A Year Unlimited

The kids thoroughly enjoyed Dumbo and to some extent so did we. There were great moments, and there were huge gaps. Most of the characters were flat and underdeveloped or just plain unnecessary, as were parts of the story. There was little satisfaction and the original message seemed lost. The beginning of the film felt warm and familiar/nostalgic and built the expectation but I would have preferred it to have stayed in the old tired circus where there was at least potential for character development. The last third of the film felt like a desperate attempt to build a story but failed miserably, because you never really cared about any of the characters, not even Dumbo. Danny De Vito and Colin Farrell were the stars of the show and there were a few nods to the original movie that were nice but the rest of it felt like watching a slightly boring documentary about an exploited, elephant. Tim Burton should stay away from these remakes. We will give each film we see a score ou...

I'm wandering if my age makes me long to avoid remakes because I hanker after the original. There were parts of Pet Sematary that I liked but there were more parts that I didn't. We disagreed slightly on the quality of this film but did agree that there were changes made that weren't necessary and didn't enhance the film in any way. It did however create lots of atmosphere, with a good amount of jump scares and some pretty good effects. If you've seen the film you already know the story and if you haven't we don't want to spoil it for you. None of the acting was believable and there was no chemistry between the characters, with the exception of course of John Lithgow, heaven knows how he got caught up in it. I will forever question the logic of a family with young children moving to such a location and not making their first priority the building of a bloody great wall! We will give each film we see a score out of 10 for overall enjoyment. Pet...