Aw so sweet pleasure watching this and a true story at that. Seeing people do pure,unadulterated good for someone in need was...to be honest- nothing new eh- but the film analised the intentions,motives and pscycholigical stories and back stories and internal stories of all the characters involved-which in my opinion,a little humble -was refreshing. It was well rounded. and not just a feel-good movie-but a feel and live good movie with lots of meat.
The story did not depict perfect people just people with flaws trying their best.
I love Sandra Bullock.
And that it was a story based on facts-what can beat that! i immediately googled the characters as the credits rolled.
Nice one!!!!Very nice!;)
imho
Friday, March 19, 2010
PRECIOUS
This film scared the living crap out of me. You know why?..ofcourse you don't,because the thing was soo real.
Totally an R-rated human drama-that was the terrifying thing that the film was done in such a way that it made you realise that some people actually live,behave and think like this...that's how i felt as i watched ,it was like watching a documentary. It was depicted so ...so trully that many times i literally stared in irritation and sweet annoyance.
Moniq! that woman deserved that statue-i mean she made me hate her in this story. She made me want to get into that screen and beat her up(at least try to)for her first "heavy" film- she put the fear of fear into me.
In my humble opinion -i think black women have a natural thing for expressing hell's fury or fiery passion-so i guess they don't need to dig too deep for these particular emotions. Many or most Black ladies have that musical loudness and spontaniety-like jazz and hip-hop on legs. Its all about soul baby!(i'm a black lady by the way)
The new girl, Gabourey Sidibe, was a treat to watch.She stole my heart and made it bleed.Many times as the story went along-i'm like-that character may be down but there's something intensley strong lurking. I can feel it! Well you 'havta' see the movie yourself so i don't over-bias all over the place. The only tiny reserve i had was this was the girl's first film and she had to play a down and sad character through most of the film-which in my humble opinion is not an immense challenge for a new comer-so i'm looking forward to seeing her in something else to fully appreciate her talent. That's fair,no?
Natural dialogue. I Haven't read the book but i can't help but think the producers were more than true to it. It worked.What a story to watch!!
Totally an R-rated human drama-that was the terrifying thing that the film was done in such a way that it made you realise that some people actually live,behave and think like this...that's how i felt as i watched ,it was like watching a documentary. It was depicted so ...so trully that many times i literally stared in irritation and sweet annoyance.
Moniq! that woman deserved that statue-i mean she made me hate her in this story. She made me want to get into that screen and beat her up(at least try to)for her first "heavy" film- she put the fear of fear into me.
In my humble opinion -i think black women have a natural thing for expressing hell's fury or fiery passion-so i guess they don't need to dig too deep for these particular emotions. Many or most Black ladies have that musical loudness and spontaniety-like jazz and hip-hop on legs. Its all about soul baby!(i'm a black lady by the way)
The new girl, Gabourey Sidibe, was a treat to watch.She stole my heart and made it bleed.Many times as the story went along-i'm like-that character may be down but there's something intensley strong lurking. I can feel it! Well you 'havta' see the movie yourself so i don't over-bias all over the place. The only tiny reserve i had was this was the girl's first film and she had to play a down and sad character through most of the film-which in my humble opinion is not an immense challenge for a new comer-so i'm looking forward to seeing her in something else to fully appreciate her talent. That's fair,no?
Natural dialogue. I Haven't read the book but i can't help but think the producers were more than true to it. It worked.What a story to watch!!
And of course-i was like-thats Mariah Carey!!!! and that's Lenny Krawitz!!!!
In my humble opinion;)
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
UP IN THE AIR
I cried watching this!!
it was so yummy to watch a story of this sort! or on this subject matter(s)it was an awsome take on getting fired,firing people, and the life of a guy whose home is the air and loves it..until...;)
Probably this storyline might seem familiar to you, but trust me Jason Reitman(director) gives it his own take -its a whole new tennis game and depth to this gutsy and moving story. If you loved 'Juno' and 'thankyou for smoking' then you can stop reading this and go watch this film now.
If you're still here, and by the way haven't seen Juno or Thankyou for smoking-you should curl up on the floor now in fetal position and join me to scream WHYYYY?!!
Humour in tragedy thats a challenging for any filmaker to pull off.And Jason packs on a lot of meat unto this babe. its a rich storyline and plot.
George Clooney convinces me in this movie that he's a regular guy not a lawyer,crime genious,political guy...
the script was great-not mind blowing -out of this world but very,very good!in my humble opinion;)
and again...
imho
it was so yummy to watch a story of this sort! or on this subject matter(s)it was an awsome take on getting fired,firing people, and the life of a guy whose home is the air and loves it..until...;)
Probably this storyline might seem familiar to you, but trust me Jason Reitman(director) gives it his own take -its a whole new tennis game and depth to this gutsy and moving story. If you loved 'Juno' and 'thankyou for smoking' then you can stop reading this and go watch this film now.
If you're still here, and by the way haven't seen Juno or Thankyou for smoking-you should curl up on the floor now in fetal position and join me to scream WHYYYY?!!
Humour in tragedy thats a challenging for any filmaker to pull off.And Jason packs on a lot of meat unto this babe. its a rich storyline and plot.
George Clooney convinces me in this movie that he's a regular guy not a lawyer,crime genious,political guy...
the script was great-not mind blowing -out of this world but very,very good!in my humble opinion;)
and again...
imho
REBOUND
I hope i'm not exaggerrating here when i say that -this is the best romantic comedy of a relationship where the womans is sizeably older than her male love interest. THE BEST!
I confess if i am exaggerrating...i don't think i care!!
In my humble opinion. it wasn't a sugerred up like -aww it's possible,nice and doable because all you need is love and age is nothing but a number -type thing AND neither was it a doomed impossible because a 15year difference carries with it a lot of experiences,knowledge or the lack thereof and any and all guys below 30 are not mature enough-type thing.
I think it bravely and practically showcased this kind of relationship in every (or most )emotional and intellectual issuse . Showed it all humorously and dramatically and with dialogin-ly(?)realness, so that when you watch it you go "well...that makes sense" and not "yeah...right" or "i told you there's only one way this could go...see?!"
Great dialogue. the situations are beautiful. the actors are to die for!(loved those kids).its a sexy comedy with a fair look on love in all its cracked up to be.
Art Garfunkel was in it too!!!(hilarious)
I confess if i am exaggerrating...i don't think i care!!
In my humble opinion. it wasn't a sugerred up like -aww it's possible,nice and doable because all you need is love and age is nothing but a number -type thing AND neither was it a doomed impossible because a 15year difference carries with it a lot of experiences,knowledge or the lack thereof and any and all guys below 30 are not mature enough-type thing.
I think it bravely and practically showcased this kind of relationship in every (or most )emotional and intellectual issuse . Showed it all humorously and dramatically and with dialogin-ly(?)realness, so that when you watch it you go "well...that makes sense" and not "yeah...right" or "i told you there's only one way this could go...see?!"
Great dialogue. the situations are beautiful. the actors are to die for!(loved those kids).its a sexy comedy with a fair look on love in all its cracked up to be.
Art Garfunkel was in it too!!!(hilarious)
Monday, February 1, 2010
THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS
I'm a fan of phylosophy,theology, wisdom, the connection between the natural and supernatural -so i was more than a yes person to see this film. Lest we forget seeing great actors and beautiful men like JOHNNY DEPP,JUDE LAW,COLIN FARREL AND OFCOURSE HEATH LEDGER share some of their talent together.
The story was a rumble tumble for me from the start-and not in a fast way.I was not sure what i should be thinking about as i watched this plot open up-and i hate this feeling.-Nothing seemed clear. The dialogue wasn't helping any.Even when Heath showed up-it kinda got worse for me. But anywho i gave it the benefit of the doubt-maybe it was me-the movie was to deep for my blood. half way in(trendy in my blogs,no?) to the film -when they finally get to showing off the doctor's imaginarium-i started to taste some meat of a plot.
I like stories with messages clearcut or subtle but it's there-but this was bit all over the place in my humble opinion.
I think this sort of story needed to be told like one of those wierd, absorbing Picasso paintings-where the woman had three or four eyes-BUT you could still tell it WAS A WOMAN. and not a jackson Pollock painting with splashes and dots of paint of different colours eveywhere and you might as well have seen a wind-mill or was it a chicken...
...or maybe i need to watch it again-but you see i don't think this is even that sort of film where the illumination develops the more you go back to it.
A fantasy-sci-fi-drama-adventure type thing with seemingly heavy improvisation. Enjoyed the attempt though.
imho.
The story was a rumble tumble for me from the start-and not in a fast way.I was not sure what i should be thinking about as i watched this plot open up-and i hate this feeling.-Nothing seemed clear. The dialogue wasn't helping any.Even when Heath showed up-it kinda got worse for me. But anywho i gave it the benefit of the doubt-maybe it was me-the movie was to deep for my blood. half way in(trendy in my blogs,no?) to the film -when they finally get to showing off the doctor's imaginarium-i started to taste some meat of a plot.
I like stories with messages clearcut or subtle but it's there-but this was bit all over the place in my humble opinion.
I think this sort of story needed to be told like one of those wierd, absorbing Picasso paintings-where the woman had three or four eyes-BUT you could still tell it WAS A WOMAN. and not a jackson Pollock painting with splashes and dots of paint of different colours eveywhere and you might as well have seen a wind-mill or was it a chicken...
...or maybe i need to watch it again-but you see i don't think this is even that sort of film where the illumination develops the more you go back to it.
A fantasy-sci-fi-drama-adventure type thing with seemingly heavy improvisation. Enjoyed the attempt though.
imho.
BROTHERS
COOME ON!!-ITS JAKE GYLLENGAL,TOBI MCGUIRE AND NATALIE PORTMAN IN THE SAME FILMIC SPACE FOR 2 HOURS!! You bet your sweet arse i was all over it.lol
A real storyline thats held its own. A Cane-Abel thing thrown into the middle of the Iraqi war thing and a beautiful wife-thing with 2 cute daughters,the older of whom was more like 8 going on 21.
Tough for me to accept Natalie as a mother of 8 and 5 yr old(thereabouts)-the picture didn't just fit for me-but from the background tale ,i gathered that-she and Tobi' character probably got married right out of highschool-so that stopped that itch.
...and first time seeing Tobey in a full out drama-drama,and he was "all up in there" especially halfway through the movie as his character disfigures emotionally and somewhat physically- all thanks to Tobi's great acting.
At the start- all i saw was the cute-babyface Toby-and i was like-naaah this isn't going to work-him a hard-arse soldier,a father of two...naah-but as the plot intensified his character potrayal was grand.
Seriously,in my humble opinion Toby's role is something that would have been "home" for Jake G. because Jake has done a lot more drama in all forms so i was pleasantly suprised to see him in the less pscychological explosive role.I kept expecting his character to burst out Jakey style...lol but he never does-he rode the calmer river this time and let Toby burn the house down.It was fun to watch this.
Madam Natalie was the lady in between-but not the way you expect-not the way this script was written anyway. This was no love triangle thing(as some lazy films have depicted).This one was with more meaty complexity(just my opinion) ,nicely done and Natalie as a mum made it look too easy. The camera loves her though and she's still one of my great favs.
A quiet story with some fireworks...and/or just plain fire.
A beautiful homage of empathy and sympathy for what some of these soldiers do and endure just so they can go home. The love in this screen fable is in my humble opinion, depicted with realness and a lot of heart.
A real storyline thats held its own. A Cane-Abel thing thrown into the middle of the Iraqi war thing and a beautiful wife-thing with 2 cute daughters,the older of whom was more like 8 going on 21.
Tough for me to accept Natalie as a mother of 8 and 5 yr old(thereabouts)-the picture didn't just fit for me-but from the background tale ,i gathered that-she and Tobi' character probably got married right out of highschool-so that stopped that itch.
...and first time seeing Tobey in a full out drama-drama,and he was "all up in there" especially halfway through the movie as his character disfigures emotionally and somewhat physically- all thanks to Tobi's great acting.
At the start- all i saw was the cute-babyface Toby-and i was like-naaah this isn't going to work-him a hard-arse soldier,a father of two...naah-but as the plot intensified his character potrayal was grand.
Seriously,in my humble opinion Toby's role is something that would have been "home" for Jake G. because Jake has done a lot more drama in all forms so i was pleasantly suprised to see him in the less pscychological explosive role.I kept expecting his character to burst out Jakey style...lol but he never does-he rode the calmer river this time and let Toby burn the house down.It was fun to watch this.
Madam Natalie was the lady in between-but not the way you expect-not the way this script was written anyway. This was no love triangle thing(as some lazy films have depicted).This one was with more meaty complexity(just my opinion) ,nicely done and Natalie as a mum made it look too easy. The camera loves her though and she's still one of my great favs.
A quiet story with some fireworks...and/or just plain fire.
A beautiful homage of empathy and sympathy for what some of these soldiers do and endure just so they can go home. The love in this screen fable is in my humble opinion, depicted with realness and a lot of heart.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
THE TIME TRAVELERS WIFE
I was in the mood for a great love story. Did i get it ,watching this film?
W-e-eell, Eric Bana was comfy to watch in this dramatic-paranormal story. And i think Rachael McAdams is a delicious actress. I mean i trully believe her when she does her thing- in whatever role she plays. And the fresh take on time travel was fascinating to watch(Although with a few "coome on!" and "but what...?")
Halfway through the film,you know the tear dam has full intention of breaking.When i realised this-i gradually got tired as the film progressed -the story became a burden.
Yup ,it's one of those conceptual stories about the grandness of unconditional love- but this grandness was lost on me by the end of the film.
Needless to say i didn't get the lovestory all rounded feel i craved. There were some loose ends, hence the "coome on.." and "but what..?". SO, towards the end i was more intrigued by the time travel phenomenon(though scantily clad) than the time traveler's relationship with his wife.
Was that the intention of the filmmakers?
Giving credit,the story asks the famed question " destiny or choice"(thats a famed question right?)
That's just imho.
W-e-eell, Eric Bana was comfy to watch in this dramatic-paranormal story. And i think Rachael McAdams is a delicious actress. I mean i trully believe her when she does her thing- in whatever role she plays. And the fresh take on time travel was fascinating to watch(Although with a few "coome on!" and "but what...?")
Halfway through the film,you know the tear dam has full intention of breaking.When i realised this-i gradually got tired as the film progressed -the story became a burden.
Yup ,it's one of those conceptual stories about the grandness of unconditional love- but this grandness was lost on me by the end of the film.
Needless to say i didn't get the lovestory all rounded feel i craved. There were some loose ends, hence the "coome on.." and "but what..?". SO, towards the end i was more intrigued by the time travel phenomenon(though scantily clad) than the time traveler's relationship with his wife.
Was that the intention of the filmmakers?
Giving credit,the story asks the famed question " destiny or choice"(thats a famed question right?)
That's just imho.
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