Review: Date Night

I wanted to see this in theater but was unable to because it came out during a time when there were a lot of Oscar nominated movies to see.

Review:

Rating 3.5 out of 5 stars

Let me start by saying I am NOT a Steve Carrell fan-- I find his movies very obnoxious and crude. But I am a big Tiny Fey fan, especially because of Mean Girls. This movie did not disappointed. The sarcasm was absolutely amazing and both stars delivered-- BIG!!!

They are both great comedians and can deliver the silliest line with ease-- it is hysterical watching them together. Recently Steve Carrell tried to go serious in his acting but that is foolish of him because he can do the funny stuff so well.

The plot of the movie is very simple-- a couple go out to dinner and take someone else's reservations and have a great night until they are mistaken for that couple who apparently stole something from the wrong people. The couple then run away from the bad guys and are suddenly in the need of help in taking down the mob, among other people.

I found myself questioning the movie so much because it was not realistic but yet I went with it because the sarcasm hooked me-- literally the one liners Tina Fey had made me almost roll around on the floor laughing- haha.

It is rated PG-13 and rightfully so but do not let that fool you, I have no doubt that a lot of kids saw this and it did not scar them for life.

I personally loved a lot of the cameos by bigger actors-- like Mark Walberg, James Franco, Mila Kunis, Mark Ruffalo, Kristen Wiig, and Taragji P. Henson. They are all well known in other areas but were great here.

I do recommend renting this movie, oddly it would make a great date night movie with a loved one or even family. It has things everyone will love-- thriller, love, passion, comedy!! You name it, it has it.

Let me know what you think!

Review: Halloween II

*Side note, I have seen the previous movie. This is of the new reboot of the series by Rob Zombie.

Review:

Rating 3 out of 5

I really liked the first one because I found it so horribly scary. I could not go down into the basement for a week!! It was amazing!! But this was I did not like, one the violence was done just for violence. There was no motivation behind it which is essential for me sometimes. If they are dead, there is no point in continuing to destroy the body but Michael kept going.

The other thing that bugged me about this is the writer and director tried to show us the motivation behind why Michael was doing all this and I hated it. I started to actually feel sorry for him and then I felt weird feeling sorry for a psychopath.

But I did like the idea behind Laurie (Michael's sister he can't seem to kill). Having her basically go crazy was an interesting twist. I also liked her not knowing she was Michael's sister because we got to see her become desperate to want to survive. Everyone has that survival instinct in them, you just have to be in that right situation to have it come out.

I thought the movie overall was a good horror movie. The special effects are amazing and the blood and guts looked very realistic-- I had to look away twice because I was disgusted!! GREAT JOB!!!

But I am not a Halloween fan-- I am a Jason!! What can I say-- give me Crystal Lake any day!!

And for all of you that have seen the original Halloween-- the new ones are different. The original were made back in horror movies heyday when people were able to be scared much easier. Today everything needs to be big but I loved the original horror movies because they are much simpler. I prefer the Jamie Lee Curtis Halloween to the new ones (even though they are fun to watch).

Let me know what you think.

Favorite Movies of All Time-- Number 18

I know I said this would be out about a week and a half ago but I have been behind. I have been watching too many movies on TV and renting because of not being in school yet. I have also been watching a lot of movies while setting up my room.

Number 18-- The Lives of Others

I gave the clues to my Number 17 favorite movie of all time and no one could guess it. Which I figured. It was made in 2006 and is a foreign language film from Germany. It was nominated and actually WON Best Foreign Language film at the Oscars that year.

It is one of those rare foreign language films I completely forgot I was reading subtitles the entire time. I was so engrossed in the movie that I lost track of time and completely forget I was doing anything else for the two hours.

The movie is about a couple during World War II who are secretly doing things to compromise the government. The latest thing they do is try to publish an article about the suicide rates in Germany that the government is trying to cover up. But in the meantime their apartment is bugged without their knowledge and a man is ordered to listen in for a reason to arrest the man so his superior could have the wife.

Well the man who is listening decides to disobey his orders and it turns into a truly uplifting story that will melt anyone's heart. The ending is absolutely heartbreaking but in a brilliant way. You will leave the movie thinking-- wow people are great!!

You will not recognize any of the actors because they are all German actors who are well known in their country and are truly great actors. They are on the same caliber as many of our best actors (Meryl Streep and Jack Nickelson).

I will admit the ONLY reason I rented it was because I wanted to see what movie had the nerve to beat Pans Labrynth at the Oscars which I thought was great. Then I watched this movie and was like-- for once, the truly great superior movie won. And I LOVED Pans Labrynth because it was a science fiction type movie set during WWII. (I highly recommend that movie too!!)

So please watch this movie-- if you want to see it, I own it!!

CLUES for Number 17--- One of my favorite movies that most critics did not think should have won best picture at the Oscars (even to this day). It was made in the last ten years. It features some of the BEST performances of the careers of Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Thandie Newton, Ryan Philippe and Terrence Howard and yet NONE of them were nominated at the Oscars instead only one actor was nominated (I am not telling you who though). Many of the actors listed above did not have ANY scenes together and most of the actors too substantial pay cuts from what they normally take.

*Side Note-- this is my FAVORITE performance of Sandra Bullock!!!

I would love to see if anyone guesses this movie. I tried to keep the plot under wraps but there is one heart breaking scene where I was in theaters and GASPED and screamed. This is the ONLY time I ever did that in theaters and I was not alone. The scene involves a shooting with a child.

Post your guesses in the comment section!! Hopefully will have Number 17 up sometime next week.

Review: The Crazies

This is 100% a horror/thriller movie which is my guilty pleasure genre that I watch when I need a pick me up. I know that seems weird but it makes me feel better about my life because things could be worse. It is definitely rated R and it deserves the rating.

Review:

Rating 4 out of 5 stars

This is one of the better horror movies I have seen lately. It goes for the scary moments but also adds in the gore factor and as one of my close friends says, "It goes for the shock value."

The movie is about a town where the citizens start to mysteriously kill people with no remorse. It turns out that something has gone into the town water source and within three days the people start to change from normal people to cold blooded killers. It is a very ingenious thought for a movie but it is not an original, this is a remake of a 70s or 80s movie which I have not seen.

What is unusual about this horror movie is the cast-- they are good actors. Normally a horror movie is made up of a B of C cast of people who want to be Hollywood stars but no one will hire them for the big budget movies. Think of the original Saw (which is amazing-- I highly recommend it for its brilliant ending!!!).

The movie is very predictable for two reasons-- one it is a horror movie and most times they follow the same sequence. The second reason is a little more synical-- it involves the government having to save the town and Hollywood doesn't like Big Brother so of course the government would be shown in a bad light.

The ending is unrealistic-- I do not want to spoil it but the way they try to kill the virus is not something the government would actually use. The last thirty minutes is when I start to think this actually could not happen in real life. I love realistic horror movies-- the ones that scare me for weeks to come and keep me from doing my laundry because that involves going into the basement alone.

I recommend this movie but beware if you are scared easily, this is probably not the movie for you. Also if you do not like the sight of blood-- do not rent this one either.

Let me know what you think!

Review: Step Up 3D

This is a movie I saw with one of my best friends because she desperately wanted to see it. I will admit I saw the previous two movies in theaters and enjoyed them but this one boasted 3D which I love to see if it was filmed in 3D not converted. This was luckily filmed in 3D technology so it did not take much to convince me to go.

Review:

Rating-- Story- 3 out of 5, Special Effects 5 out of 5.

I honestly could not decided how to give this a rating because watching it was a mind-blowing experience. The 3D technology was amazing and I was in awe of every dance sequence. But the story blew-- I didn't like it because it was similar to all the others. Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love with girl. Girl has secret. Girl falls in love with boy. Girl leaves boy for his own good. Boy finds girl and discovers secret. Girl pleads her case. Boy forgives girl. Boy and girl overcome everything in the name of love and live happily ever after.

BORING!!!

But GO SEE THIS IN THEATERS and pay for 3D. The music is amazing. The dancing makes you want to get up and dance in the isle-- which I recommend!! You could tell all the actors were professionally trained dancers (I looked it up-- almost all were). Their acting sucks but their dancing is amazing.

There is definitely some comedy with a few of the characters that is amazing-- the guy twins were hilarious and were enjoyable to watch. There are little kid dancers at the end of the movie that were great. If you do go-- stay through the closing credits because there is more 3D dancing to watch (just looking out for you so you can get your money's worth.

I know it seems like I really dislike the movie-- but from a stand point of the acting and story line I really did not like it. But as many of the other critics say-- the 3D effects are revolutionary!! They are some of the best out there because unlike many movies (Clash of the Titans and Alice and Wonderland to name two) this movie was filmed in 3D not converted. Converted movies suck!!! (to be frank)

This movie is like Avatar-- filmed in 3D and the effects literally are out of this world. If you take off the glasses you can see the difference. One of my favorite scene is technically a scene where the boy and girl first officially fall in love but I love it because they are standing over a grate and taking slushie out of their container and having it blow up in the air whenever the wind from the subway blows up. The special effects were so neat -- one of my favorite non dance scenes in the movie.

GO SEE THIS MOVIE!!!!

Let me know what you think!!

Review: The White Ribbon

Review:

Rating-- 3 out of 5

In my personal opinion this was not a great movie but not a horrible movie either. I love foreign language films-- some of my favorite movies are ones in other languages. I find reading the subtitles the only way to do it if I do not understand the language because when they put another actor's voice over the original it just looks fake.

I know this means you have to do so much work and sometimes the movie is not as good as if you just spoke the original language. I believe this is one of those movies-- as much as I wanted to be invested in this movie I wasn't. This movie was nominated for two Oscars-- Best Foreign Language Film and Best Cinematography. Both were well deserved (the movie was shot in black and white and was absolutely gorgeous). Every shot look like it was carefully done to look flawless.

My problem with the movie is I did not understand the point. A school teacher came to a town in Germany before WWII. So the Nazi movement was technically starting to overtake the country. But the town is run by corrupt people and people are afraid of them. Suddenly bad things start to happen to them that no one can explain.

It is very poetic in terms of looking at the movie in terms of what happened during WWII to the Nazis-- they treated people badly and they were overthrown. Exactly like in the movie-- the problem was we never find out who did anything and I didn't even have a guess.

The acting was well done in the movie but no one stood out as amazing-- except for possibly some of the children. The children actors and actresses were amazing because they simply were so young to make use of their skills.

I do recommend this movie (barely) but only watch it if you do not mind foreign language films with subtitles. Otherwise rent something else like Schindlers' List which has a similar tone and was shot in black and white too!!

*Sorry for not getting to Number 17 yet-- been watching so many movies lately and I am getting behind in reviewing them all. Hopefully once school starts I can catch back up!!

Review: Deep Impact

I watched this two days in a row because of it being on either USA Network or TBS and I remembered how much I loved this movie. I remember seeing it in theaters back when it first came out in 1998 (don't ask me how old I was because it will probably depress most of you).

Review:

3.5 out of 5 stars

It would have gotten a lot better rating if it had not been for the acting which was horrible across the board (along with the unlikelihood of the events). As I discussed in my last review the ending is what matters to me and I am not ashamed to admit that I was crying during the last thirty minutes.

This movie is by no stretch a great movie but it packs one heck of an emotional punch. Even though the acting is horrible (yes I am talking to you Tea Leoni) but you care for them and you do not want the human race to end. When the comets are coming towards the earth at the end of the movie and it looks like all hope is lost I was crying because I didn't want the world to end. I cared for the characters.

This shows that the writing is actually pretty good and the special effects were even better (considering this came before the big digital age of movies).

The movie is about a comet that is coming towards Earth-- it is called an Extinction Comet because if it hits the Earth all living creatures will die. As a result a team is made to go and try to nuke the comet but incase that doesn't work all the countries of the world have created these caves to house as many people as possible to make sure that the human race survives for two years before Earth can sustain life again.

The movie is unrealistic at times but if you go with that you will actually find yourself enjoying the movie. I enjoy movies that show the human spirit at its best, when people come together for the common good and are willing to sacrifice anything for those they love. This is one of those movies.

I recommend renting this movie or finding it on one of your basic cable channels because it always seems to be on.

Let me know if you agree (or disagree-- which I highly doubt). Do you have any other favorite movies that show humans at their best-- willing to help those they do not know and sacrifice everything?

Review: Inception

I have been dying to see this movie but was on vacation when it first came out in July. I am a huge Christopher Nolan (especially after the Batman movies) and I love Leonardo DiCaprio (amazing actor).

Review:

4.5 out of 5 stars

As you can tell I absolutely loved this movie, given its very high rating. The only reason it did not get 5 out of 5 stars is it was hard to follow with the flashbacks and dream sequences. I personally love a movie that makes me think but others could find it hard to follow and get bored with it.

If you do not like thinking while watching a movie this is definitely not the movie for you. The movie is about a man who cannot go home because he is accused of killing his wife. His job is to get into people's heads (literally) and find out their deepest darkest secrets. Well a man gives him a job with the hope of being able to return home. He has to go into a man's mind and create an idea that the man will think is his own.

The movie is well done and the special effects are absolutely amazing-- at certain times I swear my mouth had to be open wide because I was in awe of what I was seeing. Leonardo DiCaprio was simply amazing as the leader of the group--- compared to his last movie, Shutter Island, he was spectacular!! But the band he is leading is absolutely amazing-- especially Ellen Page (who I am not a fan of normally-- I hated Juno) and Jospeh Gordon- Levitt (who I am slowly becoming a fan of after 500 Days of Summer).

The movie does a fairly good job trying to dumb down the scientific ideas to the point the average person can understand them without making you feel stupid. The idea of inception is ingenious and I was very surprised it was not thought of before. This was a very unique movie and rare because it is based on an original idea which Hollywood does not seem to do a lot of.

My favorite part of the movie was the ending-- brilliant!! Without giving it away-- it lets the watcher become active in the movie which I love. Everyone says the beginning fifteen movies make the movie but for me the last 5 minutes are what I will remember and I will either love a movie or hate it because of the ending. I hated War of the Worlds because of the ending. The rest of the movie was fun and I loved but the ending is what I remember most and honestly it is one of my least favorite movies EVER because of it!!

This ending however was brilliant and made me think and the way I interpret it could be different than how every other person interpreted and saw it.

I highly recommend seeing this in theaters!! Do not wait to rent it because it pays to see it on the big screen for those special effects.

Let me know what you think-- did you see it and love it, or hate it?

Review: Super Size Me

For about two years now I have been on a health kick which has basically turned into a life changing event. I no longer drink soda and have gone organic. But there was one last aspect I haven't been able to kick and that is my love of fast food restaurants. As a result I have been wanting to get this movie but have been scared to.

Review:

4 out of 5 stars

This is a documentary made in 2004 by Morgan Spurlock and his girlfriend. This man who was in great physical shape decided to eat ONLY McDonald's food for 30 days to see how it affects his body. He ate for breakfast, lunch and dinner and if the people who worked there asked if he wanted it super sized he would say yes. In the thirty days he also had to eat every item on the menu at least once during that month.

In my personal opinion this was a very well made documentary because it was not too long and got straight to the point --- documenting his entire month and the transformation of his body. He had a team of doctors to monitor his health and make sure nothing horrible happens.

The transformation was absolutely horrible of what McDonald's food does to your body-- honestly I have not eaten ANY fast food since then and have tried to limit my eating out. It sickens me to see how he gained 25 pounds over the course of the month and his liver function failed along with countless other medical conditions.

The movie was not preachy in trying to convince you not to eat McDonald's--- instead he just gave the facts and let you make your own decisions. I highly recommend watching this movie because everyone needs to watch it. If you are scared you will never eat McDonald's again-- WHAT IS SO WRONG ABOUT THAT?!?!?! You should want to be rid of that from your life.

You will have more energy and feel better about yourself. Cooking is a lost art in our society and I think watching this movie will make you want to make more of your own food. Will I eat McDonald's again-- definitely without a doubt in my mind! But will I ever go back to 3-4 times a week eating it-- NO WAY!!!

Rent this movie!! You will not regret it! Let me know what you think of this-- love it, hate it, refuse to see it?

Review: Toy Story 3

I know it is surprising I had not seen this movie before last week. That three week vacation up to my parents' house and then out to California and back really affected my movie watching ability. But I finally saw it with a great friend and her adorable kid and I must say it was well worth the wait.

Review:

Rating: 5 out of 5

This is my first perfect score and you know what I honestly didn't think I would find a near perfect movie but this has to come close. Literally, it was up there with the two previous movies and in my opinion it was better than the second one (for some reason I did not like that one very much). The first Toy Story movie is one of my top five favorite animated movies of all time and this one was almost better than that.

When talking with my friend I went to the movies with I realized the first one came out in 1995-- I was 9 years old when it first came out and I saw it in theaters. So in reality I have grown up with these characters and not to use a cliche but I love them. They are a part of me and I really do care what happens to them. I will also admit that I have toys down in my basement here in Hanover that I cannot bare to get rid of. They remind me where I came from.

Toys are amazing things because when you are a kid you love them so dearly and you cannot imagine life without them. And these artists, directors, actors, computer people have created a world revolving around toys. It is ingenious!!

I was thrilled to see Buzz, Woody, Rex, Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head and even Jessie (who I really did not care for). I will admit I was giddy when they all first came up on the screen. The story line made perfect sense of Andy going to college and the toys being given away to a daycare for others to use.

The new characters were different-- I must say the great addition was Ken. The writers used our knowledge of the Ken doll and created a PERFECT character that made us laugh and yet fall in love with him. Barbie was also a hoot and used every one of her assets to get the job done.

The other new toys I wasn't sold on and once you see the movie there is a perfect reason I did not love them from the beginning. Something just seemed off but I was so into the movie I never tried to predict why. (That is when I know I am at a great movie-- I am not dissecting it and trying to predict what will happen. Instead I just watch for fun!!)

That bear Lots--- Ned Beatty does a great job of creating this character and bring it to life. But I must say I hope he is not in any future movies if there are future ones. He was so deliciously _________-- I would hate to give it away so if you have seen it you can predict what word I would put there.

But as everyone who has seen it says-- the movie is all about the ending. The ending is probably one of the single best endings in any movie. Up there with the ending in Casablanca (two lovers say bye) and Titanic (when she drops the necklace). Honestly I did not cry, but I came very close. The toys showed such heart and genuine love that I was touched. It made me want to run home and go down into my basement and get out my stuffed animals from when I was a kid (Mefe my manatee and Washington my bear) and hug them and never let them go. It brought back such nostalgia that I was in awe of what the director created.

BUT my single favorite moment in the entire movie and the part that did make me cry was during the closing credits when the song "You Have a Friend In Me" was sung in spanish with the toys playing and having fun. That is when I finally lost it--- granted some of it might have to do with what happened right before it.

Part of me doesn't want a fourth Toy Story because why mess with something that is so close to perfection. But part of me also really wants to see what Pixar would do with the situation the toys are in.

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND GOING AND SEEING THIS MOVIE THIS VERY INSTANCE!!!!

Let me know what you think. Love it? or God forbid hate it?

Review: Megafault

This is one of those rare reviews of a TV movie-- I usually do not watch TV movies except for ones that are on the SyFy channel. I am seriously addicted to that channel for some reason-- they are so unrealistic and have terrible horrible special affects but it is like a train wreck, you cannot help but watch it.

Megafault is actually a made for TV movie from the SyFy channel but I did not know that when I rented it from blockbuster. Normally I do not watch TV movies except if they are on TNT or HBO and sometimes Lifetime (which makes really good ones occasionally). But this movie really surprised me!!


Review:

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars!!

I personally am in shock I am giving a made for TV movie such a high score but it gets MAJOR props for having good acting, a good script (not too many cliches), I actually believed the science behind this bizarre earthquake and the special effects were not horrible.

The movie stars Brittany Murphy in her last TV role before her untimely death last year. (Incase you haven't figured it out that means this is a 2009 release.) Normally when an actor or actress stars in movies on the SyFy channel it means they are desperate for money but Brittany Murphy was quite good. She did not overact or underact which is what happens to many in these weather/earth disaster type movies. I mean there were a few times I roled my eyes and just laughed at how ridiculous she was but I blame the writing for that.

The other actors were quite good-- nothing great but nothing horrible enough for me to drop the rating of the movie. I really enjoyed the science behind the movie because the writer did not use big words and confuse me. Instead everything was said at normal levels so I actually believed that an earthquake could split the entire country in two and that a lowly dynamite worker could blow up part of the Rocky Mountains to try and save everyone. Watch it -- this actually does make sense-- I SWEAR!!

Please do not get me wrong-- the movie is VERY cheesy and I was laughing so hard at times because of it. There was a ridiculous story line about the scientist's husband and daughter and them heading toward home which of course was the center of the earthquake fault and them being in danger. But I could overlook that because the girl was so adorable and was able to melt my heart.

I do recommend this movie-- go rent it. But if you do not like normal weather or earth disaster related movies you will probably not like this one. I personally do-- I think The Day After Tomorrow is a great movie (so if you disliked that movie you will probably dislike this one too).

Let me know what you think!

Also I am curious-- can you comment on my blog? I tried to do some changing to make it more accessible to everyone.

Favorite Movies of All Time-- Number 19

So when I started this blog one of my main objectives was to share a few of my favorite movies along with ones I think are great and ones I see. One of my BIGGEST pet peeves is that people assume because I am young I only see movies from 1990s and 2000s. My mother can attest I see movies from every era-- the earliest movie I saw was from 1899 and the most recent was August 2010. I love movies from all time periods and of all genres (my love of horror movies to epic movies to romantic movies can show this).

Number 19-- On Golden Pond

This movie is simply amazing and if I would have been the advertiser for this movie my tag line for it would have been--- The Best Movie About Nothing You Will Ever See!! or A Movie about Families. Both of these describe the movie brilliantly.

Granted the movie is about something-- it was made for pete's sake!! It was made in 1981 and stars Katherine Hepburn and Henry Fonda in Oscar WINNING roles along with Oscar Nominee Jane Fonda (who was amazing).

This movie made me stop hating Jane Fonda (she as a person really irks me but she is a beautiful actress) and made me fall in love with Katherine Hepburn and discover her acting brilliance. This literally raised her to goddess status in my book (along with Bettie Davis and Meryl Streep). BUT this movie belongs to Henry Fonda who gives the BEST performance of his career and actually died soon after this came out. He was amazing. He is the father of Jane Fonda and it is great they could share this movie together.

The movie is about a daughter played by Jane Fonda who visits her parents who are staying at a cabin along Golden Pond. It shows how they bond and grow closer together. Jane Fonda's character brings her son and fiance along and it shows very interesting dynamics to all of the different relationships (mother and son, mother and daughter, father and daughter, parents and children, etc). It is a great to watch from the stand point of a character analysis!!

I HIGHLY recommend this movie and cannot speak enough about how great it is. It was nominated for tons of awards and is one that I agree deserved every nomination and award. Even though I say it is the best movie about nothing, I believe you will become invested in the characters and be disappointed when it is over.

Sometime next week I will post about Number 18--- let me give you a few clues. I would be willing to bet you DID NOT see this movie. It is a foreign language film of the last ten years (2000-2010) that was nominated for best foreign language film and may have won -- I don't totally want to give this away).

Let me know if you have seen ON GOLDEN POND and what you thought of it and let me know if you have any guesses about what Number 18 could be!!

Review: Brideshead Revisisted

This 2008 film from the United Kingdom is rated PG.

Rating-- 3 out of 5 stars

I really wanted to give this a higher rating because I truly loved this movie. It was great and fun to watch and the characters had great chemistry but I felt there was so much missing from it. Upon doing my research I realized it is based on a novel and a tv miniseries from 1981 that was 11 hours long (11 one hour episodes) so of course a lot of material had to be cut.

I did not fall in love with any of the characters because there was so much development that was lost in 0nly being able to be two hours long.

The movie is about a man who befriends a family and all the drama that ensures between the gay son falling in love with him while he falls in love with the gay man's sister. The relationships between the characters and the way religion and World War II affect each of the characters is amazing to watch.

But the true MVP of the movie is the house, Brideshead. it is amazing and it is essential to the entire movie. It reminded me of a book I once read called Plantation. No matter how much I learned about the characters the most important part of the book was the plantation. With this movie, the beginning was about the house, the middle was about the house and it ends with the house. Simply brilliant.

The actors were amazing-- Matthew Goode is so much fun to watch in every movie he is in. If you love him in this movie, I highly recommend a movie from last year called A Single Man-- BRILLIANT!!!! But the best actor in the bunch was Emma Thompson as the matriarch of the family. She is one of my favorite actress because she makes it look so easy-- look at least year's movie An Education. She had almost nothing to do and yet from everything I read came so close to earning an Oscar nomination. She is a vision to watch in everything.

I was really torn with the rating for this movie-- I would definitely give it a B if I gave letter grades but I don't- haha.

I would love to hear what any of you guys thought of this movie-- or if you even heard of it. LOVE IT? HATE IT? Indifferent?

Review: Salt

On Saturday I went to the movies to see Salt which I was very excited about-- ask anyone. I love action thrillers and had been dying to see one for quite a long time. Then I saw SALT was coming out and was like-- thriller with Angelina Jolie, I AM THERE!!! She was great in Tomb Raider and Wanted but she was amazing as a spy in Mr. and Mrs. Smith. So there were high expectations.

SALT

Rating: 3 out of 5 stars

From my rating you can probably see the movie did not wow me. I enjoyed it and it did the purpose of thrilling me but it was no Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Instead in my opinion it was Jason Bourne Wannabe!! And that would have been perfectly ok with me if it had been a good wannabe-- instead it tried too hard and fell on its face.

In the end it was a very confusing movie that had way too many twists-- I lost count at 7 different twists. Granted the last twist ended up being the twist I had predicted from the beginning so I was pretty happy.

I think the writing is probably where the entire movie fell apart-- usually if a movie tries too hard and has too many twists it is because the writer had too many ideas floating in their head. Angelina Jolie was good but not great. My personal favorite actor was the guy who played the FBI agent trying to catch her Chiewtel Ejiofor. He was amazing and very effective at seeing through all of the twists and still using his head. I did NOT like Liev Schreiber, I thought he was terrible and normally he is such a good actor.

As you can see I tried something different before I tell you what the movie is about-- I wanted to give you my perspective of the characters first. The movie is about a CIA agent-- Salt played by Jolie-- who is supposedly framed as a Russian Spy. The rest of the movie is different government agencies trying to catch her before she supposedly kills the Russian President and other people. She is trying to get away and clear her name.

I do not want to give you more but I desperately want to-- so if you want to know more about the movie or never plan on seeing it contact me through my email (esshipman@gmail.com) or on facebook and I would be more than happy to contact you with more information.

I would definitely recommend renting this instead of wasting your money for the theaters. But instead of renting this go for the Bourne Series-- AMAZING MOVIES and Matt Damon is much more convincing!!

As always let me know what you think! Love it? Hate it? Whatever-- no judging of your tastes here!!

Review: Out of Sight

Out of Sight stars Jennifer Lopez and George Clooney and was made in 1998. It was directed by Steven Soderbergh who normally does thriller type movies and this movie was rated R (for sexual themes and violence).

Rating: 4/5

I must say I really liked this movie and was thoroughly engaged throughout the entire movie. Most people consider this one of Jennifer Lopez's best movies and I will agree she is good but why she was so good is because she oozes sexy from her pores throughout this entire movie. Literally this is what every actress wants to be like when they are in a film and supposed to be sexy. She was right up there with Angelina Jolie in Mr. and Mrs. Smith and Kathleen Turner in Body Heat (amazing movie!!!!).

The movie is about a bank robber (George Clooney) who escapes from jail and in the process kidnaps a US Marshall (Jennifer Lopez). The rest of the movie involves her chasing him and trying to catch him along with a lot of sexual tension between them.

This movie was very well received by critics back when it first came out but oddly not by the general public-- I personally have no idea. This was an amazing movie. It was even nominated for two Oscars, one of which for its writing.

At times this movie was hard to stay with because of some flashback scenes but if you pay attention and aren't like me who was on his computer checking facebook and email-- you will be able to keep up with it.

Even though I referenced only Clooney and Lopez--- this is definitely a movie that could not be as great as it is without the great supporting cast. Honestly not one bad actor in the bunch-- the stoner friend (Steve Zahn) is hysterical and you will LOVE his character and will feel bad for him. The bad guys are amazing too because they are so deliciously and stupidly bad.

When researching this movie I found that Sandra Bullock was originally considered for the movie and I think that would have been great casting (not to take away from Lopez).

But the best part of the movie (besides the sexual tension-- do you see a theme about why this movie is so great) is the ending-- simply brilliant and you will be howling and smiling and really leave loving the movie.

I highly recommend this movie (along with the two others I referenced-- Body Heat and Mr. and Mrs. Smith).

Have you seen this movie-- do you love it? Hate it? Don't really care?