Wonderful character development!
... View MoreIt isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.
... View MoreAmazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.
... View MoreThe storyline feels a little thin and moth-eaten in parts but this sequel is plenty of fun.
... View MoreThe pretentiousness of the acting in a throwback 70's England, the accents, it is too apparent that they are there to "normalise" a lack of freedom. The English accents are phoney, and I am referring to the leads, and they're English! There aren't and never were stereotypical "gangster like cultures" in England; seeing the mock up in belittling youngsters with "you're surrounded with evil in some industries; keep quiet and under the influence of the monopoly that is running the movie industry in England" will only result in every truly refreshing pro establishment youngster that can conceive reality appropriately being fooled into submitting to the paradigm that following Ealing Studio mighty formulas will help weaving reality with social engineering, resulting only in social engineering prevailing, of the type they want to enforce in England even. All the emphases, all the mannerism, have been conceived by writers that know how to project in writing a "switch", a literal switch to turn on and off vomiting; youngsters in England will get a headache and a sensation of vomit from every cinematographic effort intended to induce vomit within this movie, and there's plenty of them. Young English people in this movie, those supposed to be students getting out of an art college, are directed to assume 70 year old people demeanour, but of 70 year olds that were living in the 30s! That odd vomiting sensation again, and again. There's an odd effort to project a conformity, to propagate how people in their place remain in their place; can you believe "writers that make it in England" are only producing this garbage? We've given them computers, affordable word processors; they can cut, paste, rearranged and modify at will, a luxury filmmakers of the 20's didn't have, but this is all they can come up with? It stinks, and you know it's done on purpose. Parents in the 21st century imitating Carry On characters?! What gave the writers the idea that is a paradigm that is well perceived or marketable? It is neither in fact! The Carry On franchise had parodies for the time the were made; in a 21st century context their parody doesn't apply; pass me a strong paper bag. Youngsters in England aren't that insecure; that interpreting a wayward son of a parent with a "blooming" business means approximating the worst possible middle class hero available in England is just wanting not to have more people filling up the cinemas.England has been placed in trance, with a fascination with celebrities that approximate the lowest common denominator. The humour is silly; a mid 20's character in England isn't making shallow jokes like a chap in his early puberty years. For the producers of this movie, the purpose is to propagate mediocrity in English made movies; before is too late that is, before some movement in England finally wake everyone up and make aware that the establishment, 99.99% of the population that is, shouldn't put up with the self elected leaders which only represent 0.01% of the population, these latter being the anarchists, the anti-establishment. Absolutely everything has been put together with care avoiding any hint of reality; there's a storyline throughout this movie that has been conceived while in a cotton cloud; I feel like vomiting. I suppose this movie might have been made more watchable if everyone in it was going around without arms; that way they would have had much less chances in between takes to hide their eyes and face in shame, especially some of the lead actors; acting is acting, not an imitation of one's regurgitating character. Often the same joke is repeated over and over, a classic "repeat a lie times enough until it becomes true"'; but it doesn't work with bad jokes to start with, not matter the reiterations. Characters in this movie imitate other characters already present on UK TV channels; there is this tangible effort in the "UK movie industry", masqueraded in laziness, to avoid portraying new and really outstanding and entertaining characters, probably because they might be trouble with the severely weak self-righteousness of the monopoly capitalism running amok in England.This film is in a new genre; definitely not comedy; it's in between drama and horror, but also with a little action, like vomiting action and getting out of the theatre action. Whoever watched the end result with a minimum of brain must have gotten an headache, it is such a sleeper; but wasn't it blatant by reading the script in the first place? England is better than what the junkies directing and writing this junk have had the omen to distribute as a movie. Let me through, I need to vomit; remembering one the scenes has triggered the switch again. 0/5 Even funds from the UK National Lottery have been wasted on this movie -1/5 then! thematrixexpert@yahoo.com
... View MoreReleased between 300 and Mr.Bean's Holiday, this British production never really had a chance at the Box-Office despite a clever plot, amusing trailer and presence of sex siren Carmen Electra. The film didn't score to well with critics either, comments such as "It's a dire sex comedy" and "a crude, leering poorly timed farce" where pretty much commen place. Still is the film bad enough to warrant a battering on all fronts (no pun intended)? The answer is no. The plot is a clever enough little idea, two geeky film students in attempting to sell a film pitch end up agreeing to make a porn flick for the wrong people. They are offered the service of Candy Fiveways (Carmen Electra) the worlds most famous adult film star, but even with this supposed blessing, they still have to defeat the obstacles that include suspicious parents, a lack of cash and their general inexperience behind the camera. I want Candy is still waiting on a US release and so marks one of few films we get first. The film is heavily flawed but there's a charm that carry's this picture and despite being a movie with more sex toys, lesbian love scenes and innuendos than you can count it's really quite good natured. The young cast are pretty solid and whilst I don't expect to see either Tom Burke or Tom Riley become the next Hugh Grant, both might just manage in this business. Both convey a sense of excitement and dread concerning their problem, but overall the balance really feels quite nice and realistic. More often than not we are encouraged to laugh at the pratfalls Tom and err...Tom find themselves drawn into. That grows harder as the picture goes on, indeed the audience felt a lot of sympathey for the two lads on more than one occasion, and that can get in the way of belly laughter. Electra doesn't really have any acting chops to stretch but the former Baywatch babe is a likable candy, a women who despite her career and physical attributes is intelligent and something of a film buff. In many ways Electra grounds the picture and offers as many good jokes as anybody else, probably around half a dozen or so. Pirates Of The Caribbean star MacKenzie Crook offers up a few decent chuckles as the boys teacher, and Jimmy Carr manages a neat cameo as a dodgy video store clerk. The script is a bit hit and miss particularly during the middle section of the movie, I found myself laughing more at the beginning and end. That's not so say the script isn't inspired in sections, I really was caught off guard by several of the gags but to many jokes where predictable and a fair bit of the material feels recycled. Director Stephen Surjik who directed the second and vastly weaker Wayne's Worlds should be pleased enough with the final outcome, it matches anything else on his CV in terms of quality. The production looks pretty cheap and I expect the explanation for this is also the simplest. The film can't have been made on a mega budget, indeed with US release still uncertain it's fair to say the amount of money pumped in could well be miniscule. The cinematography is weak and the film looks made for T.V, which will always distract no matter how sharp a script the film boasts. The film is bound to have a lot of people recoiling in their seats as the cringe inducing scenarios pile up. Having to listen to your mum and dad having sex whilst your locked in their en suite may be bad, but thats only a fraction of the embarrassment the boys have to suffer. Last year I watched a movie called The Moguls which starred Jeff Bridges and had a similar plot to this project. I Want Candy emerges as far the better flick, and so anybody who got a kick out the first film will almost certainly enjoy this one.
... View MoreThis is a great British comedy about a couple of film students (Joe and Baggy) who try and get their script "The Love Storm". After going to a few production companies they arrive at an adult film company run by Doug (Eddie Marsan). Joe decides to make the movie into an erotic movie and tries to hire the biggest name in porn - Candy Fiveways (played by Carmen Electra).Surprisingly there is no nudity in this film but there are quite a few funny scenes. One involves an actor and lets just say thank god for wet wipes. Another involves an Asian babe and ping pong balls. Jimmy Carr and Mackenzie Crook provide some decent scenes between them too.This is a real British feel good comedy and provides all that is needed for this type of film. I give it 8/10.
... View MoreI went to see this movie without any expectations and not really knowing much about it and I really enjoyed it, I came out feeling thoroughly entertained. And I rarely laugh out loud in the cinema.I think the reason people have been disappointed is that the advertising has been misleading - pictures of a half-naked Carmen Electra - when there isn't much of this in the movie itself. So if you want a soft porn movie with scantily clad women this isn't for you. But if you want great light hearted entertainment it is.Admittedly the storyline is not a complex one, but after a long week that's exactly what one needs on a Friday night. I was thankful for being entertained without having to try.The mixed cast works well. Great performances from two unknown leads supported by established actors such as Eddie Marsan and Mackenzie Crook carry this movie through. Overall, a great British feel-good movie which doesn't take itself too seriously.Look out for the bathroom scene!
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