Dream of you and you're almost next to me.
Argo
2012 4/5 -just wonderful
Ben Affleck, Alan Arkin, John Goodman
In 1979, the American embassy in Iran was invaded by Iranian revolutionaries and several Americans were taken hostage. However, six managed to escape to the official residence of the Canadian Ambassador and the CIA was eventually ordered to get them out of the country. With few options, exfiltration expert Tony Mendez devised a daring plan: to create a phony Canadian film project looking to shoot in Iran and smuggle the Americans out as its production crew. With the help of some trusted Hollywood contacts, Mendez created the ruse and proceed to Iran as its associate producer. However, time was running out with the Iranian security forces closing in on the truth while both his charges and the White House had grave doubts about the operation themselves.
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This was a really good movie, I don't even remember the last time a movie had me on the edge of my seat like that.
The Switch
2010 1/5 -bad
Jason Bateman, Jennifer Aniston
Kassie and Wally are best friends. Being unlucky in love, Kassie has decided to have a child using artificial insemination. Wally doesn't like this idea, but he isn't capable of admitting to himself, let alone to Kassie, that he's in love with her. At Kassie's artificial insemination party, Wally gets very drunk and spies the sperm donor's sample in the bathroom. Wally was way too drunk to know what he did that night, and Kassie has moved away because she doesn't feel that New York City is a place to raise a child. Now 7 years later, Kassie has moved back with her son Sebastian. While she is looking to get Roland (the sperm donor) more involved in their lives, Wally can't help but notice the many striking similarities that he and Sebastian share.
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I'm not even sure what this movie was supposed to be. It wasn't funny or cute or heartfelt. It was just pretty boring, and there was no chemistry there at all.
Take This Waltz
2011 1/5 -bad
Michelle Williams, Seth Rogan, Luke Kirby
While on a plane ride back to Toronto from a writing assignment, Margot meets Daniel, a handsome stranger. An immediate attraction is formed and Margot is able to open up and discuss some of her fears and longings. A taxi ride back home causes Daniel and Margot to realize that they are neighbors and Margot admits she's married. The summer-time heat and her increasing fascination with the handsome artist who lives across the street starts getting to her, and Margot is no longer sure if she's happy in her marriage or if she'd be happier with her fantasies with Daniel.
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I thought it should have ended 30 minutes earlier.
The Women
2008 1/5 -bad
Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Debra Messing
The central character is clothing designer Mary Haines, who lives in a beautiful country home with her wealthy financier husband and their 11-year-old daughter. Her best friend Sylvie Fowler is the Editor of a prominent fashion magazine, a woman who dictates the latest in taste and style for New York City fashionistas. When Mary's husband becomes involved with Crystal Allen, a perfume salesgirl in Saks Fifth Avenue, her friendship with Sylvie is put to the test. Everyone in their close-knit circle of friends, including the ever-pregnant Edie Cohen and author Alex Fisher, begins to question their loyalty to each other and their romantic involvements.
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This was so boring!
Overboard
1987 3/5 -good
Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell
Rich bitch Joanna hires country carpenter Dean to build a closet on her yacht. When the two don't see eye-to-eye, Dean is left unpaid while Joanna sets sail. The following day, Joanna is fished out of the sea, after falling overboard, suffering from amnesia. Dean sees a neat way to regain the money she owes him... he tells her she's his wife; that way Dean gets a free housekeeper and mother for his four kids.
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I liked this movie, even if it was a bit too long. I liked who she became and how she took care of those kids. I hate in these kind of movies when the man kisses the woman when he's been entirly lying the entire time, and he not only kissed her but slept with her! I hated that.
Georgia Rule
2007 1/5 -bad
Lindsay Lohan, Jane Fonda, Felicity Huffman
Rachel comes to stay with her Grandmother Georgia for the summer leaving some obvious problems behind at home. Her alcoholic mother doesn't even stay the night before rushing back out to California to be with her husband. Rachel shakes up the town, a beautiful girl in the boring Mormon country. Then she reveals her deepest secret to one of her new friends, and her mother comes rushing back to find out if its true. In the midst of this crisis the three woman become closer than ever and start to understand each other more.
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This was so bad. I kind of judge Dermot Mulroney for doing this.
An American in Paris
1951 1/5 -I didn't like it
Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant
Jerry Mulligan, a struggling American painter in Paris, is "discovered" by an influential heiress with an interest in more than Jerry's art. Jerry in turn falls for Lise, a young French girl already engaged to a cabaret singer. Jerry jokes, sings and dances with his best friend, an acerbic would-be concert pianist, while romantic complications abound.
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Gene Kelly is/was attractive! I didn't really get the whole dance scene at the end. I get that that is what Gene Kelly does, but it just seemed pointless and long.
His Girl Friday
1940 35 -good
Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy
Walter Burns, editor of a major Chicago newspaper, is about to lose his ace reporter and former wife, Hildy Johnson, to insurance salesman Bruce Baldwin, but not without a fight! The crafty editor uses every trick in his fedora to get Hildy to write one last big story, about murderer Earl Williams and the inept Sheriff Hartwell. The comedy snowballs as William's friend, Molly Malloy, the crooked Mayor, and Bruce's mother all get tied up in Walter's web.
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I liked it until the end.
Lovestruck: The Musical
2013 1/5 -bad
Chelsea Kane, Sara Paxton, Adrienne Bailon
Lovestruck: The Musical tells a story about a Broadway star-turned-choreographer Harper, whose daughter and star of her next production Mirabella makes the decision to quit the show in order to get married to playboy Marco. When Harper catches wind of her daughter's new priorities, she is determined to show Mirabella that love does not always trump career. While on her way to stop her daughter's wedding in Italy, Harper unknowingly drinks a tonic, turning her thirty years younger. Harper's younger appearance allows her to secretly infiltrate the wedding so Harper kisses Mirabella boyfriend and Mirabella finds out that Marco kissed another girl. When Harper is confronted with a huge obstacle when Mirabella's father, Ryan, who can recognize his ex-wife in any form. Harper gives him the reverse-aging effects of the tonic, Ryan teams with Harper to resolve the damage she's done to Mirabella and Marco's relationship, hoping they're in time to save Mirabella and Marco’s wedding.
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I wonder if these people felt ridiculous filming this, especially the 'Like A Virgin' scene.
Remember Sunday
2013 1/5 - bad
Zachary Levi, Alexis Bledel, Merritt Wever
A lonely, down-on-her-luck waitress meets a handsome, quirky jewelry store clerk and thinks that maybe, finally, she's met Mr. Right. The more Molly gets to know Gus, the more she's intrigued by him. But she's also mystified. Gus is absent-minded, preoccupied. Is he hiding something? The short answer is: yes. He's reluctant to share with her that since suffering a brain aneurysm, he's totally lost his short-term memory. Every day is a brand new day, his life starts anew. Every day he sees Molly he struggles to remember who she is and what she represents. Every day, he has to fall in love with her all over again.
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That ending left a sour taste in my mouth/
This is 40
2012 2/5 -nothing special
Leslie Mann, Paul Rudd, Megan Fox
Pete and Debbie are turning 40. But instead of celebrating, they're mired in a mid-life crisis with unruly kids, debt and unhappiness mounding. Pete's record label is failing and Debbie is unable to come to terms with her aging body. As Pete's 40th birthday party arrives, Pete and Debbie are going to have to rely on family, friends, employees, fitness trainers, aging rockers and ultimately each other to come to terms with life at age 40.
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I'm seriously done with "comedies". Why do people think it's funny to get high for 20 minutes? Am I supposed to laugh at fart jokes like a seven year old boy?
Les Misérables
2012 4/5 -just wonderful
Hugh Jackman, Russell Crow, Anne Hathaway
Based on the novel by Victor Hugo, 'Les Miserables' travels with prisoner-on-parole, 24601, Jean Valjean, as he runs from the ruthless Inspector Javert on a journey beyond the barricades, at the center of the June Rebellion. Meanwhile, the life of a working class girl with a child is at turning point as she turns to prostitution to pay money to the evil innkeeper and his wife who look after her child, Cosette. Valjean promises to take care of the child, eventually leads to a love triangle between Cosette, Marius who is a student of the rebellion, and Eponine, a girl of the streets. The people sing of their anger and Enjolras leads the students to fight upon the barricades
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I thinkI prefer musicals where every word isn't necessarily a song.
Damn that Eddie Redmaye for being so distracting!