 Hey, everyone Trent here from movie nerds, and I'm with a special guest this evening. Who are you? I'm Julia imposter Okay, so we've just come from a special screening. What have we seen red sparrow? Yep, the latest flick from Jennifer Lawrence and 20th century Fox the black widow movie We didn't know we needed or that was existing. What do we think about it? You'll find out after this Now I said it's a black widow movie that we didn't know existed it's not but if it were to happen This is exactly what it would be. So red sparrow is about this ballerina who gets injured things go really wrong and she kind of gets Coerced into joining this sparrow program because she witnessed a murder and blah blah blah a whole lot of espionage a whole lot of Intrigue it's like a Cold War setting in the modern world and Yeah, it I can't do it justice describing it. There was that many different twists and turns and just all these different things What did you think of it? Absolutely like hands down interesting It's not what I expected at all. No, I was I was blown away by it in terms of in terms of how intricate it was I thought it was very I don't know that it wasn't what I was expecting I expected to be a lot more action-based even though I knew it was going to be very espionage Yeah, it was very heavily espionage instead of action-based It was kind of like a bond film minus all the action and just a little bit more Kind of psychological torture a bond film from the villains perspective. Yeah, finally the KGB Yeah, it was there was it was a very psychological film by a lot of a lot of a lot of Really really strong themes and if you are for the faint at heart Yeah, as a faint hearted queasy person Yeah, warning. Yeah a lot of a lot of I wouldn't say gore But I would say a lot of really intense scenes that just yeah Just intense moments that can drag you in because of the sound and the music they used and the detail They went into it and the expression. There was a lot of expression and we'll get on to that in a minute But yeah, a lot of a lot of really even not not even the gore just the themes like there was a lot of rape There was a lot of there was torture. There was Psychological manipulation It was just really great the whole sparrow program seeing that in action and seeing what they made these spires turn into that Really kind of engrossed me, but I could see why a lot of other reviewers and a lot of people saying it's a masochistic film misogynistic and Generally the themes it makes people feel uncomfortable Yes And I think that was the goal of a lot of the movie was to sit there and really get you into Jennifer Lawrence's character and feel How uncomfortable she is and her kind of grasping at straws for control. Yeah, speaking of J. Law I'm not a fan of her. I'm not a fan of her either But I was actually really impressed with this. Yeah, she she played she played She played the the main character who was portrayed as vulnerable soft-spoken gentle Solace porcelain no expression. That's a role fit for Jennifer Lawrence Because she's terrible, but she did really really well and actually I say she's terrible But I think she actually acted really quite well I'm really impressed in how she kept up the Russian accent throughout the whole film I thought it was going to drop at one point Where she went undercover, but yeah, no, it stayed quite true. Yeah, she did very well And actually all the cast did really well with their with their respective accents and roles I mean, I was actually really surprised to see Jeremy Irons in the film as well I didn't know he was going to be in it and he played a very intriguing interesting character He didn't really have the Russian accent. He was just kind of mumbling, but it kind of sounded like he had the accent It kind of sounded like he had the accent. Yeah. Yeah, and um, uh, yeah I was really surprised with how Jen Jen acted in this this entire thing and a body Oh my god Yeah, she got she got into shape Stunning. The trailer showed this bikini shot and until you actually see that entire scene in action and just All these other scenes that have even full frontal nudity My god, you appreciate her even more because she was just absolutely in phenomenal form for this and I mean It goes to show that The whole sparrow program it fitted within the context of you are the most beautiful people You're designed to infiltrate and disrupt community. So At least it wasn't at least it kind of fit into what they wanted. So she got into great shape And speaking of nudity Full frontal. Yes a lot. Yeah for both the ladies and the males Yeah, there was there was there was plenty of it and it was quite graphic very I was really the very first time Jennifer's kind of naked and it's in a really erotic thing. There's a really grotesque and gruesome Murder that appears like straight after it A lot of the imagery this whole sexualization and kind of juxtaposes When the violence actually occurs like it was just Oh, yeah, it makes me it makes me churns the thing about it, but some really beautiful shots cinematography cinematography was absolutely lovely like the panning shots and You really did feel like you're in Russia at some points Just the the doom and gloom almost of the stereotypical High built high housing dense areas with no population. No population. No But then like the moving on to budapest where you get the more detailed in the streets And then on to london and that aspect like you see The that change through and the color almost come in as well in points Yeah, so it's that kind of acted like a It represented the growth of the character. I thought because it's good from cold sterile russia No offense russians But then moving on to like budapest when she starts becoming happier and all these different things start to happen Yeah, but I really like the cinematography and just all the shots. There were some especially very very early in the movie There's a scene where they're walking through They're walking through this dark forest at night and the lights are just shining through and it says Beautiful being there's just some really stunning shots And I don't think this movie is going to get enough credit for Some of the cinematography that's in it and the music as well I think that did play a crucial part in a lot of it. It did have that stereotypical build-up Um, and that suspense aspect to it. So you know something was coming But you didn't know whether it was going to be something violent or something psychological or Something completely different and they used a lot of um, sometimes they used a lot of silence Like there were some very key scenes where Nothing they they decided not to do any music just to get the audience guessing and it really engrossed it engrossed me Really in that scene because I was like, oh god, what's going to happen here? Because there were just so many different plot points and so many different things going on at one going on at once that Anything at one time could have just clicked While we're talking about plot points The movie felt very drawn out. Oh, it did. There are points where you feel like why are they showing this This scene why are they doing this? Why are they going into that much detail? It does link around but When it does link around you then look at other scenes and just go, oh, do they have to do that for that long? And yeah, so the length of the scenes whilst it felt like it dragged There was nothing that wasn't meant to be there. Yeah, every scene was crucial Yeah, they could have cut some moments out of the scenes to make it go a lot smoother But once you get to the end you see how all these things that you think, oh, why are they doing this now? They all kind of fall into place And it's it's a great reveal. I'm really happy with how how the the the ending Ending was really satisfying like the movie itself was it's quite a satisfying movie. Yeah And there was a yeah, it just felt like it went for that half hour too long And there was a there were a couple of times when I thought form that's going to be the end And then it just kept going like pirates of the caribbean. It just keeps going and going and going I really enjoyed the movie. I did feel like there were some flaws to it But it was very it was very well shot and beautifully executed Really great plot and you you enjoyed as well Aside from a few moments, but Yeah, a few moments of gore gore. I don't do well with gore Yeah, but for a psychological psychological thriller That has that cold war almost espionage What we would love james bond to probably be Or black widow or black widow, but yeah, definitely the black widow movie we all deserve Yeah, so I I really enjoyed it. You really enjoyed it. Awesome. So I I actually recommend you go see it and if you are a fan of heart, maybe wait till dvd, but yeah Take a friend. Yeah, take a friend so you can hold their hand Yeah, so anyway, I'm Trent. I'm Julia and until next time we'll see you nerds at the movies