A Single Man shines on both Colin Firth and Tom Ford

I remember seeing Days of Thunder and coming out convinced I had just seen a two hour coke advert so it was with some trepidation that I watched this film by a fashion aficionado no less and was very pleasantly surprised.

I couldn't shake that feeling that every scene, every set had been mood-borded for colour contrast and tonal quality before being overlaid with the actors but what a feast for the eyes, beautiful 1950's clean cut clothes suited the subject matter in hand - of Prof George Falconer's loss of the love of his life, the subterfuge and of being 'invisible'. I particularly liked Ford's use of so lttle dialogue and just the visuals to purvey the story itself and very little in the way of conversation to provide those little insights into the characters. Delightful.

Ford reverted to tonals to illustrate when Falconer was sitting on the edge of life with a washed out quality and then vibrant blown out colour whenever he was struck by emotion, it lost it's subltleness in places but was otherwise helped provide that internal view of the character - very simple but effective.

I like Julianne Moore and think this film allowed her to show off her versatility, she has immediate presence and completely filled her short time on the screen.

So Ford has impressed me but Mr Firth more so and I look forward to seeing more of him in the future, I give this film 4*s.

Scott Pilgrim Vs The World

Faced with a Saturday evening watching the #2 Girl with a dragon tattoo 'The Girl who played with Fire' or a light hearted teen-flick guess what we went for .... yep and was not disappointed. The first dragon was so brutal will probably wait for DVD on the second installment.

Edgar Wright first noted for 'Shaun of the Dead' and 'Hot Fuzz' is now officially allocated to Directing the likes of 'Them' and with what I've seen of his punchy visual style I hope his macabre sense will really shine through.

Scott Pilgrim is not just for fourteen year olds, it is about young love, the boundaries and the utter obscure fascination we all have with someone with wherewithall aka Ramona Flowers the one with all the Ex's. The fight scenes are immediately cool and he fits seven in! And its funny not in a ha ha sort of way but chuckle way - but maybe that's that teen thing I've put behind me.

Thoroughly recommend and well done Edgar!