Joe Leggett's Film Blog

Jigsaw is a movie that was released on 26th October 2017. It is a continuation of the 'Saw' franchise that recently came to an end after the seventh movie. Directed by Michael and Peter Spierig (who previously made movies such as Daybreakers and Undead), this movie falls into the Crime and Horror genres. It is a very violent movie and undoubtably has themes of gore, deranged and generally messed up. However, in correlation with this, parts of the movie focus more on the crime side. In comparison with a show like C.S.I. or N.C.I.S., there is hardly any difference between what the audience is getting at times. While trying to maintain their previous audience from Saw, the movie is clearly trying to broaden its marketing to reach some newer faces as the film looks to have been modernised a bit and puts emphasis on using a diverse range of actors from different backgrounds.  The plot has some major twists in it and is well-thought of, but the main focus on the film is the game...

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Mother is a movie released in September 2017. It is directed and written by Darren Aranofsky who previously made The Wrestler and Noah. It is a very complex movie with a lot of twists and thought provoking story implications. Throughout the whole movie, the viewer is left second-guessing things and wondering how the movie will conclude. The genre can be considered drama, mystery and horror. It doesn't have many typical conventions of a genre. There is some tension and jump-scares in it, along with some blood and gory scenes. The big twist at the end mad the film very much worth watching and turned it into a true masterpiece. Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem, two very well known film stars were both outstanding in this film. Javier Bardem proved what he can do in No Country for old Men and he exceeded that performance in this movie. Jennifer Lawrence's emotions in this movie were amazing and you really felt sorry for her character at certain points in the movie. The musi...