So it's been a year hiatus, what gives?? I felt like we were going through a serious quality movie drought....But don't fret, there are some AMAZING movies on the horizon and i can't wait to blog about them!!!
I hope to plug my movie wish list this weekend and hopefully get yours as well along with a movie review of "The Social Network"...Rotten Tomatoes gave it a 98% rating. Can't wait to check it out.
Friday, October 1, 2010
Thursday, August 27, 2009
1987 + Amusement Park = Good Times
So Dunner and i just finished watching the movie "Adventureland" and i found it thoroughly enjoyable. I know the Dogfish Head 90 minute IPA that i was sipping on didn't hurt either.
It's the same director as Superbad which i loved, it's not as funny and totally awkward but that's because these people are trying to come to terms that they work at an amusement park for a living, cut them some slack, they are almost carney status. What is the epitome of a carney? That is a whole other blog post and i am going to leave those comments for my friend littles to explain in her blog. The awkward charachters are why i love this movie or maybe it's because it's set in 1987and i was loving the soundtrack. Or was it the club they liked to hang out at called "Razzmatazz"? hmmmm Or their uniform t-shirts seen here:
The only thing that ruined it for me is the "too cool" actress that is Kristen Stewart... yeah yeah she is the lead in the twilight movies. She totally bugs, what's her problem? Is she "too cool" for the screen?! C'mon sweetie your no female James Dean, your far from it and you have no talent. Josh and i started a new drinking game set to this movie, every time Kristen Stewie does this:
you take a drink, she does it every 2 minutes and it drives me bonkers..
It's the same director as Superbad which i loved, it's not as funny and totally awkward but that's because these people are trying to come to terms that they work at an amusement park for a living, cut them some slack, they are almost carney status. What is the epitome of a carney? That is a whole other blog post and i am going to leave those comments for my friend littles to explain in her blog. The awkward charachters are why i love this movie or maybe it's because it's set in 1987and i was loving the soundtrack. Or was it the club they liked to hang out at called "Razzmatazz"? hmmmm Or their uniform t-shirts seen here:
The only thing that ruined it for me is the "too cool" actress that is Kristen Stewart... yeah yeah she is the lead in the twilight movies. She totally bugs, what's her problem? Is she "too cool" for the screen?! C'mon sweetie your no female James Dean, your far from it and you have no talent. Josh and i started a new drinking game set to this movie, every time Kristen Stewie does this:
you take a drink, she does it every 2 minutes and it drives me bonkers..
Monday, August 3, 2009
Guest Blog by Shannon: 500 Days of Summer Movie Review
500 Days of Summer, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel is a fantastic romantic movie. Rarely have I seen a movie which so honestly depicts a real relationship.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt (the little kid from 3rd Rock from the Sun) plays Tom, a geek-chic hipster who hates his job as a greeting card writer, who falls hard for the new girl at work, Summer (Deschanel). Summer is truly adorable free spirit and doesn’t want to be in a relationship. The two start hooking up which inevitably leads to an undefined relationship that lasts 500 days (like the title, get it? get it?)
Through the course of their relationship Tom is way more in love with Summer, than Summer is with Tom. This pretty much sums up every relationship I ever had before I met my husband, which might be why I loved the movie so much. I also found it so refreshing to see that the love-sick character is a man and not some neurotic, flaky, whiny women, which is all to often is played by Katherine Heigl, Kate Hudson or Jennifer Aniston.
500 days of Summer does a great job of avoiding the formulaic romantic comedy and uses a few cutesy movie tricks to tell the story; a Movie Phone voice narrator, a story that jumps around in time, an all out Broadway dance number, and my personal favorite -a split screen depiction of Tom attending a party with one side an enactment of his expectations for the evening and the other his reality played simultaneously.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is about as charming as they come and I can’t wait to see him in his next movie role. My only real criticism of the movie is that Zooey Deschanel, while adorable, always seems to be playing Zooey Deschanel in each of her movies. To date, the women lacks any sort of range as far as I am concerned.
Oh yeah, and the art direction on this movie rocks. All in all, two thumbs way up!
Thanks Betsy for letting me stop by and blab!
THANK YOU Shannon for taking the time to share your thoughts on the movie! I can't wait to see it!! You have me intrigued to see the different techniques they use to film the scenes...and other than the movie Elf, what other movies has Zooey Deschanel been in? If there were more i can't remember them, needless to say she is adorable.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt (the little kid from 3rd Rock from the Sun) plays Tom, a geek-chic hipster who hates his job as a greeting card writer, who falls hard for the new girl at work, Summer (Deschanel). Summer is truly adorable free spirit and doesn’t want to be in a relationship. The two start hooking up which inevitably leads to an undefined relationship that lasts 500 days (like the title, get it? get it?)
Through the course of their relationship Tom is way more in love with Summer, than Summer is with Tom. This pretty much sums up every relationship I ever had before I met my husband, which might be why I loved the movie so much. I also found it so refreshing to see that the love-sick character is a man and not some neurotic, flaky, whiny women, which is all to often is played by Katherine Heigl, Kate Hudson or Jennifer Aniston.
500 days of Summer does a great job of avoiding the formulaic romantic comedy and uses a few cutesy movie tricks to tell the story; a Movie Phone voice narrator, a story that jumps around in time, an all out Broadway dance number, and my personal favorite -a split screen depiction of Tom attending a party with one side an enactment of his expectations for the evening and the other his reality played simultaneously.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is about as charming as they come and I can’t wait to see him in his next movie role. My only real criticism of the movie is that Zooey Deschanel, while adorable, always seems to be playing Zooey Deschanel in each of her movies. To date, the women lacks any sort of range as far as I am concerned.
Oh yeah, and the art direction on this movie rocks. All in all, two thumbs way up!
Thanks Betsy for letting me stop by and blab!
THANK YOU Shannon for taking the time to share your thoughts on the movie! I can't wait to see it!! You have me intrigued to see the different techniques they use to film the scenes...and other than the movie Elf, what other movies has Zooey Deschanel been in? If there were more i can't remember them, needless to say she is adorable.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Stay Tuned for Guest Blogger!
My fabulous friend, Shannon, will be gracing us with her blogger presence with a review for the movie "500 days of Summer". She couldn't say enough about the film so i asked to her to do a post, my first guest blogger and am super excited!!
I haven't seen the movie yet so can't wait to hear what she has to say, i might add that she has excellent taste in everything pop culture. Take it away Shan....
Monday, July 13, 2009
Upcoming Summer Movies I can't wait to see!!
Julie&Julia (Anybody read the book?)
http://www.julieandjulia.com/
500 days of Summer
http://www.foxsearchlight.com/500daysofsummer/
Funny People
http://www.funnypeoplemovie.com/
The Way We Get By (Documentary)
http://www.thewaywegetbymovie.com/
Inglorious Bastards (looks pretty gory, josh might have to do the homework on this one)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361748/
What are you looking forward to seeing? I got my work cut out for me!
http://www.julieandjulia.com/
500 days of Summer
http://www.foxsearchlight.com/500daysofsummer/
Funny People
http://www.funnypeoplemovie.com/
The Way We Get By (Documentary)
http://www.thewaywegetbymovie.com/
Inglorious Bastards (looks pretty gory, josh might have to do the homework on this one)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361748/
What are you looking forward to seeing? I got my work cut out for me!
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Away We Go
I was really looking forward to seeing this movie and after my husband dragged me to go see Transformers 2 which was 3 hours of Megan Fox's pathetic robotic acting performance, let's just say he owed me.
So away we went to my favorite little theater, Grand Cinema. The film stars Maya Rudoplh, you may recognize her from SNL and John Krasinski aka Jim from The Office. I didn't know it was possible to love anything more than Jim's charachter on the Office but Krasinski won me completely over in this movie. And so did Rudolph as i didn't know if i was going to be able to take her seriously.
This movie is about a couple who find out their pregnant, are convinced that they are "screw-ups" and go on a cross-country adventure to visit family and friends in hopes of finding the "perfect" place to start their family. What the end up finding out is that everyone surrounding them are completely dysfuntional and that what they have between each other is pretty damn good. Watch for hysterical performances by Allison Janney who plays Rudolph's former boss who is the epitomy of suburbia dysfuntion and Maggie Gyllenahl who is an upper class yuppie professer disguised as a new-age psyhco (watch for the stroller scene, laugh out loud hysterical).
What i really loved about this movie was that it's about a couple who truly loves one another, how refreshing! When was the last time you watched a movie that celebrated a loving relationship? Maybe Director, Sam Mendes had to compensate for his suicidal oscar nom Revolutionary Road....
Monday, January 12, 2009
Dirty-Mouthed Harry
Asians beware!! Gran Torino has more politically incorrect comments than a Bob Saget comedy special. You could write a racial slang manual just in the first 15 minutes. Did it get a ton of laughs? An unbelievable amount. It was classic Eastwood.
Eastwood plays Walt Kowalski, a Korean War veteran well into his golden years. His wife has died, and this crusty curmudgeon only finds happiness in waxing his beautiful 1972 Gran Torino. He strikes up an unusual friendship with a teenage Asian neighbor who he caught trying to steal his car.
This movie was part Heartbreak Ridge, part Outlaw Josey Wales (you'll see the reference) and part Unforgiven. "He should have armed himself if he's gonna decorate his saloon with my friend" is simply shortened to "Get off my lawn". Definitely a must-see.
--Dunner
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