Drama > BAFTA Drama

Advantages: Great script, beautiful cinematography.
Disadvantages: 2 hours is never enough to do this great book justice.

Of all the Austen adaptations, and I'm a huge fan, this is my favourite. It's dramatically strong, funny without being silly, really respects the female protagionists and is so beautifully filmed that it is perfect from beginning to end. Emma Thompson has written a great script. She does not use Austen's words verbatim, but has created a witty and thoughtful story so in character with Austen that one doesn't miss the 'essential' lines from the book, ...
...Moggach's adaptation of 'Pride and Prejudice', where every line, every scene brought a groan of disappointment. The one glaring mistake for me was that Thompson left out one of the most heart-wrenching moments of the book, when Willoughby returns to Marianne and Eleanor refuses to let him see her. Whether this was due to time constraints or to it putting Eleanor (played by Thompson) either in a detremental light or knocking her character out of the ... Read review

Advantages: great film
Disadvantages: slow story line

...Special effects are simply stunning, The story line is good and you can foolow along with it quite easily, It compares quite well to other film, for example the likes of 'Godzilla' and 'Indendence day' this film is right up there as it is simply amazing. It had me on the edge of my chair, and it made me think about the story line, as wether this could happen, .The opening could be called slow as it takes a while to get in to the thick of it, but ... Read review

Advantages: Its based on a true story - makes you think!
Disadvantages: graphics a little iffy in some places

...Force One ************************************************** What’s the film about? This film is based on a true story set in a small fishing town in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The film is based around a fishing vessel ‘the Andrea Gail’, which is skipped by George. The crew were local men (one being played by Mark), who have returned from a disappointing fishing trip. This is their livelihood and only being able to fish for a limited period throughout ...
...The skipper decided that he was going to do another trip – before the season ended. This was a big love (fishing) to the whole crew, however, most had ‘loves’ (partners / children) on land too. On return to land the whole town is waiting – so to go back to sea 2 days later was a hard decision for them all. When considering that they may be out at sea for a month or longer. They have one day on land – which is focused around the ‘crows nest’ a local ... Read review

Advantages: Excellent film
Disadvantages: none

...vividly that incredible week at the beginning of September 1997 - the week Princess Diana died. Particularly I remember the complete shock, followed by an outpouring of public grief never known before and probably never likely to be known again in our lifetime, and the hostility vented against the Royal Family for not showing their emotions and instead opting for the 'stiff upper lip!' I was never a big Diana fan, although I did feel her death was ...
...to note that one of the things that this film did not do, at least in my mind, was to come down on one side or another and I think that all the events were depicted in a very honest way. The key players in this film are obviously the Queen herself, Prince Philip, Prince Charles, the Queen Mother and Tony and Cherie Blair. Princes William and Harry are not shown at all which I think was a very good decision as even after all the time that had elapsed ... Read review

Advantages: Its Excellent
Disadvantages: quite graphic

...The Concept Traffic is a really intelligent look at the world of drug trafficking and offers a broad scale of insight. We see the trafficking process from its beginning in Mexico where attempts at its deterrence are much beleaguered by corruption, through to America's infinitely more constitutional attempt at tackling the problem. We are also the given the chance to see the happy upper class lives of those responsible for the drugs distribution ...
...the street and its effect on individuals and their families. The film involves countless harrowing scenes of habitual drug use and lacks the glamour with which drugs are all too often associated with these days. The flagrant snorting of cocaine and disturbing scenes involving both the smoking and injecting of Heroine are intensely compelling and the audience is not patronised or guarded from the rawness of these acts in any way. This makes the film ... Read review