Movies and Movies and More Movies (I slacked)

OK since I last posted movies I know i’ve seen several… Remembering them is the issue, let me consult my netflix for just one second… (insert hold music here )

and here we have it… the List of movies i’ve seen off netflix since i last blogged about movies. (it’s not good, it’s a lot of friggin movies to write about…) Ok here goes. It’s going to be a bit truncated, i really should be doing somethign else (but I really don’t want to)

28 Weeks Later - I watched maybe an hour of this. It was way gorier than the first and my DVD player was acting up, in fact it’s the last movie i saw in my DVD player, Oh did I mention it DIED? Yeah… That’s another story.

Stardust – First off I LOVE Neil Gaiman, and I remember liking the book. I really really loved this movie. I don’t remember the book being this good , but it’s been at least 10 years since I read it and I read a lot so… It was beautifully done and funny and just wonderful.

Stomp the Yard – Not to bad, it was a bit annoying at times, formulaic but it didn’t put me to sleep!

Ocean’s Thirteen – Can’t get enough of the Ocean team. I mean Come on WHO can resist Elliott Gould? But seriously it was a good movie, esp for a third movie. I wasn’t crazy about the whole thing they were doing (what were they doing?) but I loved everyone’s characters and how they played them. I think that’s what i like more, the individuals and their character development, it just makes me happy, and there are a few hotties to watch…

Lars and the Real Girl - Reviews I read sad this movie was creepy and lame, but I really liked it. It made sense to me in a psycological/analytical way, you work out what you need to work out how you need to work it out yeah? The town coming together made me happy and Ryan Gosling is hot even when he’s a little socially backwards!

Bridge to Terabithia - one of my favorite books as a kid and another movie that was great that I forgot what the book was like but I knew the basic plot points. It was well done and the 20 odd years between the last read and watching the movie made it just perfect.

Superman Returns - Not bad, not great but not bad. Again haven’t watched the Superman movies in a long time so it didn’t seem to off base. of course I “Know” he’s to young to be where the movies left off but I set it aside. He did a great job at being all awkward and what not as Clark Kent, As an adult though it bothers me that Lois CAN’T TELL IT’s THE SAME PERSON… Sigh, it’s ok. again he’s cute you get over it.

Catch and Release - Meh, I didn’t hate it but I wouldn’t be hurt if I never watched it again. it was entertaining just had to many “What?” moments in it.

August Rush - Probably the biggest disappointment. To many WTF’s and not enough happily ever after (before the movie ends)

Into the Wild – Yet another book I’ve read ages ago and now seeing the movie. Well done. I didn’t remember how it ended exactly so while i knew what to expect just not how. It was sad and beautiful and well done. It’s even moer exciting now that I’ve met the author’s sister and know that he’s and Oregonian!

28 Days Later – was trying to rent 28 weeks later so i didn’t watch it again. still 100% times better than the second. bleh.

Across the Universe – WOW. I was afraid when the opening credits started that it would be campy and annoying but it was WOW. I had the soundtrack for months and months so it was a little boring to listen to but after watching the movie it made it SO much better. The commentary was great too. It made it even better. Actually I watched every extra it had and I think it’s something i need to own.

 

Oh and I bought Stranger Than Fiction because it’s beautiful. i also bought the CD on iTunes, I will not go off on my iTunes tirade today i’ll leave that for another day

So yeah life has been crazy, just when you think you are back in a grove you get shoved back off. It’s been interesting and hopefully soon I’ll be able to really get into it. There is just to much to do before I can get to it!

Love you all! oh and a Photo from my weekend (Girls weekend at the Coast with my family, it was fantastic)