Gambit.

Having had an Alan Rickman marathon last weekend I knew that I had to watch possibly the only film of his left on my challenge for this year.
When I thought of Gambit I thought of the character played by Dominic Monoghan in the really awful X-Men Origins: Wolverine film. I got excited because I thought that it was a marvel superhero film that I had missed but it turns out that it was a film staring Alan Rickman, Cameron Diaz, Colin Firth, Tom Courtenay and Stanley Tucci. I am none the wiser of what Gambit actually means and I will have to look it up because it can really relate to a superhero that can control lights and an art dealer and expert.

Alan Rickman was superb in his role. Somewhat reminiscent of his character in Sense and Sensibility, which in itself was very similar to Fitzwilliam Darcy in Pride and Prejudice. Superiority, respect, (mostly) fair treatment of the ladies and some general dislike towards men he considers to be of lesser status than himself.

The way that this film unfolds is a confusing and in some ways, mess of a film. A story that doesn't actually come together until the end, it starts off by showing you what you think is the plot to the story and then that was only a proposal and it doesn't actually happen like that and by the end you are either left very confused by it all or left thinking that it was very cleverly done. I thought that it was very clever. I didn't think that the character of Colin Firth was actually capable of some of the measures that he took in the film. I was also very impressed with performance from Cameron Diaz. I have come to associate her with a specific role and that is one that is normally very annoying. This character was very different, one that was both unsure and yet very confident at the same time which was intriguing.

This film is one of a kind. This film is how Mortdecai should have gone but Mortdecai just lacked, well, everything really.