Random Reviews!

While looking through my posts I found a bunch of unpublished reviews. Here they are!

Love & Other Drugs
5/7

"Soft core porn" is the perfect way to describe this movie.  Half the time Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway are pissed off at one another and the other they are completely naked.  Good thing Anne Hathaway has nice breasts.

This movie, again, was not as good as I expected.  The acting was great, the chemistry even better, but the story was so bi-polar.  I feel as if I was laughing one minute and feeling like I should cry the next.  Some times comedy and drama can work together, but in this movie the back and forth was just distracting and tiring.

The ending was predictable but the main actors were enjoyable to watch.  Anne Hathaway is a wonderful actress.  Her portrayal of a woman with early onset of Parkinson's was beautiful to watch.  I do not know anyone personally that has Parkinson's, but she made me believe that she was truly struggling to regain some sort of freedom with a crippling illness.

Of course, the "Drugs" in the Love & Other Drugs, was also another interesting and different aspect to this movie.  Seeing first hand how big companies like Phizer work, was at least interesting to me. And like always Gyllenhaal is lovable (and SEXY), even though he plays a self-centered ass****.

Due Date
6/10

Due Date....where should I start?

I went into this film expecting The Hangover, but no matter how hard it tries it will never be as funny. It does, however, have its laugh outloud moments.

After being forcibly removed and subsequently banned from flying, Peter Highman (Robert Downey Jr.), a slightly neurotic Architect, is desperate to find a way to get to Los Angeles before the birth of his baby. Enter Ethan Trembley, aspiring actor and man of questionable sexuality, brilliantly played by Allan a.k.a Zack Galifianakis. Ethan, who was also kicked off the flight, has rented a car and invites Peter along for the ride. Peter, who supposedly left his wallet on the flight, accepts and, as you might expect, everything seems to hold Peter back from his ultimate goal.

This movie definitely had its high points. Zack Galifianakis is endearing and funny. He plays a similar character to the one he played in The Hangover, someone oblivious to everything and not quite there mentally. Which, of course, leads to hilarious results.

I could definitely see the similarities to Planes, Trains, & Automobiles!

All in all, I quite enjoyed this movie, but it was not as funny as I expected after seeing the trailer. It cannot live up to The Hangover, nor would I pay $6.50 to see it.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
9/10

Wow! I left the cinema with a renewed obsession for everything Harry Potter. Although it has been a while since I read the final book in the series, from what I remember this movie was a pretty faithful adaptation. It did take a more grown up approach, and there was a lot more violence in this movie than had been in the previous. The darkness and fear that crept throughout this movie was very fitting. I believe also that Daniel Radcliffe has become a much better actor. Prancing naked on stage has seemed to help him out a lot.

I always loved how Grint brought an endearing awkward to Ron, which was still present in the film, even though it seemed he was more awkwardly (because everything Ron does is awkward) pissed off than endearing in this film.

The ending was also very suspenseful; I definitely didn't feel as if I had sat in the theaters for 2 and half hours!

I guess my only complaint would be Ginny, who I am sorry to say did not look very attractive in this film. I've actually always seen Hermione with Harry, versus with Ron. Maybe that's because the on screen chemistry between her and Harry seems more real. I always feel like Daniel is forcing himself to like whoever plays Ginny, and their romance was so random and sudden in the 5th movie.