Leap Year
Okay so another one of the movies we watched this weekend was Leap Year. It was a lot better than I had thought it was going to be. I know it is an older movie, but I'm not usually into romantic comedies, but this one was excellent. Amy Adams and Mathew Goode play the main characters and I loved the music from the show. I want it now! Even my husband liked the sound track.
I give this one a five star rating!!!
Inception
Okay it is a long movie, complicated but definitely worth the watch. You really have to pay close attention to the story line and what is happening. It is espionage at it's finest, by stealing secrets from a person's mind or planting an idea. It is a dream, within a dream, within a dream, within a dream. I give it 5 star rating. It is rate R. There was some language but more so a lot of violence in the fight scenes and when they are trying to come back out of the dream. It has Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page, Michael Caine and several other starts that I can't remember their names. Please check it out!!!
A couple of more
Okay we also watched a couple of duds in the last few weeks and here they are:
The Last Exorcism - total thumbs down
The Remake of "Nightmare on Elm Street" - I only going to give it two stars... I liked it, but it is way off from the original. Although come to think of it, I don't know that I made it all the way through the original. But I do know this, Robert Englund is a much better Freddy Kruger than Jackie Earle Haley. (Not sure that is correct on his name).
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Movie Review: Winning Season
Okay so we just wanted to spend some quiet time at home this weekend and not have to go anywhere that we didn't really want to go. As such, we rented movies from blockbuster express because they were running a special this weekend. We watched several movies. Here is the review on the first one.
Dean Stockwell, plays a divorced father, who is a drunk and a busboy at a local restaurant, but gets the chance to turn his life around. He starts to coach the girls basketball team at this high school. There is a total of six girls on the team and one is on crutches.
It is one of those feel good movies. It does have some language but no sex, or violence. Well there is one scene where one girls punches another in the mouth. Anyway, the coach and the girls learn from each other and overcome a lot. I give it 5 stars. Check it out!!!
Dean Stockwell, plays a divorced father, who is a drunk and a busboy at a local restaurant, but gets the chance to turn his life around. He starts to coach the girls basketball team at this high school. There is a total of six girls on the team and one is on crutches.
It is one of those feel good movies. It does have some language but no sex, or violence. Well there is one scene where one girls punches another in the mouth. Anyway, the coach and the girls learn from each other and overcome a lot. I give it 5 stars. Check it out!!!
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Movie Review: The Devil Wears Prada
Okay so I know it is an older movie, not even really sure when it came out, but I thought it would be a funny movie based on the trailer I remembered seeing. However, it wasn't as funny as I thought. I love Anne Hathaway and Simon Baker( The mentalist and it is a small role), and I'm okay with Meryl Streep, but not her greatest fan. Anyway, what I thought was a comedy is actually not and it was sad they way her friends actually treated her.
If you haven't seen it, Meryl Streep plays an eccentric, egotistical, editor for a magazine called Runway. Yes the fashion industry. Anne Hathaway is a struggling journalist in bad need of a job, and is rather plain, and her name is Andrea and she goes by Andy. She takes the job as the second assistant to Ms. Streep whose name in the movie is Miranda something because I can't remember. The first assistant is Emily, played by Emily Blount.
The transformation that takes place in Andy is remarkable, because she get advise from Nigel, played by Stanley Tucci that if she wants to succeed, she has to really want the job and become the job, and that is exactly what Andy does, and eventually becomes the 1st assistant. She did what the job called for so that in a years time she could get a job working for any magazine writing. Her friends called her names, laughed at her, and made her feel like a villain. Granted she did change, but she did what the job called for in order to succeed.
It is a good movie and we both enjoyed it, but it was not a comedy. If you haven't seen it, check it out, it is worth a rental if you have nothing else to do.
Love, L
If you haven't seen it, Meryl Streep plays an eccentric, egotistical, editor for a magazine called Runway. Yes the fashion industry. Anne Hathaway is a struggling journalist in bad need of a job, and is rather plain, and her name is Andrea and she goes by Andy. She takes the job as the second assistant to Ms. Streep whose name in the movie is Miranda something because I can't remember. The first assistant is Emily, played by Emily Blount.
The transformation that takes place in Andy is remarkable, because she get advise from Nigel, played by Stanley Tucci that if she wants to succeed, she has to really want the job and become the job, and that is exactly what Andy does, and eventually becomes the 1st assistant. She did what the job called for so that in a years time she could get a job working for any magazine writing. Her friends called her names, laughed at her, and made her feel like a villain. Granted she did change, but she did what the job called for in order to succeed.
It is a good movie and we both enjoyed it, but it was not a comedy. If you haven't seen it, check it out, it is worth a rental if you have nothing else to do.
Love, L
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