Sunday, September 14, 2014

MYST #1 No Good Deed

No Good Deed, is a movie that came out in 2014, I personally really enjoyed the action and suspense of the movie. The movie stars Idris Elba who plays a man who escaped from prison and has a mental illness, and has a thing for killing women. He kills his ex-girlfriend because she did not wait for him. He crashes his car and stops at a women's house for help only to find out shes home alone with her kids. Taraji Henson plays the victim a women who feels abandon by her husband so when a man comes to her door she feels "sexy" because he looks at her, how she wishes her husband would look at her. The ending was the only part that I was disappointed about, im not spoiling it but I think it could have been more creative.
  The cinematic elements I was in this movie that stood out to me was the over all look was pretty good it left realistic, it was natural. The characters emotions felt real they did not look staged even though they were. There was not much lighting a lot of the movie was kinda dark but that fit the mood of the movie. It was not over done it had parts were there was light because the mood of the movie was easy and happy. The characters seemed like they did not need much editing they were in character very well and their mood played well through the whole movie.
  The scene that stood out to me the most was when Idris Elba gets to meet Taraji Hensons bestfriend played by Kate Castillo. Kate comes over to have a girls night with Taraji but meets Idris while sitting drinking wine she flirts with him, and when Taraji leaves them alone she starts wondering how they really know each other and with the pressure Idris feels he asks to get up and smoke, she gets up and follows him and Idris tells Kate that Taraji and him are having an affair, Kate knows something is not right and calls him out. but he get very upset and kills Kate. This scene is important because this is when you start to see Idris become crazy over the situation and you know things will turn for the worst. I do not want to give to much away because i feel like you have to watcch the movie to get the full experience.

Review of the Reviews


 The movie Town is from 2010 its about some men who live in New York and are robbing banks and trucks that  have money but when they get a witness to one of the bank robberies, the FBI starts to look for them. They have heat but yet choice to keep robbing. The main character Doug MacRay played by Ben Allfeck falls in love with the witness and things get bad. To find out what happens I recommend to watch this movie. The reviews I got are from Rotten Tomatoes http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_town/. 94% of movie critics liked this movie and 84% of normal people liked this movie. Overall I can say that people enjoy the movie. The positive review that I found was by Peter Rainer From the Christian Science Moniter. http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Movies/2010/0917/The-Town-movie-review. I feel as if Peter explained the movie really well he set up a good idea of how the characters are and focused on what was really happening. When peter describes the people he gives us a good idea of what they will do and if they are the good or bad guys." The tough on the outside, kind hearted on the inside Doug is matched by Claire". This sentence alone shows that there will be something going on between Doug and Claire. Peter also talked about how Ben Allfeck is in other movies and you could see that these movies are the movies he likes to do. Peter also talks about how as a directer for this movie he does not over do the culture of the Irish people. I strongly agree with what Peter Rainer said about this movies and recommend people who like action and crime to watch this movie. The negative review I have picked is by Dana Stevens from slate even thought I disagree with Dana there is a few things I do agree with. http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/movies/2010/09/boston_boston_boston_ben_affleck.html. Dana Stevens explanation of the movie is kinda bland she makes it sound like every crime movie but i disagree because i think there are movie interesting aspects of the movie. "The romance that ensues, a yuppie bank manager falling for the charms of the working-class bank robber, is the movie's single most un-buyable element (and believe me, there's some competition in this department)." There is a little bit of romance that plays in the movie but there is more then just the typical love story in here, I think she didn't have an opened mind during this movie and thought about how all other movies are. 
I still recommend this movie, when you have free time and want to relax this movie is perfect.