OK, I may be a week or so behind the times with this one but as we all know, the huge movie premier of the month - possibly even the year so far - was Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. The 6th installment of the Harry Potter Septuplet (actually that's Octuplet as the final book will become a 2 part movie), suffers from as many growing pains as its young wizards. While Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince does venture into darker, more adult areas than its predecessors it also injects more humour and character development than previous encounters, which doesn’t always make for a satisfying concoction.
David Yates’ second outing as director picks up in the aftermath of a spectacular attack on London by Death Eaters and builds towards the death of a key character that will pre-empt the final confrontation between Harry and Lord Voldemort in two-part finale, The Deathly Hallows.
Slightly more low key is the premier of Inglourious Basterds. Written and Directed by Quentin Tarantino, this World War 2 drama tells the tale of a group of Jewish-American soldiers know as "The Basterds". The group are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.
The film is by no means terrible but those things we think of as being Tarantino-esque, the long stretches of wickedly funny dialogue, the humor in the violence and outsized characters strutting across the screen, are largely missing. Star of the movie, Brad Pitt did not attend the UK premiere, however the A-List quota was boosted by Rihanna & Mickey Rourke. One must assume that the pair are Tarantino fans and we hope they enjoyed the different style that this movie adopts.
So that's the biggest Premieres of the month, next month I'll be sure to post news of the movies before they actually happen!
David Yates’ second outing as director picks up in the aftermath of a spectacular attack on London by Death Eaters and builds towards the death of a key character that will pre-empt the final confrontation between Harry and Lord Voldemort in two-part finale, The Deathly Hallows.
Slightly more low key is the premier of Inglourious Basterds. Written and Directed by Quentin Tarantino, this World War 2 drama tells the tale of a group of Jewish-American soldiers know as "The Basterds". The group are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.
The film is by no means terrible but those things we think of as being Tarantino-esque, the long stretches of wickedly funny dialogue, the humor in the violence and outsized characters strutting across the screen, are largely missing. Star of the movie, Brad Pitt did not attend the UK premiere, however the A-List quota was boosted by Rihanna & Mickey Rourke. One must assume that the pair are Tarantino fans and we hope they enjoyed the different style that this movie adopts.
So that's the biggest Premieres of the month, next month I'll be sure to post news of the movies before they actually happen!
