Movie Reviews!

I like talking about movies when I've just seen one. How about you?

I'll be back later today and let you know about Julie & Julia!

yes do that please! I really want to see t hat. I might go see 500 Days of summer today.

I thoroughly enjoyed this movie, and as I was sitting there with my smile on my face I heard in my ear, "It was good, but not that good."

So there you have it.

Meryl Streep was wonderful in this movie. I was taken with her characterization of Julia Child from the first commercial I heard for this movie. That said, I'm not one that's all googly over her. For whatever reason she has to prove herself to me every time, and she rarely disappoints. Amy Adams on the other hand, it seems is just always delightful and I have come to expect that from her, and she delivered.

This movie doesn't have a lot of big laughs, really not a lot of big reactions at all. Even still I really did enjoy it. I'm not terribly explicit with my reviews, but suffice it to say that I feel like ordering Julia's cookbook and even looking for her TV show episodes to watch. I've seen some, way back when, but not enough to begin to understand the phenomenon that was Julia Child.

Oh, one more thing!! There's a point later on in the movie where Julie is listening to her phone messages. I swear, somebody hand me a stack of Bibles, that the first message is left by Zooey!

Ella, I hope you leave a review of 500 Days!

DBCrazy wrote:Ella, I hope you leave a review of 500 Days!

As soon as I get people together to go see it, I will. I heard nothing but good about it. Cross your fingers that I can see it this afternoon

I was just watching The Proposal. (with Alina)
The new movie with Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds as Andrew Paxton ( does someone else see it? I have to really be obsessed with Kathy Reichs books, too!)


Okay a review, öhm
the ending was like we thought it would.
I loved it, it is really funny
but one tip, don't go in there if there are boys who are just 13
because then they talk the whole time really loud!

Rike wrote:I was just watching The Proposal. (with Alina)
The new movie with Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds as Andrew Paxton ( does someone else see it? I have to really be obsessed with Kathy Reichs books, too!)


Okay a review, öhm
the ending was like we thought it would.
I loved it, it is really funny
but one tip, don't go in there if there are boys who are just 13
because then they talk the whole time really loud!

Ugh tell me about it, we went to go see Harry Potter last week and these stupid boys came in and from the minute they walked in you knew they were trouble. I mean the whole time they would make idiotic comments and when Dumbledor died and it was that tense part of the movie they were laughing and acting completely immature and rude. I hate people who think it's funny to talk during movies.

Don't get me started on jackasses in the theater. Gf and I went to see Gran Torino a while back and we ended up sitting in front of a pack of 13 and 14 yearold boys who came in unsupervised (to a rated R movie) and proceeded to talk, laugh, argue and text their other friends through out the first half of the movie. When no one else would do anything about it I finally turned around, reached out and snatched one of the little bastards phones and took it out into the lobby. The pack of kids followed me and while they complained and screamed that I was stealing their buddy's phone I scrolled through his calll log and found his parents' number, dialed it and told his mom to come pick him up.

Oh I was in some trouble, sure, the manager wanted to toss me out and the kids wanted me arrested, but when the cops showed up they said I showed remarkable restraint. Nice thing about 13 year olds, they're idiots. Here's a clue kids, don't make 'oink oink' noises when you want to get the cops on your side. Instead the one cop babysat the kids until the mom showed up and he gave her an earful about the theatre not being a babysitting servce, and the other cop told the manager that he needed to be proactive about dealing with kids like this. I never did see the end of the damn movie that day.

RM

NIIIICE! I'd give you a high five if I could! You're my hero pops!

I went to a movie with my sisters and a few friends and at the end of our row were these preteens having sex, I mean descrete but still when the guys head was between her legs it didn't take a fool to realize what they were doing. Anyways, needless to say t he movie went on and ended and as I got up to leave I did that cough a word thing, so I went ::Coughwhorecough:: and she got all flustered and replied "Bitch" And I just laughed cause really what are you going to do? I basically called her out. As we left, they were still doing it in the theatre (obviously they have bad timing) and I went up to the manager and told him what was going on. Well lets just say the guy was still trying to zip his fly when the manager was pulling him out into the crowded lobby. The girls shirt was all mangled and all these people were staring. I mean seriously! This is why I don't do sex in public. It's may be a rush for you, but the rest of t he world doesn't want to see it.

Exactly. I mean, a kiss or something is one thing. I'm not gonna lie. But that? That is just...yeah. No.

What bugs me is when people laugh at absolutely everything. Not just a little snicker but a freaking loud guffaw or something. At everything. Even parts that should not be laughed at. It's ridiculous.

yeah, I hate that too. I don't know if teenagers are just idiots or if they are doing it to annoy everyone else or if they just think it's hilarious to act that way or what their deal is. I never acted like that and neither do my sisters. And it's not just boys either. When we went to see disturbia (The shia lebeouf movie) these stupid girls screamed at EVERYTHING. I mean, every little thing. And that wasn't even a scary movie.

Okay I promissed Sherry I'd review The Time Traveller's Wife for you all so here it is - remember this is a GUY talking here, so try and relate.

It's a chick flick. Not just a chick flick but it's an "English Patient" kind of chick flick. Only not as good as the English Patient, not for lack of acting ability though. It's the script that doesn't do the book justice really. My gf actually bought the damn book and read it before dragging me out to see this thing. (Okay, it was a date night and I took her because, hey, she's worth it but still District 9 was playing one.theater.over.!) The long and the short of it - Eric Bana (Henry) and Rachel McAdams (Clare) were both great, there is some chemistry there but there was just something about the story that didn't close the deal. I do admit the concept of a genetic mutation allowing for time travel didn't work for me and too many elements of the story were reminiscent of The Lake House which I find to be a superior movie. My gf, on the other hand, loved it as did every other woman in the theatre, so maybe I was missing the one thing really needed to appreciate this movie - a uterus.


RM

I don't go to very many movies, but my 20 year old son and I have been to see The Ugly Truth twice now. And it's just as hilarious the second time around. Katherine Heigel (that's probably not how she spells her name) and Gerard Butler are just great and have wonderful chemistry in the movie. I told my husband, it's in my top 10 funniest movies ever.

500 Days of Summer...

It was great, not as great as The Brother's Bloom, but still DEFINATELY worth seeing. My sister and I are still laughing over, and quoting our favorite lines. It is most definately not a love story, as you are often reminded... but instead a wonderful story about love to which pretty much everyone can relate to at one time or another.

THX1138 wrote:Okay I promissed Sherry I'd review The Time Traveller's Wife for you all so here it is - remember this is a GUY talking here, so try and relate.

It's a chick flick. Not just a chick flick but it's an "English Patient" kind of chick flick. Only not as good as the English Patient, not for lack of acting ability though. It's the script that doesn't do the book justice really. My gf actually bought the damn book and read it before dragging me out to see this thing. (Okay, it was a date night and I took her because, hey, she's worth it but still District 9 was playing one.theater.over.!) The long and the short of it - Eric Bana (Henry) and Rachel McAdams (Clare) were both great, there is some chemistry there but there was just something about the story that didn't close the deal. I do admit the concept of a genetic mutation allowing for time travel didn't work for me and too many elements of the story were reminiscent of The Lake House which I find to be a superior movie. My gf, on the other hand, loved it as did every other woman in the theatre, so maybe I was missing the one thing really needed to appreciate this movie - a uterus.


RM

You must read the book! One of my all time favourites...

Wait you are a man...scrap that