The Rabbitte Perspective

Anthropomorphism for the win?! So we're roughly half-way through the year at this point and already we've had films that were unexpectedly good, and films that were hugely disappointing. For sure, I do think as we enter the Autumn and Winter, the cinematic quality will start to shine and this list, that I'm about to do, will indeed change. Be that as it may, it's still worth looking at films that have come out this year and seeing which, in my own opinion, have delivered in the highest proportions. So without further a due, let's see the films that I've chosen. (Just to note. This is my own list with my own opinions of films. You can freely drop a comment down below to say which film you've liked this year. I'm not going to put films that were nominated the last film awards. For example, even though I watched The Revenant this year, it won't be part of this list being that it was nominated for previous and various film awards. Keep in mind, I...

The haunting dark side of Batman... When I look back at my own upbringing throughout my childhood years, within the 1990's, one of the things that was prominent and always available to watch, was Batman; whether it was the Tim Burton filmic pieces or the animated T.V. series which was simply, one of the best shows I watched when I was growing up. Yes, there was other things that took up my childhood viewing space, such as with the 90's Disney animated-features, of course, and Pokemon which blossomed into a successful concept; both in the Video-game and T.V. worlds at the time of it's ascension. However, Batman was one of those things that I look back on now that stands out more than the other shows that I watched. For one, whether it was within the film adaptations or in the animated show, Batman was a premise that blended the 'light-hearted/kid-friendly' sequences, with the dark motifs, that it always had, rather well. He's one of those superheroes, as w...

Where the cinematic 'Magic' began... I was only 7 years old when the first Harry Potter film was released into cinemas back in 2001 and I never would have thought back then that this now successful film franchise would stretch itself into my own upbringing from adolescence, into my late teens. For a whole generation of us who mainly grew up in the 90's and early 2000's, Harry Potter is a fantastical story concept that has always lingered in our lives and indeed, has expanded our interest in reading. But I think it would be foolish to completely abolish the film adaptations. Their commitment to good cinematic work is potentially just as important for young people's filmic education, as J.K. Rowling's accomplishments were for our literary upbringing. This ultimately starts with the very first production in the series, The Philosopher's Stone , where we're not only viewing a film that introduced to us a mixed cast of recognisable British sta...

Riding through the dark... in detail One thing that is intersting about film-makers is that the more they direct, the more they can express themselves in the smallest detail, whether it's within the scenes themselves, or with the characters that we, as the viewer, have to see and engage with. Naturally, the norm when looking upon these 'auteurs', is how we distinguish them from each other; how independently, every director has their own stylistic choices and what the purpose of these cinematic aspects, that these 'artists' employ, convey. While it can be understandable that watching a scene involving two people talking to one-another in a room is the least cinematic thing to watch and witness, it is scenes like this that can unlock certain emotions and pieces of information that a character has. This is a necessity that David Fincher, responsible for making such films like Fight Club and Zodiac , likes to manipulate with, He's a film-maker that very much...

A fitting end for Ghibli's final bow? Just recently, I did a one-off Blog Post about ending sequences and climaxes to films and how the best of these closing scenes, can simply manage to not only finish-off the contextual aspect of the narrative, but also provide meaning and emphasis towards the characters and themes that are on display, whether it's in a positive or negative manner. While it can be argued that, in their highly marvelled yet artistic body of work, that Studio Ghibli don't typically feature films that are renowned for their endings, and are instead known for their attention in meshing realism and fantasy as a whole, in recent years, Ghibli certainly know how to milk you with an emotional conclusion. It has been 3 years since Hayao Miyazaki, the former Japanese animations figure-head and conjurer-in-chief of Ghibli's wondrous enterprise, announced his retirement after the release of The Wind Rises which has subsequently been the catalyst of this ar...