Aidan21 Reviews

Jackboots on Whitehall (2010)

Funny and well-written but more please...

[6/10 · 16 October 2010]

After seeing the tag line on the trailer "Team America meets Inglourious Basterds", I was eager to see this. And it didn't disappoint. Well not too much.

Some may bemoan the puppetry, you can see the rivets a mile away on the joints (imagine the elbow of an Action Man figure), but the non-stop action distracts you from this. It's funny too, delivering excellent caricatures of historical characters, as well as a huge amount of comical references to other films.

However, the nature of a puppetry film is that a lot of hard work goes into it, and as a consequence, the length of the film cannot be too long. This film was so good, that I almost forgot at some parts that it wasn't a live action film. So when it ended, I was left wanting more. I felt as if not enough had happened, and was slightly disappointed.

But not to worry, it's still worth a watch.

The Human Centipede (First Sequence) (2009)

Complete waste of time

[1/10 · 16 October 2010]

The first I heard of this film was the various campaigns to get it banned. So when watching it, I expected the sort of film which would push the boundaries of horror to a new level. The only boundary it did push was my ability to stay awake whilst watching it.

It would seem that the writer has come up with the concept of a human centipede, then spent the rest of the film trying to come up with some half-arsed attempt at some sort of storyline to accommodate this. The storyline is so full of holes, it is nearly non-existent, and in true honesty, nothing actually happens at all.

The film fails to shock or keep the viewer interested at all, and I think that instead of watching the sequel, I'll dedicate my time to eagerly watching paint dry.