So, I've seen four movies in the past 8 days (yeah, crazy I know). And that's five, if you consider since Thanksgiving. So here are my thoughts on them.
It's late and I'm really excited about Avatar so this note probably is not that well written, but the point is just to get you people to go see some awesome movies while you're home from college! ..and maybe I will come back tomorrow, cringe, and edit it. But for now I just want to get it posted!
Pirate Radio (saw over Thanksgiving break)
HILARIOUS!!! Really fun movie. Great if you like rock. Great soundtrack. Great screenplay. Great acting.
The Blind Side
Starring Sandra Bullock. Really, really great movie. I am not all that interested in football, but I still really enjoyed this movie. Sandra Bullock is fantastic as Leigh Anne Touhy - funny yet tough love. By the way, this is based on a real story about Michael Oher, and is a true tale of the American Dream, and rising out of your class and with hard work and some loving help, making it big. GO SEE IT!
The Princess and the Frog
I was kinda disappointed from this. It looked really awesome from the previews. I really *wanted* it to be good. I wanted Disney's latest creation to be a great addition to place on the shelf next to Sleeping Beauty, Beauty and the Beast, the Lion King... And in the end it was... alright. Certainly not near the level of Beauty and the Beast or the Lion King (which happen to be my faves). It was interesting. See it for yourself to make your own judgment...
New Moon
Better than the first one. I can't stop thinking about Jacob's drool-worthy abs... the addition of the werewolves and an insight into ... I suppose... the vampire government system? ...the Volturi... made this movie actually somewhat interesting. Oh, I really liked the way they did the werewolves - like super big wolves. They were pretty kick ass. And I'm sorry, but I'm totally team Jacob. Actually, Bella, you stick with Edward - I'll take Jacob for myself! ;) Just kidding, Fuz.
Also, sorry, but New Moon vampires would totally get their asses whooped by Lestat. I'm sorry, but I read the Vampire Chronicles first. Even Underworld vampires would kick the Volturi's butt, I think. Sorry, but I may have a slight bias there.
Avatar
I literally just got back from seeing this movie. Just as I was about to go to bed, I got a phone call and was invited - at 11pm - to go see Avatar. I hesitated for a bit. I had only just learned what the movie was actually about a few hours ago. (Funny thing, all the commercials I've seen do is show a bunch of cool alien scenes and then say "from the director of the Terminator and Alien", which is NOT doing the movie justice at all because there is just so much awesomeness in this movie). Even though I need to wake up in 6 hours, I am so freaking happy I went to see it.
So, the basic premise is that humans have landed on this other planet. There's this really awesome ore they want to get, only its situated underneath the giant tree structure that the planet's natives live in. A military settlement has built a small colony type of thing; meanwhile scientists have figured out a way to make a creature that looks like the natives. Certain trained humans can connect to these bodies and control them. One man, after his twin brothers death, ends up going in. He's actually from the marines though, not the normal scientist. AAAAAND it just gets awesome from there. I don't want to spoil anything. Just go see this fantastic movie and judge for yourself.
PS the special effects are freaking fantastic!!!!
My ranking of best to worst: (the rankings hold. The points are just for fun. Kinda like Whose Line Is It Anyway points)
1 - Avatar - 9.8 out of 10 (.2 subtracted for the name of the ore "unobtainium". I mean, really, guys? You spend all that time making pure awesomeness, and you can't come up with something better than "unobtainium"? It's like someone couldn't think of a name, decided to change it later, and just forgot)
2 - Pirate Radio - 9 out of 10 (1 subtracted for not being as awesome as Avatar but still pretty damn good. Yeah, same comment as the Blind Side, I know).
2 - The Blind Side - 9 out of 10 (1 subtracted for not being as awesome as Avatar, but still being pretty damn good)
3 - New Moon - 6 out of 10. (-2 for Bella just being Bella. -4 for not understanding what vampires are all about, but +2 extra credit given for Jacob's abs.)
4 - The Princess and the Frog - 5 out of 10. (Umm I don't know what to subtract points for really. It was just "alright". So something that's "alright" should be on the middle of the scale).
It's late and I'm really excited about Avatar so this note probably is not that well written, but the point is just to get you people to go see some awesome movies while you're home from college! ..and maybe I will come back tomorrow, cringe, and edit it. But for now I just want to get it posted!
Pirate Radio (saw over Thanksgiving break)
HILARIOUS!!! Really fun movie. Great if you like rock. Great soundtrack. Great screenplay. Great acting.
The Blind Side
Starring Sandra Bullock. Really, really great movie. I am not all that interested in football, but I still really enjoyed this movie. Sandra Bullock is fantastic as Leigh Anne Touhy - funny yet tough love. By the way, this is based on a real story about Michael Oher, and is a true tale of the American Dream, and rising out of your class and with hard work and some loving help, making it big. GO SEE IT!
The Princess and the Frog
I was kinda disappointed from this. It looked really awesome from the previews. I really *wanted* it to be good. I wanted Disney's latest creation to be a great addition to place on the shelf next to Sleeping Beauty, Beauty and the Beast, the Lion King... And in the end it was... alright. Certainly not near the level of Beauty and the Beast or the Lion King (which happen to be my faves). It was interesting. See it for yourself to make your own judgment...
New Moon
Better than the first one. I can't stop thinking about Jacob's drool-worthy abs... the addition of the werewolves and an insight into ... I suppose... the vampire government system? ...the Volturi... made this movie actually somewhat interesting. Oh, I really liked the way they did the werewolves - like super big wolves. They were pretty kick ass. And I'm sorry, but I'm totally team Jacob. Actually, Bella, you stick with Edward - I'll take Jacob for myself! ;) Just kidding, Fuz.
Also, sorry, but New Moon vampires would totally get their asses whooped by Lestat. I'm sorry, but I read the Vampire Chronicles first. Even Underworld vampires would kick the Volturi's butt, I think. Sorry, but I may have a slight bias there.
Avatar
I literally just got back from seeing this movie. Just as I was about to go to bed, I got a phone call and was invited - at 11pm - to go see Avatar. I hesitated for a bit. I had only just learned what the movie was actually about a few hours ago. (Funny thing, all the commercials I've seen do is show a bunch of cool alien scenes and then say "from the director of the Terminator and Alien", which is NOT doing the movie justice at all because there is just so much awesomeness in this movie). Even though I need to wake up in 6 hours, I am so freaking happy I went to see it.
So, the basic premise is that humans have landed on this other planet. There's this really awesome ore they want to get, only its situated underneath the giant tree structure that the planet's natives live in. A military settlement has built a small colony type of thing; meanwhile scientists have figured out a way to make a creature that looks like the natives. Certain trained humans can connect to these bodies and control them. One man, after his twin brothers death, ends up going in. He's actually from the marines though, not the normal scientist. AAAAAND it just gets awesome from there. I don't want to spoil anything. Just go see this fantastic movie and judge for yourself.
PS the special effects are freaking fantastic!!!!
My ranking of best to worst: (the rankings hold. The points are just for fun. Kinda like Whose Line Is It Anyway points)
1 - Avatar - 9.8 out of 10 (.2 subtracted for the name of the ore "unobtainium". I mean, really, guys? You spend all that time making pure awesomeness, and you can't come up with something better than "unobtainium"? It's like someone couldn't think of a name, decided to change it later, and just forgot)
2 - Pirate Radio - 9 out of 10 (1 subtracted for not being as awesome as Avatar but still pretty damn good. Yeah, same comment as the Blind Side, I know).
2 - The Blind Side - 9 out of 10 (1 subtracted for not being as awesome as Avatar, but still being pretty damn good)
3 - New Moon - 6 out of 10. (-2 for Bella just being Bella. -4 for not understanding what vampires are all about, but +2 extra credit given for Jacob's abs.)
4 - The Princess and the Frog - 5 out of 10. (Umm I don't know what to subtract points for really. It was just "alright". So something that's "alright" should be on the middle of the scale).
