Member review

Whilst Taika Waititi's 'Hunt for the Wilderpople' may be a film with some promising aspects to it, such as the unique relationship between Ricky who is acted by Julian Dennison, and Uncle Hec who is acted by the iconic Sam Neill, and also the original style in which the movie presents itself with original use of music and cinematography which at times illustrate a sense of unpredictability, especially with Waitit's use of the fast 'zoom-in' shot throughout the film; besides these technical aspects of the film I just mentioned, this film unfortunately does not add anything remarkable to this type of film making. Whilst it is arguable that Ricky's relationship with Bella was short and sweet, to me it felt very frustrating to watch an independent film which unfortunately felt very much predictable and at times reminded me of many cliches' you come to expect from mainstream films. Taika Waititi is one of the more original filmmakers we've seen in the last few years and with his breakout into mainstream cinema with his latest feature being a marvel film (which is wildly considered one of the better films of 2017), I can genuinely tell that he has a very promising future as a writer/director. However, I must say that I was rather disappointing with the ultimate product this film turned out to be, especially when taking into considerations all the promising factors this film had when looking at its context. Overall, whilst I won't necessarily consider this one of the worst films in recent years, I will unfortunately remember this as one of the more disappointing ones for myself.