the other day i mentioned going to see a long list of movies...well i've finally found the time to sit down and give my thoughts on those movies. i love movies and i love sharing my opinion so now you're going to get my opinion on those movies... :)
toy story 3 - let me just say, pixar can basically do no wrong in my book. i've been super impressed with their ability to tell a compelling story...not just a story that appeals to the kid in us, but also a story that appeals to the adult in us. no movie does that better than toy story...and toy story 2. and now toy story 3. i'd be lying if i said it didn't pull at my heartstrings. by the end of it, i was openly crying in my theater seat. i loved the movie dealing with the concept of growing up. as well as the concept of sharing with a new generation. great movie...if you haven't seen it, go now.
easy a - some people will find it hard to believe what i'm going to say next, but this was my favorite movie in my 5 movie marathon weekend...and i saw some really great movies. it is funny, sad and sarcastic all at the same time. and emma stone is fantastic in it. as are patricia clarkson and stanley tucci who play emma stone's parents. they seriously steal every scene they're in. this movie is getting some good talk, but not enough. i, however, think everyone should see it.
the social network - who knew that jesse eisenberg had it in him to be this (insert adjective of choice here). he was pretty darn amazing. i've loved him since i saw adventureland and zombieland, but figured he'd be like michael cera....basically play himself in every movie he makes. i'm glad to say i was wrong about that. his portrayal of the facebook founder was definitely not the same guy he played in zombieland. outside of eisenberg, the rest of the cast was also fantastic. i never thought i'd watch a movie with justin timberlake and not want to shoot myself at the end of it, but i even found him to be highly entertaining. i don't know how accurate the movie is at portraying actual events, but it definitely tells a story worth watching. and i must say it has one of the best endings of any movie i've watched in a long time. it goes out with the perfect shoot with the perfect song. it is a movie that is going to win a lot of awards and deservedly so.
inception - i love leonardo dicaprio. i love christopher nolan. i love this type of sci-fi. and this movie didn't make me like any of those things less. while i was not blown away by the story (i saw the ending coming not long after the movie began) i was definitely blown away by the way the story was told. the concept of going into other peoples dreams sounds like an incredible invasion of privacy, but also something i'd love to be able to do at least once. every entertaining, very thought provoking and i would consider it a must-see.
harry potter and the deathly hallows part 1 - just like the book, this movie is long and drawn out. this was my second time seeing it and while it was good, i would have loved for it to be 30 minutes shorter. i understand the need for the book to be broken into two movies. it is necessary to do the book justice, but there is no way this movie needed to be 2.5 hours long. but outside of that, it was good. it needed more alan rickman to make me completely happy, but that's just a personal quirk. and after 7 movies, those kids have learned to act from some of the best so it wasn't painful to watch them on screen like it has been in the past. definitely one of the better adaptations of the harry potter books, but almost too loyal to the drawn out storytelling i felt the book had. that being said, there were at least two moments i jumped so bad i thought i was going to wet myself. if you're a fan of the potter series, you won't regret seeing this movie. if you aren't a fan, you really need to see them all....get on that!
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