Publicerat av lucas4you den mars 15, 2009
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”Gabriel and me” is a British movie from 2001, made by the director Udayan Prasad, and based on a story by Lee Hall. Set in North-East England, it´s about an 11-year old boy, ”Jimmy”, who one day gets the opportunity to become an angel after he had a visit by the archangel of Gabriel. With his father sick in cancer, Jimmy wants to save him if he can. This reminds me of another film, ”Saint Ralph” , where the boy wants to save his mother from dying by performing a miracle. ”Gabriel and me” is rather well shot, though not extraordinary in any way. The boy who plays ”Jimmy” , Sean Landless, is also acting well I think. Despite the religious undertones, the story is quite ok. However, even if this is a film that´s completely ok to watch a rainy day, it´s not at all one of my favourites, mostly because it´s not standing out of the ”mainstream”, and never really touches me.
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Publicerat av lucas4you den mars 10, 2009
”Follow you follow me” is a British (rather) short film (35 minutes) from 1979. It´s a story about two schoolboys (teenagers) that despite coming from different socioeconomic circumstances are best mates. Joseph is the shy boy of the owner of a factory and Peter is the selfconfident and outgoing son of the common factory worker. Their friendship is in danger as there´s an upcoming conflict at the factory involving their fathers, who both sees the boys reflecting the other part, and not wanting them to see each other anymore. I don´t think that´s very uncommon, that parents want to choose the friends of their children, not realising that they have their own personalities and preferences. This is a rather realistically made film where I think you both get a realistic view of life in England at the time, and a good story without any real twists. It´s just a plain story about friendship between two teenage boys, no more, no less. The picture quality of the filmcopy I watched is not very great since I´m sure it´s made out of an older VHS. But it doesn´t matter since it´s the story that makes this film, and it wouldn´t have won any medals for the cinematography even if it had been shot in a highresolution format. For a short, it´s a well made film, that I would recommend.
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”Gabriel and me” is a British movie from 2001, made by the director Udayan Prasad, and based on a story by Lee Hall. Set in North-East England, it´s about an 11-year old boy, ”Jimmy”, who one day gets the opportunity to become an angel after he had a visit by the archangel of Gabriel. With his father sick in cancer, Jimmy wants to save him if he can. This reminds me of another film, ”Saint Ralph” , where the boy wants to save his mother from dying by performing a miracle. ”Gabriel and me” is rather well shot, though not extraordinary in any way. The boy who plays ”Jimmy” , Sean Landless, is also acting well I think. Despite the religious undertones, the story is quite ok. However, even if this is a film that´s completely ok to watch a rainy day, it´s not at all one of my favourites, mostly because it´s not standing out of the ”mainstream”, and never really touches me.
