Get him to the Greek

I went to see Get Him to the Greek last night at Westfield. As a big fan of Forgetting Sarah Marshall I was keen to see it but slightly apprenhensive about how worth a spin off film Russell Brands character was. No need for apprehension.. it was bloody funny, and Brand was absolutely superb! As was Sean Combs AKA Pdiddy AKA Puff Daddy, and Jonah Hill. Though whilst I love Hill, his lack of chin is impressive. He has a massive face which just at some point turns into a neck, but its not clear when. The film is not a masterpiece but the last time I remember laughing this much at the cinema was The Hangover last year.

Plot

IDMB --> "Aaron Greenberg (Hill) gets things done. The ambitious 23-year-old has exaggerated his way into a dream job just in time for a career-making assignment. His mission: Fly to London and escort a rock god to L.A.s Greek Theatre for the first-stop on a $100-million tour. His warning: Turn your back on him at your own peril. British rocker Aldous Snow (Brand) is both a brilliant musician and walking sex. Weary of yes men and piles of money, the former front man is searching for the meaning of life. But that doesnt mean he cant have a few orgies while he finds it. When he learns his true love is in California, Aldous makes it his quest to win her backright before kick-starting his world domination.

As the countdown to the concert begins, one intern must navigate a minefield of London drug smuggles, New York City brawls and Vegas lap dances to deliver his charge safe and, sort of, sound. He may have to coax, lie to, enable and party with Aldous, but Aaron will get him to the Greek."
 
Here are some reviews, I would suggest you only pay attention to the good ones..Reviews- Rotten Tomatoes

I loved it and would definitely go see it. Ive always been on the cusp of finding Brand attractive, but he really pulled it out of the bag for me this time and now I would literally sell my gran if he would take me as his wife. 

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the Bad Lieutenant, the Prince of Persia, or The Ghost?

I'm playing catch up here, but over the last 2 weeks I have seen the three above films. I enjoyed all of them but Bad Lieutenant stole the show.

Prince of Persia, based on a video game, is essentially a god awful, blockbuster film - but - I shamefully enjoyed it. This naturally was in so small part due to Jake Gyllenhaal who should definitely wear less clothes more. Aside from obviously being on a protein based diet for the last 6 months, he is so charismatic and I am a big fan of his performance in Donnie Darko so he can do no wrong in my eyes. The plot is based on the video game, which follows an adventurous prince who teams up with a rival princess to stop an angry ruler from unleashing a sandstorm that could destroy the world. Gemma Arterton is also pretty good in it and nice to look at so something for the boys as it were. In a nutshell, its pretty exciting, some good action sequences but essentially shit.

The Ghost ->

A Roman Polanski film based on a novel by Robert Harris who also wrote the screenplay, is about a public figure, accused of being a war criminal, much of whose time is spent bunkered in a chalet working on an autobiography that he hopes will salvage what’s left of his reputation. Ewan McGregor plays an unnamed ghostwriter who bags himself a commission to complete the memoirs of former PM Adam Lang (Pierce Brosnan), currently in freefall after being accused of giving the CIA free rein to kidnap and torture four Pakistani terror suspects. Despite some questionable accents from both Ewan M and Kim Cattral, and some pretty ridiculous twists - its enjoyable, tense and engaging. Worth a watch.

Bad Lieutenant -- >

Terence McDonagh (Nicholas Cage) is a drug- and gambling-addled detective in post-Katrina New Orleans investigating the killing of five Senegalese immigrants. German film-maker Werner Herzog has taken Abel Ferrara's 1992 saga shifted it from New York to New Orleans and cast Nicolas Cage in the old Harvey Keitel role. Out of the three cinema visits this was far and away my favourite! Partly as this much more kind of film - dark and seedy and weird - but also as it sees Nicolas cage back to form! This is the role he is best at playing - someone fundamentally fucked up. I actually think its the best I've seen him since Leaving Las Vegas. It is a Werner Herzog film (who I also love after watching Grizzly Man) so it had all the expected eccentricities of a Herzog film - cue sporadically appearing iguanas for example.

Herzog's Bad Lieutenant is mesmerising and wonky - in a good way. Herzog takes one of the oldest genre cliches in the book (the Maverick Cop Who Gets Results) and then sees how far he can twist it before it snaps. Def go see it!!!

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