Movie World awards:

As the Oscars approach here is Movie World 's not so illustrious version:

Best Director:

 Danny Boyle - 127 Hours



Best Actor:

Colin Firth- Kings Speech

Best Actress:

Natalie Portman- Black Swan

Best Supporting Actor:

Christian Bale- The Fighter

Best Supporting Actress:

Amy Adams - The Fighter

Best Animated film:

Toy Story 3

Best Film:

Inception

Movie Review

Mechanic Review:

The Mechanic is a remake of a 70s action movie of the same name starring Charles Bronson as Arthur Bishop, a professional assassin who specializes in making his hits look like accidents,suicide etc.

Jason Statham plays Arthur Bishop , who is told by his employer about a failed mission in South Africa and is ordered to murder his mentor Harry (played by Donald Sutherland) which he reluctantly follows.

Harry's son Steve (played by Ben Foster) sees Arthur at his dad's grave and asks him to teach him how to be a 'mechanic' which sets up the storyline of an assassin teaching a rookie the tricks while trying to hide the fact he killed the rookie's father.

The Mechanic is a good solid action movie which is enjoyable due to many reasons:

The action throughout the film is done well and in some parts brutal with particular deaths or moves in fight scenes very unexpected.The action is impressive in this movie when used.

The action aside which you expect in an action movie, the plot is actually pretty solid for an action movie and the cast works well together with Jason Statham and Ben Foster working well together .

Jason Statham is now an established top action star in the film industry and he seems happy to continue making action films which is not a bad thing if they continue to be at least as good as this.

Ben foster is also good in Mechanic as the grieving son/ training assassin and his characters interaction with Statham is funny and solid.

The Mechanic doesn't disappoint as an action film and is a solid addition to Statham's list of action film appearences and is enjoyable to at least once which will probably lead to as few more watches if you are in the mood for a good solid action movie.

7/10.

Review - Gnomeo and Juliet

Gnomeo and Juliet review:

An animated film based on Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet seems a bit weird but don't worry, it has been changed to make it kids and family friendly.

Gnomeo and Juliet tells the story of two garden gnomes from opposite sides of the war between the red hatted gnomes and blue hatted gnomes who fall in love and try to make their love last as their rival gardens feud.

Directed by Kelly Asbury who directed Shrek 2,set to the music of Elton John and featuring a great voicing cast ranging from stars like James Mcavoy and Michael Caine to Jason Statham and Ozzy Ozbourne, Gnomeo and Juliet is a fun family film that is fun while it's on and has fun references for the adults that keep them entertained for the length of the film.

While not the best animated film that has been released and won't be regarded a classic it is fun enough and is a typical fun animated film that will keep you entertained for at least one watch of the film and a top voice cast helps this.

Gnomeo and Juliet may not be a classic but it is still a fun film that is enjoyable enough and should at least put a smile on your face a few times. At least when you hear Jason Statham and Michael Caine as Gnomes!

6/10

Review - The Fighter

The Fighter:

Of all the Films that have been made about sports, Boxing seems to be the sport that has the most memorable and great films. Raging Bull and the Rocky Films (well most of them) are examples of great films that have been acclaimed by fans and critics. The Fighter had been built up to be the latest great Boxing film and it did not disappoint.

A stellar cast is the main reason why the Fighter is a success but there are many reasons why. The fighter was entertaining,fun,uplifting and captivating with the main cast deserving the praise they are receiving.

The Fighter tells the true story of Mick "Irish" Ward, a professional boxer played by Mark Wahlberg who under the management of his mother (Melissa Leo) and his big brother Dicky Ecklund (Christian Bale) who was a boxer with his claim to fame being he once floored the great Sugar Ray Leonard.Ward's career is going downhill and after meeting Charlene (Amy Adams) and a few problems and changes, he tries to get his career moving under a new management.

Wahlberg is in fine form and is a surprise he hasn't been nominated for the major awards as his performance as Micky is a great performance which helps show Wahlberg at his best and Amy Adams is great as his girlfriend and there is a noticeable chemistry between the pair which makes their relationship believable and adds to interest in their characters.

 Melissa Leo's mother and Christian Bale's Brother are the two performances drawing the most praise and rightfully so.Melissa Leo is great as the mother who favours Dicky over Micky and although she cares for both her sons, she always seems to come across as wanting the best for Dicky over Micky which helps add to the intruiging relationship between the main characters and will probably bring her a deserved Oscar for Best Supporting Actress while Bale will most probably win a deserved Best Supporting Actor award.

Christian Bale's performance is fantastic as the crack addicted ex fighter Dicky Eklund and grabs the audiences attention every time he is on screen with a superb performance. Bale lost a lot of weight like he did for the Machinist to play the drug addicted character and it paid off as Bale surely secures his position as one of the finest actors around with another great performance.

The Fighter is not just a boxing film. It is a film about a family and their relationship with others and each other as well and the first part of the film has a good slow build up with an introduction and insight into the characters compared to a great second half which picks up the pace and there are more fight scenes as Ward tries to kick start his career towards a World Title shot.

The Final fight was exciting and captivating  and like all fight scenes was very realistic and looked like they were real fights.

Overall a Fine cast and great story of a boxer and his quest for glory while keeping relationships in his Family sweet means the Fighter was a joy to watch and i would highly recommend the Fighter to anybody who is thinking of seeing it.It is another fine entry into what is starting to shape up in the early stages of the year as a very good year of Films.

9/10