watch a new movie every week

Really fell off track for this goal because we were away and then Hubs was sick for 2 weeks.

We finally got around to watching something at home that was out this summer… so it’s kinda new.

Cadillac Records

Not bad! The acting was strong. The story certainly compelling. But some fact checking exposed Hollowood’s blatantly screwing around with details to make the story more dramatic.

I often just watch the same old films even though I have a fair few I haven’t seen. I’d like to expand out of the chick-flicks, musicals, and thrillers which are my normal watching generas.
Sometimes I might not see a new film for a few months so I’d like to make it more of a habit.
This week was: “Good Bye Lenin!” which I enjoyed. I often just have films on in the background and don’t have the time to sit and watch one properly so it was nice to make the time to see it when I might not have otherwise (subtitled films are a pain to follow if you’re doing something else at the same time and not looking at the screen).

And I know I’ve got plenty of watchable material that I haven’t yet watched, so I’m able to do this. I have been watching quite a few movies lately anyway, why not make it a regular habit? My most preferred genres are horror and scifi/fantasy, but sometimes I want to make an exception and watch something kinda light and funny like a Disney movie.

So we did see Bright Star a week back.
I had hoped for more (The Piano being one of my all time favorites).
It wasn’t bad, but it was irritating at times. I wanted to be romantically moved, but the characters repeatedly made decisions I would not have. Yes, it was a different time but theirs was more of an obsessive love, than a healthy one to be sure.

And in 180˚ this past Friday

Zombieland was great! Exactly what it’s supposed to be. More “ewwww” than gorey, in my opinion. I’m no fan of horror, especially slasher flicks. This had the right balance of gross & humor. The camera didn’t linger too long on zombie dining… there was a lot of it, certainly, and cursing too (who wouldn’t if chased by zombies) but so much silliness that nothing was particularly disturbing. Lots of laughs but no nightmares here!

We’ve been on a roll with this already… for the last few months. Became a happy habit partly out of establishing a date night (usually fridays) with the Hubs and also a bit of an escape during my Grandfather’s decline.

We are currently trying to decide between Coco Before Chanel & Bright Star… Star seems to be winning even tho we’ll have to catch a later showing. CBC is getting pretty hohum reviews.

Have seen… (off the top of my head)
Youssou N’Dour: I Bring What I Love – Beautiful, moving!
Extract – funny, not as below-the-belt as the trailer seemed
District 9 – personally didn’t like, Hubs did, seemed scattered
Cold Souls – excellent!!
Ponyo – great kid movie from Japanese master
Public Enemies – huge letdown: great acting but cinematography horrid
UP – who didn’t like this??

i want to watch a new movie every week cause people always talk and comment about movies, so i want to be more informated. Although there are a lot of great movies, and a whole lot i wanna see.

54. August Rush – Film about a musical prodigy. I enjoyed this but there were far to many plot holes to take it seriously. Jonathan Rhyse Myers was hot though. – 6/10
55. Hellboy 2 – I haven’t actually saw Hellboy 1 but this was ok. Funny and full of action. – 6/10.
56. Handcock – This was pretty poor and it ended quite abruptly. – 3/10.

50. WALL E – I didn’t think this was as good as Toy Story like the hype suggested but the animation was amazing and it was a lovely story. I felt the second half of the film let it down a bit – 8/10

51. The Dark Knight – One word – Awesome! 10/10

52. Forgetting Sarah Marshall – Kirsten Bell was excellent as usual and Russell Brand was fab. I found this very funny but the direction didn’t seem to flow well – 7/10

53. Death Sentence – Kevin Bacon plays a grieving father who turns vigilante on violent gang. I found this stupid and ridiculously over the top – 4/10

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