Film Review: Justice League

13.11.17

VOX Cinemas held a Justice League Fan-Art competition, giving people the opportunity to win tickets to the premiere of Justice League 😱, and they were so incredibly kind and picked us! 🤩✨

They had a 360 degree photo booth and some cool competitions in the other cinema hall! And they had some goodies for us in the cinema, which were pretty awesome 🙌🏽

{Synopsis:

Months after the events of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and inspired by Superman’s sacrifice for humanity, Bruce Wayne and Diana Prince unite a team consisting of Barry Allen, Victor Stone and Victor Stone to face the catastrophic threat of Steppenwolf and his army of Parademons, who are on the hunt for three Mother Boxes on Earth, while the world reflects on Superman's death.}

(Source: Wikipedia)

Starring: Ben Affleck, Jason Momoa, Ray Fisher, Ezra Miller, Gal Gadot, Henry Cavill

Run-time: 2 hours

We enjoyed the movie quite a bit: it was a good amuse bouchée because it makes you curious to see the individual films of each (new) character; we thought they integrated some of the characters that we would come to know better in a very smooth manner. Furthermore, really loved the team dynamics- looking forward to seeing more of the trinity in action in the coming films! ❤

Also, CHILDHOOD FEELS. 

We mightn’t say it was the best superhero movie of the year, but it was definitely a step up from BvS!

✨Highlights of Justice League:✨

-Subtle SuperWonder

-Wonder Woman and Aquaman teaming up!

-Barry geeking out

And

-The Bat fangirling 😂

But... coming to a few not-so-good points of the film. Firstly, the tone of the film was not properly established- like it didn’t feel DC-enough to us. We also felt that some of the jokes were not as well timed as they could’ve been. Furthermore, Batman didn’t have to praise Superman at the cost of his self. True, what he did was wrong and he felt quite guilty about it, but at the same time, dude, stop being so... not confident? Also, Barry was shown only as a nerdy person, but we wished they would’ve played up the intelligence part a bit more. Lastly, it felt like Aquaman could’ve done cooler stunts like washing away the bad guys with a massive tidal wave! 🌊. But they’re probably saving that for the Aquaman movie. 

All-in-all, maybe a bit flawed (because we’re probably over-thinkers), it was a really good watch! We would recommend you to go and watch it.

Film Review: Kingsman: The Golden Circle

19.09.17

The premiere of Kingsman: The Golden Circle was hosted by the BEST, VOX Cinemas! ❤️. The movie was shown in the biggest screen, Virgin Radio MAX! 😱

Also, they was giving out some (awesome) free prizes! iPhones and Opera Tickets from Du! Products from The Art of Shaving 😍. All you had to do was share a secret with the audience. Of course, I too chicken to do that. But! Let me just say, I think Virgin's Brent Black really likes me- because I really like him- because after 9 people divulged their secrets (and 3 of them won iPhones), he selected 5 people from the audience to win tickets to the Opera! He walked right up to the row mum and I were sitting in.... and selected a person from the back 😭. Then, he started walking again, and I thought all hope was lost. But in a surreal moment, he tapped me and said "you. Look like a lady who would enjoy the Opera". Yes, YES, YES! Thank you, Brent Black 😭❤️❤️

And without further rambling on my part, the (short) review for Kingsman: The Golden Circle:

{Synopsis: When their headquarters are destroyed and the world is held hostage, the Kingsman's journey leads them to the discovery of an allied spy organization in the US. These two elite secret organizations must band together to defeat a common enemy.}

(Source: IMdB- http://m.imdb.com/title/tt4649466/)

Starring: Taron Egerton, Mark Strong, Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Halle Berry, Channing Tatum, Jeff Bridges, Pedro Pascal

Run-time: 2h 21m

The movie was fast paced and bloody classy from the first moment. I felt that it stayed true to the style of the previous: humorous, (comic-ly) gruesome, lots of damn good fighting, ((an American big bad)) and a whole lot of well tailored suits 😍 (those suits, man. Those gloriously well-tailored suits.). It was interesting how an ethical dilemma and a legal problem were tackled by different people and their motivations for doing so. It kind of makes you wonder what you would've done, had you been in a position of power. 

Furthermore, I loved how there were scenes that were a nod to the previous movie. I just loved those. Especially scenes involving Harry Hart. My feels were through the roof. Also, Agent Whisky was too cool. Too cool, man. His style, his skill- mum always wanted to learn the lasso, so she was also quite taken with Agent Whisky.  

I know it's highly impractical and highly clichè, but I was holding out hope for Roxy and Eggsy, but now....

Finally, although I thought the movie was really great, I feel like there was a bit too much going on? I can't really extplain what I mean, but it felt a bit crowded. Also, Halle Berry's and Channing Tatum's characters need more screen time.

But I'm definitely super excited for the next instalment of Kingsmen.  

Perhaps, this is the end of the beginning. 

Once again, a MASSIVE thank you to VOX Cinemas, Du, The Art of Shaving & Empire Movies for hosting this premiere 😍✨

Film Review: X-Men: Apocalypse

18.05.16

A huge thank you to VOX Cinemas, Empire Movies and Middle East Film & Comic Con (MEFCC) for bringing us the premiere of X-Men: Apocalypse! A special thanks to the photo booth people for helping us saving some memories with hilarious poses 😂

{X-Men: Apocalypse Summary- With the emergence of the world's first mutant, Apocalypse, the X-Men must unite to defeat his extinction level plan.}

(Source- http://m.imdb.com/title/tt3385516/)

Starring: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Oscar Isaac, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholas Hoult, Sophie Turner, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Tye Sheridan, Alexandra Shipp, Evan Peters, Rose Byrne

Run-time: 2h 27m

To be honest, this movie wasn't really a fast-paced, action-packed movie, but the thing that is really cool was it was very visually and aesthetically appealing. Another important thing is that the storyline is extremely compelling and you're drawn into the new world of the X-Men with new possibilities and new stories to come. 

The acting, of course, was incredible and we highly appreciated that Egyptians were played by Egyptians (or at least people who knew how to speak proper Arabic 😁) and that Storm was true to her heritage. Besides that, we wish that she were more like her kick-ass self, but she still didn't disappoint. Psylocke was awesome and I wish we could've seen more of her and more in action, and Olivia Munn is just precious. Of course the rest of the X-Men were brilliant as usual, and the new kids who joined in did a fantastic job, but I think two characters that stood out (to me) were Quicksilver and Nightcrawler. Quicksilver is of course, incredible and, and as for Nightcrawler, you see that he's just a cute, naive kid, with a really big heart.

There weren't many jokes or comical scenes, but the ones that were included were well-timed and really boosted the film's appeal. 

There is only one thing that I thought was a bit unrealistic. I will try to explain it without revealing too much: during the climax, something happens that involves Jean Grey and I felt that her recovery from the event should've been much slower. But of course, this is coming from a person who hasn't read the comics, so yeah, my point may not be so valid. 😁

So, even though we thought this movie was quieter/less action-oriented and the second part (X-Men: Days of Future Past) is still our favourite (of the new ones) we really, REALLY enjoyed the film 🙌🏽

Rating: 9/10

Film Review: Captain America: Civil War

                                                     

                                                                   (Source: Wikipedia)

{Captain America: Civil War Summary:

Political interference in the Avengers' activities causes a rift between former allies Captain America and Iron Man.}

At the start of the movie, you keep trying to decide whose team you want to be part of and who is right, and probably towards the end, you don't know who to agree with. The movie was very entertaining, packed with action and well-timed humour. Although initially it seemed like the movie was a 'talk-more and fight-less' kind of movie, but we couldn't have been more wrong. Also, while the middle fight sequence was for a serious cause, it was highly entertaining and basically showcased the entire ensemble, which was just THROUGH THE ROOF!

One part that we disliked a little was the very irrelevant seeming and very untimely kiss scene.

The last scene, however, was extremely intense, I (Shifa) really, REALLY couldn't handle it and I almost started crying because it just felt like "how did we even get here; how could've this even happened?" I think the writers came up with something very good, something that can hurt and maim and kill us, but while doing so, they do it so well. This is the definition of the last fight scene.

As for the characters, Spidey was PERFECT; at first we were like, who does this kid think he is, but then he was really, really good, and really funny. Black Panther was just fantastically fantastic, sleek and just so darn cool, and Ant-Man just made the movie a lot brighter.

The only flaw we found in the characters was that Natasha [always] does not live up to her awesome abilities and she's really underrated! She's an extremely kick-ass woman and I think Scarlett Johansson plays her so well, can you give her a proper part already?!!

So to sum up, Civil War was incredible and hilarious and intense and just really good and you should watch it if you want to cry from laughing too hard and from almost feeling like dying.

(On another note, if we want to compare the fight between major superheroes of the recent movies, Civil War's root cause/provocations of the fight just shattered the cause of fighting between Batman and Superman which, in comparison, seems childish and fickle.)

Although this is not our favourite Captain America movie, we still give it 100/10

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!