Reviewing a film: Submarine

This film had a very laid back and subtle style but still managed to hold my interest throughout. There was a lot to be impressed about such as the Directors ability to create such strange characters and situation yet still manage to make you love the characters, always finding something to like about them. Ayoede "breaks the wall" at one point when the protagonist Oliver Tate, directly addresses the audience and talks about a how if there was a film about his life he would hope it would have a lovely crane shot at this moment, but he could probably only afford a zoom (Then the camera zooms out). I thought this was a very brave gag because it goes against conventions of film making but manages to pull it off. I also like the section in which Oliver Tate is spending time with Jordana and he starts to imagine his experiences as memories in real time and the screen turns into a sort of super 8 effect, this was a really nice touch.  The whole film is quite witty and the constant narration from Oliver Tate is actually quite interesting because the character is just slightly strange enough to want to know what he will come out with next. Finally another thing I noticed was that Ayoede likes to use a freeze frame at key moments to allow the audience to pay sole attention to the narration, usually if the protagonist has something interesting or important to say.