Matthew Colquhoun (Colquhouny)

It's dark, sad, funny (at times), amazing, astounding, horrific ... perfect. I don't know where to start with this film. Everything about it is brilliant. The acting, the story, the sets, the direction, the cinematography, the emotion in the film. Everything is just as it such be! I could go on forever ranting about the same thing over and over again. But I'm not going to. This is my favourite film of all time. I don't care what anyone says, when he is conforted while wearing the German coat and asked why he is wearing it and he just replies in a croaky, hoarse whisper of a voice: "I'm cold." I cried. From pity, happiness, just a general overwhelming sense of emotion. Terrible things happen to Szpilman and that moment is the peak where he can stop and finally take in all the events that have happened to him. I've lent this out a few times to friends, all who have loved it. I prefer this to Schindler's List actually. That's how much I love it. Should be seen by all!!!

A fantastic film! The first Hollywood masterpiece of the 21st century. It's ultraviolent, funny and surreal! It starts with the short story The Customer Is Always Right which throws the audience into the world of Sin City head first. The first line: "She shivers in the wind like the last leaf on a dying tree" paints a beautiful picture which the rest of the film builds on right until its last scene. Well ... the last scene properly brings the film to a close but isn't to good. The first (full) story is The Hard Goodbye. Marv, a hardened (and crazy) criminal awakes after the night of life to find the girl he spent the night with dead. He has been set up and thats where the action kicks in. He goes on the run from the police hunting down the woman's killer. Marv perfectly describes the mood of the rest of the film: " It's going to be blood for blood and by the gallons. It's the old days. The bad days. The all-or-nothing days. They're back. There's no choices left and I'm ready for war." Next comes The Big Fat Kill and then fianlly That Yellow Bastard. The film goes from strength to strength, pulling no punches. The beautiful imagery and film noir storyline is fantastic.