127 Hours - WATCH IT!

Some Spoilers....

I am not spoiling anything that you wouldn't already know if you had see in the trailer below...



This movie is based on the life or Aron Ralston and how one day when he is hiking he falls and gets his arm crushed and he is STUCK in the middle of Utah in this crack in the Earth. It's VERY intense and an amazing job on the part of the director given you are mainly in one place for most of the movie and yet it is still incredibly entertaining! James Fraco surely deserves the nomination I believe he got for this movie! It was unreal and crazier still because it IS real!

Check it out (at limited theaters - I saw it at Dipson) and ENJOY....

Tron (IMAX 3D) - Maybe

No Spoilers...

First of all let me start this by saying that it was BEYOND ridiculous to market this as a 3-D movie and then have half the film be in 2-D - WHAT a COMPLETE rip off!

So THAT was my first beef with this movie. I max is freaking expensive - and it is beyond dumb to spend as much money to see this as I have for a movie that was ALL in 3-D. NOT happy!

Secondly... not much of a plot. Pretty uneventful storyline wise. Seemed like a reason to create special effects and 3-D blah blah. Just seemed like the movie was made more to see how "cool" it would be in 3-D - I'm not impressed. It was alright but not for the amount it cost to see.

All in all I just didn't feel there was much to it - I now wish I had seen the Chronicles of Naria movie instead - oh well - to little to late.

I suggest you wait for Redbox for this one - or Netflix - what have you - you ge the idea. Do not waste your money it really isn't worth all the hype. If they are going to hype something up it darn well better be worth it - THIS - was not!

If you choose to see it in theaters - consider yourself warned.... there are FAR better choices out there right now.

The Social Network - Watch it

A bit of spoilers....

First off even though we knew there was a legal battle involved in the movie my husband and I did not expect it to be ALL about the legal battle involved with Facebook. We also had no idea that Sean Parker - the guy who created Napster - had anything to do with this storyline. So that was odd too.

Jesse Eisenberg did a good job as the main character Mark and Justin Timberlake was good in his role as Sean. However, I have to say I massively agree that he was a complete jerk in the movie and definitely made Mark seem like he was... I know I read that there was a lot of flack on how Mark was really a nice guy and they didn't like the way he was portrayed.

Anyways it was worth a watch for sure. So check it out and...

ENJOY :)

Despicable Me - WATCH IT! Kids and adults :)

No Spoilers....

Ok, I'm not going to lie I wasn't really massively excited about this movie really.... I LOVE Steve Carrell but the whole premise and the trailers just didn't do much for me. Boy was I wrong! And I hate to admit that....

Steve Carrell's accent was hilarious as the main character Gru. There were many other people lending voices such as Jason Segal (I love you man, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, TV: How I met your mother), Kristen Wiig (SNL), etc.

The little girls were hilarious and Agnes was most assuredly my absolute favorite. Just to show you her hilariousness I have included a clip below... check it out :)

Also this is great for kids and adults :) Everyone will love it! Check it out!



ENJOY!

The Yellow Handkercheif - Watch This

No Spoilers....

This is definitely not the most thrilling movie by any means but I thought that William Hurt, Maria Bello, and Kristin Stewart were all very good in the movie. To be honest Kristin Stewart seems to play this similar character in a lot of her movies but hey - it works!

William Hurt and Maria Bello are for sure the ones that create the main story line and interest in the film. We meet Hurt's character when he is being released from jail and throughout the beginning of the movie the boy and girl he is traveling with have no idea he was ever in jail. Upon being pulled over by the cops they learn that he was just released after 6 years in jail and after finding this out we learn his story and how he came to fall in love with his (now ex) wife.

The story is filled with sadness and love and ultimately a return to the American Dream of happiness. You will understand the name of the movie by the end because I was questioning it the entire time.... it will make sense once the movie is over I promise ;)

Enjoy....

Black Swan - Watch this!

Some Spoilers....

This was a very well done movie and Natalie Portman was extremely impressive as the main character Nina Sayers. This is a movie that shows the stress that trying to become a start ballerina can have on a woman. Winona Ryder has a rather small part as Beth who is the ballerina that Nina is replacing. Beth has become to old and is therefore being forced to retire. She has a breakdown of her own towards the beginning of the movie.

As a brief warning their are some awkward sexual moments in this movie... don't say I didn't warn you ;)

It becomes rather obvious that Nina is a very soft spoken girl who is a perfectionist. She never seems to be happy with her moves as a ballerina and when she does try out for parts is told she is too robotic and does not show enough feeling. That she is "frigid" and needs to loosen up. It is obvious that her mother is rather obsessed with her career because she gave up her career as a ballerina to have her daughter. There is a definite unhealthy bond between the two given Nina's age. She also lives in a bedroom that looks like it could belong to a 12 year old. It is filled with stuffed animals and pink everything.  We learn through time that Nina has had a nervous scratching problem that is shown subtly throughout the movie.

Mila Kunis plays a ballerina who tries to loosen Nina up and also seems to be competing with Nina for the main ballerina. Nina views her as a threat but the viewer begins to wonder - is this all in her head? Is she crazy? At the end of the movie the craziness in her mind collides with the first production of Swan Lake and we see that she has gained "perfection" but at what cost?

Check out this movie it was done very well - you are drawn into this crazy world that Nina is in and begin to feel what she is going through.... ENJOY!

The Rabbit Hole - Watch It !!!

Some Spoilers....

I was saddened that this movie was a VERY limited release. But I was able to find a way to watch it. This is a huge movie for BLMs (baby loss mommas) to have their family and friends watch. It is a raw and realistic view of what this couple goes through after their son dies at the age of four because of a car accident.

I thought that there were some really poignant moments in the movie such as when a woman in their support group says that God took her child because he needed another angel and Nicole Kidman's character burst out and said Why didn't He just make one - He's God he could have just MADE another angel! I think many people feel that way who have lost a child when God is brought up in conversation. We all have our different beliefs but I thought that was a very realistic aspect of the movie. There is also many times when her mother compares losing her son to the 4 year old boy dying and Kidman's character gets very angry and tells her not to group her boy in with her heroine addicted brother who overdosed because it's not the same thing - it just isn't. I thought that was a good point too to put in the movie.

The movie shows the way that losing their boy was taking a toll on their relationship and how it was hard for them to work through it and how they each handled it differently. I thought it was interesting in the movie that the husband seemed to be more open to going to their support group then the wife at one point. He was also very open about his grief and I liked that way that they made that clear. They could have shown him as all clammed up about it and not talking about it but since it was portraying them often at home together the audience got to see how HE was handling grief too.

Kidman's character also meets and talks with the young by that accidentally killed her son. That brought about some very interesting conversations and emotional moments in the movie. I found it interesting that she seemed to want to know about his life and what not. I found myself wondering if I would be that way if I had experienced the loss of a child on Earth... I hope I'll never know. Given my losses were miscarriages I couldn't relate to having someone that caused my children to die but it was interesting that the boy that caused the sons death was a decent part of the film.

Eckart who played the husband also did a wonderful job. They both did a fantastic job at displaying their grief and I thought that them having to deal with knowing someone who was pregnant was also very fitting. We all have to deal with pregnancy every day. If you have family or friends you are bound to deal with it and I think that aspect being added into the script was also extremely important to the movie.

As the mother says in the movie (not an exact quote here) you NEVER get over the death of your child but it becomes more bearable in time, you learn to carry the weight along with you like a brick in your pocket...sometimes you can even forget about it for a moment but it always comes back.

All in all I think ANYONE and EVERYONE should check out this movie when it comes out on DVD. It is a realistic view of the grief that anyone goes through that has lost a child. I think this is a movie that BLMs should ask their friends and family members to view when it comes out. This is a film that really portrays what we all go through.

Watch this and LEARN what NOT to do and say when you know someone has lost a child.... there are not many educational things out there to teach people how to deal with those that have been through such loss so take this and hold on to it really delve into the grief and understand what those of us who have lost our child or children go through every single day.....

The Other Guys - Watch It!

No Spoilers....

Okay if you are a Will Ferrell fan then you should watch this movie. I am by NO means saying that it is his BEST movie but it was significantly amusing and well worth the time of watching it once for sure! Mark Walhberg is also hilarious in the movie - it is a far cry from The Fighter which he made around the same time as this movie.

It's a great comedy with not a huge plot but honestly what comedy has a huge plot? None.... So give it a shot if you have a Will Ferrell sense of humor you should like it :)

Enjoy....

Winter's Bone - Don't Bother!

No Spoilers....

Ok so I had been thinking about watching this for awhile because I saw it at Redbox and well I have seen SO many movies that sooner or later I have to watch ones I have never heard of.... but I always decided not to watch it. My father in law told us this movie was SO intense and we had to watch it.

Needless to say we totally disagreed. It was a really slow movie and while the main actress was good it wasn't enough to make me like the movie. It was a pretty boring plot that was really drawn out. I am pretty positive I could have made that movie a heck of a lot better than it was. I was severely disappointed given my father in law hyped it up so much.

Oh well. If you choose to watch it - you have been warned....

The Fighter - Watch It!

No Spoilers....

Ok to start as always Christian Bale did a fabulous job playing the drug addicted former boxer and older brother Dicky. He was SO creepy with his bulgy eyes, jittery moves, and extra skinny appearance (not AS extreme as The Machinist but still skinny). Mark Walhberg was also great as Micky the younger brother who thinks it's HIS chance to be a boxer finally. This movie was nominated for MANY golden globes and I think it was well deserved.

It's impossible not to get incredibly annoyed and angry with the family for being so crappy to Micky and sticking up for his drug addicted brother through all the crap he pulls. Amy Adams also did a great job as Micky's girlfriend Charlene. It is a FAR cry from Enchanted that is for sure. A performance that your children should NOT watch by any means - but a great one at that. I think it'll be good for her career to move out of only movies with the girl next door kinda feel (such as Enchanted and Julie & Julia). The entire cast did really great. It took 5 years to get someone to decide to make this movie and it was well deserved and they did a great job.

Check it out and ENJOY....

The kids are all right - DON'T BOTHER!

A few spoilers (but they give away most of this in the trailer anyways!)....

Ok so I knew going into this that this was a bout a lesbian couple that used a sperm donor to have kids and then they meet him and blah blah blah.

However I was not prepared for all of the sexual content. There were a variety of sex scenes, sexual conversations, etc. FAR too much in my opinion. Then the one woman sleeps with the sperm donor guy and that is all sorts of awkwardness in the movie.

I found that the movie had way more to do with sex then it did with the kids and meeting their "father" and what not. Naming the movie "The sex is alright" would have been more appropriate. So personally I am pretty open about movies and honestly not overly picky but I seriously suggest you skip this one. If you choose to watch it please realize - YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

Tell-Tale - Watch It!

No Spoilers...

Ok this movie was pretty cool. It is based on the story by Edgar Allen Poe called The Tell-Tale Heart. 
Basically it's about a man who receives a heart transplant and then starts having memories of what the original heart owner saw before he died.

I thought the main character "Terry" was very well portrayed by Josh Lucas. I have liked him in other movies so that is why I gave this one a shot though I had never heard of it. (When you are like me and you have seen thousands of movies you have to give unpopular ones a try too!)

The storyline was great and Josh Lucas was really good at playing a man who basically had no control over his actions. It has a lot of twists and turns and my favorite kind of ending for a movie. That's all I'll say so as not to give too much away :)

So check it out and if you do.... ENJOY!

Charlie St. Cloud - WATCH IT! (read the book and I STILL loved the movie)

No Spoilers...

So all I can say is I was EXPECTING to be disappointed with this movie. You see whenever I read a book first and then watch the movie I am disappointed 90% of the time. But I LOVED IT! I could be wrong but I think that couples could watch this movie and both be happy it is not an overly chick flick.

The issues I had was in the book Charlie is supposed to be in his early 30's - needless to say Zac Efron does not even remotely appear to be in his 30's. Secondly the movie began with a part that didn't even happen in the book. However other than those two issues the movie got on track with the book. There were a few additions but they helped explain Charlie's unique ability.


It was a great movie. Given I am saying this after comparing it to the book - that says A LOT! (I think it has a lot to do with the writer being an executive producer) So check it out and...

Enjoy....

Shrek Forever After - WATCH IT / Kids

Tiny Spoilers....

Ok the only spoiler is this is an interesting kind of Wonderful Life look on Shrek! I really like it. It's hard to excited about movies when it's the 2nd or 3rd one but this one was really great!

I love that Shrek is made so that kids and adults can enjoy it :)

So definitely watch this one with your kids or alone (like me) IT'S A WINNER!

Enjoy...

Expendables - Maybe

No Spoilers.....

There are no spoilers because there is nothing to spoil. This is basically a massively corny action movie. I mean look at the famous people in it for goodness sake. Sylvester Stallone, the fabulous governor of California, Stone Cold Steve Austin, and more action packed muscle bound morons. (LOL)

Bruce Willis has a ridiculously small part filled with a sad amount of stupid lines a high school student could have written - Bruce what were you THINKING? Has your career really gone there already? I mean honestly I can understand most of the others in the movie but Bruce - really? This was disappointing....

I feel as though my husband enjoyed this far more than me (note shock - haha) so (if you are a woman reading this) your significant other or husband or brother or friend or what have you will surely enjoy this more than you will.

This is definitely NOT a good movie to "watch" while doing something else (in my case painting). Most of the movie is things blowing up or being shot however there is not really much of a story line to miss I just missed the explosions and what not.

I can't remember the stupidity clearly but the ending line is beyond corny and incredibly awful.

Anyways if you choose to go there - enjoy it if you can....

A Christmas Carol (2010) - Maybe (NOT for kids in my opinion)

No Spoilers.....

OK so first off please PLEASE do not watch this with small children. It is a pretty creepy interpretation. Yes I know that it is an "animated" movie so you would think it was marketed towards children but seriously it's really not. The movie goes from quiet to scary loud at parts - which if it made me jump could terrify a child - and you know the ghost people are surely not created to give children peaceful dreams.

SO keep that in mind - that is important!

Other than that I mean it's pretty much the same as any A Christmas Carol movie... nothing different really. I mean I would personally go for the Mickey Mouse version but what do I know ;)

If you decide to watch it I hope you enjoy it!

The Last Airbender - Maybe watch it.

No Spoilers (if you have seen the trailer anyways).....

So this is basically just a big action movie with cool effects. There is a definite lack of interesting story line. You pretty much get the story line from the trailer. There is the "avatar" or ya know THE LAST AIRBENDER lol. SO the entire movie revolves around people helping or trying to kill the avatar kid.

Yep that's pretty much it. So not that I would think anyone expected this movie to be "deep" but seriously don't expect it to be deep. It's NOT!

If you want a decent action movie with some cool effects go for it. If you are looking for a movie to watch and you rarely watch movies - I would choose one from my Watch It list :)