Tag: three sentence movies

This was just a fabulously gripping movie. From the first scene to the last the creation of the Internet site that changed all of our lives is mesmerizing–and we are talking about a lot of coding, i.e. people staring at screens. Top notch acting by everyone, especially the “we must see more of him” Jesse Eisenberg.

Where are the women? The movie starts with a great female character, but she quickly exits stage left and the women we see are reduced to object status (or slightly unhinged girlfriends.) Surely there must have been a few women involved in some aspect of the creation of Facebook

This had a good premise (dead people wandering around New York City and when living people walk through them, they sneeze) but was ultimately a mediocre movie. Part of the problem was that Ricky Gervais’ character swung through several different personalities in the course of the film. This wasn’t unpleasant to watch, which makes it a good “flu” movie, in my book.

Excellent performances by all three actors, this was like watching three great character studies. It was fun to notice the parallels between John C. Reilly and his ex-wife and Jonah Hill and Marisa Tomei. Plus, any movie with Catherine Keener in it is for me.

I was uncomfortable during most of this movie, first because the main character is so cheery-weird that it is off putting. Then, the escalation of the oddness of the driving instructor combined with the cheery-weirdness of the main character was very jarring. I’m sure that was all the point, and I was engrossed the whole time, but I felt exhausted by the time the movie was over.

Then, I got to feel uncomfortable all over again because my domestic violence cousnselor boyfriend disagreed quite emphatically with the main character’s choice. Geez.

Matt and I watched this in celebration of the four weddings (and no funerals) we attended this summer. Matt had seen it long ago on a bad date and he enjoyed it much more this time. I remembered how delightful this was, but I had forgotten how funny it is.

Nicely acted but so incredibly boring. I’ve read that book and it lit me on fire–I was 18 at the time–whereas watching this movie I was on the Internet reading its reviews and also the trivia about it on IMDB before I had even finished watching it. Did you know that the farmhouse had been abandoned for decades and the crew totally refurbished it?

Recommended to me by the lovely Jan when I mentioned how much I like having discovered Joseph Gordon-Levitt, now I can recommend it to you. It’s a total film noir, hard-boiled detective 40’s-esqe film but set in a modern Southern California high school. Complex, entertaining, very well done and not at all violent or bloody. (read: Sara approved.)

It seems I’ve crossed some great divide where watching a movie that begins at 10:00 pm is difficult because I have trouble staying awake. Despite my sleepiness, I can tell you that this was a very clever movie which anyone who played (or listened to her brother’s endless playing of) video games in the 1980s will enjoy. Funny and packed full of great actors who were in elementary school when I finished collage, this was worth staying awake for.

This was hilarious–I knew Will Ferrell was funny, and now I know he also makes a very good straight man. But who knew Mark Wahlberg was so funny? This movie also includes a very clever take on the “drink all night” scene as well as the best role I’ve seen Michael Keaton play in years.

ps: watch all the credits. You will get a good education about what financial reform bought us.

pps: Even if you only watch the opening scene you will laugh. The Rock and Samuel L. Jackson make excellent over-the-top buddy cops.

I liked this movie okay while watching, though it was a little long. The next day I was less enthralled with it. Only my great appreciation for Richard Jenkins inspires the remaining amount of “like.”