You think I'm not serious just because I carry a rabbit?

This week I'm feeling incredibly run down already and have no motivation to come up with a vlog idea, let alone film one.. To be honest I think it was a bit optimistic of me to think that I could fit one in every week when my lift is so boring that there's probably only enough for one a month. So this week in it's place will take my film review of the week, which will be replaced with God knows what, or another film review, not that I need an excuse to watch another film this week.

Being exhausted and unenthusiastic about anything this week, I've spent most of the evenings so far tucked up in bed with a hot chocolate (I'm really living it up in my twenties!), so Netflix has been on constantly from the moment I get in to the moment I go to sleep. This weeks film isn't one that I'd usually watch, but I wanted to step out of my comfort zone and give something different a go, so todays review is on Seven Psychopaths.

I remember seeing adverts for it everywhere when it first came out all over buses and bus stops but never actually got round to watching the trailer. So when we put it on the other night I had no idea what the film was actually about, which was nice for a change. I was pleasantly surprised.

The film stars Colin Farrell as struggling writer (Marty) who’s trying hopelessly to finish his screenplay, “Seven Psychopaths”. Marty’s best friend Billy (Sam Rockwell), an unemployed actor and part time dog thief, wants to help Marty finish this screenplay in any way possible. Billy’s partner in crime, Hans (Christopher Walken) is a religious man with a violent past and a dying wife with hospital bills that need paying. Billy and Hans wind up stealing a psychotic gangster’s (Charlie, played by Woody Harrelson) beloved Shih Tzu, Bonny. This ends with all the inspiration that Marty needs to finish his long awaited screenplay, just as long as he lives to tell the tale.

As can be assumed from the brief synopsis of the film I’ve written, the film is absolutely hilarious. The dry humour, sarcasm and pure stupidity throughout are right up my alley and had me in stitches the entire way through the film. It’s almost shocking that the film only made $15 million at the box office, something I would blame on lack of advertising I can remember seeing of the film back when it was released at the end of 2012.

The casting is perfect even though it is predictable for Farrell to be playing the Irish drunk, Sam Rockwell however never fails to steal a scene throughout the entire film. His portrayal of Billy the psychopath is on point with Harrelson as a perfect unexpected gangster. Walken playing his usual abnormal addition to a group completing the quartet.

The storyline at times does seem a little overly complicated with some characters of the film not entirely necessary to the plot. For example, Marty’s girlfriend, Kaya. She didn’t really add anything to the film in my opinion and it wouldn’t really have made much of a difference if her character was cut from the film altogether. However even though there is some confusion during the film, this works for it, with it at times surprising the audience with what actually happens. Like when Billy blows up the car.

All in all the film was an easy watch and gave me a good enough work out from laughing to allow for all the sweets and chocolate that were consumed whilst doing so.