True Grit
This movie isn't your generic chick flick friendship shojo type movie. it deserves all 5 stars in my opinion. the characters face the same relationship issues as any other young women but more interesting then that of the people you or i know in person. The storyline and flashbacks of NANA'S love life and where she is now shows her strength while vulnerabilities are still present. Her room mate NANA is able to learn greatly from her and they build a bond through the break ups, heart breaks, and come backs that are entirely different than what any viewer would expect. It ends happily but it seemed to me that there was more to come. But considering that there are multiple volumes of manga that go to it, i can understand, plus a friend of mine, who i believe to be well informed, told me that they stopped there because the author was sick. i sure hope they make another movie because this one was plane awesome! :D
The Green Lantern, thus far is the best movie of 2011 so far. I just saw it last week and it was worth every penny. After seeing this movie i felt full and satisfied. On my initial sighting of the trailer, back in November, the earliest, i thought it was a low budget movie and not worth seeing. Usually a low budget movie, as i see it, has trailers only a couple months before it actually comes out. for this movie, there was no hype, no merchandising, nothing! I have to say though, that hot Asian man, Kato, that can do just about everything, from making a mean cup of gourmet coffee to kicking the bad guys butt, was a definite reason for me to see the movie. The ambiance of the theater was lacking in fact, with a bountiful amount of seating. Which was odd because i want to see the movie on opening night. the theater was full of families and old people which isn't what you usually get when it comes to a superhero movie with a legend. I mean you have to remember, The Green Hornet, is quite old, starting out as a radio show. Hmmm, maybe all the people that remember it are already dead. But anyway, there should've been a WAY better turn out then what there was. This movie was truly a trip of hilarity, interest, and what every good story needs, an awesome climax, conflict, turn of events, and conclusion.
I've waited a couple years to watch this movie. in fact, i believe it came out in 2007, and it's 2011 lol. I just couldn't find anyone who'd wanna watch it with me. No one likes chick flicks anymore. It had been so long that once the movie arrived in the mail, i didn't feel to hyped to watch it. i thought it might be a "plain Jane" sort of romantic flick. you know, one of those predictable stories with less than perfect acting and familiar themes. this was far from it.
The story is of a married couple who love each other dearly but with such attitude that is completely different from what we know of as "star crossed lovers". which is in fact exactly what they are. In the movie, Gerard Butler plays as a playful sing songy Irish man who fell for Holly, a visiting collage student from the states who has big dreams. The end up together opposed to their parents who believed they were too young to marry, and in fact "loved each other too much". The beginning of the movie is an argument between the married couple, which, I'm not going to lie, is a bit perplexing, sense it's In Medias Ref. There's a turn of events that i won't spoil. I have to tell you though, Gerard Butler is HARDLY in the movie. The title should have told you already though, that letters are sent to Holly, the main character, ending in P.S. I love you. So you know by now that her husband isn't with her. In the end, Holly becomes emancipated in a way, from what, you'll have to find out for yourself. she begins her new business and begins to write her OWN letter to her husband, always in P.S. I love you.
The characters of the movie are quite charming, especially the memories that there are of Jerry. From his heavy Irish accent to his silly behavior around friends and his loving down to earth frame of mind when it comes to being with his wife. Holly herself is quite frivolous and the movie is centered on how she "finds herself" now that she no longer is able to rely on her husband when tumultuous circumstances arise. She's not as extroverted as her dare devil husband and spends much of her time worrying. Later though, she learns to be self sufficient at 30. Her friends, Denise, Sharon, and John, whom are very supportive given the circumstances, have their own idiosyncrasies about themselves. Denise is the crazy woman, using all her power not to die a spinster while Sharon and John are a married couple who have known the couple for many years. Between the pregnancy and new marriage Holly has to adjust to the usurp in attention and adjust but comes back with a new view on how she ought to tackle her life.
