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Gru and his little minions return to the big screen and are just as funny and like able as the first movie. In this sequel to the very funny original Despicable Me, Steve Carell reprises his role as the voice of Gru and he's is joined once again by his cute daughters Margo, Agnes and Edith, played equally well by Mirando Cosgrove, Elsie Fisher, and Dana Gaier. This time around Gru is retired from his life as the world's greatest super villain but he is in turn recruited by the AVL, or Anti Villain League to help them track down a super villain who has stolen a secret formula that mutates animals into monsters.
Carell is of course great again as Gru, but the real stars of this movie are again the minions. Who have a much larger role in this movie, since they are all being secretly kidnapped. As the plot thickens Gru finally succumbs to the please of AVL agent Lucy(Kristen Wiig) for her help, and they are hot on the trail of the supposed super villain...in a shopping mall. The plot thickens with Margo falling for a young latin boy and Gru being set up on some hysterical date by his neighbor. All these little sub plots lead the audience back to the true secret of the movie which is, "Who the hell is stealing all the minions?" However you will have to pay a ticket to see the movie and find out. This one is just as funny as the first despite my high expectations. A great movie for parents and kids alike.
Jesus, it's been a long time since I went to the movies! First of all, there really is no reason to go to a movie in the theater unless it's a blockbuster. Let's face it folks, if you own a 70 inch television fully equipped with a blu ray player and 3D capability, why the hell would you spend $18 on a movie ticket? Well this movie is a great reason to spend the money. It has a lot of action, a lot of scary shit, and makes a lot of noise. It's just what you want from a movie. A good ride!
Brad Pitt stars as just a dad in retirement, making pancakes, and taking care of his kids. His lives in Philadelphia, but has no accent, which is strange, but who am I to judge. Regardless, he's making a trip into the city, with his wife and kids, when suddenly a cop takes out his mirror, and then another cop drives by yelling at him to get back in the car, and then suddenly all hell breaks loose! With people being chased by zombies at lightning speed, and then converted to zombies themselves. Cars and trucks driving like crazy to escape the zombie apocalypse, which is coming right up behind them like a 17 year old in a new Mustang convertible, fast and wild.
Many of you have seen the "Walking Dead", and "Dawn of The Dead", and the zombies in that show and other films are slow moving toads. However, the zombies which Pitt and his family have to deal with are like zombies on steroids. They are extremely agile, fast, and strong. They move like the monkeys in the movie, "Rise Of The Planet of The Apes", at super speed. And one other thing they do... is swarm. Like a nest of undead bees then swarm all over each other to get to their targets. This plays to great effect in the film, and really is quite terrifying, specifically in the scenes shot in the desert.
Unbenounced in the beginning of the film, it turns out Bad Brad used to be a special liaison for the United Nations, and had seen some hairy shit in the field. He is sent by the current UN Secretary to try and find the origins of the virus which is turning people into the undead. He has to travel to many different countries including Israel, which makes for some wonderful cinematography and great scenes. All the audience has to do, is tag along for a great ride! Make sure you go see this one it's worth the money, however see it in 2D not 3D because the effects are lost in the darkness. Have fun.
I know that I haven't been making it to the movies lately, but I had to see this one, just because I knew it would have some type of historical significance for me. Like so many Americans, I have admired Abraham Lincoln for his conviction, and his temperament to lead the nation into one of the bloodiest wars ever. People seem to forget that more American soldiers died during the Civil War than WWI and WWII. And at that time the population was not so great as it is today. The war was very intimate and personal, and Lincoln's fight to abolish slavery was even more personal. Subsequently that's what this movie is about.
It centers on his fight to have slavery abolished by passing a 13th amendment to the Constitution. Daniel Day Lewis is outstanding in this movie. I didn't for one second not perceive him as our nation's 16th president. People will criticize his voice for being too high pitched, and his accent odd, but there is enough historic research that supports the idea that Lincoln was in fact a tenor. Not a baritone as everyone thinks, but a little higher in tone. Regardless of his voice, Lewis's portrayal is astounding. Even his mannerisms, down to Lincoln's odd way of walking are captured in this film.
Despite the length of the film, I found myself enthralled and didn't even notice how much time had passed, because the film is so well written, and the supporting cast is equally good. Fine performances by Sally Field as Mary Todd Lincoln, Tommy Lee Jones as Thaddeus Stevens, David Strathairn as William Seward, and James Spader steals a bit of the spotlight as W.N.Bilbo. Everyone is great and I can't name all of them, but the focus is on the president, and what he delivers to the nation.
I found myself laughing, crying, and thoroughly enjoying this movie. Namely because it is so well written by Tony Fincher, so well directed by Steven Spielberg, and lovingly performed by a great ensemble cast. Go see it...NOW!
As usual, Seth MacFarlane delivers here with a raunchy, feel good comedy about a man and his teddy bear come to life. This is essentially, "Family Guy" with real actors and animation thrown in. It is disgusting, hilarious, and just a great film to see if you want to do nothing except laugh for 90 minutes.
It follows the life of John Bennett (Mark Wahlberg) and his girlfriend Lori Collins (Mila Kunis) as they struggle to maintain a relationship while dealing with the frustrations of John's talking teddy bear (Seth MacFarlane). Yes, that's right, little John wished his teddy bear could talk when he was nine and the wish came true! The movie back tracks to tell the story of how Ted came to life, became an instant publicity sensation, and then like all reality TV stars, lost his 15 minutes of fame. As a result, he lives with John and Lori in their apartment in Boston.
However, the relationship is strained because it seems John is having trouble moving "forward" in his relationship with Lori because Ted is always holding him back. The two best friends smoke pot together, watch movies together, and slack off together. As a result, Lori forces John to ask Ted to move out and that's where the insanity starts.
This movie is well cast with Wahlberg and Kunis doing great jobs surrounding the star of the movie which is Ted. The bear has all the best lines, the best scenes, and does a great job of stealing the show. It gets a little warm and fuzzy at the end, but it's still a wonderful film, and very funny. Go see it!
With the funding of an aging "trillionaire" they set out to find the moon where they believe the origins of the human race will be found. Along the way they run into a bit of a problem because this ancient race of "creators" apparently can't even recreate themselves: they're all dead. Why? That's the mystery and I'll leave it to you to go see the movie and find out. I was really disappointed that the screen writers couldn't come up with something a little more original, but hey who the hell am I to criticize, since this movie has already grossed over $225 million at the box office. I will tell you that it is a beautifully filmed movie and there is one scene in particular that was fantastic, but other than a few plot twists, this movie is essentially "Alien Redux". Go see it if you haven't seen the original.
What a great action movie! I was not disappointed by this film at all, and I'm surprised. There are so many ways to screw up a film of this magnitude, but the director Joss Whedon did a great job, despite having absolutely no experience with action films. The movie follows the formation of S.H.I.E.L.D. and it's leader Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) as he solicits the help of a band of super heroes to help save the planet from destruction.
It turns out that Thor's evil half brother Loki has designs on getting revenge and taking over the world. He enlists the help of his evil cohorts and when they attack the earth it seems all is doomed. However Nick Fury has put together a team of super heroes comprised of Thor, Captain America, Iron Man, Black Widow, Hawkeye, and even the Hulk. There are a few "chemistry" problems with the team, namely the Hulk beating the crap out of Thor, but other than that, they mesh together to try and save the planet. It is a well written story and obviously due to be a franchise in the future.
This movie is well cast, well written, and well acted, although the real stars are the CG effects, and the nonstop action once Loki makes his presence known. There are some very interesting plot twists which keep you on the edge of your seat and I would definitely recommend this movie to any person who loves action flicks.
I am just a big kid at heart, and this movie tugs at those veritable heart strings. A great family film that has been updated with great animation and a great story line, this movie is great for both adults and kids alike. Did I mention I thought it was great? Based upon the inimitable Dr. Seuss book "The Lorax", the animators stretched the book out into a feature length film and they did a wonderful job.
Zac Efron is the voice of Ted, a young boy who is in love with a young girl and trying to win her affection. Once he learns that his true love Audrey (Taylor Swift) has a single wish to see a tree, then Ted sets his sights on finding one. However, the problem is that Ted lives in Thneedville where there hasn't been any trees for a very long time. In fact there isn't even any ground in Thneedville and fresh air is sold like water, in a bottle. Once again, this is the story of people abusing their environment and Dr. Seuss was one of the first authors to write about this type of thing. I find it amusing that people are offended that he made it seem so simple, but in reality the environmental issue really is as simple as the story of the Lorax.
Ted sets off to meet the Once-ler who proceeds to tell him the story of the Lorax and what happened to all of the trees in Thneedville, which for me is the best part of the movie. All of the woodland characters surrounding the Lorax and the trees is a great story and the message is clear, save the trees. Danny Devito as the voice of the Lorax is hilarious and the story of what happens to the trees is a simple lesson for our generation and future generation to absorb. Again it's a simple solution to a supposedly complex problem. Don't mess with the environment! Dr. Seuss said it best:
"Unless some one like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not."
Wow, this movie is bad! Even Kate Beckingsale's butt couldn't save this movie from a horrible script and even worse: bad direction. There are a lot of talented actors in this movie, but the problem is there's nothing to work with in terms of script development. It's really sad, that they spent so much money on this movie, and did a great job of marketing the product but it just doesn't deliver. It is absolutely awful. If you like latex and like Kate Beckingsale go see this film. Even if you're an Underworld fanatic you won't like this film. It's just terrible. Here's is an example.
The plot is that the lycans (werewolves) and vampires are becoming extinct due to human extermination. In fact, there are supposed to be none left, until Kate Beckingsale is strangely awoken, and then the fun starts. She is tracked by the lab she escaped from and then attacked on the streets by werewolves in a great car chase seen through the streets of a major city. What's weird is despite a quarantine on werewolves and vampires no police follow after her during the chase scene. If the human race was trying to exterminate these two species wouldn't the police show up in they're fighting in the streets? After that scene the movie fails completely and is more a B horror film than anything else. If you like Underworld watch the first one and forget the rest. =)
I was overwhelmed by how great Michelle Williams portrayed Marilyn Monroe in this movie. I thought she looked stunning, which is more than I can say for her in her other films like Brokeback Mountain and Blue Valentine. She is the queen of the independent movies and rightfully so, she dominates the screen in this film and despite a wonderful cast including Kenneth Branagh, Julia Ormond, and Judy Dench, Williams performance outshines the rest.
The movie depicts the life of a young aristocrat, Colin Birch, whose family just happens to be tied to every privileged family in England, including Sir Laurence Olivier's. Apparently Colin is obsessed with the movie business and despite his royal heritage he signs on with Olivier's production company which is set to film "The Prince And The Showgirl". A movie starring Olivier, and Hollywood's newest and brightest star Marilyn Monroe. The pairing of the classically trained Olivier and Monroe a student of "Method" acting, turns out to be disastrous, and young Colin is caught in the middle.
Despite having a crush on a young wardrobe girl played wonderfully by Emma Watson, Colin is slowly pulled in by the allure and beauty of Marilyn. She is already a mess emotionally and she seeks Colin's help to reassure her during the filming. In fact, she takes such a liking to the young man he falls in love with her.
This film is beautifully shot and acted, with Eddie Redmayne portraying Colin wonderfully. He really looks the part of an English gent, and rightfully so, Redmayne went to the same college as his character. Did every Brit attend Eaton? Branagh is great in his role as Olivier and Julia Ormond portrays the aging, yet graceful, Vivien Leigh, who is supposed to be only 43 but looks more like 53. A good movie to go see if you want to see a wonderful depiction of Marilyn Monroe and what first love really feels like. Williams, most assuredly, will get an Oscar nod for this one.
Okay, I am not a huge fan of Tom Cruise the man, but I think the guy can act, and he has put out a great line of action flicks with the Mission Impossible series. This one is just as good as all the rest, filled with action, daring stunts, and drama. It's funny how when watching this film you think, "It's all going to end okay they'll complete the mission", but then they throw something else in to make you wonder. Just like the original series, you never know what will happen next.
In this one, Cruise's character Ethan Hunt, starts out in a prison in Russia, where a team is sent to bust him out. They need his help because someone has stolen codes to arm Russian nuclear missiles. Next assignment is to get the codes, but someone steals them before Ethan and his team have a chance to secure them. This implicates the US in a plot to destroy the Kremlin, and so the President must break up the IMF and invoke Ghost Protocol which means, Ethan and a team must get the codes back and save the day.
Wonderfully cast as usual Cruise is supported here by Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, and the beautiful Paula Patton. Pegg as usual is hilarious and provides the kind of levity needed for the audience to take a breather from all the crazy stunts on screen. Patton and Renner are equally great and the whole movie moves along swiftly although at times it gets a little cheesy. They seem to love dragging out the drama at the end, but it works. Definitely check this one out, it's a lot of fun!
When the photographs of Valentin and Miller appear in Variety, Valentin's wife (Penelope Miller) is upset and offended by the photos which were terribly innocent. Peppy shows up on the set of Valentin's next picture and she is nearly fired by the studio chief, played brilliantly by John Goodman, but Valentin gives her a job. You can see that he is torn between his attraction to this girl and his horrible life. As the years go by talking pictures suddenly become the prime means of movie making and George refuses to participate. He attempts to make his own silent movie, but when it crashes and the stock market does as well, he is left destitute. His wife leaves him as does his career but in the meantime Peppy Miller is now in the movies, and her career is taking off with the advent of talking pictures. The movie follows the career paths of each of the two characters and their unspoken attraction to each other.
I won't tell you the rest of the story, but is wonderfully done, and directed well. The only thing I didn't like about the picture was it sounded exactly like the movie "Cape Fear" and undoubtedly because it's the same composer for both movies. You would have thought he could have changed the score just a tad, considering one is a movie about an ex convict trying to kills a family and the other is a silent movie. Other than that, the acting is wonderful and both leads are great looking and perform very well. I don't think this will win an Oscar like everyone says it will, but it really is a great film and worth the money. Go see it and bring a date.
Since the accident just happened Clooney must tell his teenage daughter (Shailene Woodley) and youngest daughter that the likelihood their mother will die is pretty much a foregone conclusion. Woodley is excellent as Alexandra, and her side kick Sid is played affably by Nick Krause. The movie is both funny and poignant, with Clooney just trying to deal with problems on all sides. He does a great job here and Alexander Payne, the creator of the movie "Sideways" has put together a beautiful film. The scenery of Hawaii makes you want to spend your life there like Matt King, and the message regarding development is endearing. I would go see this one for sure.
"The Muppet Show" was one of my all time favorite television shows but I wasn't sure how it would fair with today's audiences which a bit more cynical and technologically oriented.. Well all the technology in the world couldn't take the laughs out of this movie. It is great! The premise behind the movie is simple but the direction and the characters are hilarious as usual. God I missed the Muppets.
Gary(Jason Siegel) and Walter are brothers, although I don't know how, but Walter is the world's biggest fan of the Muppets ever. They both live in Smalltown USA with Gary's girlfriend Mary(Amy Adams), and the 3 decide to take a trip to Los Angeles and in doing so visit the old Muppet theatre which has fallen into a state of decay. Troubled by the pending fall of the theater Gary, Walter, and Mary set out to find the Muppets and revive the theater.
One of the best parts of the movie is seeing what all the Muppets are up to these days, and some of these scenes are hilarious. Not to mention the musical numbers which have always been a great part of the Muppets Show and former movies.
If you're a kid who's into video games and never leaves the house, you might not like this movie, but if you stop playing World of Warcraft and make it to the theater, you might just have a good time.
And if you're adult and a kid at heart you'll like this flick. Take the kids and enjoy this one.
Hugo is an absolutely beautifully filmed movie. Oh and surprise it's a Martin Sciorcese film! Not one of his typical fodder like The Departed, Good Fellas, or Casino, this a wonderful children's film. A bit long, it follows the life of Hugo Cabret(Asa Butterfield) who has been orphaned and now lives in the railway station in Paris. This movie is based upon the children's book "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick, and it is wonderfully filmed.
I saw the 3D version of the film and the effects worked pretty well. They made it feel at times as if you were in the railway station and interacting with the characters. I really liked the way this film looked and felt and the computer generated effects were great as well
Hugo is orphaned and he runs all the clocks in the train station so that he won't be sent to an orphanage. His world is wonderfully created here, and you get his sense of adventure and wonder as he moves back and forth behind the walls of the railway station. He is caught trying to steal mechanical parts for a machine he and his father(Jude Law) were working on before his dad's untimely death in a fire. He is caught by the store owner George Melies(Ben Kingsley) who takes Hugo's treasured note book which his father left him. George refuses to return the notebook and so Hugo follows him home and meets George's god daughter Isabelle (Chloe Grace Moretz) whom enlist to help him retrieve the notebook.
The two children have adventures in and out of the railway station in an effort to secure the book, all the while avoiding the clutches of the Station Inspector, played wonderfully by Sasha Baron Cohen. The movie takes an unexpected turn when it focuses on the life of George Melies and Hugo and Isabelle's quest to help him. This is a heartwarming and well made film, though maybe a bit too long for little kids to sit though. But I would take them nonetheless. Hey at least as a parent you can have a good time!
50/50 is the story of a young man, Adam (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), who is diagnosed with cancer at the young age of 27. Adam is a simple young man with a job at a local public radio station who is already depressed with his life, and now it just got worse. Surrounded by his seemingly uncaring friend Kyle (Seth Rogen) , a cold unfeeling girlfriend Rachael (Bryce Dallas Howard), and an overly protective mother Diane (Angelica Houston), Adam is just trying to negotiate life and his cancer seems to leave him even more of a youthful curmudgeon. It seems as if he was having enough trouble before the onset of cancer, but this has only compounded matters for him.
As he begins chemotherapy Adam meets resistance from Rachael, and discovers that Kyle is more interested in using his new found tumor as a way to pick up on women. Diane, his mother, is also being overly protective of her son's new found illness which to Adam seems annoying more than caring. To deal with all these different factors Adam is seeing a shrink Katherine, played wonderfully by Anna Kendrick. While their therapy sessions start out "rocky" in the end Katherine helps Adam adapt to his situation and in the process he discovers people care more about him than he actually thought. A good film, poignant, funny, and heart warming I would recommend this one. Although I'd only pay a matinee price. To me, small films on the big screen aren't worth a full price ticket, especially nowadays.
Moneyball is an ode to Billy Beane from Brad Pitt. It is the story of how Beane with very little money, and a new formula for picking players, took the Oakland A's to baseball's post season for 5 straight seasons. Brad Pitt plays Billy Beane and Jonah Hill is the nerdy, quiet, and brilliant Peter Brand.
After having lost all of his big name players to free agency, Beane is forced to figure out some way to make his baseball team a contender with some very tight purse strings. On a trip to make a trade he runs into Peter Brand who quietly squelches a deal which Beane is try to make. Beane tracks Brand down and enlists his theories on why he stop the deal. Brand explains the "economics" of baseball which he has applied and determined that the trade wouldn't help his club. Beane recruits Brand to work for the A's and the two of them set out to turn the game of baseball upside down.
They work within the system Brand has developed to sign players who seemingly have little talent but are great at getting on base. However they have a helluva time convincing the A's manager Art Howe, played brilliantly by Phillip Seymour Hoffman, that these players are any good. After literally hijacking the team to make sure Howe plays the players he has signed, Beane's team start to turn it around.
This is a great story of how persistence and will can win over tradition. All the actors are great and that's what really makes this movie. Moreover, the baseball scenes are great as well. Go see this one for sure, even if you don't like baseball.
Margin Call is a great little movie with a HUGE cast of great actors. What a team of talent! The problem here is no one cares about the economic meltdown or a story which chronicles the early years of the US recession. I think this movie will only make money on video because I don't know of anyone with the exception of me who paid to go see this film.
The cast is incredible! Kevin Spacey, Zachary Quinto, Jeremy Irons, Simon Baker, Stanley Tucci, Demi Moore, and Paul Bettany to name more than a few. How the hell they were recruited to make this film is beyond me, but this should have been release at an earlier time. It takes place in a firm that discovers the "Crash" before there ever was a crash.
Stanley Tucci plays a risk manager, who is laid off, but in doing so he has discovered that the entire market is going to come crashing down. The days of wine and Wall Street are about to be over. Tucci hands his work to a young employee Peter Sullivan (Zachary Quinto) who solves the problem and this leads to a model which shows how the economic melt down is about to unfold. Now comes the hard part.
The firm has to decide if they should sell off all of their shares and start the economic crisis, or just sit tight and wait it out. If they get out early they can salvage the firm, but ruin the economy. If they don't get out early they'll go broke eventually. To be or not to be. A monetary Hamlet and it works. Go see this one at some art house theater like I did, cause it won't be playing at the Edwards or Pacific Theater near you.
A wonderful acting performance here by Leonardo DiCaprio as J. Edgar Hoover, former legendary head of the FBI. To me, DiCaprio has always been a great actor. Occasionally he gets stuck in some role like "Titanic", but he never fails to deliver the goods. To be truthful and brutally so, this movie is boring as hell. I never really enjoy these biographical epics because if you already know about the person and his quirks, then the movie just repeats history.
Everyone knows that Hoover was a closet homosexual and DiCaprio does a great job of portraying a man who is so devoted to his job and his mother that he can't admit, even to himself, that he's gay. The movie chronicles his life from his days as a young man working for the Justice Department, through his formation of the FBI, and his hiring and meeting of young Clyde Tolson, played admirably by Armie Hammer. The movies suggests that the two of them had a long unspoken relationship, and in deed Hoover upon his death did leave Tolson his estate.
Directed by Clint Eastwood, this one fails almost as badly as Invictus with you just not wanting to know the characters or sympathize with them at all. The problem isn't the acting or even the directing, it's that the subject matter is not that interesting. You see Hoover as a fidgety man, who is mean and contemptuous and not at all loyal to his people. He rules with a heavy hand and you just find it hard to like him. We all want heroes, even anti-heroes, but this movie doesn't portray Hoover as such so it fails. If you like Hoover go see it at a matinee showing, but if you don't care about the man, don't see this one at all.
If you've seen "A History of Violence" then you've seen this movie except there's a car involved. And if you like that movie than you'll love this one. Ryan Gosling plays a driver or as referred to by his boss "The Kid". He really has no name to speak of but it doesn't matter, this movie isn't about names, it's about action, a good story line, and a lot of blood and guts.
Goslings character works as a Hollywood stunt driver and an auto mechanic for his boss Shannon, play well here by Bryan Cranston. He moonlights as a getaway driver for robberies and you discover this from the very start of the movie, where he takes two hoodlums to rob a warehouse. The driving scenes are wonderful and you really like the character because he doesn't say much, but when he does it means something.
Living next store to the driver is a pretty young mother named Iren (Carey Mulligan) and her young son Benicio. The Kid develops a relationship with Irene and the young son while the child's father is in prison. While nothing happens physically between the two adults, you sense that she likes him immensely and that for him the feeling is mutual. When Irene's husband, Standard, yes that's the characters actual name. Standard figures out quickly that the Kid/aka the driver likes his wife and son. However, Standard has problems of his own. He needs to do a job and the driver agrees to help him with the robbery. Christine Hendricks has a brief role here as an accomplice and when the robbery takes place, all hell breaks loose, and the Kid's alter ego comes out, which bad guys won't like.
A great supporting cast rounded out by Albert Brooks and Ron Perlman as two Jewish mobsters, this movie is a great film and definitely a must see for any body who likes action films. It has touches of sentimentality and humor as well. Enjoy this one!
Based upon the best selling novel by Kathryn Stockett, this movie lived up to its hype. In fact, it did more than that, it carried the message of the book to the big screen, and in a big way. Out performing may of the films it was up against during it's run in theaters.
It is the wonderful story of "Skeeter" Phelan(Emma Stone), a young southern society girl who has returned home from Ole Miss, with a degree in journalism, and big plans to become a writer. However , after getting her education Skeeter realizes that nothing has changed in her home town of Jackson Mississipi, despite it being the 1960's and the beginnings of the Civil Rights Movement. In fact nothing has moved at all in Jackson, with the town being ruled by a white upper class and most of the colored people working as maids or servants.
Skeeter is alarmed to find that her longtime nanny Constantine left home while she was away and her friends all seem to carry the same distrust of their help that their parents did. Secretly Skeeter decides to begin interviewing the colored maids and documenting their stories. She starts with Abileen(Viola Davis) and then Minny(Octavia Spencer), all the while dealing with the racism of her friends led by Hilly Hollbrook(Bryce Dallas Howard). Documenting the maids stories by night and trying to remain friends with her society gals during the day proves to be an interesting job for Skeeter.
The stories here are wonderfully portrayed and the film is great. A beautifully shot film, with tremendous performances by Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, and Allison Janney, you should definitely see this film. Oscar nods I'm sure will come from this one.
Okay, I actually have read two of the Twilight novels because I was trying to figure out how to relate to the largest group of readers and consumers in the world:WOMEN! The novels are not awful, but why I read the second one, I have no idea, and why I went to see this was for only one reason. This stupid blog. And needless to say I regretted every minute of it.
This movie is just awful, I wanted the break wind after seeing it as part of my review, but I felt that was inappropriate in a crowded theater. Most of the audience was women, and not just young women, older women as well. This movie is the first installment of the Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn, and like Harry Potter this is a franchise which keeps on giving, but unlike the Harry Potter movies, this one blows.
I like romantic movies, I even like vampire movies, but this film did not appeal to me, and yes I've seen the other two with the exact same reaction. The premise is that Bella Swan(Kristen Stewart) and Edward Cullen(Robert Pattinson) are in love and about to be married. They have a beautiful wedding filled with all kinds of beautiful people and vampires and Edward whisks Bella away to Brazil for their honeymoon. They make love as most married couples do, but their is a slight problem: Edward's a friggin VAMPIRE! Didn't Charlie raise Bella not to sleep with vampires.
Moreover, there's is an even bigger problem. Bella is now pregnant with Edward's undead baby. A baby which if born threatens to kill Bella in the process. The rest of the movie I'll leave for those you who love the Twilight saga to go see. Everyone else who hasn't read any of the Twilight books, stay home and read something else, but don't go see this movie. If you like Twilight then you'll like this movie, if you didn't than you'll feel like I did after leaving the theater: like the undead.
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