Man Movies

Shawshank Redemption (R)-Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman



What a sad movie. Not that it was actually sad, but that this innocent guy had to go to jail for so many years. I don't think that I would be so calm if I went to jail for my spouse being murdered either, especially if I wasn't the one who did it. I actually liked the movie a lot because it kept me interested the entire time, not knowing if he was really innocent or not, not knowing what was going to happen because Morgan Freeman kept saying that he liked this guy for some reason and I didn't know what to expect. I also think this movie had a good amount of humor in it for it not being a comedy, like when Morgan Freeman recites the same thing every year to see if he can be released. The old man in the movie made me sad though because he couldn't handle being free after being in jail for so long, and the other man who threatened to kill his friend so that he didn't have to leave jail- that's just so sad. It's funny though becuase this movie makes me feel sorry for criminals; it made me feel sad for an old man who murdered someone, or for Morgan Freeman because he couldn't get out of jail everytime they interviewed him to see if he was doing any better to be released. This is one of the few movies I'm glad my husband made me watch.

The Usual Suspects (R) - Too Many People

Bleh. I got confused. I hate when I get confused during movies, it makes me like it less. I got confused because they introduced so many characters at once who look alike without saying their names and then they expect me to remember who they are and what crime they did and who the baddest of them all is?! Yeah, I'm not going to remember that. I also didn't like how bloody and disgusting it was. I can only take so much. And I knew the ending! I knew it. I didn't know it exactly, but I knew something like that was going to happen. I don't think I'd ever watch this movie again though. Maybe one more time so that I could actually watch it and understand it at the same time, but then again, maybe not.

A Good Day to Die Hard (R) - Bruce Willis

O.M.G. Hilarious! I thought this movie was just too ridiculous. I think Bruce Willis' lines just get worse and worse the more movies there are. He is just too corny; every single line he says is like he's a bad comedian. Made me roll my eyes too many times in this movie, I'm surprised they're not stuck like that. (See how not funny that was, but it was supposed to be?) There was one part that I absolutely loved though. It's when they are jumping out of this building while the bad guy is in a helicopter, and Bruce Willis has enough time and energy to turn in mid-air to flick off the bad guy. I died laughing. That's pretty much all I remember to this movie. It was all too funny. I loved it!

Bossypants- Tina Fey

I never really liked SNL, and I still don't. For some reason I just don't find it funny, except for the occasional SNL shorts, and the clips with Justin Timberlake in them. I actually don't really remember when I first saw Tina Fey, maybe it was when she did the Sarah Palin imitation. But anyway, when I first saw her, I loved her immediately. Was I disappointed in Baby Mama? Yeah, I was. I expected it to be a whole lot funnier. I started watching 30 Rock with my husband, and I loved her in that too, but Tracey Morgan was just too annoying for me so I stopped watching. But Date Night with Steve Carrell... That is my favorite movie of all time. I love it. So last Christmas, my brother-in-law got me Bossypants as a gift, and I was totally excited to start reading it. I didn't really know what to expect from the book either. I never really heard about it before and wasn't too sure if it was an autobiography or what. It is.

I enjoyed the book a lot. I will admit that there were a lot of references that I didn't understand, but it was a good read. I like the way she writes, it's like she's just talking to you, explaining how her life was, and she had a lot of funny and embarrassing stories. The one thing I didn't like is that she kind of went out of order of her life, like back and forth, which was a little confusing. But I'd definitely recommend it.

Book Movies

The Lucky One- Nicholas Sparks

I like to read books that are turned into movies. I might have mentioned that before. I never really wanted to read Nicholas Sparks books because I always felt kind of funny like I'm some mushy, lovey girl. But I was fresh out of ideas, so I decided to pick one up. I was greatly surprised. They are mushy, lovey books, but they are a fun and easy read. The Lucky One was really good. It was about a man who finds this girls picture in the war, and his friend believes that this picture is what kept him from dying the whole three years he was in the war, and he decides to travel across the states to find her. There was obviously a lot of other stuff that went on in the book, even a douche bag character that annoyed the crap out of me, and I really enjoyed it. I like how Sparks writes. At some chapters, he leaves you with cliff hangers and I like that because it's not every chapter, but enough to keep you wanting to read more.

Now the movie on the other hand. Of course the books are always better than the movies, but this movie was very disappointing. Like with Harry Potter, the movies are still exciting even though they don't match the books that well, but this one, the story was lacking A LOT of the details in the book. Like the douche bag character in the book was barely even a douche bag in the movie, and that sucked because even though I hated his character, I liked it because I hated him so much. I'd definitely recommend the book though.

Safe Haven- Nicholas Sparks

Now this book was amazing. It's about a girl who ran away from her abusive husband, but was always scared that he was going to find her. What an awful life to live. While I was reading this book, on the chapters that especially made me mad because the husband was an a-hole, I would slam the book closed, give an evil look to my husband and say, "If you EVER hit me, I would cut off your weener and throw it down the garbage disposal!" and then walk out of the room. But the book was just really good. It made me feel a lot of different emotions, and I was so tensed up during the end of the book because I was afraid of what was going to happen. Sparks really made me feel anxious and I loved it.

The movie was quite the opposite. This movie was just so different from the book that it made me angry. The parts that I loved the most in the book, the parts that made me feel  the most emotion weren't even in the movie, and the story was changed too much. The movie also started off super slow and I was getting bored with it. I'm surprised my brother and his friend didn't walk out of the room to watch something else.

Newer Movies

Silver Linings Playbook (R) - Bradley Cooper & Jennifer Lawrence

 I love Jennifer Lawrence. And Bradley Cooper come to think of it. And this movie was also nominated for best picture, so of course I had to see it. To be honest, I hadn't heard anything about it; I didn't know what it was about, I didn't know it was in the theaters, I didn't even hear anyone's opinions on it. I just knew that Jennifer Lawrence got Best Actress for this movie. We waited for it to come out on redbox because we were already too late to watch it in the theaters. And I absolutely loved it. I love Bradley's character in this movie because he is just so blunt about everything. He just says what's on his mind. I also love the realness of this movie. How there are really people in the world like that who struggle with some kind of craziness in their life. Jennifer Lawrence was also really good. I like how she always pops out of nowhere when Cooper's out running. I think there was a good amount of comedy and drama in this movie to make it really entertaining to watch.

The Great Gatsby (PG-13) - Leonardo DiCaprio

I should have known that if we had to read this book in school that it was going to be an unhappy ending. They always make us read crap like that. I don't ever remember reading it though, so I didn't know what the story was about. I'm just going to assume that my readers know the story, so if you don't, you can stop reading here. I think that Daisy, the main girl who is the love of Gatsby's life is just a stupid whore. Gah, I hate her so much. I can't believe she would even have to decide who she wanted to be with. The answer was so easy for her. Someone who loved her and did all these crazy parties for her, or some a-hole she was married to who slept around with other whores. What a stupid. I did like the movie though. It was crazy-weird like Moulin Rouge, with the weird effects and stuff like that. And of course Leo was in it; I love 85% of his movies. I don't think I'd watch this movie again though just because the story makes me so mad. Didn't even pay her respects when it was all her fault. What a slut. 

Iron Man 3 (PG-13) - Robert Downey, Jr. 

I usually always love any superhero movie. And I really like Iron Man movies because I just think he's so funny. So you can guess that I liked this movie. It wasn't really much different than any other superhero movies to me to where I was like, oh man I wanna see that again, but it was still good. Would I watch it again? Yeah, of course. So, just so I remember the story of this one: there were these people who could like heat up like crazy, and this terrorist who was messing with the US president, and Iron Man was trying to stop him pretty much. My favorite part was the terrorist. When you see it, you'll know what I mean.

Star Trek Into Darkness (PG-13) - Chris Pine 

 Now to be completely honest, I hate Star Trek. I watched it a lot as a kid with my dad only because if I watched it, I could stay up later and not have to go to bed. But I never liked it. I watched the first movie, one of the first movies I watched when I first met my husband. I don't remember much about it, but my husband likes to say that I didn't like the movie because I got confused. Which isn't true. Anyways, I wasn't too excited to watch this one. Well, it was more of, I wasn't too excited to waste $20 on a movie I wasn't really interested in seeing. But now I have to say it was worth it. I actually really like this one. I like how he was so sacrificial as captain, and how Spock was able to feel. Yeah, I teared up. I like to call my husband Spock because he feels no emotion. haha. I also like the whole story line; it wasn't all complicated to follow, and there was plenty of comedy in there to make me laugh. It was a really good movie and I'd like to see this one again.
  
Fast and Furious 6 (PG-13) - Vin Diesel, The Rock, Paul Walker

I really really like Fast Five. I liked it so much that I wanted to watch it again right after it was over. So I was super excited to watch this movie. Was I disappointed? Yeah. I don't really know why I didn't like it as much. Maybe because the fight scenes just lasted too long. There was one time when I was tensed up watching the fight scene, and after about what felt like 20 minutes I was like, ok this is just ridiculous and I got bored. My husband and I think Vin Diesel is just so funny. Everything he says is just over the top ridiculous. And then 50 cent. LOL. I'm not saying that I didn't like the movie, it was pretty good, but it just wasn't as good as Fast Five. I love The Rock. I like almost all of his movies. And Tyrese and Ludacris' parts were funny. I hate Michelle Rodriguez though. I think she is so ugly. But I loved how Vin Diesel loved her so much even though she didn't remember him. Tough guys in love are cute. Good movie.
  

Stone Werks - San Antonio

My husband started a new job at Banana Republic back in November, and when he started, there was this going-away dinner for one of the managers there. She decided to have her dinner at this place called Stone Werks down by the Quarry on the nicer side of town. I had never even heard of this restaurant before so I was kind of excited to go. It was a really nice restaurant, kind of like Cheesecake Factory- it was a place you could dress up to go to, but it had a variety of food from pastas to burgers. I, of course, got the bacon bar-b-q cheese burger because those are always the best. And it was. I really like the ambiance there as well as the food. The service was also really good, but we had a room reserved with waiters just for us, so they were supposed to be good. The cost was average, like ten bucks a plate so that wasn't too bad either. I liked it a lot, so I don't even know why I haven't gone back yet, but I'll make my husband take me there on a date sometime soon.

I'm way behind..

Live Free or Die Hard (PG-13)

 I liked this movie a lot better than the first one. It was more current than the last one, not done in the 80's. I really liked the story for this movie, where Bruce Willis got caught up with Justin Long to take down an ex-CIA guy who was taking over all of the technology stuff to prove that the CIA had bad security and to rob people's money. This movie kept me on my toes and I thought it was pretty exciting. Now that I'm writing about it, I'm realizing that it was a really fun movie to watch, and Bruce Willis didn't have so many corny lines in this one. At least not that I can remember. I would totally watch this movie again. 

Pitch Perfect (PG-13)

  
So when I first saw the previews to this movie, I thought, "That movie is gonna be super cheesy, but I really wanna see it because of that fat girl." I figured I wouldn't watch the movie until it came out on redbox because I didn't want to spend a lot of money on a corny movie, and I didn't want to make my husband watch it too. Well then, my brother told me that I should really watch it because it was so good, and that he had already seen it three times in the theater, and that's saying something because we're super cheap to watch a movie in the theater even once. So one day, my friend and I were out shopping and we decided we wanted to watch a movie. I don't know if I mentioned this before, but I can't really watch movies without my husband because that's just a thing of ours. So I called him while me and my friend were out and I asked him which movie I could see without him: Pitch Perfect or Twilight. And he said I couldn't watch Twilight without him!! I died laughing.
So anyway, I loved the movie. I was right, it was kind of cheesy, but the fat girl made me laugh a lot. It's kind of like "Bring it On:" I like to watch it for the performances. The last two performances in the movie are definitely my favorite, but I also like the part where she starts singing that ghetto song at the sing-off, and all the white people don't know what she's singing. Surprisingly enough, this is the first movie I liked Anna Kendrick in. I've complained a lot about her in my last few posts of her movies, but I really had no complaints in this one. Maybe I'll start liking her now. We'll see.

The Artist (PG-13)

  
My husband and I try to watch all the movies that are nominated for Best Picture each year, and each year we fail to do so. But we usually do end up watching the movie that won. Last year it was The Artist, so it took us awhile to finally watch it. I wasn't sure if I was going to like it. I don't really like old movies, and even though this movie was made in 2012, it was still old-timey. But I loved it. I loved that it was a silent film, and I loved how dramatic it got at the end. The puppy was so adorable the entire time. I wish my puppy could do tricks like he did. It was a really good movie, simple, easy to follow, and fun. The only complaint is that it was kind of long. Or at least it felt long. I don't know if it was because it was a silent film, or if I was just tired that night, but it seemed to drag on after awhile. Still good though. 

Looper (R)

  
I've been watching a lot of Bruce Willis lately. I don't really like him, but I absolutely love Joseph Gordon-Levitt. And I thought this movie was a lot better than I expected it to be. It was really good. Basically, as you probably understood from the previews, is that Bruce Wilis is Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the future, and JGL has to basically kill himself, but he gets away. And then there's the whole reason he wanted to get away and why he's trying to save himself, and it's just a really good movie. Not as confusing as I thought it was going to be either. I mean, it's time travel, I thought I was going to get lost somewhere, but I don't think I did. It was a sad and kind of gross movie, but I would totally recommend watching it. I loved it. 

  

Magic Mike (R)- Channing Tatum (mmm)

Tooo many butts. Yeah, it's a stripper movie, what did I expect? Not so many freaken butts! Let me just say, I don't think butts are a bad thing. All butts are the same to me no matter if it's on a man or a woman. Ok, some might be hairier than others, but still, you can't really tell what gender a butt is. The only reason I'd be embarrassed if someone saw my butt is because it's so white. Anyways, the first butt in the movie was Channing's, but I still laughed when I saw it because it's funny and it was kind of unexpected. Then throughout the movie it just kept happening and honestly, I just got bored and kind of annoyed. Like, oh my gosh again?! 
So the story line was pretty stupid. And kind of dark in a way. It's like a story of the stripper life style with all the drugs and girls and weird crap that goes on. So I didn't really like that. Channing's story with him and the girl was kind of lame too. I don't understand why they would even be attracted to each other. She was so boring. Basically, Channing got some guy to strip with him, and it turned out that that guy had a sister who he was living with, and then Channing started to like the sister, while the sister just let her brother go out and strip. Really weird. The only thing I loved about this movie was... can you guess it? The dancing. I watched it with my best friend and we giggled like little school girls when he came out to dance. He's such a babe. Anyway, I'd never watch this movie again. Too many butts for my liking.