have no idea - all i know is someone gets killed etc etc - as always its a British film - some are good some are bad some are real awful, all i know is this - this coach is a celebrity

Hawks (1988)

hawks

[10/10 · 17 October 2005]

a simple story of life......

this is one of the most sensitive and funny films i have ever ever seen, to meet and realise your mortality is something we never do until its too late, Hawks well with superb acting from Messrs Dalton and Edwards makes you (well made me) realise how fragile and how little we live our lives, whilst going through a situation with a friend at the moment i have re-watched this film, to realise one that Mortality is not something to be afraid of, but also to realise that in my darkest times - A big red nose will always make me smile.

so join the order of the HAWKS - I guarantee you wont regret it !!!