What I watched in April
1. The Lovely Bones- I watched this on the plane. It was... okay. The main character was good and Stanley Tucci was downright creepy. However, I still preferred the book and felt that Mark Wahlberg was somewhat miscast, even though he can actually act.
2.Hot Tub Time Machine- I wanted this movie to be a lot better than it actually was. Some parts of it were funny and I loved Lizzy Kaplan and the homage to Sixteen Candles. Still, I wanted more.
3. This is it- If you're a fan of choreographed dancing, you should watch this! It's a good movie about Michael Jackson's final tour and the planning of it. Some amazing dancing. I was impressed to see how humble and kind MJ was. He was a real professional.
4. Adam- I liked this movie. It was about the relationship between a high functioning Asperger's dude and a children's illustrator. Both Hugh Dancy and Rose Byrne were good and beautiful. It was somewhat unfulfilling, but still an interesting story.
5. Whip It ! I LOVED this film. Great cast, funny and feminist! This was a lot of fun.
6. Sold out, a Threevening with Kevin Smith- I actually really like Kevin Smith's talky movies. This one features a story about when his dachschund went into heat. I was amused.
7. The Blind Side- Better than I expected. Sandra Bullock really made this movie.
8. The September Issue- a documentary about the September Issue of Vogue magazine. Anna Wintour is a bitch, some of the women who work at the mag are interesting, and my dad fell asleep while watching this.
9. Broken Embraces- A great Aldmodovar film. This one was quite Hitchcockian and I really liked it. I love Almodovar's use of colour and the shots he sets up.
10. Our Daily Bread- This is pretty much like a Baraka about agriculture. There are no words or narrative; it's just shots of people working in industrial agriculture, and then eating their lunches at work. Very interesting and disturbing. You have to be in the right mood to watch it.
11. Showboat- This was on Turner Classic movies, so I watched it. My favourite person in this was Ava Gardner, as I didn't care for the main character's singing voice. This is definitely not my favourite musical.
12. Max Manus- A Norwegian film about saboteur and resistance fighter Max Manus. There was some good stuff about this movie, but also a lot of flaws.
13. The Killing Fields- I did learn some things about the Killing Fields and the Cambodian genocide, but I was also very tired when I was watching this and fell asleep for a little while so I can't really give an accurate account of this film.