Julie and Julia: This movie is incredibly great and perhaps is the reason I even considered blogging in the first place. I love both stories (being a horrible chef, I honestly wish I could cook like either of them) and the juxtaposition of them in the movie. I also love the acting/actresses and how they make you relate to both of them and their characters. This is definitely a movie I could watch multiple times and not be like OOOO THAT AGAIN?!
Enemy of the State: Besides making me a little paranoid about how much the government can find out about me and how bad it would be to try to "hide" and "run" from the N.S.A (since they control the satellites and can tap the phones and can manipulate the press/people around you..), this movie was really captivating and not at all predictable. You totally think that the bad guy is just gonna get caught in the end in some tricky but typical manner...and nope...they really all die....and it is just fantastic.
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian: For some reason I was on a kid movie watching spree this week and this was one of them. I chose to watch this movie as I found the first one entertaining and everywhere I went in D.C. museums had signs about items being featured in the movie. While I thought the fact that the art/paintings/photographs and the museum decor (ie.the fountain cupids come to life and sing in the way those little mice did in Babe...where you sort of get annoyed by them, but love them anyway) coming alive was a good addition to the movie and made it rather creative, I found the movie pretty boring and not as "let's learn about history and like a movie at the same time" as the first one. I am, however, looking forward to Ben Stiller's third installement of the Meet the Parents franchise, because, unlike this sequel...the previews for this movie still somehow look funny...
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel: Child movie number 2. I rented this because my college roommate and I may have watched the first one like 5 times in a span of 2 days simply because it was the only thing on HBO, and to be honest, it got good near the 5th time. Beyond me still being obsessed with Theodore (I even pondered "borrowing" a sculpture of him from the movie theatre/I really just want to squeeze him) and sort of digging the addition of the Chipettes (a la the little cartoon show of the chipmunks when I was little), I was not into this movie as much. Maybe if I see it 4 more times....
The Fantastic Mr. Fox: This could perhaps be my third child's movie of the week, but, in all honesty, I am unsure who the real target audience for this Wes Anderson animation. Not only was I constantly asking if this movie was for kids or me, I was confused by most of movie as a whole. True, I laughed out loud a couple of times and I do <3 Meryl Streep, but I am afraid the "cult hit" ness of this movie was just too much for me (like what was the deal with the Mr. Fox's signature like wink/click combo? or why were the animals insanely sophisticated at all times and then when they ate they made crazy eating noises and went all wild-animal on the food?). Perhaps I could try reading the Roald Dahl novel to understand the movie a little better...
Frost/Nixon: Since the only other movie I liked/probably have even watched about the Nixon era was the movie Dick (this movie is a great mix of crazy/comedy/a joke of where historical things come from), I was shocked that I enjoyed this movie as much as I did. I think I liked it because it wasn't just about Watergate or boring me with pure history, but was instead about 2 men and 1 interview. It was... just more...real. It was also great to see how a good journalist (we aren't talking about hiring Eliot Spitzer here CNN or ruining a general's career by getting him shitfaced Rolling Stone writer), do a good/respectable interview, and really relate to the American People/the person who he is interviewing. It makes you miss the glory days of the press.
Grown-Ups: The only time I got out of the house this week, I went to see this movie with my friend and her friends. I was...pleasantly surprised. I love old school Adam Sandler (I can probably quote Gilmore/Madison/Waterboy/Big Daddy at the drop of a hat), and this movie was more reminiscent of that era than say...Little Nicky. The cast was great and it felt like it was ad-libed for most of the movie....and, in fact, the most ad-libbed parts were by far the funniest. I have to admit that it was a little cheesy though....
Virgin Suicides: After re-watching and re-liking Lost in Translation I decided to watch Sophia Coppola's other popular movie. Even though the premise of this movie tells you from the beginning that all 5 sisters will commit suicide (and I thought this would depress me/easily turn me off), the sort of obsession/dark nature of this movie was actually well done (like the draw of these beautiful sisters that no one really knew or understood) and was rather interesting to watch unfold. It leaves you questioning why things happen, how they happen, and leaves you wondering what you would do in a household like theirs. It also definitely did not hurt to get to see baby Josh Hartnett, Kirsten Dunst, J.J. from Criminal Minds, and REALLY baby Hayden Christiansen. Did anyone read this book?!
I'm totally digging the movie wrap up posts! I love Fantastic Mr. Fox, but I'm a bit of a Wes Anderson Fangirl so I think that probably had something to do with it.
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