Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.
... View MoreI wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.
... View MoreThis is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.
... View MoreGreat example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.
... View MoreGriff (Ryan Kwanten) is a nerd. He works in an office where he is bullied by the alpha male and spends his time fighting crime – imaginary crime – in a rubber suit with a gig 'G' on the front. His brother has been looking out for him but is despairing of his nocturnal habits and the costume he wears.Then Melody is introduced into his life. She is supposed to be his brother's girlfriend but finds an affinity with the nervous younger brother instead. She also has 'issues' the belief that she can align her molecules with those of a wall and thereby pass through it, being an obvious quirk. This film is essentially about people with mental issues and is not a super hero film per se. It is also not really very funny, but on the relationship part it actually scores reasonably well. The acting is all fine and for a small budget film it does not seem to suffer but I felt it could have been funnier, or it may be my sense of humour as a lot of folk have said they did find it to be a laughathon. That aside it is still a reasonable watch and does have its heart in the right place.
... View MoreI just saw the film and I really liked it. I like the characters, I know some people who fit the descriptions of the main characters and I have to say that even to me the thought to have superpowers really appeals to me. So it does to the boy and the girl and they really go up in their stories, quite convincingly to the audience too.Some might say the plot is thin, but plot is not what drives this movie. It's the kinks in the minds of the characters that are pictured very well and that are really good to relate to. The end scene is left unexplained (no external 'eye', just the world through the eyes of the characters), which I find a good choice. I didn't really surprise me, but it didn't need to. It was the only possible end and it was well executed.
... View MoreI had my reservations about this movie, being more than a little wary about any super-hero movie made this year. All my predictions about this movie came true. The plot seemed silly, the script made me cringe, and the acting could have been better. Or so I thought. It turns out that one of the lead characters, the brother, expressed the same sentiments throughout the movie, and that's when I realized I had misunderstood the movie. It was deliberate.The movie "Super" was similar in that respect, and if not for my policy of watching a movie till the end no matter what, I would have walked out in the middle both times. Super was a non-mainstream movie, that broke all the rules of action movies, and at times seemed to more a poor parody of the genre. The ending redeemed it though; I loved it.Here too, the ending redefined what this movie set out to be. Not a super-hero movie, not action, definitely not comedy, and not quite romance. But for all those people complaining that Hollywood has nothing new to offer, I strongly urge you to check this one out
... View MoreExcellent idea but you only got halfway there. The setup with cats living in 9 dimensions at once and the two of them being able to see something in the world and each other that no one else can - I was dying, DYING for this to turn into 'Frailty'. I was so sure you were gonna get there. I thought the performances were aloof on purpose - so that they seemed distracted like cats. When the movie was over at 67 minutes but there was 20 left - and he saw the goons out his window - I thought there was still hope, but the payoff never came! The reveal at the end should have been Griff really being invisible on the security tapes - and we find that while being a peon in this dimension, he is a revered hero in another. Could've been a great story about redemption, belief in yourself, love conquering all and doing the right thing no matter how much somebody else tells you you're wrong. Would've been far more interesting if there had been an alternate universe subplot with a compelling antagonist - perhaps putting Melody in some sort of real danger? You 'saved the cat' at the very beginning so I thought you knew the rules but you were missing an antagonist integral to the story's action, any real call to action or any sort of return with the elixir. You were so close! I'm not picking on you, its almost a great movie, but it's like you built a car with the front end of a Ferrari and the back end of a Dodge. Best thing anyone has ever done in casting was Maeve Dermody. Why is she not an A-lister in America? Good lord. Somebody over here is really dropping the ball not casting her daily!
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