Crazy, Stupid, Love

I went to see Crazy, Stupid, Love today and have been desiring to see it for some time now. For one I was drawn by the title, that it is a string of adjectives describing the last word. I also was drawn to the idea of finding someone and them indirectly changing you, making you want to be a better person. The humor in the previews was an enticing factor as well. Oh and lets not forget also did not hurt that Ryan Gosling was in it.

I found that this movie was quite raw in emotion. I enjoyed the easy banter and laughter between the characters, which shows the comfort level between them. Watching the effortless dialogue makes you also comfortable. It is good when watching a movie that you begin to feel what the characters are feeling. I found that throughout this movie I was laughing, cringing, hiding my face because of what the characters were going through. I find that to be a good movie.

I have not been the biggest fan of Emma Stone, but this movie made me a believer. I found that she was quite quirky and thought that some of that cannot be taught. Some of her facial expressions or reactions were very natural and not always completely beautiful, which made them believable.

Ryan Gosling was beautiful in this movie and I loved his confidence. I do not think that any woman, or man to be honest, watching this movie did not fall victim to his beauty, charm, one-liners, and wardrobe style.

Julianne Moore and Steve Carell had amazing chemistry and showed to us that marriage, if left idle, can become something that no-one ever desired for it to be.

I loved this movie and I want to own it when it comes out on DVD, I do not say that very often.

I give it a 8/10

Temple Grandin

I first heard about this movie when I went to my friends house and she was watching the Emmys. She had just watched Claire Danes accept her award for Beast Leading Actress in a miniseries or made for TV movie (or something like that). My friend makes a comment about it and we watch the acceptance speech and it moved me to tears. I had seen this movie at rental stores before. After I watched the trailer it was very quickly added to my must see movie list.

I just watched it over the weekend and have had many conversations about it since. It was fantastic and is a must see. The movie is about an autistic child in the 60's and 70's when autism was very misunderstood. Temple Grandin did not speak until she was four and then her mother continued to put her in different social situations. I have a feeling that was pivotal in Temple's success. This is a true story about a girl who had many things stacked against her, not only was she different in how she reasoned and interacted, but also she was woman. She has a special way with connecting to animals and uses that to do some amazing things in the world of slaughter houses. She also opens up a window into the life of an autistic person. She is able to communicate about it.

The film maker also did a great job on bringing in the viewer into the mind of an autistic person. It is not perfect by any means. But the noise amplifications and photographic memory snip-its really add to the overall viewing experience.

I give this a 9.5/10

Super 8

I really liked this movie. It was not my first choice when we went to the theater that night, but I am quite glad that I went to see it. It centered around a group of 13 or 14 year old boys and 1 15 year old girl. They were the primary cast and most of them were not well known before this movie, with exception to Elle Fanning I knew of her before I watched this film.

The movie was not out right scary, but I jumped a fair amount of times. I am quite a jumpy person in general. It was maybe a bit more suspenseful, but I was very surprised by the amount of humor that they packed into this movie.

I have worked with kids for the past few years and one thing that amazes me is how funny they are. This movie was spot on for good early teenage humor, it was not raunchy with the young actors desiring to be older and more mature, but it was quite spot on with the young boy sarcasm and humor. The comic relief from edge of your seat, hiding your face suspense, was very well balanced.

It was also nice to see some great camera work with angles and night exposure. The movie was original among a sea of remakes, sequels, and comic book heroes. The cast did not sell the movie, the movie sold the movie and that is what I like to see.

I give this movie an 8.5 out of 10.

for sure recommend seeing this one.

Movies I want to see

These are movies that I have watched trailers for or just simply desire to see.

-The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

-Between Notes

-Transformers 3

-Harry Potter 7 part2

-Cedar Rapids

-Captain America

-Sarah's Key-read book first-

-Cowboys and Aliens-not sure how I feel about this one-

-Crazy, Stupid, Love

-The Help-read book first-

-One Day- Read book First

-Terri

-Bad Teacher-wait for DVD

-Green Lantern-wait for DVD

-The Art of Getting By

Summer in Genoa

This movie was very interesting. First I might add that in America at least I find that we are desiring for a movie to have a very diverse plot. When it does not we are quite disappointed. We can gloss over movies that are quite rich, but because not much actually happened we are left wanting more, and not in a good way.

I found that to be the case with Summer in Genoa. I was with a friend and we decided to pick up a movie as we often do. We actually are known at the movie store, which is kind of sad. But anyways we could not decide what movie to watch. We had already watched everything that was new. We were trying to choose between 2 movies My Year Without Sex or Summer in Genoa. We chose Summer in Genoa as you can tell.

The acting was well done in the movie and it was well directed and shot, from what I could tell. The only issue that I had with it was that not much happened, and if I would have known this from the beginning I might have enjoyed it more. But the whole time I watching it I was wondering when something big was going to happen.

And nothing ever seemed to. At the end of the movie I had a huh feeling. Where I couldn't decide how I felt. It was odd. Colin Firth was in it and that was the draw for me. Merissa's younger sister in the OC show was in it and that is all I can remember.

I give it a 6 out of 10.

Hanna

So I went to see the movie Hanna last night. It was quite interesting and I am not quite sure still how I feel about it. I found it to be a very well done movie, very artistic. The director made sure that some of the actions were sequenced with the music and there was a lot of play on shadows and light.

I know that it was an interesting take on the idea of genetically mutating humans to have the correct specifications that you desire. In this case it was an absence of fear. I have the feeling that when we begin to genetically change our babies we are in turn playing God, or saying that certain characteristics or personality traits are less favorable than others, and who are we to judge that.

I am not sure exactly what the movie Hanna had in mind for the viewers.

I give it a 7.5/8 out of 10

Here are simply some of my thoughts.

Something Borrowed

So I went to see the movie Something Borrowed on Tuesday cheap night. It is the last one that I will experience since I go home on Monday. I did find that John Krasinski was hilarious. I was out loud laughing throughout a good portion of the movie. There are only a few movies that I can think of where I have been laughing so much, one is The Hangover and the other is The Proposal.

One aspect of romantic comedies or chick flicks that most women like is the predictability of them. We like to watch something that ends where the girl and guy end up together. This movie ended as I thought it would, but there were many other bumps in the road that I was not expecting/was quite surprised by.

One aspect that I found to be quite true and well represented was the fact that (and this is found in the trailer) women want a man to step up, and men want a woman that they know likes them, ie. is a bit forward. Because then men do not have to be too vulnerable and get hurt.

Ginnifer Goodwin's character lived for years allowing her best friend to become engaged to the man that she loved. As women we are so terrible to ourselves. (or at least most of us are). We do not think that "that guy would ever like someone like us." We never think we are good enough. It is quite sad, because confidence is attractive.

I really like Ginnfer Goodwin as an actress. She is gorgeous, but has a very relate-able aura about her. From Mona Lisa Smile to He's Just Not That Into You, In the Land of Women, Romona and Beezus, and now Something Borrowed. She plays relate-able characters.

I give it a 7.5 out of 10