Having just watched Grosse Pointe Blank I have to say I am rather impressed, prior to viewing the film on Sky TV I have to be honest and say I'd never heard of it and literally watched it just because it was on.
But I have to say I was very impressed and I think for me the film was a success in many ways. Firstly and probably most importantly for a comedy it made me laugh, now I was not in hysterics at any point in the film but I was chuckling and smiling as the dialogue contained some great witticisms and the acting was good.
Another good point is that the film's narrative kept me interested all the way through, as other reviewers have said it is rather unpredictable yet predictable at the same time. What I mean is that certain things happened which when watching were rather surprising, however when you think back it is quite obvious that it was going to happen in that way (I don't want to ruin the film by using an example as the most obvious one comes right at the end :P.)
The soundtrack was also impressive with loads of 80's songs that I love such as The Clash, The Cure and Guns 'n' Roses, there were also a few songs I liked during the film such as Blister In The Sun by Violent Femmes and since watching I have downloaded.
A fourth way this film is a success is that I managed to connect on a personal level with what is going on, now I am just finishing my A- Levels so in September will leave home for good (hopefully) and this film made me wonder what it would be like if my school did a re-union in ten years, it made me think who would be successful, who wouldn't. What will I be doing? The one thing I know for sure is that I'm not going to be an assassin.
The bad points of this film are small but I think major ones, the government agents sent to kill Blank are pretty pointless in the scale of the narrative and have no real purpose, they're not funny and they leave their car for about thirty seconds in the entire movie. The second is the way in which Blank's friend just accepts that his old high school buddy has just killed someone and helps dispose of the body no questions asked... that just seemed a little far fetched even in the context of this far fetched movie.
So the film Grosse Pointe Blank is an amusing comedy with good acting and a good soundtrack. It is not the best film ever made but for what it is I think it is a success and it did make me think about my life and my future.
7/10
But I have to say I was very impressed and I think for me the film was a success in many ways. Firstly and probably most importantly for a comedy it made me laugh, now I was not in hysterics at any point in the film but I was chuckling and smiling as the dialogue contained some great witticisms and the acting was good.
Another good point is that the film's narrative kept me interested all the way through, as other reviewers have said it is rather unpredictable yet predictable at the same time. What I mean is that certain things happened which when watching were rather surprising, however when you think back it is quite obvious that it was going to happen in that way (I don't want to ruin the film by using an example as the most obvious one comes right at the end :P.)
The soundtrack was also impressive with loads of 80's songs that I love such as The Clash, The Cure and Guns 'n' Roses, there were also a few songs I liked during the film such as Blister In The Sun by Violent Femmes and since watching I have downloaded.
A fourth way this film is a success is that I managed to connect on a personal level with what is going on, now I am just finishing my A- Levels so in September will leave home for good (hopefully) and this film made me wonder what it would be like if my school did a re-union in ten years, it made me think who would be successful, who wouldn't. What will I be doing? The one thing I know for sure is that I'm not going to be an assassin.
The bad points of this film are small but I think major ones, the government agents sent to kill Blank are pretty pointless in the scale of the narrative and have no real purpose, they're not funny and they leave their car for about thirty seconds in the entire movie. The second is the way in which Blank's friend just accepts that his old high school buddy has just killed someone and helps dispose of the body no questions asked... that just seemed a little far fetched even in the context of this far fetched movie.
So the film Grosse Pointe Blank is an amusing comedy with good acting and a good soundtrack. It is not the best film ever made but for what it is I think it is a success and it did make me think about my life and my future.
7/10