Thursday, April 10, 2008
My Boy Jack: DVD Review
Awesome. That’s what I thought when I was throwing this movie into my DVD player. Awesome. Daniel Radcliffe as a solder in a war movie, totally sweet. I get to watch Harry Potter blow German brains out. Ok, maybe that’s the testosterone talking, but really, looking at the box art there is all of this mud everywhere and screaming faces. So sorry my friend, this is a movie for your grandma.
So, I am honestly not going to pretend that I know anything about what happened with the British in the first world war, or that I know an ounce about Ruyard Kipling (except he wrote The Jungle Book, which I though was pretty boring when I was 13.) After watching this film I feel like a freaking expert.
Now, the acting is top notch, no doubt about it. But, really, there is just a ton of crying and hardly any war scenes at all. Actually, there really is only a couple, but I won’t tell you all about it.. Just know that if you are planning on grabbing this for the action, don’t. If you are a huge Potter fan, here is a chance for you to see him with a moustache (although he still looks 15.) Basically, if your under 55 I think it’s a sleeper..
**
¶ 10:39 PM 
Awesome. That’s what I thought when I was throwing this movie into my DVD player. Awesome. Daniel Radcliffe as a solder in a war movie, totally sweet. I get to watch Harry Potter blow German brains out. Ok, maybe that’s the testosterone talking, but really, looking at the box art there is all of this mud everywhere and screaming faces. So sorry my friend, this is a movie for your grandma.
So, I am honestly not going to pretend that I know anything about what happened with the British in the first world war, or that I know an ounce about Ruyard Kipling (except he wrote The Jungle Book, which I though was pretty boring when I was 13.) After watching this film I feel like a freaking expert.
Now, the acting is top notch, no doubt about it. But, really, there is just a ton of crying and hardly any war scenes at all. Actually, there really is only a couple, but I won’t tell you all about it.. Just know that if you are planning on grabbing this for the action, don’t. If you are a huge Potter fan, here is a chance for you to see him with a moustache (although he still looks 15.) Basically, if your under 55 I think it’s a sleeper..
**
¶ 10:39 PM
