Orphan

I totally hate this creepy poster. What's really annoying about movie goers is when they've already seen the movie and start ruining it before it starts and secondly, the people they're with ask questions. It's like "shut-up already!" I don't want to know what happens, thank-you very much. It's a scary movie and it's supposed to be a surprise. I have to say this movie left me feeling disturbed and unsettled, but no nightmares. Maybe the shading of the poster kinds of ruins it. Like any scary movie, you really can't say much because then you'll ruin it for someone else... like that horrible movie reviewer on CBC. Some how she always manages to ruin the plot twist, no matter how subtle she is. This movie is super creepy, and has elements or maybe the story itself is like a classic horror movie done in the 21st century and done well. I think I might even call it a bit of slasher, but it is also like a psychological-thriller and so it sits between the two genres very nicely. I don't know where they found the girl who plays Esther, but she's fantastic. Max the little girl in this is also has to be the cutest little girl. And as usual, Sarsgaard is amazing. Why the house in a horror movie is always remote is slightly annoying, but it's easy to overlook that cliche. This is a good movie.

Fast & Furious

The title of this throws me because not only is it the 4th one in the series, but its technically the 3rd and its basically the same title as the first but without the "the"s in it. The fact that I'm actually going on about the title is awful. Considering the movie was only about an hour and 40 minutes, it felt like it was a really long movie. To be quite frank, it was awfully boring. I do have to admit that it is better than the 2nd one. I couldn't help notice how much reggaeton they used in the movie. Paul Walker isn't that bad of an actor, he just needs another new break. He's hot enough to do a romantic comedy, so maybe he should do one. Even Gerard Butler who does a lot of action movies, still does a girl's movie and he's even hotter for it because he can do it all. Sadly, I think the whole Fast and Furious series has really ruined most of their careers, even though the first one was a major hit. Who knows. It is slightly unusual that none of these actors has managed to become super stars. This movie was really boring. They've taken car racing to a whole new level by having a drug lord and FBI involved. A bit too far fetched this movie is.

Away We Go

This is a brilliant film. I wish they would have advertised it a bit more because I think more people should see it. The movie is hilarious, but its also serious. I felt like I was seriously mental because I was laughing all the time and the other people in the theatre rarely laughed. It is classified as a comedy. Krasinski is great as usual, but I'm slightly biased in always favouring him, but he did do this absolutely terrible straight to DVD movie. I know I have seen Maya Rudolph play some very small roles in movies before, but I always see her as playing Diana Ross and that Pants sketch with Jimmy Fallon on SNL. She definitely can act. This movie moved me and left me in a strange type of melancholy and awe for a least few hours which is strange. YOU MUST SEE THIS MOVIE. It's made it on my list of all-time favourite movies.

The Ugly Truth

I thought this movie was great. Its probably going to be the best romantic comedy I'll see this summer. You know how in previews, it looks like they show all the best lines and all the best parts, and it seemed like the trailer did it too for this movie, but they didn't. Heigl is great. Butler is hot, though I totally prefer his actual accent over his American one he used in the film. I can see how guys may not like this movie because of how they are depicted, but they show that there is more than just the stereotype of men. They had great chemistry and it had some new elements that I haven't seen yet in movies or in fiction which made it new and fresh. Yes the plot is predictable, but then it wouldn't be a chick flick that is like chick lit if it didn't have a predictable ending. Regardless, it was fantastic and I can't wait for it to come out on DVD so I can watch it again and again.

Two Lovers

This has got to be the most awkward movie I have ever seen. There were times where I was actually uncomfortable. There were also scenes where I thought that I watching a private moment that should have been private. I felt like a voyeur and it made me uncomfortable. I also cringed when Phoenix did some freestyling in the car. After watching this, I would have to think his rapping is a joke and his retirement, because you would think that you would retire after doing a great movie such as Johnny Cash. Paltrow played the same character she always plays. her being in this made me think of Great Expectations. I always wonder when actors play awkward characters so well that they may actually extremely awkward in real-life. The whole time I was trying to figure out the title, but after I looked at the poster it all made sense to me. I think I would have appreciated the movie more had I have seen the poster before watching the movie. Its basically about two fucked up individuals and why two such individuals cannot be together. Its too unbalanced. There needs to be the stable person being the caregiver otherwise it will only lead to heartache. Despite the movie's awkwardness, it wasn't bad. I like Phoneix as an actor and he played the character well, but I don't like him embodying a character like this. There are some blurry lines as to Leonard's life story, since we only see his perspective of the events that have profoundly changed him that left their mark both physically, emotionally and mentally. I liked the ending. It was a strange film and the movie leads the audience into this self discovery and self depricating plot that unfolds itself into what I hope is self realization and not self defeat, but it is not clear.

Friday the 13th

I thought that they would have revamped this story slightly instead of them making it like any other Jason movie only newer because Jason never dies. Well I can't say that for certain, I never watched Jason vs. Freddy and I'm sure one of them dies. Or maybe I have seen it and in that case I still don't remember the ending. It is true to the nature of all Jason films. There is lots of girls showing their boobs, their is sex, alcohol and drugs. I thought they were a little unfair with the one girl... I think they could have had her moving farther into the story, but like all the people in this movie, the characters are just props in order to see Jason do some sick shit and some of the same things. I think the only new thing to the story is the sympathy th writing tried to invoke by retelling his story and showing his sad little house with the dishes on the table from the morning before as if to enshrine the life that him and his mother once had. I think they over killed with the toys and dolls and the chair or bed that had "Jason" etched in. I liked the ending, its exactly what I had expected. Funny, the first Jason movie I watched it ends with him being at the bottom of the lake and being electrocuted alive. It had its 'make you jump or scream' moments, but it was lacking in that its like every horror movie: been there done that scheme.

Fanboys

I think this would have done well enough to be a theatrical release. It is quotable, its hilarious, and the scenes flow well. It is just an adventure that gets wilder and wilder. As much as I liked it, I thought I would have more to say than this. I love Seth Rogen, but he was annoying in this or at least the two characters he plays, he's annoying. I was surprised that Kristin Bell was in this. Maybe she really is the super nerd girl who digs comics in real-life or maybe she's better at acting then I have given her credit for. I think the funniest things in this is the Fanboy quiz. You know you're a fanboy when you know every little detail of a story and nothing about sex. Also noteable scene that I did like about Rogen was when he screams Khan or whatever and then uses his asthma inhaler mid-scream and then continues after. Classic.

Bruno

I loved this movie. It was offensive, it was grotesque and most often hilarious. I have no idea where to start. I wish this movie was longer. It was basically a story of a man wanting to become an uber celebrity by trying to be kidnapped by a terrorist, making peace in the middle east, interviewing celebrities, adopting a foreign child and so on. I think that the story moves in the direction of making fun of pop culture and showing the ignorant and usually appalling behaviours of the people who believed that Cohen really was Bruno and the things that they willingly confessed. This has got to be Cohen's best personal project and I don't think he will ever be able to create a new character to embody and make a mocumentary. I can't imagine him being able to have another one like this. I think he is just going to have to stick to acting because I don't think he can keep fooling the world and people that he is someone else, unless he stays where people are not immersed in Western Culture. Time Magazine highlights my favourite scenes of the movie. "Gayby", the hotel room, people as furniture, the homosexual converter, the karate homosexual defense, the star parents and the cage fighting scene with "Straight Bill". This is more than just a comedy and although sometimes gross and definitely offensive, its a fantastic movie.

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

So I have been putting off this post for a couple days since I watched it opening night. I was sitting beside the most irritating die-hard Potter fan whom was nearly 50 and laughed every 20 seconds and ruined every delivered joke because she laughed so hard before, during and after so I basically missed all of the lines. To say the least I had the worst movie experience of my life and I'm trying to be as objective as I can. There were things that should have been done differently. Such as having more emphasis on the title of the movie, which anyone knows is basically the whole aspect of the story. When I read the book I know that Rowling was trying to lead the reader to thinking the half blood prince was Voldemort yet it didn't feel that way. Hermoine wasn't mad enough about the text book and they don't show Harry grappling with whether the previous owner is evil or good. I also think they could thrown an extra Lind about Draco missing classes. that would have taken about 1 minute of screen time. They lacked the funeral scene which is crucial to the last book, which my friend thinks will be at the beginning of the next movie. They should have kept the epic battle at the end, instead of the weak scene that occurred. I wad also dissappointed with the lack of the Potter and Ginney relationship which shows Potter's growing up. The special effects were amazing and the acting is just getting so much better. They could have kept small details that they used to do and had the chocolate cauldrons. The 5th one was just so much better, but I also didn't get the chance to enjoy the movie because of the equivalent of a "twi-hard".

Push

I really liked this movie. I think when they had the previews for this they should of said that these "people" have psychic abilities because I thought it was going to be like X-Men, but it was more like Jumper meets X-Men but not. There are movies where actors play the role so well that you couldn't imagine anyone else playing the part and then there are roles where anyone could play the part. In this movie the role that could be played by anyone was Camilla Bell. She actually took away from the movie. Dakota Fanning was fantastic. I don't like Djimon Honsou playing a bad guy at all, though he wasn't bad by any means. I liked the final fight scene. I would have liked more colour for some reason. This movie was a lot better than I expected and one of the better DVD release this summer, which hasn't been so good lately. It was entertaining and it didn't annoy me and neither did I scoff at the plot, dialogue or much else.

Knowing

This movie was brilliant. The whole time I was thinking this should have been an M. N. Shaymalan movie. The special effects were awesome. Burning people... slightly morbid. The subway... unreal. It had the ending I wanted. Which makes me feel like a sick human being, but whatever. It is good to push the boundaries sometimes. There are some hooles in the story, but I've overlooked those minor details because the movie was just so good. I think once again the human mind is unabe to create beings that do not look like human beings ie. 2 arms, 2 legs, a head and a human form yet somehow ethereal. It is so unoriginal. Probably the most annoying thing was the children's eerie calmness. Trust me. I would be anything but calm. And those stupid rabbits. Spolier alert: the whole Noah's Arc thing is lame. It has been done in another movie... The Day the Earth Stood Still. The movie would have been just so much better had they been a bit more creative. This is something you should watch. I was truly haunted by this movie.

My Sister's Keeper

This is so not a theatre movie. This is one of those movies you watch with your mom, or your sister or with your best friend and have a handy box off tissues for easy convenience. I liked this movie a lot though. There was a family being torn apart and ethical issues - though the ethics are miniscule in the plot. This movie played like a book. It had multiple narratives and multiple view points. It also had a twist. I think this was an absolutely wonderful role for Diaz. I've seen all of her movies and think this was the most adult role she has ever played and she did a great job. I think she finally spreading her actor wings and trying new things out like her next movie which I can't wait to see called The Box. I have only one minor issue: why is it always Leukemia? Or this type of cancer in the only one that effects children and teens in books and movies e.g. Remember Me, Sisterhood of thr Travelling Pants, etc. At least in Grey's Anatomy the Chief's niece is dying of ovarian cancer. Unless you don't mind people hearing you cry... a lot, you should probably wait until this comes out on DVD where you can really cry your heart out the way you would like to and not restrained because you're in public and not wanting to wail like a baby in front of everyone.

The Unborn

I was expecting to be scared and I wasn't. I'm rarely pleased by any horror movie. They are all the same. They are either extremely gorey, being chased by some psycho killer or have some demon coming after them. I don't know why this had to be religious and I don't know why it needed an exorcism. Wait though, it wasn't a catholic exorcism though, it was a Jewish one. And I have to say it must be the only one I've seen in a movie. Maybe that's what the creators were thinking. "The are so many movies with exorcists, how can we make this one fresh???" "I know. Let's have a Rabi doing the exorcism." "Brilliant! Why didn't I think of that?" I think they should have named the movie something else. One of the reasons I hadn't watched it in theatres was because the whole idea of being haunted by a fetus was ridiculous. As if a fetus had the conscious ability to know anything about life and wanting to be born. This could be useful in a parody. I have to say the scariest part was the man in the wheel chair and the little boy with the knife. True story, I happened to get a blizzard before going to a friend's house with a friend and on our way there a little boy about 5 maybe in blue pajamas ran at my car with a knife screaming. The stuff horror movies are made of. All in all, this is a lukewarm horror movie.

Marley and Me

Now I've had this DVD for awhile, I just hadn't watched it. In fact there were several times I put it in and then changed me mind. I'm not sure why I didn't want to watch it. Maybe because I knew how it ended. Or maybe because it came out at Christmas that I thought it was a Christmas movie. I have to say it was a pretty good movie. I laughed, I cried and I liked the story. I hope I never have a pet like Marley. I can't figure out why I don't feel like picking at the movie, it may have something to do with it being a true story. I liked Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston was Jennifer Aniston. Both of these actors played the same roles they always do and act the same way they always do. They had good chemistry. That's always key in a movie. This is a sweet little movie that surprised me.

Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li

I must be getting desperate to find new movies to watch. I don't even think I saw a preview for this on TV at all and I'm surprised it lasted as long as it did in theatres. I'm being a bit harsh. It did have some good qualities. Maybe I was expecting the movie to be like the game and it just wasn't. I think Chris Klein playing a metropolitan detective was suiting to his look. Although some of his lines were atrocious. I couldn't help but laugh at the cliche lines they made him say. I like Kristin Kreuk, but she just didn't look like Chun Li to me. She did have her hairstyled once like the character... but never the Sailor Moon schoolgirl outfit look. The stunts weren't as flawless as other movies', which was distracting, since I should have been entertained and not thinking about them. I'm sure there are tons of people who loved this and who bought it on DVD. I don't recommend this and I don't plan on watching it again unless I'm extremely bored...