Defiance

After watching director Edward Zwick's previous movies: The Last Samurai and Blood Diamond, I'm sure you will understand that I had quite a lot of hope for this movie... and I'm pleased to announce that I was not in the slightest bit disappointed!

Synopsis


Three Jewish brothers escape from Nazi-occupied Poland into the Belarussian forest, where they join Russian resistance fighters and endeavor to build a village in order to protect themselves and others in danger.

Source: IMDb

Starring: Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, and Jamie Bell. Directed by: Edward Zwick


Historical Take


There's certainly loads of history behind this movie, based upon a true story, and I feel like I've learned a bit more about WW2 history. Though I am certainly no historian, so I can't really tell you how accurately the events are portrayed in this movie!


Storyline: 5 Stars


Wow, it's certainly a wonderful story: Bravery, love, hate, and a defiance to the bitter end... seriously you have to watch it to understand what I mean! Take in on my recommendation!


Graphics: 3 Stars


The visuals are just perfectly suited to the type of movie... nothing overboard, though I wasn't too keen on a few of the overall coloring schemes, though I'm sure we will be able to overlook that!


Acting: 3 Stars


Daniel Craig played his part really well, and all the supporting cast seem to fit in seemlessly... No outstanding performances though...

Emotions: 4 Stars


You can really connect to this story, beutifully told. The fact that it's based upon a true story certainly makes it much more emtional, as we know that those things actually did happen.


Conclusion


Excellent story told the way that only Zwick can. I loved the movie and will certainly recommend it to all my readers here!

Quantum of Solace: An Interview With The Director

This interview did not take place, it is merely a fictional piece written solely for the lolz!

After watching Quantum of Solace, I figured it would be cool to talk with the director, as that's what all journalists do anyway...

Because of memory problems, I wasn't able to remember the name of the director, but I guess it doesn't really matter because no-one would recognise the name anyway... But one thing I did find out about him is that he was the director of Finding Neverland...

Anyway, let's get to this interview!

ME: "Hello Director how are you?"

Dirctor: "I'm great! So glad that everyone actually watched my movie!"

ME: "Well that's great!"

ME: "So how did it feel making one of the biggest movies of the year, I mean you had like 200 million dollars to make it with. That's quite a responsibility, eh?"

Director: "No quite to the contrary, when you've got a lot of money you can do almost anything you want! And," he added hastily, "You can get a lot of money yourself."

From this I gathered that the 200 million was mostly used to fund the director's retirment years, but this I didn't voice out loud!

ME: "Umm it was a great movie, but not to sound rude, but why do you think it was popular? Why did so many people go to see it?"

Director: "It's Bond!"

That's when I realised that there was something "director" was hiding from me... I gave him a long hard stare, and that's where he started to get all nervous, and started to sweat, then he broke down and confessed:

Director: "OK OK, I confess the movie is completely pointless, the only reason I became a popular director was because of Finding Neverland, and anyone would buy a movie with Johnny Depp in. But now that I have to direct without Johnny Depp, I feel kind of lost. But at last I found something else to direct that everyone will watch: anyone will watch a Bond movie! So I admit I was a cheat all through my career!"

I just smiled and nodded, we had found something to agree with after all!

OK fair enough, the movie wasn't the worst in the world, but where did all the money go? surely Daniel Craig didn't cost 100 million...?

The only graphics used in the movie was the big explosion at the end... The movie could have been made with 50 million dollars easily. You couldn't compare this to Prince Caspian which had the same budget could you? Prince Caspian has wonderful graphics and everything, this has.. Nothing.

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