Why don't you just tie the mattress to your back.
Up
2009
won 5 Oscars
Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai
By tying thousands of balloon to his home, 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America. Right after lifting off, however, he learns he isn't alone on his journey, since Russell, a wilderness explorer 70 years his junior, has inadvertently become a stowaway on the trip.
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Don't yell at me!, but I never finished this movie. And I didn't cry. I just had a hard time paying attention to it.
The Lovely Bones
2009
Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci, Saoirse Ronan
Centers on a young girl who has been murdered and watches over her family - and her killer - from heaven. She must weigh her desire for vengeance against her desire for her family to heal.
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I don't think I ever did finish the book, but I do remember it being more about all the other characters. And that's why I didn't finish it. Having said that, I thought this was a good job at the book to movie transition, kind of condensing all the stories and really focusing on Susie and her murderer. I just don't like the story though.
Ocean 's Twelve
2004
George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Julia Roberts
Daniel Ocean recruits one more team member so he can pull off three major European heists in this sequel to Ocean's 11.
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11 was soo good! How could it go downhill so badly? I really hated that Julia Roberts' character pretended to be Julia Roberts. So stupid.
Knocked Up
2007
Katherine Hiegl, Seth Rogan, Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann
For fun loving party animal Ben Stone, the last thing he ever expected was for his one night stand to show up on his doorstep eight weeks later to tell him she's pregnant.
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Seth Rogan is not funny. Katherine Hiegl tries so hard. I just do not find the humor in this (or this type) of movie. Paul Rudd is awesome.
In Her Shoes
2005
Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette, Candice Azzara
Straight-laced Rose breaks off relations with her party girl sister, Maggie, over an indiscretion involving Rose's boyfriend. The chilly atmosphere is broken with the arrival of Ella, the grandmother neither sister knew existed.
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Not great, but not horrible. I actually think that it's kinda underrated because Toni Collette and Cameron Diaz are great. Read the book.
Good Luck Chuck
2007
Dane Cook. Jessica Alba
In order to keep the woman of his dreams from falling for another guy, Charlie Logan has to break the curse that has made him wildly popular with single women: Sleep with Charlie once, and the next man you meet will be your true love.
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Dane Cook is the unfunniest person on the planet.
Casanova
2005
Heath Ledger, Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons
Heath Ledger plays the fabled romantic as a man who, after failing to win the affection of a particular Venetian woman, strives to discover the real meaning of love.
Alpha Dog
2006
Justin Timberlake, Emile Hirsch, Bruce Willis
A drama based on the life of Jesse James Hollywood, a drug dealer who became one of the youngest men ever to be on the FBI's most wanted list.