Done Did It Movies for the Week - 28/03

Done Did It brings you everything you need to know for the movies coming out this Thursday for Aus!

 G.I. Joe: Retaliation

The hugely anticipated yet average scoring sequel, hits screens this week and even though the original was very underwhelming, even though it's completely overhyped, and even though the entire script was re-written when Chaning Tatum became more popular (He dies at the beginning in the original story), I'm still keen on seeing this, ever so slightly. The G.I.Joe team is framed, and terminated at the Presidents order, and the surviving members must fight back against the evil Zartan. Nothing special, but the action will undoubtedly be epic and the cast is nothing short of incredible.

Cast: Chaning Tatum, Bruce Willis, Dwayne Johnson

Director: Jon. M. Chu

 

Hyde Park on Hudson

A Comedy Drama Biography (because it hoarded all the genres for itself), Hyde Park on Hudson is the story of President Franklin Roosevelt and his love affair with his distant cousin Margaret "Daisy" Suckley, during a visit from the King and Queen of the UK. No joke, this movie is about an incestual affair happening under the same roof as the Royal Family for a weekend. It's recieved mixed reviews internationally, many critics claiming that not a lot actually happens in the movie, that you don't get any more of an insight into the time, the people, the place etc. But undoubtedbly there are people out there that this would be important to and would hold meaning. If you're one of those, go see it. Personally I don't understand the appeal at all, if I'm going to sit and watch "kissing cousins" in any fashion, I'd rather watch Arrested Development.

Cast: Bill Murray, Laura Linney, Olivia Williams

Director: Roger Michell

 Return to Nim's Island

OH GOD THEY MADE ANOTHER ONE?! I couldn't sit through the first one, I tried to for my little sister as she enjoyed it and wanted me to watch it with her, but after 10 minutes we switched it off and put on Iron Man instead (which she loved). I'm reasonably sure, that this is a straight to DVD release internationally, as the rest of the world are well and truly over Bindi Irwin like most of you should be to. Nonetheless Nim's Island is about a kid who likes animals... and lives on an island with some to research with her father... OH NO! Bad guys land on the island and want to capture the animals, so in a truly original fashion, while she is "Home Alone" with her friends they fend for the island and fight for the animals freedom..... I can't even bring myself to finish this paragraph about the movie, send your little brothers or sisters in to see it and wait in the car, you'll have more fun that way!

Director: Brendan Maher

Cast: Matthew Lillard, Bindi Irwin, Toby Wallace

Rust and Bone

Your foreign movie for the week, Rust and Bone follows the story of a man taking his son to live with his sister and her family, their bonds grow deeper once his sister is involved in a terrible accident. Yeah it's foreign, yeahhhhh its a drama, but the cast is pretty decent anyway. Marion Cotillard (hot-hotototot-hothot) does an amazing job in her natural tongue and the film has already won 14 awards. Clearly not a movie for everyone, but if you're a film buff or you're into your foreign films this is definitely one to check out.

Director: Jacques Audiard

Cast: Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, Armand Verdure

 

The Host

I must admit, the trailer did nearly win me over on this one. I was fully aware that The Host was also written by Stephanie Myer, writer of the "Razzie Award Winning Franchise" Twilight or more commonly known as One girls choice between necrophilia and beastiality. The trailer is not bad.... That's all I feel comforatble saying. It started pretty intriguing, visuals look good enough and there seems to be a whole lot of action involved to, but then BAM would you look at that, it's going to be more of Meyer's particular style of shitty romance. We aren't lining up for this one, but who knows, enough people liked Twilight despite it being a steaming pile of (insert filthy word here), maybe lightning will strike twice.

Director: Andrew Niccol

Cast: Saoirse Ronan, Max Irons, Jake Abel

The Croods

Yup, go see it. I got to check this out at an advanced screening last weekend and I loved the movie. The Croods is about a prehistoric family journeying across their world in the hopes of finding a new, safe home, dealing with modern day family troubles on the way. It's a fantastic return to form for Nick Cage, having starred in some absolute shockers lately (Ghost Rider 2, Drive Angry) and some truly great performances from the rest of the cast too. Dreamworks Animation is simply amazing in this movie, and I reccomend watching it in the 3D version, to experience the full effect.

My review for the movie can be seen here: Done Did Reviews: The Croods

Director: Chris Sanders
Cast: Nicholas Cage, Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds

-Welsh 28/03/13