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Death of a Superhero

  • 02-11-2012 12:02am
    #1
    johnny_ultimate
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tO2Ja6X09Sg


    Irish film directed by Ian Fitzgibbons, finally receiving a wider release after exhausting the festival circuit.

    Saw a preview of it today and thought it was well worth a watch. It suffers from a well-worn formula - the story beats are predictable, the character types familiar and inevitably 'important' events / items / locations are planted early on without much subtlety. Its story of a young cancer patient (Thomas Brodie-Sangster) confronting their mortality with the help of an unconventional psychologist (Andy Serkis) and unexpected love interest (Aisling Loftus) will also draw comparisons with 50/50. Still, strong direction and acting ensure that the film overcomes this to remain engaging throughout, even if you're in little doubt about where its going. The young cast members are particularly impressive. Comic book sequences are woven into the story impressively, and the range of subplots and themes are all handled with care. Equal parts amusing and poignant, I'd go as far as saying it's more successful tonally than 50/50. And, unusually for an Irish film (which, I should note, did enjoy extra German and EU funding - Gollum's presence probably helped there ;)) it has very high production values - this looks and sounds very cinematic indeed, a point its slightly weird to have to point out, but telling of our industry's oftentimes amateur-looking output.

    It's been a pretty decent year for Irish releases, and this is another mostly successful one to wrap it up.


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  • #2
    Irish Aris
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    I saw it in the JDIFF festival last February. I left the cinema in tears, it struck too many chords in me, some of the situations shown in the film were way too familiar. . .
    But even away of that, I really liked the lighter touches as well, the comic parts (where he makes the drawings and becomes the superhero) worked perfectly for me and Thomas Brodie-Sangster was really impressive, giving a very wide range of emotions to his character.
    I will probably go see it again (although I suspect that it will "hurt" me again) and definitely a DVD to buy when the time comes.


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