Media Event Review [HOMEWORK]

So for my first homework assignment I took a trip to the cinema to see quite a new film called "Cyrus." 
This wasn't a film I particularly wanted to see but as I had to do it as part of my college course I thought "what the hell!"
Anyway, on with the review! 


It started off with a man, John, (John C. Reilly) who was living in the same house as his ex-wife... For some reason I didnt understand why someone would do that but I was intrested to find out!
A bit later on, She, Jamie, (Catherine Keener) told John to come to a party with her so that she could get him out of the house, John being a very lazy person. With alot of disagreement he did and managed to meet a girl at this party called Molly (Marisa Tomei.) A bit later on in the film these two, John and Molly became very close. Molly lived with her Son, Cyrus (Jonah Hill) who she loved to pieces and had lived with for all her life. Cyrus who was 22 was pretty incapable of living on his own as he kept having panic attacks. He relied very much on Molly to be there for him even though he was an adult. When John decided to move in with Molly, Cyrus started thinking that he was taking Molly off him. This lead to some friction between the two of them, each trying to have Molly. 
As Molly was stuck in the middle of this she didn't know you to be with. With that John took off and left them for some "Alone time." 
Then, once the heat had died down a bit, John and Molly saw each other again and had this loooonnnggggggg talk! The final scene was John making friends with Cyrus and seeing Molly on her balcony. She was inviting him back into her house and with that... the film ended. 


At first I thought this film would be ridiculously pointless and laborious and then when I saw the turn out (4 people in the whole cinema) I was thinking this would be a cheap tacky film. I was wrong. It was a deep meaningful film which had a very strong message behind it. I would recommend this film to nearly anyone who likes a good Ol' Rom Com! 
I loved the cameras they used and the angles they captured. They must have had some beastly lenses as it was amazing detail! The one thing i didn't like about the filming was the hand held effect. The picture was all wobbly and didn't look very professional. The zooming as well wasn't very smooth and was to sudden. Apart from that, the film had a very nice colour correction and looked like some nice "eye candy!"




By Sebb.




Link to the IMDB website to view more about this film: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1336617/