Tuesday, December 25, 2007

in the land of women, once, & national treasure: book of secrets

In The Land of Women

Pretty good movie. Of course, the only reason I watched it was because of Kristen Stewart. I think she is absolutely beautiful, but goddamit, fuck that shit when her character falls for some lame douchebag.

The story revolves around some guy who is some sort of emotional sponge for all the women in his life. Every guy would wish he would be this guy because you can get a lot of sex when women want to cry on your shoulder.

But the movie drops because of Meg Ryan. Not because of the character, but holy shit, did she fuck up her face. She used to be the cute actress of the 90s, but WTF. She totally butchered her face beginning with the movie In The Cut. It is apparent now what she did to her face.......as in totally fucked up shit.

In summary, it was a good watch. It's 90% chick flick so you'll be able to get some action with your girlfriend soon afterwards.

Once

100% chick flick and 100% sure you'll be able to bang your girlfriend or if you are a girl, boyfriend, after watching this. It's about two lower class people who love music. The basic story is a street musician meets with a girl who sells roses on the street. The girl likes his music and starts to band up with him. The guy is heartbroken from a previous relationship and the girl is having troubles with her husband from another country. You can tell that the guy really impatiently wants to pounce her, but she declines him very softly every time he tries to advance. It's as if the girl wants to date him but she feels obligated to her husband situation at the same time. The dynamic between the two is fantastic as they soon forget their troubles as soon as they start to create beautiful music. Hell, I wish I was listening to the soundtrack right now.

The camerawork is quite amazing, and I wish they had a bigger budget because some shots would have fared better if they had the equipment to support the shot (especially the last shot where it is moving back from the window).

I definitely recommend this.

National Treasure: Book of Secrets

I'm pretty sure I was distracted throughout this entire film because I wanted to piss so badly FROM THE VERY FIRST MINUTE. Yes people, I held my piss for the entire duration of the movie. It was goddamn grueling, and I did not want to miss one minute. But shit, I could have gone during this animated Disney short of HDTVs. But I didn't because I didn't want to go up and disturb people as I run frantically towards the washroom.

Anyways, this movie is a good popcorn flick. It's very forgettable, but holy shit at the Troy actress. Fucking AAA++ hotness. Her accent came through during her first scene which was weird because it never happened again.

What I didn't understand was Ed Harris's use of violence. He could have just asked if he could help them find whatever they were trying to find (don't want to say since it would be a major spoiler). Instead, we get this unneeded car chase in London where Ed Harris and his cohorts are trying to kill Nicholas Cage and crew. Why the fuck are you trying to kill the people who are solving the puzzle? It makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.

Good movie. Watch and enjoy it.

I'll be watching Alien Vs. Predator: Requiem later this week. I want to watch Juno, but I have no fucking idea how to go to Yorktown theatres. I'm still a fucking newbie at directions. lol.

EDIT: Goddammit. Juno is now at Marcus Theatres. It fucking took them long enough. Jeez. This weekend is going to be awesome. AVP and Juno. Oh fuck yeah.

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