Elegy

   This is a story about a love affair between a man and a woman whom has a 30 plus years between them. I could have done without the narrative at the beginning by Kingsley. Something about "I wanted to fuck her" is not really romantic, even though it is honest and is exactly what he was thinking. I find that when reading male narratives written by men, they tend to talk like this. Its unappealing to me, but maybe its just a female thing. I liked the friendship between Kingsley and Hopper. It had that extra added element that you might find in a chick flick. Maybe this is equivalent to a male chick flick that is a drama. I never really thought about how much I enjoyed about this film. I liked Kinglsey's relationship with Sarsgarrd... though how he could be his son seems unlikely. I appreciated the art references like Velasquez's Las Meninas. I've really grown a liking for Cruz, since I never really cared for her. I loved Kingsley's jealousy of whether Cruz was cheating on him and wanting to be with younger men. The ending was poignant and showed the deeper levels of love that run deeper than the sex that he craved for, but the mind of the beautiful woman which was the theme of the story. Men can never really love a beautiful woman because they are so entrenched by their looks that they don't see the real woman. Its a beautiful story, it has great acting and it is something worth watching.

The Haunting in Conneticut

   This is the first time I've seen this poster. Completely scary. I had to watch a bunch of other stuff after so that I wouldn't have nightmares after seeing this. Considering it says "haunting" I don't know why I was surprised by the religious element in this movie. The thing about scary movies is that I don't like saying much on them because I don't want to ruin any of it. The burned ghost though was pretty scary. I hate when they look through the windows. I have to keep the curtains closed when I watch a movie downstairs because that actually happened to me where someone was looking into the window in the middle of the night while I was in the living room. It turned out to be a friend of mine, but it was quite unsettling. This movie is unsettling. It wasn't gory, it was suspenseful, and it was fresh. It is one of the better scary movies which is meant to scare you, not make you excited by carnage. Its not as good as Vacancy, but its up there. I'm waiting to see something better than Vacancy. This is one you shouldn't watch alone.

Sukiyaki Western Django

This was an offbeat Japanese Western that happened to occur in Nevada I think. It relied heavily on colours and a story about gold which attracted all the gold rushers and the red and white tribes or whatever they were called. Once you get passed the hard Japanese accents, the story is quite interesting. I was slightly confused how Quentin Tarantino was telling a story that happened when he got old and not in his present state which was confusing. I especially was annoyed by how he suddenly was telling the story in a Japanese accent since he's obviously the only white person in the film. I also think they should have cast someone else to play the mute son. I don't know how it is possible for me to be annoyed by a character that never speaks. I'm really not giving this movie much justice. I thought it was fantastic. It was camp at times, but the whole idea was strange so I don't think I'm being harsh at all. Probably my favourite visual effect was one of the people getting shot in the head and red feathers flying into the air instead of blood. Amazing. Really. If you like strange films or Japanese films, I think you just might like it.

Duplicity

   This was a sophisticated spy comedy. To be honest I thought their chemistry sizzled more in Closer, but the characters were very different too. There was so many things about this that I really liked. I liked that there was multiple operations going on at the same time. I liked how Robert's character kept tricking Owen's character. It was pretty malicious. I absolutely loved Paul Giamatti and Tom Wilkinson. I had completely forgot that they were in it and then when I saw them I cried tears of joy. This had a great cast and almost like an Ocean's Twelve kind of vibe, though not the same at all. It was a fun movie, I'm sure it was fun to make. The only thing I didn't like was all the flashbacks (5 years, 2 years, 18 months, 10 days etc.) 

I Love You, Man

   I thought the writing for this was really great. I realized that comedians like Paul Rudd tend to improvise their lines and so each scene they film is unique. I can't wait to watch the extras of this movie on DVD. I liked Rudd's character and all the lame things he said. It was hilarious. Segel was just the kind of guy guy that Rudd needed in his life. This had got to be the first romantic comedy I've ever seen that was made for a guy. Seriously laugh out funny for majority of the movie. I also really liked the man-dates and Lou whatever (The Hulk) in this. Nothing like washed up actors playing themselves by parodying their career. A must see comedy for sure.

Transporter 3

   I watched this a couple of weeks ago, but I've been so busy with classes I haven't been able to keep up. Anyways I really liked this one. I liked the dance-like fighting with the clothes coming off. :D This is the first one that was mainly in just being in the car because neither Frank nor Valentina could actually leave it. I think the writers decided to give Frank a break and let him have some romance... I thought the second one was a little unfair but the story had a lot more going on. It was good for what it was, and this one is my favourite out of all of them.