Film Review: The Dressmaker

VOX Cinemas, are just absolutely the BEST. They were EXTREMELY kind and amazing and INVITED us (yes, we still CANNOT get over that fact) to the premiere of The Dressmaker. What made this premiere EVEN cooler was that His Excellency the Ambassador of the Australian Embassy in the UAE attended the premiere with us and even spoke a few words. And that was just AWESOME. And he told us that the movie was done by AUSTRALIAN WOMEN. HOW COOL IS THAT?! (We're not biased towards Australians or anything, okay guys :p)

{The Dressmaker Summary: 
A glamorous woman returns to her small town in rural Australia. With her sewing machine and haute couture style, she transforms the women and exacts sweet revenge on those who did her wrong.}
(Source: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2910904/?ref_=nv_sr_1)

Starring: Kate Winslet, Liam Hemsworth, Hugo Weaving, Judy Davis
Run-time: 1h 58m

This wasn't one of the movie types that we would have generally chosen- it's sort of a more non-commercial, indie-sort of movie- but we enjoyed it a lot.
The movie was able to successfully combine a variety of emotions and genres, and that was pretty great. The cinematography was brilliant and the scenery was stunning. And of course, the acting was superb. Also, the dresses created were really lovely.
This movie dealt with societal gossip and the repercussions very interestingly.
We felt like there were some parts which were a little dragged out, but we're not really sure which particular parts. Furthermore, some scenes/sequence of events were a bit strange. Not confusing as such, but just a little weird.
And lastly, we know that Kate Winslet is a fantastic actress, but I just felt like they should have chosen an Australian woman to play the role.
Overall, a very good movie.

Rating: 8.5/10

Once again, thank you SO MUCH VOX Cinemas for INVITING us (:'''''''') ❤️❤️) to such a great movie! We loved it!

Hope you have a lovely day/night!

Salam, Peace!

Introduction: What is 'A Week In Review!'?

Heyyyy there! Thank you for checking out our blog!
Weeks have been going by pretty quickly, my oh my! There's just not enough time in the world to do everything we want. Booo.

So if you've clicked on this post because you want to know what our 'A Week In Review!' posts here, this is some basic information (except I don't think you would really need information to pretty much what is a self-explanatory title... But I think we're doing this to sound cool and whatnot! Anyhow!)
We pretty much don't post much on our blog, except for [rigid-sounding] book and movie reviews (okay, to be honest, the Allegiant review was when we started realising that, and I think is a quite big improvement from the previous posts), so our blog is not very... blog-y. We decided to post a weekly review of special (and maybe mostly quite normal) things we have done during the week to make our blog feel a lot more fun (for others and definitely for us!)!

Once again, thank you for checking out our post/blog. We hope you enjoyed/enjoy what is to come! <3

Film Review: The Divergent Series: Allegiant

08.03.16

Thanks to Vox Cinemas for giving us a chance to win tickets to this awesome movie, and it was held at the majestic Mall of The Emirates. We'll tell you, watching the premiere is so much... Fun, incredible-ness, brilliance; we'll forever love Vox Cinemas and attending the premieres they host. ;___;

{Allegiant summary: After the earth-shattering revelations of Insurgent, Tris must escape with Four beyond the wall that encircles Chicago to finally discover the shocking truth of what lies behind it.}

(Source: http://m.imdb.com/title/tt3410834/)

Starring: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Ansel Elgort, Zoe Kravitz

Run time: 121 min

Shifa:

The movie started out really well, continuing from where they left off (for fans who remember; but for people who did not watch the movie at all, maybe they should've done some introduction. Of course, since it's the third movie in the series, it's assumed that they would've watched the first two, or at least read the back-story by now (cheating!).).

I think there wasn't a dull moment in the movie, and I felt it flowed better than the previous one.

However, as with all great books and movies, we all know (or subconsciously know), from the beginning that the sweet talker is always evil. Nevertheless, although I think the ending was very expected, it was still surprising that they would stray away from the book, but I do think this is because they are making another part, and they wanted to be kind to us in the beginning (so that can easily crush our hearts and souls).

Overall, I really liked the movie, and I think it is my favourite along with the first. 9/10 (P.s. Peter needs to get his own movie, hahaha; he's great.)

{Shifa, non-book reader, you know nothing, okay.... -,- please read the book and decide. But yes, I agree, Miles Teller as Peter is pretty hilarious. So okay, in that sense... I'll allow it. -Safa}

Safa:

I really enjoyed this movie, I think it might have been my favourite. But I also think it might have been due to the fact that it didn't pan out like the book. I know that's supposed to make me mad, but I think it was a good thing because it (the movie) did good on the technology front. However, some of the parts (the CGI) was a bit comical and I was in fits of laughter.

Overall, they did a good job of the movie and I'm eager to watch the last part.

Rating: 8.5/10

Thinking about the last part though. ALREADY FEEL LIKE DYING. WE CANT. How could you, directors, writers, producers (and of course, the brilliantly mean/meanly brilliant Ms Veronica Roth.)?!!! *shakes fist angrily forever*

Until next time then!

Salam, Peace!