Fast Five

I just saw Fast Five. It was alright (and even a little boring at times like why was that fight between Dom and The Rock's character so long?) till they finally stole that vault and it got awesome. Those car chases were amazing especially when Dom took all those men out with the vault. FABULOUS. Although I kept thinking about how they were ruining the entire city just to get even with some gangster. Wish I could find a better clip on youtube but this is it...



The twist with the vault was so obvious, though.

Made Of Honor Is A Horrible Movie...

... but this kiss. I can't help watching it over and over again. ;)

The Adjustment Bureau

 

It was an interesting premise but why was it also a romance? I wish the ''plan" that he was trying his best not to follow wasn't about some damn romance!

Maybe I'm just having a bad day and hate romance today but Emily Blunt really did have some witty lines that had me laughing out loud. Her chemistry with Matt Damon was great but I really hate how in these movies people meet once and fall in love (and never forget the person) like give me a break. 

It was very well shot, original, funny and sweet but as I mentioned, I really wish it wasn't a freaking romance because it really wasn't well developed even though their conversations were funny. But I guess this wasn't really about two people falling in love but the natural chemistry one feels with someone. So they didn't have to get to know each other but instead their instincts clued them to who the other person was... as in, that person is "the one." The usual Hollywood baloney. Okay, I think I'm in a bad mood. 

All in all, it's worth a watch. Maybe I give this a 7.

Friends With Benefits

Am I the only one who wants to see this movie? Justin Timberlake is a horrible actor. I haven't seen The Social Network but just based on the trailers for this movie, he seems better suited for MTV's Undressed. But still I want to see it. I'm no Mila Kunis fan but it has the same director as Easy A which was pretty good and Fired Up which was dumb but entertaining. How bad could it be, right?

Me working for you? You'd end up as my bitch.

Limitless is a good movie. Original plot, fast paced and interesting. Funny how 1.5 hours of limitless has more plot than 9 hours of Midas.

Hmm... I wouldn't mind the tweaked version of that drug. lol. Good job, Bradley Cooper.

What I don't like is an obvious contrivance and this glaring one involved Eddie not paying back the loan on time. That led to a series of events that made the story more exciting but nonetheless, it was clear that it was done because they couldn't think of a more creative and realistic way of taking us there.

Just Go With It

That isn't just the title of the movie but also the instruction to the audience. It's about a bachelor who pretends to be married to get girls.

The entire story is silly and filled with low-brow humor but guess what? It's entertaining if you just "go with it" and don't expect to be intellectually stimulated. I don't know... I don't care what any critic says because it cracked me up from time to time and towards the end, when it started to get romantic, it was natural and sweet.

The kids were cute, the chemistry between Aniston and Sandler was good enough, the bimbo girl did a good job and even the over the top side kick cracked me up (although I squirmed a bit at the scene with the sheep). All in all, fun was had even if it was 75% stupid fun.

Easy A

Truthfully, this trailer pretty much tells the whole story



Basically, Easy A is the story of a 17 year old girl, Olive, who's pressured into lying about losing her virginity by her best friend. Word gets out and she's branded a slut. Then being the kindhearted girl she is, she pretends to have slept with a bunch of losers and a homosexual to help "improve" their reputations at school.

As I mentioned, the trailer really gives it all away and given that, there's nothing unexpected that occurs in the film. But these days, more often than not, we don't watch teen movies, romances or comedies to see unexpected turns. Instead, we watch them to see how a familiar or predictable tale is told.

Olive, who's played by Emma Stone, is a pretty engaging character. I'm not familiar with Emma Stone's work but I'll say that she did a good job in this movie. Since Olive is not one of the "cool kids" or an outright loser, she's one of the "invisibles" in High School. But she's not the kind of girl who's depressed about it. Instead, she's the kind of sarcastic girl who finds humor in her situation. She also has some crazy parents whose main purpose in this movie is to spit out great one-liners.

In fact, this movie is filled with witty dialogue and that's what makes it interesting. We know that she would be okay with having the bad reputation till it stopped being fun and she'd have to tell the truth. We know that she'll have a love interest (played by Penn Badgley of Gossip Girl fame) and they'll end up together. But you make her a kind, smart, self deprecating character and him smart, mature and into her and it becomes an entertaining story.

And speaking of romance, I won't go as far as calling this a romantic comedy. There's some romance in it but they got away with not having to focus on it by making it a delayed romance - in other words, both characters already had feelings for each other prior to the start of the story. And they kept him in our consciousness by making them have very short conversations (like less than a minute) every now and then.

Like most teen movies that attempt to rise above the usual crap we're fed, there are themes of hypocrisy, groupthink, cliquism and eventually individualism.

All in all, I found it to be a fun, interesting movie. For those who like smart comedy and witty dialogue, Easy A is not a bad way to kill 90 minutes.

Flipped

Aww... I just saw an adorable little movie. It's called Flipped and is adapted from a Young Adult novel of the same name.

It's just a very simple teen coming-of-age romance story told from the POVs of both characters. It's a simple boy-meets-girl story with a very common plot but told in a very sweet and endearing way. There's nothing out of the ordinary here, loads of cliches and it's quite predictable. But none of that makes it less enjoyable - it's just like a very comfortable warm blanket you use on a cold winter's night.

The story starts off when the boy, Bryce, moves into the girl's (Julie) neighborhood when they are both seven and ends when they are around thirteen. It's the typical story of one falling hard first and the other falling when the first is no longer interested. Then it also lightly delves into their families' histories and relationship with each other.

My only issue with this is that she kept talking about wanting to have her first kiss with him and in the end, they didn't show it. A little sweet kiss would have been a nice end to the movie.

Oh... and something else is that it was a bit short. It was less than an hour and a half and since we were being told the same tale from two different POVs, it made it feel even shorter because half as much plot was explored. I think it would have been better even longer. But all in all, not a bad way to kill time.

Even if the movie sucks...

Another in the series of Even if the movie/drama/whatever sucks, you'll still find a song you like.

This is from the Love in Magic OST and was played during the magic show, which coincidentally is the only scene from the movie I still remember.

It's "I Thank You" by Cadence Blaze.


Scene in the movie


Something about the scene reminds me of part of the last performance in Center Stage. Yeah, I like Center Stage. I tend to like movies about performers. Not really actors but singers, other musicians and dancers. lol... I guess since I love music and movies, I love music in movies in any form.
From around 4:35

I just saw Wall Street (2010)

I haven't seen the first one so I have nothing to compare it to but what exactly was the point of this damn movie? Other than to be preachy and to show supposedly smart hustlers being foolish?

Oh and once again, I got reminded of why I don't go to movie theaters - my especially long legs get all cramped and sore.