The Riot Club (2014)

An average movie

“To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but since the topic did sound intriguing, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, unfortunately, even though the material definitely had some potential, I’m afraid it never really worked though. I think the main issue was that Lone Scherfig had just too much contempt regarding the guys involved in this club. Indeed, even though I understand why she would despise them, I think a more subtle approach would have been more interesting or, at least, more rewarding. As a result, you never really rule for any of them and I never had the feeling that their club was anything amazing. I mean, basically, they went to a restaurant and they got massively drunk which is something anybody could do without being part of such suppo” read more

BAMF's April 2017 Cinejourney (39 movies items)

" Familiar Actors: Harry Lloyd Max Irons Sam Claflin Holliday Grainger Sam Reid Douglas Booth Olly Alexander Ben Schnetzer Tony Way Tom Hollander Jessica Brown-Findlay Natalie Dormer Shola Adewusi and Geraldine Somerville True Rating: 10/10 My Review: The Review Club"

“I have been meaning to watch this for years. It looked interesting and the cast is insane. I had to rush and watch it though as my Netflix was about to take it from my queue. Lone Scherfig also directed the beautiful and heart-wrenching One Day. Laura Wade who wrote this also wrote only one other thing I've never heard of. Anyways let's see if this was worth the wait.

The opening was pretty amusing and made it kind of feel like a comedy though it definitely turned out not to be. I thought this was going to have several instances of what the club does throughout the year. Instead it takes place mostly over the course of a dinner after dealing with initiation rituals. Of course I didn't read the description before watching and only knew some details. Anyways the acting was excellen” read more

Movies Watched in 2016 (51 movies items)

"Netflix - First viewing "