All entries for Wednesday 12 July 2006

Advice for graduates entering the workplace #3

Today's lessons – pitching a service.

If you are going to pitch a service to a potential customer try and make sure you get the name right. An example from today's inbox from Title Films:

"I would be happy to come and meet with you to discuss ideas for using film to promote Coventry University, or simply, if you would like to find out more about us and the services we can provide for you."

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: 12 Jul 2006 15:13 |  Tags: Advice |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Uh oh! Who the hell okayed this pile'o'turds?

Wow, was that ever a bad film. If I write to Disney do you think I might get reallocated my 2:30 hours?

This was just a mess of a film which was a chore to watch. About 45 minutes too long this suffers from multiple plot lines that go nowhere, tedious dialogue, dull characters and tenuous solutions to certain story inconsistencies.

Depp's Keith Richards impression was fun in the first film but gets on your nerves here. Bloom is a wet slap on the arse and couldn't act his way out of a paper bag. Knightly is dull, the supporting characters dull and Bill Nighy, bless him, is lost behind a mass of CGI nonsense.

Bloom in particular is a massive waste of time. I remember seeing something about him claiming him to be the next great british actor – well, that's not going to be happening soon. At least with Depp you know he can act and be inventive and that this is just pissing about for him. For Bloom this is it – this is all he can do. The review on AskaNinja gets it right: 'Keira Knightly is a more manly version of Orlando Bloom'.

This is one of those films that, like Star Wars 1–3, make you think as you are watching –'ooh, that'll be a good bit in the computer game.' It's just a massive exercise in promoting a bunch of crappy merchandise – it's not a film, it's a 2:30 hour advert.

Just lazy–arsed film making of the worst sort.

: 12 Jul 2006 13:49 |  Tags: Film Movie Review |  Comments (5) |  Close comments |  Report a problem