I love you man

Hey, Everyone

No I didn’t see I love you man, I just thought it was an interesting way to draw you in. Minus my recent trip to the movie theatre to watch Knowing, I have to admit I won’t be watching too many movies this weekend, and I haven’t been because of March. March Madness that is, I have the basketball fever right now. This is one of my favourite times of the year, it is the US College basketball tournament, nicknamed ‘March Madness’ because it truly is a madness. At any time any team can win; therefore, sending the other team home. It is an exciting time of year every game is usually on the edge of your seat, down to the last possession type of game. I do feel ashamed I will not be able to give you too many movie reviews, but as soon as the madness ends the movies will start up again. I do however want to purchase the new James Bond movie and do a whole review (or two) on the epic series.

I have to say that I can’t believe today my classmates and I wrote our final test of the year. Our teachers warned us that this day would come and come fast. I hope everyone enjoyed their year, I certainly did.

I hope everyone is excited for the Bond week review, until next week happy movie watching.

I almost forgot, movies to watch, well I recommend Fool’s Gold, Gladiator and The Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy.

Night at the Movies

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My last post of Wedding Crashers had great comments, most people liked the movie also, which was great to hear. Some were harder on Owen Wilson though, that’s okay he’s still golden in this movie.

This weekend I decided against renting, and against watching an already owned DVD, instead I took a trip to the theatre. At the theatre my roommate and I faced a tough decision, I Love you Man or Knowing, well that decision was made easier when we got to the front of the line and I love you man had just sold out. Decision made, we were seeing Knowing, starring Nick Cage. I was into seeing this movie actually, and sometimes I don’t mind Cage’s acting, he has done some shady roles in the past but I have enjoyed National Treasure, Face Off and some others. Okay Knowing, well the story started off fine, with some twists and turns about a small girl back in the ’50’s that had some sort of creepy ability. I sat in my seat (popcorn-less, not sure why) intrigued with the plot line, because 50 years later a time capsule was opened and this girl’s ability would be the focus for the whole movie. Cage a single father plays a University professor that has just lost his wife. He stumbles on this letter the girl wrote that is full of numbers, he naturally cracks the numbers and it is code for all the worlds disasters. To make a long story short he tries to stop one disaster but is unable, and then he realizes that strange men are after his son. As the story unfolds Cage realizes that the final code is for the end of the world. So I’m sitting in my seat saying okay Cage is going to save the world, I can deal with this because it has been a decent movie so far, so que the hero happy ending; however, instead the plot turns to the men that have been after his son, want to take him and this other little girl (Abby) with them. Well needless to say I wasn’t happy with the ending, and that is all I’m going to tell you about the plot, I can’t give away the ending.

I have also seen Last House on the Left at the theatre, I will talk about that movie in a later post. I have to get back to doing more homework, I can’t believe this is the last week of school.

Movies to watch this week, I recommend Casino Royale, Failure to Launch and The Bucket List.

The greatest (or it’s close)

Hey, Movie fans

This week I am writing a pure personal opinion piece. The movie I am reviewing is one of my favourite comedies of all-time, ‘Wedding Crashers’. The movie is hilarious and is a movie that I can watch over and over and OVER again. My girlfriend actually asked me the other day when was I going to get sick of watching this movie, my reply, “Never.” The movie contains two of my favourite actors, Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson. These two men are extremely clever with their comedy, and they shine in their roles in Wedding Crashers. The genius behind this movie relies on the script, and I’m guessing a bit of improv by these two actors. The lines in the movie are continuously funny and imaginative. The quick wit is hard to compare to any other movie that I have seen. The reason I chose this comedy over newer ones like Superbad or Step Brothers is the fact that the rants in Wedding Crashers are second to none. The movie relies very little on cursing to achieve humor, the rants and straight faced humor is timeless. Vince Vaughn is one of the best at what I like to call ‘real-life’ humor. He adds to the his lines by his facial expressions, which I think is the key to the movie. My roommate asked me why is this movie so funny, he asked if it was the script. I responded by saying it is the expressions for me that make the movie, the delivery by Vaughn and Wilson is extraordinary. If you watch the facial and body reactions to the lines by the characters in the movie, you will see what I am talking about, every actor in the movie does a great job at this. I laugh before I even hear them say anything. 

I would like to see a Wilson and Vaughn do another movie together. Other movies that I recommend are Old School, Four Christmases, Fred Claus, The Break-up, You, Me and Dupree, these are just a few titles with these actors in them. 

What do I recommend you watch this week, well check out Last House on the Left (in theatres), Run Fatboy Run, The Prestige, or Any Johnny Depp movie.

The Holiday

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I have had a couple of requests to hear my review of the Holiday. First I want to start off with a rating, which is 8.5/10. As you can see I really enjoy this movie. It actually is a movie that I have seen numerous times and can see again and again. The movie has a great cast that really worked well together, and I wasn’t sure that they would when I first saw the movie. But Jack Black is probably my favourite character in the movie, because he finally plays a different character. He is always playing the same type of person in every movie I see him in, he is branching out a little bit in this role. Another actor that surprised me in this movie was Jude Law, I usually really dislike him in movies (other than Enemy at the Gates), but he too played a great role. Both of these actors were great comic reliefs in the movie and blended well with their female counterparts.

The idea behind the movie, switching lives basically, for a while is something that got me thinking. Would I ever do what the two main women did in the movie? Pick up and leave my home and country to get away, not knowing anyone or even what the house looked like. I am pretty sure my answer would be sure why not. But it is a good question to ask yourself, would you do this? And if it were these two places (the ones in the movie) which house and country would you choose? I think I would choose LA because that was a huge house, and I would really want to surf and enjoy the sun, but that could be because we are still in winter type weather.

This movie is great all year round, and can be taken on a serious level, if you are going through maybe the same thing some of the characters are, for example being taken advantage of then put this movie in. Or if you just want a laugh and a light type of movie, this will also do the job.  

This movie has a perfect blend of comedy and romance to make it enjoyable by all. I have talked to a lot of guys that say they actually like this movie, and you know how people don’t think guys like romantic comedies, well i’m sure most of us really do, we are just chicken to admit it.

This week I recommend you watch, Dazed and Confused, Troy, A River Runs Through it and Michael Clayton.