With Black Swan last week and The Fighter this week, it's nice to finally be surrounded by good movies. I thought The Fighter was great. It's one of those movies that sucks you in and just makes you want to stand up and cheer. The last 20 minutes or so completely won me over. Very inspiring. There wasn't a bad performance in this picture. Mark Wahlberg as a quiet, gentle giant was the perfect contrast to Christian Bale's wild persona. Amy Adams and Melissa Leo were equally as good.
Saturday, December 18, 2010
The Fighter
With Black Swan last week and The Fighter this week, it's nice to finally be surrounded by good movies. I thought The Fighter was great. It's one of those movies that sucks you in and just makes you want to stand up and cheer. The last 20 minutes or so completely won me over. Very inspiring. There wasn't a bad performance in this picture. Mark Wahlberg as a quiet, gentle giant was the perfect contrast to Christian Bale's wild persona. Amy Adams and Melissa Leo were equally as good.
December 10 Weekend
I don't think I went to the movies the weekend of the 3rd, so let's skip ahead...
Black Swan opened in town. Of course, seeing it was the first thing I did Saturday morning. I've been obsessed with the trailer for months. You never know what you're going to get with director Darren Aronofsky, but it's always interesting. Natalie Portman plays Nina Sayers, a New York City dancer who is cast as the lead in the company's new production of Swan Lake. What follows is a nice little mind game of is Nina having a psychotic breakdown or is the new dancer in town - Mila Kunis - really after her? This movie is stunning to look at. The cinematography and the direction are just exceptional. Equally amazing are the actors. Portman and Kunis are great, as are Vincent Cassel and a very creepy Barbara Hershey.
Two big name movie stars sharing the screen doesn't always equal success. Does anyone remember the garbage that was The Mexican with Julia Roberts and Brad Pitt? While The Tourist, starring Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie, wasn't as bad as The Mexican, it definitely was worse than a movie starring Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie should be. First of all, both of them were unbearably dull! How can you have a movie where both leads are completely void of emotion and facial expressions? I just wanted at least one of them to move their face! The direction bothered me too. It seemed like the director was too focused on showing the audience, "ooh, look at all the pretty places we filmed."
Black Swan opened in town. Of course, seeing it was the first thing I did Saturday morning. I've been obsessed with the trailer for months. You never know what you're going to get with director Darren Aronofsky, but it's always interesting. Natalie Portman plays Nina Sayers, a New York City dancer who is cast as the lead in the company's new production of Swan Lake. What follows is a nice little mind game of is Nina having a psychotic breakdown or is the new dancer in town - Mila Kunis - really after her? This movie is stunning to look at. The cinematography and the direction are just exceptional. Equally amazing are the actors. Portman and Kunis are great, as are Vincent Cassel and a very creepy Barbara Hershey.
Two big name movie stars sharing the screen doesn't always equal success. Does anyone remember the garbage that was The Mexican with Julia Roberts and Brad Pitt? While The Tourist, starring Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie, wasn't as bad as The Mexican, it definitely was worse than a movie starring Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie should be. First of all, both of them were unbearably dull! How can you have a movie where both leads are completely void of emotion and facial expressions? I just wanted at least one of them to move their face! The direction bothered me too. It seemed like the director was too focused on showing the audience, "ooh, look at all the pretty places we filmed."
Thanksgiving Weekend
I was out of town for the holiday, so I missed my usual post-feast movie magic.
Two days later, however, I was able to catch my THIRD showing of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1.
A-W-E-S-O-M-E
When I got back into town, I took in a showing of Love and Other Drugs. I'm a sucker for movies with leads whom I adore and who are adorable. Anne Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhaal definitely fall into that category. While the movie itself isn't spectacular - it's fine, don't get me wrong - I think it's entertaining and worth seeing for Hathaway and Gyllenhaal. They work great together.
Two days later, however, I was able to catch my THIRD showing of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1. A-W-E-S-O-M-E
When I got back into town, I took in a showing of Love and Other Drugs. I'm a sucker for movies with leads whom I adore and who are adorable. Anne Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhaal definitely fall into that category. While the movie itself isn't spectacular - it's fine, don't get me wrong - I think it's entertaining and worth seeing for Hathaway and Gyllenhaal. They work great together.
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