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Horrible Bosses.

Hilarious if you ask me. And I was at Long Beach when I saw it (And I still am, BTW.) and it was an AMC Theatre.

Zookeeper (2011)

Kevin James is back in a little light comedy that doesn't require a whole lot of your attention. I say it is one of those "check your brain" at the door and just enjoy your popcorn movies. Lots of chuckles, and a pretty decent movie worthy of at least the matinee price for tickets.

Revolutionary Road (2008)

What a horrible, horrible movie. I highly anticipated finally watching it, but now I wish I never had. Nothing ever happened in these dreadful two hours. There was no character development, no depth to any of the characters, nothing and nobody to care about. Just two people bored with their lives and fighting all the time. The only reason I kept watching was because I still hoped it would get better --which it never did, of course. I just couldn't believe anything involving Winslet, Di Caprio and Mendes could be this bad.

^My mom doesn't really have good taste in movies (she watches Lifetime) but even she has to draw the line somewhere and warned me against that movie. When she doesn't like movies, they're usually REALLY bad.

Sucker Punch (2011) 5/10 - It's as bad as they say it is. Presented with the luscious visuals of a high quality music video paired with the god awful "story" structure of Heavy Metal (minus the gratuitous nudity, so what's the point?). This all makes for a better trailer then movie.

Mao's Last Dancer (2009)

The true story of a Chinese ballet dancer, who gets the privilige to dance with an American ballet company in the early 1980's. The movie alternates between his culture shock when he arrives in the States, and his youth, growing up in 1970's China, captured and repressed by Mao's "Cultural Revolution". All in all, very entertaining film, most of all due to the solid performances and the beautiful ballet scenes.

Crime d'Amour (2010)

Original, inventive French thriller about a seemingly naive girl who commits the perfect murder on her backstabbing boss. Kristen Scott Thomas was terrific, as always, this time as the boos from hell (the kind of character you love to hate) and the beautiful Ludivine Sagnier was perfectly cast for the role of the abused employee who ultimately gets sweet revenge.

Groundhog Day - 3.5/5

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 - 4.5/5

Bridesmaids - 4/5

Transformers: Dark of the Moon - 0.5/5

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 - Yeah, it was pretty epic. Seriously, I think it's probably my favorite HP film.

TheSequelOfDisney wrote:Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 - Yeah, it was pretty epic. Seriously, I think it's probably my favorite HP film.

Hobo With A Shotgun (2011) Blu-ray 5/5

Jason Eisener has directed a mastermpiece of true 'grindhouse' proportions with this film. Rutger Hauer stars as the Hobo who gets off a train in small town called "Hopetown" and finds that it is filled with all sorts of vermin. All he wants to do is earn enough money to buy a lawnmower so he can start his own gardening business but he is kept from that by various slime who call themselves human beings. This movie is filled with lots of great special effects, and the photography and story are very well done. Hauer hasn't made a movie like this since "Blind Fury", and it is a welcome sight to have him back in the action genre. While this film will not win any academy awards for anything, it is definitely NOT a waste of time nor money viewing this film. If you want to see non-stop action and a great non-cop-out story to boot, then this is your film. I gave it a solid five out of five stars because I bought this film on Blu-ray instead of the standard definition DVD, which is where I draw the line on spending the extra money for a film. This is just pure fun and you will watch it over and over again.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2... just as amazing as I had hoped it to be.

The American (2010)

Directed by the Dutch photographer Anton Corbijn and starring George Clooney and the Dutch actress Thekla Reuten. Beautifully shot, but that's all that's good about this movie. It's way too slow and nothing ever happens. That wouldn't be a problem, if the characters were at least interesting and you would see them develop through the course of the film. But they're empty shells, there's nothing that makes them appealing. So this was a real snooze-fest.

Disney's Rapunzel (2010)

For the... fourth time? The fifth time? (First time in the cinema excluded!) I just can't get enough of this one. I think it fits in perfectly with the 1990's Disney Classics, but it also shows influences from other studio's. For instance, I think the "I've Got A Dream" sequence in The Snugly Duckling is heavily influenced by the kind of comedy they do over at DreamWorks. But that is not a bad thing. Overall, Rapunzel is classic Disney material!

Cars (2006)- 10/10
I'm reevaluating my view of this movie. I now appreciate the extraordinary cast of characters, all with different, unique personalities that connect strongly with the audience. Not to the extent of say, Toy Story, but these characters really earn your sympathy, and I have that feeling of a community that builds off each other and lives happily. It makes this movie very heartwarming to me. It's still near the bottom of my list, but not for the wrong reasons anymore. All the Pixar films deserve 10/10. And then we come to this...

Cars 2 (2011)- 9.5/10
I enjoyed it much more than others, personally. I actually love the idea of a spy thriller/race movie with cars, it somehow works for me. I think Cars 2's visuals are the best I've seen out of any Pixar movie; there's so much to enjoy. I especially like how they animated the race in Italy. That's my favorite part from the movie. But there is something slightly lacking from Cars 2, and that is heart.

The first movie established a wonderful universe with likable characters and a great moral. The second movie is a whirlwind of excitement, complete with guns, explosions, and high speed races. But there is rarely any time spent with the characters. Mater is probably the only one who brings any sympathy to the table (I am one of those who like him/his country bumpkin personality), and the cast of Radiator Springs is shoved aside for new characters who have no personality. I think Shu Tokodori didn't even have a line, and he was marketed as the star racer from Japan who was supposed to be competition for Lightning and Francesco.

Speaking of the races, I thought they lacked the suspense of the first movie's. You knew either McQueen or Francesco was gonna win, they were always miles ahead of the 3rd racer. They were also constantly interrupted by the spy plot. I'd rather see at least one complete "just racing" race like in the first movie.

All of the negative aspects of the movie certainly don't stop my enjoyment of it, and while it isn't the usual Pixar gold, I certainly don't think it's a failure. I just wish there had been more time spent with the racing, the culture of the countries, and most importantly, the characters. So for now, it's at the bottom of my Pixar list.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) Blu-ray 4.5/5
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Secret of the Ooze (1991) Blu-ray 3/5
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Turtles In Time (1993) Blu-ray 2.5/5
TMNT (2007) Blu-ray 4/5


I may be the oldest one around this UD universe, but one of my great guilty pleasures is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and I enjoyed the animated television series as well as these four movies, that I received as an early Birthday present from a family member who is aware that I do like these movies.

While the first one is probably my favorite, each of the others has something that I enjoy. Changing the actress who plays April O'Neil was my most critical thing I saw in the films although I did get used to Paige Turco as the reporter.

The 2007 movie was one of my favorites because they used 100% CGI with Sarah Michelle Geller doing the voice of April O'Neill, which was a bonus in my book. The story was really good, and the movie moves at a brisk pace.

The box this movies comes in is really a treasure-trove of memories for me and I will keep these movies in the box even though they come in their own seperate Blu-ray cases.

Just a whole lot of fun today watching these movies. I can't wait until Saturday, July 23, when I become the right 'young' age of 71, and see what other movie surprises I have coming my way.

Some movies I watched lately:

Seven Pounds A heavy drama- not to say melodrama starring Will Smith. In the beginning of the story you are confused about what's happening but it all comes together in the end. The story is manipulative but it has some very good moments. ***spoiler***And I've never seen such a suicide scene before: with a jellyfish!*** end spoiler.

Paris when it sizzles
Even Audry Hepburn cannot do much to make this film rewatchable.

Little man Tate
I think I saw this movie for the third time already. Jodie Foster is excellent as a single mother who's son Fred is a child genius. I think the movie shows well how hard it is for exceptional kids to fit in anywhere. Especially Fred who is also a sensitive kid besides being hyper-intelligent.

The Pledge

This movie is much more than a crime story and 'whodunnit' thriller. It's a tragic story about a retiring cop (Jack Nickolson) who made a pledge to a grieving mother to find the murderer of her little girl. He knows for sure it's not the half-witted man who was quickly arrested , and manipulated to confess. I will not reveal the rest of the story, but in the end you will feel sorry for the character played by Jack Nickolson.

Ratatouille
Still love that movie!

Good to see you back here, BelleGirl!

But I still think The Pledge sucked, except for the end.

disneyboy20022 wrote:

TheSequelOfDisney wrote:Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 - Yeah, it was pretty epic. Seriously, I think it's probably my favorite HP film.

This. I only have a few gripes involving stuff like visual effects and characters, but it was seriously epic.

Rango-nice, speghetti western. I like it.

John Rabe (2009)

This is a German film, but it has the look and feel of a big-budget Hollywood production, with stunning visuals, impressive mass-scenes, fitting epic scale and ditto musical score. Best part: it's infinitly better than most of what's coming out of Hollywood these days.

It's the true story of John Rabe, who headed a German company in the Chinese city of Nanking in 1937, as the Japanese were invading. Like all high-leveled Germans of that time, he was a member of the Nazi party (though the movie implies he was not an active member and had to join to keep his position). He uses this fact to gain influence with the Japanese, allies of Hitler-Germany, who are holding the city under siege. Together with French and British diplomats and doctors, he starts a 'safe zone' where he wants to protect the Chinese citizens against the terror of the Japanese army. This way, he saves thousands of lives, but in the process, he also has to watch thousands of lives being crushed before his eyes.

The siege of Nanking has also been called 'the Hell of Nanking', and this movie makes clear why that is. It finds a good balance between the terror of the Japanese against the citizens; and the pressures and stress on Rabe and his people who have to work under ever more deteriorating and dangerous circumstances. This is beautifully made visible by memorable performances by Ulrich Tukur, Daniel Bruhl and Steve Buscemi.

Highly recommended.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.

Words cannot describe how awesome and brutal it was.

The Lincoln Lawyer (2011) 7/10 - way better then I thought but still doesn't do anything new. You know where it's going from the start but the characterizations are interesting enough to keep you watching. It's a well made, if by-the-book, courtroom drama. My main beef lies with the ending, or should I say, endings. Leave it to Hollywood to overdo it. Still, for not being a fan of Matthew McConaughey, I found his character enjoyable and the movie entertaining.

Hall Pass (2011) 4.5/10 - terrible. I laughed maybe once and for a movie like this, that's bad. The characters are soo sad and unlikeable that they made me just want to turn it off as I was left feeling depressed and with no one to empathize with. Also, Owen Wilson should never have short hair, as the long hair helped detract from his fucked up nose.

Shanghai (2009)

Coincidentally, like the movie I watched before (John Rabe, see above), this one also deals with the Japanese invasion of a Chinese city in the late 1930's. But this isn't a historical drama, but a 1940's-styled film noir. Actually, it's more of a pastiche of them. It's not a genuine parody, but it also doesn't feel like a very serious attempt to accurately recreate the atmosphere of the classic film noir. For example, the voice-over is both reminiscent of the old noirs, but also so incredibly cliched that you think it was done on purpose. Still, despite the cliches and predictability of it all, I was very much entertained by this old-fashioned adventure-and-mystery story. It's beautifully shot; the mass scenes, staging, costumes etc. is impressive; and Gong Li is perfectly cast as the quintessential femme fatale, and, even if she's past 45, she's still gorgeous.