14/09/2013 The Film Review

To take us through this week's To

releases, Mark Kermode. Very diverse week, we have Formula One race

drivers Niki Lauda's and gyms aren't going head to head in Rush. —— James

Hunt. Hunt.

We have Jackie Robinson leaking the We have Jackie Robinson leaking the

colour bar in the 42 and Olympus fallen has that micro—Olympus has

fallen again in White House Down. Rush, I have seen it, I thought it

was wonderful. That is slightly prejudicing what you are going to

say. Not at all, the story in place people don't know, though there has

been so much publicity how could you not two it is a drama directed by

Ron Howard, written by Peter Morgan, about the personality clash between

James Hunt and Niki Lauda, Rob portrayed as black and white, one

called, one heart, both on and off the track. There is a clip. —— one

cold, one hot. I have cold, one hot. I have never

understood what that means, I love my job, I love competing, racing.

Maybe you should ask Niki. Are you feeling pressure? Do I look

like I'm fuelling pressure? I am world champion and I am on the verge

of winning again. Hunt has the chance to be jumping but he has

of winning again. Hunt has the believe it.

James, is there anything you would like to ask? If Niki is being tricky

and getting a kick out of mind games, I am flattered. As the moment

is with me, I have never felt better and fully express —— expect the next

conference will have me as world champion.

Obviously when you start talking champion.

about Formula One characters you immediately think about Ayrton

Senna, the brilliant documentary which I loved. I know very little

broadly, specifically towards people Senna was the introduction. As

broadly, specifically towards people who do not understand Formula One,

overhear people have a certain knowledge but in America it seems a

foreign country. foreign country.

Although this is a British driven production, Ron Howard is a

Hollywood direction —— director Hollywood direction —— director and

has one eye on the grandstand. It plays with very bold brushstrokes.

Chris Hemsworth is very broad, he is like Austin Powers. And Daniel Bruhl

it was gripping, partly because of it was gripping, partly because of

the sound. It is absolutely amazing. Also, I knew what happened because I

remember the story but I loved it. Even though I knew what happened,

which is unusual, when you know the which is unusual, when you know the

ending of a picture, which is basically biographical. Ron Howard

obviously did a similar thing with Apollo 13, where everyone knew how

it worked out, that is a real talent of head. —— Ron Howard.

Sometimes the voice—over commentary feels rather Basil exposition. But I

think it will play to a mainstream audience, it has a chance of finding

an audience that would not go and see a Formula One film, I know a

couple of people who know nothing about it but have seen it and really

liked it, and it is a ripping thrill ride. Ron Howard is nothing if not a

populist, and that is not a populist, and

real talent. 42, and Jackie criticism. If you can do it, it is

real talent. 42, and Jackie Robinson, and a problem for British

viewers is understanding the iconic staters of a black guy playing in

baseball, it was huge for the time, baseball, it was huge for the time,

wasn't it two? It really was. What you have here is the story playing

it again, Harrison Ford is there as Chadwick Bozeman —— and Chadwick

Bozeman, also. What is interesting is it is played

very straight. The director, it is very straight. The director, it

is really enjoyable, his voice has almost as

is really enjoyable, his voice has become very gravelly of late. He is

chewing the scenery and enjoying it, it is a historically important

piece. My only criticism is it is so extraordinarily added that have

liked the movie to be less ordinary. But it is firmly built, if

unremarkable film about remarkable story. Part of the difficulty is

that it is quite difficult to get your head around that during this

time this happened, and African American player could not play

major—league baseball. The really horrible thing is the

institutionalised thing, where the pull up at a court stop and he

cannot use the same bathroom, that is the recent past comparatively.

White House Down, how much can you blow up the White House? Right at

joke about that is the building they joke about that is the building they

blew up in Independence Day. The story is Channing Tatum, he is a

wannabe Secret Service agent who goes to the White House, bad guys

take over and next thing he is saving the president who has a

rocket launcher. We have to punch hole in this fence

soon we are dead in the water. There is a weapons locker in the back.

Jackpot! That is what I am talking about! Get me to the fence! I know

you are into peace and that, but you have to stick that thing out there

and go to work. Dam right! the bodies is the president two

goes! where someone says I think that is

launcher, you don't see that every launcher,

day. But you see it every day in a day. But you see it every day in a

Roland Emmerich film. It has day. But you see it every day in a

I think Roland Emmerich was finding it funny, as well. It is an awful

lot of money to spend making lot of money to spend making

something essentially an extended joke, but if you want big, dumb,

stupid popcorn fun and fought Olympus has fallen was boringly

straightfaced and turgid, this is laugh out loud funny most of the way

through, and again that is not a criticism but a good movie, a funny

movie. Big, dumb, stupid, that sounds great for a wet weekend.

Although it is a flop. And your pick of the week?

I don't think many people have seen it, it is a small movie, the reason

I really like it is because the soundtrack is absolutely

fascinating. Ain't them bodies since, if you like the soundtrack in

winter is born in which the useful and blues music, this has something

of that. Casey Affleck is terrific, the title is enigmatic, Casey

Affleck says the title is a misheard song lyric. To interject a slight

criticism, doesn't Casey Affleck's delivery put a fossil to sleep? Do

you think? I kind of think so. It is set in the early 70s and it is a

very 70s movie. If you look at 70s very 70s movie. If you look at 70s

movies that is what... This is much later.

Thinking in terms of a very slow voice—over, dances with Wolves has

that. This is edited in the way people used to edit movies, I have a

shot, I am holding a shot, it is not going anywhere. I like that, but I

movie that does something more than movie that

quartering people. I think blowing quartering people. I think blowing

up the White House is my movie of the week. I manfully. He is now the

biggest single superhero franchise on screen, taking into account the

Marvel avengers. I monthly is more of the same. Robert Downey Junior is

a very funny as a very funny as iron man.

He does a good job of balancing very knowing.

action and very knowing.

I went into the movie not expecting much but I think the trilogy works

rather well. That is an interesting point bash with these kinds of

movies how would you know, this whole kind of thing that nobody

knows anything in Hollywood, it is knows anything in Hollywood, it is

kind of surprising ironman is the biggest. It is really odd, you would

not think the numbers would add up not think the numbers would add up

like that. When Robert Downey Junior was first cast, everyone thought,

and as iron man two he is not that kind of actor, but he does a really

good job, that fast talking thing works really well. Mark, thank you

very much. That is it for this —— is this week, but you can find more

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