The Rabbitte Perspective

A Dark Euphoria That Tickles Expectations... Out of the many popular film franchises there have been in cinema history, there is no other film series other than the Star Wars pieces of films that have conjured up not only sci-fi classics that all demographics have and still connect with on any level, but has spawned controversy in the manner in which these beloved films were made later down the line. Indeed, while there's no denying that audiences from all ages have been poetically ensnared by the innocent adventurism that the Star Wars films of the 70's and 80's offered to our viewing pleasure, the franchise, as it went on into the the prequel films of The Phantom Menace , Attack of the Clones and The Revenge of the Sith , dowered itself into a compendium of criticism and apathy that didn't give the earlier films much justice. What remained however, was the strong devotion from the fans that has kept this beloved franchise alive. This, in turn, has not only f...

Magic Incarnate: A fun and enchanting beginning... As hard as it is to see, since there have been many commendable film franchises that have come and gone, Warner Bros'. lucrative and lauded franchise of 'Harry Potter', stands today to be the 2nd highest grossing franchise in film history. With eight films being made in total that had drawn audiences towards a popular cinematic universe that all ended five years ago, it's easy to fathom just how much people morally favour the big-screen incarnations of J.K. Rowling's boy-wizard, than the original books themselves. Indeed, the success, which director David Yates had influenced right up-to the end, that 'Harry Potter' rightly earned, shouldn't be questioned, despite it's rather outlandish contextual tropes. However, with success, comes more intrigue and demand for film studios to expand to that particular universe. Inevitably, as it is with every film-related ensemble in this day-and -age that b...

A beautiful masterpiece that stamps a new future for Japanese animation? "Treasure the experience. Dreams fade away after you wake up."  Ever since one of the great conjurer's of animation, Hayao Miyazaki, departed from the directing high-chair in 2013, after making what was meant to be his last feature film in The Wind Rises , the most loyal of audiences have been pursuing a successor for this artistic medium/industry that is truly standing upon a defining knife-edge. To many, Miyazaki stands as one of the most famous and successful Japanese film-makers of all time and represents himself to be the  definitive figure to evolve Japanese animation into a recognised genre. Yet, his departure has seen the likes of Western animation taking the cinematic spotlight instead; which has quashed Japanese animation from not only an economic standpoint, but from an entertaining perception as well. Nevertheless, with Miyazaki, once again, returning to complete his short ...

Where it all started... There's really nothing quite like it when you relive a game that was forever in your interests as a child. While there were numerous games that me and my older brothers played countless amounts of times, games such as FIFA, Timesplitters, Mario Kart 64/Super Mario 64 and many others, the game that not only peaked everyone's interest at the time but served to be the 1st genuine game that I had properly played through, was Pokemon Silver. Despite these first Pokemon Blue/Red belonging to my older brothers, leaving me and the other brother of mine helplessly watching along, at the time it was just as addicting watching people play the game since it was a GameBoy head-title that had so much mystery, secrets and replay-ability within it. This would prove to be the same when I first played Pokemon Silver where not only were there more secrets and trinkets that kept me glued to catching more of these creatures and obtaining more badges, but was a vast im...

A Visual Head-Scratcher... As much as we've seen Western Animation thrive in the cinematic spotlight in recent years that's pushed the boundaries of the filmic medium by introducing innovative technologies and story-telling values of new and old, it's arguable to state that animation deriving from the East, specifically in Japan, is steadily declining into dire-straits. Ever since Hayao Miyazaki departed from film-making in 2013 following his final feature-length Studio Ghibli animation of The Wind Rises , more and more people have caught onto the perception that, economically and entertainingly, the animation industry in Japan can't appeal universally as it once did. Indeed, while a concept like Pokemon which was, and still is, one of many examples that proved to be largely successful and contributed to this recognition of western audiences engaging with Japanese culture/entertainment as part of the norm, the demand of Japanese animation studios and companies to...

Stranger Danger: Marvel's turn towards the mystical... Ever since Jon Favreau's Iron Man came into the cinematic fray eight years ago now, Marvel's ambitions have consistently coincided with the success that many of these hero features have upheld. Despite their being a few films that have strayed away from being critically acclaimed, in contrast to the features of Avengers Assemble and Guardians of the Galaxy  that delighted audiences in their own separate ways, Marvel's Cinematic Universe was born, grew and has now become intriguingly complex. Now into what is known as 'phase 3', Doctor Strange  see's Marvel polish-off yet another take on an unknown origin story (similar to Ant-Man and Guardians of the Galaxy ) that not only see's Benedict Cumberbatch comfortably slipping into the main-role that is convincing as his other notable performances, but utilises distinct CG visuals that cleverly deconstructs the environment in an imaginative fashion.....

An angst vampire flick with no real bite...  I don't know if this runs true for everyone else reading, but whenever a film, specifically a book adaptation, gets dubbed as a "pop-culture phenomenon" or a "pop-classic", there are two thoughts of thinking that crop up. Indeed, while at first we're intrigued by the prospect of the film living up to  the 'phenomenon' status that the writers and reviewers have naively stamped for readers to buy into, there of course comes the expected doubt and how, in actuality, many of these films that do adopt similar taglines, disappointingly don't live up-to what these wordsmiths have suggested. Like it or not, Catherine Hardwicke's 2008 Vampiric romantic-fantasy film of Twilight , a feature based on Stephanie Meyer's novel of the same name, is a good contemporary example of this. While this was a film that spawned a franchise that it's main demographic/devoted readers of the books poured th...