Tag: three sentence movies

I enjoyed this film on one level because all of the characters seemed like real people, which meant that they were both likable and flawed.  But I mostly enjoyed this because it had a range of actresses of a variety of ages who were fun to watch.   There was nice tension about living with/around your neighbors too.

Cost: free from library (I think someone is watching all of Nicole Holofscener’s films as this is the second I’ve plucked from the rack.)
Where watched: at home.

poster from: http://www.impawards.com/2010/please_give.html

I thought this movie did a very good job of condensing the themes of the book and that the acting was top-notch.*  However, I found the interruption of the frenetic road trip (my favorite part of the book) brought a halt to the movie’s forward momentum.  Overall, a very nice film and also the rare teenage film where the happy ending isn’t what you think it’s going to be.**

Cost: $5.00
Where watched: Regal Vancouver City Center 12

*Special props for the people who mostly cast actors who look like teenagers to play the teenagers.
**And, I must add, I’ve taken a bus from Upstate New York to Massachusetts, which is the state next door.  It took 12 hours to go 364 miles.  There is no way he could get from New York to Florida via bus in anything less than several days.

http://www.impawards.com/2015/paper_towns.html

Amusing mockumentry about vampires living in New Zealand.  It manages to be both gross and heartfelt at the same time.  I found it especially excelled in the quick jokes* but the characters were interesting too.

Cost: $3.00
Where watched: Laurelhurst Theater.

*Example:
Vampire speaks to camera: “If you get turned too young, you always look like a child” [Shakes head sadly]
[Meets up with two young teenage vampire girls]
[Vampire girl #1] “Yeah, we’re just off to meet up with a pedophile.
Example 2
“Remember we’re werewolves, not swearwolves.”

http://www.impawards.com/intl/new_zealand/2014/what_we_do_in_the_shado

This movie isn’t going to set any land speed records, but man, is it captivating.  Everything is gorgeous, the actors, the sets, the music.  Swinton and Hiddleston are completely captivating as two halves of a love affair spanning centuries.

Cost: free from library
Where watched: at home.

http://www.impawards.com/2013/only_lovers_left_alive_ver7.html

Apparently Noah Baumbach wanted to make a novelistic movie, to which I would say that if this movie was a novel, I would have wandered away in the first fifty pages.  The acting is good, but there was nothing about Roger Greenberg that made me root for him.*  Greta Gerwig was fine though I’m beginning to wonder if I only loved her as Frances Ha, because she hasn’t rocked my boat in anything else.**

Cost: free from library
Where watched: at home

*In contrast to Oscar Isaac’s Llewyn Davis, who I didn’t like but rooted for the entire time.
**What I’ve seen: Frances Ha, Lola Verses, Damsels in Distress.

http://www.impawards.com/2010/greenberg.html

I like Rashida Jones, and Andy Samberg* was fine too, but I think this movie suffered from a lack of caring about either Celeste or Jessie. It was kind of slow going, this movie.  I did like that it examined love people have for each other, even after the end of marriage.

Cost: free from library
Where watched: at home

*True story:  When I see Jesse Eisenberg, I think to myself, “Hey, that’s Jesse Eisenberg.”  When I see Andy Samberg, I think to myself, “Is that Jesse Eisenberg?”  Apparently, Andy Samberg doesn’t really exist in my world.

http://www.impawards.com/2012/celeste_and_jesse_forever.html

Boy howdy did I love this movie, as I knew I would from the first preview.  I think the movie’s strength lies in Oscar Isaac’s performance* which makes me care about a guy whose jerky choices make him perhaps not the best person to care about.  And if you have any small like of good harmonies and folk music, you should watch this movie just for the soundtrack alone.

Cost: free from library
Where watched: at home.

*I have loved him in everything I’ve ever seen him in. (10 Years, Drive, Ex Machinina)

http://www.impawards.com/2013/inside_llewyn_davis.html

The preview promised a movie full of quirky characters, plus Greta Gerwig and that big-eyed Analeigh Tipton* and it delivered on all counts.  But I think the problem was that the quirky was turned up entirely too high and Greta Gerwig’s character was so buttoned down that even when things fell apart she didn’t have very far to go.  Overall, I found it to be tedious and disappointing.

Cost: free from library
Where watched: at home

*who I loved in Crazy, Stupid, Love and Warm Bodies

poster from: http://www.impawards.com/2012/damsels_in_distress.html

This movie may be the tipping point were I transform from a comic book movie fan to someone who has grown tired of the genre.  However, that is not to say this is a bad movie and I loved how funny it was, as well as the gossip scenes and the fight scenes taking place on miniature sets.  Paul Rudd is his usual charming self* and though I had some plot quibbles, this was a pretty solid film.

Cost: Free due to coupon.
Where watched: Regal Vancouver City Center 12

*As discussed before, he imprinted on me when I watched Clueless and he can do no wrong.

poster from:
http://www.impawards.com/2015/ant_man.html
http://www.impawards.com/2015/ant_man_ver15.html
(My favorite guy)

Oh my gosh, I watched the preview for this movie a year or so ago, was very intrigued and promptly forgot the title, but was lucky enough to come across it at the library.  I’ve not been to a massive music festival, but I would guess this is quite a good representation.  This is worth watching because they filmed the entire movie over five days (five days!) at the 2010 T in the Park Festival in Kinross, Scotland and it’s sweet, full of fun, (plus Tonks*) and the music is great.

*Natalia Tena mentioned in her interviews that filming this movie was more like live theater than movies because she’s been in films where she has to stand around for hours in one scene and I found myself wondering what sorts of movies she’s been in as she is gorgeous, but not conventional movie star attractive. And IMDB told me I was looking at Tonks, from Harry Potter.

poster from: http://www.impawards.com/intl/uk/2011/you_instead_ver2.html
It appears that Tonight Your Mine is the alternate US title.