sitemap
FOLLOW SNITCHSEEKER:

Email Us!

Members

There are 1135 users online including...
Holmesian Feline , PhoenixRising , Mutunsutt , Stevendalo , Svetlrmg , Miltonplame

9 members
1126 guests.

Members in Chat:



If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

Go Back   SnitchSeeker.com > Forums > Daily Prophet (News) > SnitchSeeker Reviews > SnitchSeeker Product Reviews


SnitchSeeker Product Reviews You'll find all the latest non-Potter reviews here, ranging from films, DVDs, merchandise and more.

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools
  #1 (permalink)  
Old 09-15-2011, 12:13 AM
EmmaRiddle EmmaRiddle is offline
 
Default Review: You Instead





You Instead review

If you were to ask me to describe this film in a few words, they would be; rock and roll rom-com. But based on that alone, you might be mistaken for believing it to be some hipster wannabe movie that aimed to subvert a genre while really keeping to all the conventions. At least that was what I expected to find. What You Instead actually turned out to be was quite charming, entertaining and, in places, really funny.

The story revolves around T in the Park, a music festival in Scotland where two bands, The Dirty Pinks (lead singer Morello, played by Natalia Tena) and The Make (lead singer Adam, played by Adam Treadaway) clash right at the beginning of the film, resulting in the two leads being handcuffed together. This soon leads to conflict as both have to navigate their way through the weekend, while performing and trying to placate two jealous other halves.

What makes this movie so unique is the setting. I don’t think I’ve ever heard of a film like it. Though the rehearsal period lasted around 3 weeks, the movie itself was shot over the course of 4 days, at the 2010 T in the Park Festival. With that in mind, the performances, not to mention the chemistry, are quite impressive. The festival itself is a character in the story and is shot beautifully; from the vast crowds to the bright lights of the rides to the natural light (or lack thereof) in the surroundings during both day and night scenes – you truly get a feel for the environment. This is helped along by performances including The Proclaimers, Paloma Faith and Newton Faulkener (who does a bit of acting as well)!

The plot itself is fairly predictable but I think anyone going to see this film will be well aware of how it will end. It’s the getting there that’s interesting. There’s a scene involving mud and a shower which is particularly good, in terms of the mixture of both comedy and quieter tension-building moments. Another highlight is a mash-up of Tainted Love with one of The Dirty Pink’s songs; Tena and Treadaway both sing in the film but are at top form in this scene.

What most impressed me with the film was what I felt was an attempt to comment on the appeal of festivals; a massive gathering of people would be weird (as one character observes during the story) if it weren’t for the music which brings them together. There’s a sense that in amongst all the crowds, there is still a keen feeling of loneliness and a search for identity and belonging. This is evident in the leads as well as the supporting characters. The idea that everybody goes for a good time but what they’re really looking for is a connection, whether that be with a group of people or a chance meeting with a stranger; striving to find a purpose in amongst all the noise and commotion and drunken antics.


You Instead opens in the UK and Ireland this Friday (September 16th).
Reply With Quote
Reply
Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is On
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are Off



All times are GMT. The time now is 12:09 AM.


This Harry Potter and Wizarding World fan website and community is not endorsed by Hogwarts, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, Warner Bros., Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Quidditch, Deathly Hallows, Sorcerer's Stone, Wizards, Muggles, No-Maj, MACUSA, Newt Scamander, Video Games, Half-Blood Prince, Orders of the Phoenix, Goblet of Fire, Philosopher's Stones, Chamber of Secret, Pottermore, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Eddie Redmayne, Cursed Child, or any other official Harry Potter source.

All content is copyright ©2002 - 2022, SnitchSeeker.com unless stated otherwise. Privacy Policy

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
LinkBacks Enabled by vBSEO 3.3.2 © 2009, Crawlability, Inc.
Site designed by Richard Harris Design

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252