Romantic Comedy week

Hey, everyone

This week I will be talking about a movie that I recommended to everyone, the romantic comedy Definitely Maybe, starring Ryan Reynolds.

Consider first that you are a successful father who has had a past filled with love, achievement and heart ache; however, the biggest achievement is your daughter. You do anything and everything for her, she is your world now. I say now because the mother is now your ex and you hate your job, it lacks your attention and passion. Reynolds played this character, the devoted father who has lost his ambition and his personal life has fallen apart. His daughter tries to repair her broken father, in her attempt to save her mother and father’s marriage, she stumbles upon the answer to Reynolds heart ache. Will (Reynolds) goes into detail about the history behind how his ex-wife and he met. The movie travels throughout three of Will’s girlfriends, the three women that he has loved. Will by the end rediscovers who his heart is connected to; however, the girl may or may not end up being his ex-wife, which is a surprise to the daughter. Along the way this movie is light hearted and shares a story that many people can relate to. Everyone wants to find love, sometimes love is blind and most of the time everyone makes mistakes because of love. This movie has all of that. Throughout the movie I chose my favourite girlfriend and  found myself quietly rooting for her.

April (Isla Fisher) plays the most loveable of all the girlfriends in my opinion, and she really establishes herself as a legitimate actor that is able to branch out from being the crazy girlfriend of Vince Vaughn in Wedding Crashers.

The movie allows you to reminisce about your life, where you have been and how did you get to where you are. During and after the movie the thought crossed my mind that the past is always present in our future; also we can never truely forget our past, it has helped shape who we are today.

Overall I give this movie an 8/10. This week I recommend everyone to go out and see Meet Joe Black for a romantic night, Forgetting Sarah Marshall for light comedy with a hint of  romance and if you’re heading to the theatres you might want to check out the romantic comedy He’s just not that into you.

The Express

Hey, everyone

I have found a winner for everyone this week, I give this movie an 8/10, the movie being The Express. The movie is about legendary football star Ernie Davis. I know not everyone likes sports movies, but if you do this one is  great and if you don’t it is still a very inspirational story.

Rudy, Friday Night Lights, and Varsity Blues are three football movies with underlining themes of strong emotion and the courage to over come odds to succeed. That same theme is true is the  movie that I recently watched, The Express.

The Express, a true story about Ernie Davis, is set in a time of racial prejudice  and new segregation in the schools. Ernie was an African American, and in football that still was not greeted with open arms. Davis over came odds and because of that he is a legend in football and as a person. He changed lives much like Jackie Robinson and Martin Luther King. Davis was keen on becoming the best football player he could be, not the best African American player, but the best period. That was the exact thought and determination that he wanted to instill in everyone around him.

The story

Ernie was a highly touted running back out of New York and was scouted to be the next great player at Syracuse University. He would be replacing an already trend setting player in Jim Brown. Davis came to play to prove himself and not to be anyone else. He did not want to be just a player and not be treated like a person because of his skin colour. He knew that the coaches needed to learn to treat him as a person first or else they would never win, and sure enough this happened and they won the national championship game, and Ernie was drafted into the NFL.

That is the movie and football side. How I felt about the movie is that this is an epic sports movie that moved my emotions beyond movies and sports. In the film was a great message of a man becoming a hero and fighting for his grandfather (who passes away). Ernie as great as he was played through a deadly disease, Leukemia. Ernie was destined for greatness and to change history. Through the movie he brings his team and his coaches together, understanding that they are all playing for each other. As the movie progresses the head coach changes, and he becomes a true friend and mentor to Ernie, and it was directly because Ernie shows the coach that he doesn’t have to see skin, but see the person. Ernie was meant to shape history but only for a short while. You get this impression because just over a year after he was done being the best in college, he collapsed on the field and never regained his strength. At a very early age, 23, Ernie Davis passed away. In his 23 years he changed lives, accomplished his goals and he was on this earth just long enough for the world to witness true courage. He was the first black player ever to receive the Heisman trophy, college footballs highest honour. Ernie fought his whole life for his dreams and never changed who he was that should be inspiring to all of us.

Watching this movie I moved from simply watching a sports film to watching an inspirational movie that challenged my emotions. The film gave me a vision of how kindness and passion can change lives and accomplish goals.

So as you can see the movies are getting better, I hope this week will be just as successful. Because Valentine’s  Day has just passed I am going to recommend two light hearted romantic comedies for everyone to watch, How to lose a Guy in 10 days and Definitely Maybe.

Lakeview Terrace

Hey everyone,

I hope some of you got a chance to see Surfer Dude, or at least thought about it. I know everyone is anticipating this week’s review, so here it is, Lakeview Terrace. 

I was anxiously waiting for this movie to hit the dvd shelves, and when it did I nabbed it and watched it last weekend. My excitement was quickly gone about 15 minutes into the movie. Needless to say the beginning of the movie is very slow and the story didn’t excite me like I was hoping.

The main actor Samuel L. Jackson played an overprotective father and neighbour. The movie is about a new couple starting their life in their very first home, and it just so happens they have Jackson as a next door neighbour. The story adds to Jackson’s character when we find out that he is also a long time LAPD officer with a bad attitude and questionable ethics. The new nieghbours played by Kerry Washington and Patrick Wilson, engage in regular daily activities, but anything that they do angers Jackson. The problem is not them, it is what they represent to Jackson. The movie is a back and forth of childish comments and actions, mostly by Jackson. Going into the movie I was expecting more suspense, drama and edge of your seat twists. Instead I got an almost 2 hour movie that basically didn’t go anywhere other than you realize why Jackson is so angry and vengeful by the end of the film. I don’t want to give the movie away incase some people are as excited as I was to see this movie. The ending is surprising and it’s the most action of the whole movie. 

I can’t say that any of the actors were exceptionally good, they played their roles and made a movie. Overall I would give this movie a 5/10.

I realize lately i’ve been rating sub-par movies, but trust me we will find a gem. 

till my next post, my recommendation this week is to watch a classic movie, I recommend Shindler’s List