December 22nd, 2007 karebear
Guess what I saw last night? Well, I guess the title gives it away. We had to drive about an hour away to see it since the whole Marcus theater thing, but it was well worth the drive. The movie is about an hour and a half. This was one of my picks of movies to see this weekend. Andy’s dad’s only complaint was too many throats were slashed. The set was done in complete Tim Burton style–dark. The movie was like any other Johnny Depp movie, although its may have been made to be dark, he added some comedic effect. I don’t know if I can be a good judge of whether the movie was good or not because it had Johnny in. I liked it. Andy was quite amused.
The singing was great–Johnny can sing! I read an article where they didn’t see if he could sing before he took the part. Helena Bonham Carter also was a good singer and actress. I know I’ve seen her in stuff before and I know she’s Tim Burton’s girlfriend, but she did great. She started the movie looking really like a hag and in the middle looked very nice and then in the end a hag again.
I would say this is a movie to watch every couple of years. Not something I could watch every year. It has a lot of blood, so if you don’t like blood stay away. It is a musical, so if you don’t like singing, stay away. But if you love Johnny–its one of his best performances. Lets just say, I’ve never truly believed someone could be in love with a razor until this movie!
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October 27th, 2007 karebear
I will admit it. I am a Friday the 13th fan. I know these movies are cheesy and if you have seen one, you have seen them all. But come on, Jason in outer space in year 2455. That is just going a little overboard. Plus, this time it was all about the killing and not about the chase. I think the new director did not really understand the Jason movies. I would really recommend not seeing this movie unless you are bored to death.
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October 20th, 2007 karebear
So I started walking on the treadmill again and have decided one thing that will help me is watching movies I have never seen. I watched Take the Lead with Antonio Banderas. I never realized I actually like him as an actor. I think it partly is because of him in Shrek. He voices a great Puss in Boots. Take the Lead is about a former ballroom dancer bringing his love of dance to inner city schools. The story is based on the life of Pierre Dulaine. It is one of those feel good movies that you pretty much know the ending, but you have to watch it. I love dancing movies. I think it started with Dirty Dancing. I saw Patrick Swayze on TV today, so I will probably have to watch it before I go to bed tonight. The dance off at the end of Take the Lead is awesome. It makes me want to learn to dance. This movie is something you watch when you do not want to think, but want to walk away thinking, wow I feel good.
The other interesting thing about this movie is at the begining, you want to hate the principal, played by Alfie Woodard. She seems like the ultimate witch. But as the story goes on, you learn that she does care about these kids. She starts to like Pierre and his ideas. When a fellow teacher tries to get rid of Pierre, she lets Pierre explain why he should stay. It makes me wonder why dance isn’t stressed as much in school. He states that he teaches respect and trust and confidence through dance. What parent wouldn’t want to have their child have all three of those personality traits. Alfrie even shows up to the competition to watch these students who once were just detentionees, and watch them achieve something. It is moving and a total chic flick that I enjoyed watching.
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October 15th, 2007 karebear
I didn’t want to like the first one, I didn’t want to like the second one, and I really didn’t want to like the third. But I liked all three. I love the comradery between the men, especially Brad Pitt and George Clooney. The story is about Danny (George Clooney) taking revenge after Rueben (one of thirteen) is double-crossed by an oily casino owner played by Al Pacino.
The story is completely unbelievable, but it keeps you on the edge of your seat the entire time. It also explains everything to the T which is really interesting. I loved it partly because its a movie of 99% men and one woman. Its comedy and action, with a little bit of drama. If you liked the first two movies, you’ll love this third installment. The 122 minutes flies by so fast. I can see another movie in the future. There is no reason why there couldn’t be.
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October 8th, 2007 karebear
I love horror movies. This is such a predictable movie, but yet I still loved it. It is the third installment of the Final Destination movies. Unlike the first one, it did not explain why a connection between the other two movies and this one. The cool thing about the movie on DVD, you can choose who lives and dies at certain parts of the movie. That is cool. I would say this is a movie for people who like horror movies and do not expect much and expect to see a lot of death. It has its funny moments too.
The story is a group of high school students at the high school fair. One is taking pictures for the yearbook and she keeps getting this odd feeling. They decide to go on the roller coaster and her friends want to sit up front. Well, she says she will not sit in the front. Her boyfriend and her friends boyfriend flip a coin, and her boyfriend sits up front. While waiting for the ride to start, she gets a vision of the roller coaster falling off the tracks and all of her friends and classmates dying. She totally freaks out and the last two cars on the track are let off. As the park authorities escort her out, the hear a sound and the roller coaster does indeed crash. If you have seen any of these movies, then you know what happens from here. Escaping death is the game. Who is in going to win?
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September 30th, 2007 karebear
Got to love to the budget theater. I do usually see a lot of movies in the theater, but save money by waiting until they are in the budget theater. I know I am a bit behind on seeing Transformers. But, man it was worth the wait. I throughly enjoyed this movie. I had never watched Transformers. I was more of a Thundercats type of girl. I had an older sister, she really wasn’t into Transformers. Shia LeBeouf and Josh Dumahel are really becoming really big actors. The movie was 2 and a half hours and it didn’t feel that long. I did have to use the rest room once, and I saw the cutest thing. A little boy was sitting on the edge of his seat watching the movie went I left and when I walked back, he was still on the edge of his seat. This movie was probably really awesome for him. It was action packed and had a bit of comedy. I would see it again.
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September 8th, 2007 karebear
Have you ever started watching a movie and wondering if you have been doing drugs? That is how this movie starts. In the first ten minutes, I turned to Andy and said “If this doesn’t start to get better, I am going to have to stop watching.” It actually did end up being pretty good. Its a story about a young man (as in 26) that comes home after 9 years for his mothers funeral and spends the time finding himself. Natalie Portman is the greatest actress. She plays a flightly girl who actually turns out not to be the ditz you expect her to. Zach Braff actually is pretty talented in this movie. I guess I have never really given him the chance because I do not like Scrubs.
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August 29th, 2007 karebear
Is it that surprising that as an English major, I never read any Jane Austen? I personally didn’t like her style of writing. I did like the movie “Pride and Prejudice” with Keira Knightly. This weekend, with Andy’s parents, we went to go see “Becoming Jane” with Anne Hathaway, James McAnvoy and James Cromwell. This movie was the an adaptation of Jane Austen’s life. It had love, it had betrayal, it had comedy. I think this was a great role for Anne Hathaway. She really shows her growth as an actress.
I do not know what I have seen James McAnvoy in, but he also is a very good actor. You can just feel the sexual tension between Jane and Tom (McAnvoy). The thing that really is sad is if you know anything about Jane Austen, its that she died a spinster. So even though there is a love story, its kind of fruitless to believe it will work out in the end. Although I did want a different ending. Real life sucks like that sometimes.
One other thing that made me think in this movie was arranged marriages. It is amazing how much the world has changed since Jane’s time. I could never imagine marrying without love. But this also is the society I was brought up in. I do not like that as an unmarried woman, they were called spinsters. But an unmarried man, that is okay.
This movie was thoroughly enjoyed by Andy, me and his parents. It is a comedy, drama, romantic love story. So I guess in short, it’s a funny chic flick. It was about 2 hours, but the time seemed to fly buy.
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August 10th, 2007 karebear
Yes, I’m a dork. I am in my twenties and still like teen movies. In my defense, the actors are all my age playing younger people! This movie was a hoot for girls, I think. Andy liked it to the most part. That could have been because of Brittany Snow or Sophia Bush or Ashanti or Adrielle something. These chicks were very pretty. Seeing Brittany Snow made me want to watch American Dreams again. Sniff Sniff.
Anywho, the basic story line is Jesse Metcalf (Miguel from Passions or John from Desperate Housewives) plays John Tucker, a ladies man. He is dating 3 girls from different groups, none of them know about each other: head cheerleader (Ashanti), vegan girl (Sophia Bush) and reporter (Adrielle something). Brittany Snow is the new girl who get involved by letting them know that they are seeing the same guy. So they get Brittany to make John Tucker fall in love with her and then they will crush him.
I liked the movie. It was comedic and surprising. I wanted to hate John Tucker, but by the end, I kind of felt sorry for him. I wasn’t really sure if had changed or if he was still who he was in the beginning. The best part of the movie, I think, is when he’s on estrogen pills playing in a basketball game. Its funny!
I would recommend for the late teens or older for this movie, but know what you getting into. This is a chick flick comedy. If you don’t like those, don’t watch this one!
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July 30th, 2007 karebear
Last night, we finished watching Monster with Christina Ricci and Charlize Theron. That was an interesting movie. I actually felt kind of bad for Aileen Wuortos. I was actually pretty upset with the Selby character. It seemed to me that she was an accesory to it all. She knew about it, she encouraged it, so did she get anything? Very odd movie. Glad I saw it once, but I do not think I will ever see it again. One thing I do have to say is, wow, what people will do to themselves for movie roles. The acting was great in the movie. I guess its just a movie you have to see once since it is a true story. My other problem with it is that it doesn’t say how she was caught at all. I would like to know how they figured out it was her.
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