2010
Starring Anne Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhal
Is this a movie about Viagra? The pharmaceutical industry? Healthcare? Parkinson's? Love? Answer: All of the above. Wait, isn't that a lot of subjects to take on for one movie? Answer: yes. It's also strange to see a movie set in the 90s and view it as "retro." I am so old. The 90s were awhile ago. Crap.
This movie was really bad. Boring. Shallow. Confused. Unfocused. Badly written. Over-the-top. Schmaltz schmaltz schmaltz. Pity party. Really didn't like it.
D+
Monday, January 17, 2011
Hereafter
2010
Directed by Clint Eastwood
Starring Matt Damon
This movie was PAINFULLY boring. It's basically a movie Clint Eastwood made because he's afraid of dying (which is inevitably near for him) and was trying to soothe this fear with a contrived piece of shit about the afterlife. Don't waste your time. If this gets Oscar nods just because it's Eastwood, imma be PISSED.
D
Directed by Clint Eastwood
Starring Matt Damon
This movie was PAINFULLY boring. It's basically a movie Clint Eastwood made because he's afraid of dying (which is inevitably near for him) and was trying to soothe this fear with a contrived piece of shit about the afterlife. Don't waste your time. If this gets Oscar nods just because it's Eastwood, imma be PISSED.
D
Babies
2010
This is a documentary that follows the lives of four babies from different places: one is from tribal Namibia, another from rural Mongolia, and two city babies from Tokyo and San Francisco. The movie is just as much about motherhood and parenting styles as it is about these individual babies. There is little dialogue--it is mostly just montages of these different babies. It may sound boring, but I tell you, it is such a delightful hour and a half. Watch it with friends and pick your favorite babies. Rank the babies. LOVE the babies.
Disclaimer: If you hate babies, you probably will hate this movie.
A
This is a documentary that follows the lives of four babies from different places: one is from tribal Namibia, another from rural Mongolia, and two city babies from Tokyo and San Francisco. The movie is just as much about motherhood and parenting styles as it is about these individual babies. There is little dialogue--it is mostly just montages of these different babies. It may sound boring, but I tell you, it is such a delightful hour and a half. Watch it with friends and pick your favorite babies. Rank the babies. LOVE the babies.
Disclaimer: If you hate babies, you probably will hate this movie.
A
Toy Story 3
2010
This may have been my favorite movie this year. We'll see. I saw it twice and cried both times. There's something about have grown up with Andy and becoming attached to his toys as a child that make the sentimental parts of this movie REALLY sentimental. It actually gets really intense, and no matter how old you are, you will be on the edge of your seat--unless you're a robot, in which case, fuck you, robots.
I'm so sad the trilogy is over. These movies are so sweet and smart and well-crafted. I want more, but can't think of a sweeter end. I feel closure.
A+
This may have been my favorite movie this year. We'll see. I saw it twice and cried both times. There's something about have grown up with Andy and becoming attached to his toys as a child that make the sentimental parts of this movie REALLY sentimental. It actually gets really intense, and no matter how old you are, you will be on the edge of your seat--unless you're a robot, in which case, fuck you, robots.
I'm so sad the trilogy is over. These movies are so sweet and smart and well-crafted. I want more, but can't think of a sweeter end. I feel closure.
A+
Charlie St. Cloud
2010
Starring: ZAC EFRON OMGGGGG and Kim Basinger
This movie should be called, Charlie St. Cloud: Ghostfucker or How I Killed My Brother. Basically, Zac Efron gets into a car crash with his little brother, his brother dies, and then he can see dead people. He visits his brother every day in the forest and plays catch with him, but then falls in love with a girl and has to say goodbye to his dead ghost brother? There's a...twist? Zac Efron cries a lot and takes his shirt off, so the movie was worth watching to me. But, if you're not into that sort of thing, don't waste your money on this schmaltzfest.
D
Starring: ZAC EFRON OMGGGGG and Kim Basinger
This movie should be called, Charlie St. Cloud: Ghostfucker or How I Killed My Brother. Basically, Zac Efron gets into a car crash with his little brother, his brother dies, and then he can see dead people. He visits his brother every day in the forest and plays catch with him, but then falls in love with a girl and has to say goodbye to his dead ghost brother? There's a...twist? Zac Efron cries a lot and takes his shirt off, so the movie was worth watching to me. But, if you're not into that sort of thing, don't waste your money on this schmaltzfest.
D
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Storytelling
2001
Directed and written by: Todd SolondzStarring: Selma Blair, Paul Giamatti, lots of other talented people we haven't heard of
I saw Solondz's "Happiness" maybe 4 years ago, and it became one of my favorite movies. It's so wrong it's right. So outlandish it's true. So dark it's funny. The character development in his films are fantastic (take that, Inception), and every time you laugh, you feel bad about yourself. Maybe you feel better about yourself because these characters are so fucked up, thus making you not that fucked up. Maybe we're laughing out of superiority. Maybe you don't think this shit is funny--just sick. Maybe you watch with horror while people like me are laughing. I mean, what else can you do when a little boy forces his underpaid, overworked Mexican nanny to clean up a juice spill moments after she receives news of her grandson's death? Or in the case of "Happiness", how do you deal with the conversation between a child molestor and his son, right after he has raped one of his son's friends? I mean, what else can you do but laugh?
Solondz blows my mind. Solid screenplays, brilliant performances, and just the right balance of comedy and stark, profound, social commentary.
A
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