Alright, I know I have not been blogging about movies for
quite some time now. So far for this year I’ve watched only 3 movies. The first
movie was The Wedding Ringer starring Kevin Hart, and ( the most anticipated but I
ended up feeling vain and disappointed) Mortdecai and the most recent one is Kingsman: The
Secret Service.
Let me begin with The Wedding Ringer. I’m not going to copy
and paste the plot of the film for all I know you’ll be Googling for it later
on. Wikipedia to the rescue! It was just an OK movie, pretty much like Will
Smith’s Hitch. Typical American jokes, blending in racial, cultural and even
religious stuff. Basically FRIENDSHIP and "bro-over-hos" kind of flick. To be honest I am not a fan of Kevin Hart but I gave the movie a try. Just an OK from my POV.
I have been adoring Johnny Depp's style of acting ever since I was a kid. After Edward Scissorhands, and What's Eating Gilbert Grape, I've been his fan since then. OK cut the story short; after Pirates of the Caribbeans sagas, Willy Wonka and that 60s vampire flick that he was in (I forgot the title!), I looked forward to see Depp playing the role of a British aristocrat and an art collector in Mortdecai. I saw the trailer on Youtube and I made sure that I must watch it in the cinema. So after The Wedding Ringer, I went to watch Mortdecai on the same day. The first half an hour the scenes shown in the movie were laughable. Tongue-in-cheek, sort of. Full of English puns, antics and all. The rest of the film *sigh* I felt so miserable in the end. The movie was a flop.
Yes, the film is not unforgettable. Oh dear, I shall be waiting for the next Johnny Depp flick.
The next one was Kingsman: The Secret Service. Now many would have expected me to fall for the new hero in that film (newcomer Taron Egerton). WRONG! I was delighted to see COLIN FIRTH (swooned) after his amazing portrayal of the stuttering British monarch in The King's Speech. That was the real reason of me wanting to watch Kingsman.
The film was bombastic. OK, I am being biased since this is the first time that I've seen Firth playing the role of a smart and posh-looking secret agent.
Wayyyy better than James Bond, to be honest!
And Firth did most of his own stunts. Not bad for a 54-year-old father of three, eh!
And LOADS of vulgar phrases and LOADS of gory actions! And, and, and....remember the villain in Sherlock Holmes and also Robin Hood, that baldy baddie Mark Strong?
HE'S SO MACHO..Yes, he played the good ol' secret agent trainer nicknamed Merlin.
Of all these three flicks, I am going to rewatch one of them.
*drumrolls*
Yes, I am so gonna watch Kingsman AGAIN!
