Ironman Thursday, May 8 2008 

comedy and drama and excellent and movie soulprncs2 2:45 am

I have never heard of Ironman.  I know the basic superheroes, like Spiderman, Batman, Superman.  I even use to watch the Justice League cartoons as a kid, but not a true die hard comic book fan.  You know, because it is reading.  We had seen the previews where I saw my husband’s eyes glaze over and hear Black Sabbath hummed for the rest of the week.  Sadly, it has started up, again.

I went into this movie with no expectations, but only one direction: STAY UNTIL THE END OF THE CREDITS and a wonderful wealth of information will be opened up to you.  Okay, okay, can I have my popcorn, please.  I had mentioned to a couple of people that I thought it was strange that Robert Downey, Jr. was an odd choice for a superhero, but I was assured that he was perfect for this part.  I will agree, he was so very perfect for this role.

I love, love, love this movie.  I am sure we will have it in our DVD collection as soon as it comes out along with the Christian Bale Batman and Spiderman.  I came to this movie with very limited knowledge and walked away wanting more.  I have even foamed at the mouth to talk to someone about it and hit my husband’s arm repeatly when we got to the end of the credits.  All I can tell you is that my favorite actor of all times shows up.

I was shocked to learn that Jon Favreau directed the movie.  Who knew?  And I was very pleased that it all looked real.  Anything computerized or done after production was so seamless that you never had a second thought that there was really an Ironman out there saving the civilians of the Middle East.  Robert Downey, Jr. seemed very comfortable in this role and played it so well.  I had a few problems with Gweyth Paltrow, but nothing major.  I understood that she was suppose to be stiff, but there was scenes where she could have let loose on the emotions a little bit more.  However, that is real nit-picky stuff.

Everything was kept true to my vision of what a comic book story should be.  I am sure there will be the purest out there that had problems with this or that, but overall this is a great movie.  I am surprised that it wasn’t released in the summer, but I guess Ironman is the new kid on the block.  Honestly, I could go see this movie again.  It was that good and that is coming from a bored housewife that likes trashy reality TV and fart jokes.

 

Baby Mama Thursday, May 8 2008 

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We saw this movie instead of going to the free Ironman showing.  My husband was a little miffed when I declared that I refused to fight for a seat from these die hard comic book fans.  And I might have thrown around the phrase, Freaks and Geeks, but only because it rhymes and makes me appear a bit cooler.  Instead, I got to see the movie I had been dying to see. 

What can I say?  I liked it; the characters were all likable and funny, the story was a bit on the same old, same old side, but put together enough to get through it and as a whole was enjoyable.  The downside can all be described as my expectations were not met.  I wanted to see a movie with immature humor about the weird, magical process that is pregnancy.  The movie focused more on the relationship between the 2 women, which is good, I guess, but haven’t we seen this before?  I just wanted more. 

I would recommend the film, especially if you like Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, which I do.  And I will probably watch it over and over when it shows up on the movie channels and then on basic cable.  It just wasn’t what my mind had build it up to be and I guess like a baby, I will just have to live with it.

 

Fool’s Gold Sunday, Mar 2 2008 

but not great and comedy and movie and okay soulprncs2 1:51 pm

I am late on getting this one up, but sometimes I like to let movies marinate in my mind, before I pass judgement.  What keeps coming up when I think of this one, eh.  I am not a big no-shirt wearing Matthew McConaughey fan, so I didn’t have that to deter my focus from the script.  I do like Kate Hudson, but since Almost Famous her roles have been pretty typical.  I was bothered by the 12 yr old looking actress in skimpy clothes playing Donald Sutherland’s daughter.  It skivved me out, especially when she is spread eagle to miss a flying sword from stabbing her.  Really, can the old dirty men of Hollywood give me a break. 

Kate and Matt are a couple ready to split, because of Matt’s obsession with treasure hunting.  If you want to know all the details on the treasure that brings them back together in the end you will have to see the movie, because it was nothing new and kinda boring.  Both actors were okay, with the roles given them, to watch and it wasn’t a total snooze fest.  Again, if you have nothing better to do and just have to see a movie, this one will do, but I wouldn’t go out of my way to catch a glimpse.

 

JUNO Saturday, Jan 26 2008 

comedy and drama and excellent and movie soulprncs2 10:44 pm

I fell into the hype of this one.  I had to see it, because everyone said it was the greatest movie, EVAH!  After several threats of phyiscal harm and many attempts of escape I dragged my husband to this movie. 

I liked the movie, but I wouldn’t go so far as say it is the greatest.  I guess from the hype I expected to walk out of the theater knowing all the answers to life’s mysteries.  I guess I should look to deeper sources for such answers.

I think the movie played it on the safe side.  All the characters are likable, which is not necessarily a good thing.  Every movie needs a villian and even the drop out adoptive husband, played by Jason Bateman, was nowhere near being a good candidate to really hate.  Jennifer Garner’s charater was too sympathic.  There was just no getting around her martyrdom, which just made me roll my eyes instead of understanding her plight. 

The stepmother was the best, especially when she explained the truth about doctors.  I totally agree and I would put nurses in the same category, as well.  I would hope that my father would have the same reaction if I would have told him I was pregnant as a teenager.  Just enough outrage, but nothing along the lines of calling his daughter a slut.  The perfect balance.

JUNO, of course, is the perfect picture of the self confident pregnant teenager, if such a creature existed.  As much as I liked her, it was hard to believe that any teenager could remain that calm going through pregnancy and then giving up their baby.  I don’t hold it against the film, because if we want reality then we should live life and stay out of the movie theaters. 

JUNO is definitely a flat line movie.  There were no big surprises and no big emotional reactions, but it was a good movie.  So if you haven’t jumped on the bandwagon, then maybe you should start jumping.  You won’t miss that 2 hours at all and you might learn how a happy ending can make you feel.

 

Heartbreak Kid Thursday, Nov 8 2007 

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I love a raunchy, immature comedy like the next 12 year old boy, but this movie was slightly disappointing.  It appeared to be along the same lines as Something About Mary, but it lagged in many places.  Where SAM had a riproaring laugh at every new scene, Heartbreak Kid took it’s time to get to the funny.  I would say there is only one scene that was totally unexpected and it was toward the end when Ben Stiller is attacked by a man of war.  You will have to see the movie to know what I am talking about.  I am not in the business of ruining film endings. 

Would I not recommend this movie?  Eh, it depends on the person.  Me? That movie would have to be really bad for me to stay away.  You have to remember I am a mother of 2 small kids, if I have the chance to sit in a dark room, eating popcorn and able to watch a movie uninterrupted all the way through, it is all good.  However if you have to wait until this movie comes out on DVD, I wouldn’t beat yourself over it just wait until the kids are asleep.  Don’t worry about waking them up with your side splitting laughter, because it only comes in spurts.