Maybe if this summer's crop of blockbusters were actually blockbusters, I'd be more inclined to update my blog in a timely manner. As such.....
Last week I saw
Knight and Day. Tom Cruise plays a rogue secret agent out to clear his name and Cameron Diaz is the woman who becomes inadvertently entangled in his web. This is obviously not the most original idea and the movie is nothing out of the ordinary. What saves this film for me, however, from being written off are the leads. Cruise and Diaz have an ease and playful chemistry together. Their characters and interaction are fun to watch.
I am (clearly) not the kind of person who enjoys sci-fi/alien/outter space kinds of things; so my viewing of
Predators probably seems a little odd. I'm not familiar with the original
Predator and I hated
AVP, but
Predators wasn't actually that bad. I really liked how the film jumped right into the story - no boring exposition to sit through (an achievement I accredit to the director, whose previous film,
Vacancy, was very similar). It had some good action and who knew Adrien Brody could be so hunky....from the neck down, anyway. :)
If you haven't seen Inception yet, stop reading my blog and go see it right now. I'm not going to embarrass myself by trying to explain the plot to you - there are entire websites devoted to that topic and more. In addition to being completely engrossing and whip smart, Inception is a hell of a mind bender. Just when you think you've got it figured out, Christopher Nolan (genius!) takes you for another spin. Go see Inception...and then go see it again!
The Kids are All Right is our first quirky, super good indie hit of the summer! This movie is like a breath of fresh air. It's so unique and different and yet it's a film about family and the commonalities that they all share, regardless of composition. It's very funny and super entertaining.
