onsdag 9 december 2009

Blood and bone (2009)

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Genre: Action, Drama

Director: Ben Ramsey


Plot: In Los Angeles an ex-con, Isaiah Bone (Michael Jai White) takes the underground fighting world by storm. when he get out of jail he meets a fighting sponsor, Pinball (Dante Basco). That helps him to arrange fights. It's all becuase of a promise to a dead friend.


I think: A good fighting movie, eventhough Bone seems invincible. Nice fighting scenes.
But it's not much story.


Summary: Good fighting movie, with a lack of story. Nothing really special. but if you like fighting movies, you'll probably like this one to.

See it with: The "guys", Alone

American pie The book of love

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Genre: Comedy

Director: John Putch
Writer: David H. Steinberg (writer)
Adam Herz (characters)


Plot: This movie takes palce ten years after the first American Pie movie. A virgin, Rob (Bug Hall), discover by accident "the Bible" in the school library at East Great Falls High. But unfortunately it's ruined and it's his fault. Rob and his friends, Nathan (Kevin M. Horton) and Lube (Brandon Hardesty), decide to rebuild it. So they call the maker of the bible, Mr. Levenstein (Eugene Levy), and ask for his help, so that they can finally get laid.


I think: Same plot as allways, some guys that only want to get laid. So nothing new there.
But this time they actually made it a little better than before when it almost only has been about showing breasts, don't worry breastlovers they still show breasts. But this time it actually feels like a movie instead of a series of breasts passing by.

Summary: An American pie movie, but closer related to the first movies than the later.

See it with: The "guys", Alone

Carries (2009)

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Genre: Thriller, Horror, Drama

Director: Àlex Pastor
Writer: Àlex Pastor


Plot: Four friends is trying to escape from a pandemic, they are trying to survive to a beach where two of them spent their summers when they were younger. On the way there they meet a man with his dotter that is sick.
I can't actually explain much more without reveal to much of the story, watch the trailer it shows the most.


I think: One of the better Pandemic-movies I've seen. The acting was much better than I expected. Overall a good movie.

Summary: If you like pandemic movies or movies about how people react in pressured situations, see it.

See it with: The "guys", Alone, Friends

fredag 13 november 2009

Stan Helsing (2009)

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Genre: Comedy, horror

Director: Bo Zenga
Writer: Bo Zenga


Plot: It's halloween night and a slacker video store employee, Stan Helsing (Stewe Howey), his ex-girlfriend, Nadine (Diora Baird), his best friend, Teddy (Kenan Thompson) and an exotic dancer/"massage therapist", mia (Desi Lydic) is about to go to the greatest Halloween party ever. But Stan just have to drop some movies to the owners mother. On the way to her home they get into a lot of trouble, and it only gets worse. Everyone thinks that Stan is related to van Helsing and that he will save the town.


I think: Actually a lot better than most parody movies, the actors could act!
It was almost as good as the first scary movies. So if you like scary movie I think you'll like this.
It was the usual under-the-belt humor and jokes about a lot known horror movies.
But I was surprised that a Those dancing days song was in the movie.

Summary: A good parody, better than most. we're almost back to the "scary movie"-times.

See it with: The "guys", alone, anyone who like that kind of humor

One last thing (2005)

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Quote: "When you're born you cry and the world is happy. When you die the world cries and you are happy."

Genre: Drama

Director: Alex Steyermark


Plot: A young man, Dylan Jameison (Michael Angarano) gets a wish granted by "the united wish givers foundation" and he chage his wish in the last moment, so instead for wishing for a fishingtrip with a baseball player he wishes to spend a weekend with the supermodel Nikki Sinclaire (Sunny Mabrey). The movie is about him trying to fullfil his last wish and his struggle against the cancer.


I think: When I started this movie I thought that they would mix it up with bad jokes all the way since I never expect anyone to do a complete serious movie. But luckliy they didn't do that. They went the whole way, and I could really feel his struggle and his fear of dying even if he often didn't show it. It's great actors, great script and a great movie. I almost cried. But the end is kind of a cliché, but I can live with that.

Summary: A great and sad movie, recommended to anyone who can see a serious movie.

See it with: Friends, Family, the "girls", alone (if you think you can handle it, might be good to have someone to discuss it with.)

Thelma & Louise (1991)

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Genre: Drama, Adventure, Thriller, Crime

Director: Ridley Scott

Writer: Callie Khouri

Plot: A henpecked housewife to an unappreachiating man joins her tough waitress-friend on a road trip. What starts as a innocent journey turns after an unfortunate happening, where they shoot a man that tries to rape one of them, suddenly into a nighmare. Instead of escaping their everyday life they now have to run from the police, to return to their homes becomes impossible and their friendship is set at stake.

I think: This is a “classic” movie about friendship between women. It is in some way a tragic but also a very beautiful story about how fast a life can be ruined forever. The first time I saw it I quickly became embroiled in the movie and the whole time I sat and wondered how it would end. This movie is by no means predictable.

Summary: A movie that is definitely worth seeing. It is made to be seen by both men and women, it includes both friendship, passion, a tiny bit of love and a lot of car chases.

See it with: "The girls", "the guys", your mother, alone.

måndag 9 november 2009

Hardwired (2009)

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Genre: Action, sci-fi

Director: Ernie Barbarash


Plot: In a not so distant future; Companies rule the world, and everything is filled with advertises. After a tragic car accident Luke Gibsons (Cuba Gooding Jr) wife and unborn child dies, and he is left with a critical brain damage and complete amnesia after a surgery that put a small computer in his brain in order to save his life. But when he wakes up he starts to see strange people that noone else seem to see. People who try to sell things to him. He decide to try to find out who it was that put the computer in his head. But when he comes to close his head almost explode. Until he gets help from a group of people who wants to bring the company down.


I think: A decent action movie in a futuristic style about a society that actually could happen if we don't watch ourselves.
It is a good action movie with good actors, and i like the idea. But nothing really special.

Summary: Good movie, nothinh special, if you're looking for an action movie thets not all about action I think it's worth seeing.

See it with: Alone, the "guys"

Shrink (2009)


Quote(s): "It's all bullshit, it's all bullshit and then you die"
"-You have a drinking problem, my friend
-I'm irish"

Genre: Drama

Director: Jonas Pate


Plot: Henry Carter (Kevin Spacey) is the most hired shrink in Hollywood, with the top celebrity as his clients. But a recent personal tragedy makes him lose some of his connection with what he was. So he turns in to a pothead and have no idea of how to help his patients. One day he meets a troubled girl from the suburb, Jemma (Keke Palmer), that he has to help since his father (Robert Loggia), who's also a shrink send her to him.



I think: A good movie about a sad subject.
But they didn't get the sad feeling I was looking for, and I geuss they wanted, until later in the movie.
I think that they didn't dare to make it all the way, or they didn't want to. But I feel they failed there. A serius subject, but they didn't follow through all the way, they had to mix in some jokes and that ruined it a bit for me.
Sometimes a perfect soundtrack and sometimes I wondered what they where doing, the whole movie was like that.
I liked it, but it could've been better than a good movie, it had the potential to be a great movie, and it makes me a bit dissapointed that they could have made it even better...

Summary: A good movie that didn't really go all the way, sadly.

See it with: Alone, family, the "girls"

fredag 6 november 2009

7eventy 5ive (2007)

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Genre: Horror, thriller

Director: Brian Hooks
Writer: Brian Hooks


Plot: The finals at University of dreyskill are over and it's time to party. A group that is called "the crew" gets invited to a rich classmates house up in the hills of Colorado. What was supposed to be a fun weekend of party and relaxation quickly turns in to a trip they'll never forget... If they survive. After a game of prank scare phone calls, a game called 75, where you should try to keep the person you call on the phone for 75 seconds they have to fight for their lives. After one of the crew makes a call to the wrong person, and is this related to a similar case from ten years earlier?


I think: Overall a classic "scream"-movie.
It reminded me why I never see horror movies. Not the greatest actors or script. I can take that it's a bit unrealistic, I didn't expect it to be realstic, but if someone who needs only one blow to cut of a head needs eight hits to break a closet door I start to wonder.
Sometimes it felt like they were trying to mix a crime movie with a teenage and a horror movie, and failed.
I really hope it wasn't suppose to be scary, cuase I actually thought some scenes and lines were funny, where they shouldn't have been.
And I just have to say: USE YOUR CELLPHONE!
But the actors had their moments and there were some unexpected twists.


Summary: If you liked scream, you might like this one.


See it with: Alone, the "guys" or not at all

onsdag 4 november 2009

I love you man (2009)

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Quote: "I've gotta get some fucking friends"

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Director: John Hamburg
Writer: John Hamburg


Plot: Peter Klaven (Paul Rudd) is a man without friends and he is about to get married.
With no best man for his wedding and no friend to ask, he goes on a serie of man-dates to try
to find someone he can invite. After a few unsuccesful dates he finally finds Sidney Fife (Jason Segel), a strange guy that he really connects with. But their friendship threaten his marriage.


I think: Really fun movie, I actually laughted out loud at one point. I never laught loud to movies.
I didn't really check out what kind of movie it was before I saw it, a friend told me to see it, so I had no expectations. But when I saw Jason Segel I started to smile, I really love that actor. I don't think I've seen him in anything bad. Great acting, great script, all over a great movie. And that Matt Costa - Mr pitiful is in the soundtrack only makes it better.


Summary: A really good comedy, not so much on the romantic side as a "normal" romantic comedy. See it (unless you don't like things Jason Segel has been in, then avoid it)

See it with: Anyone

tisdag 3 november 2009

Spread (2009)

Or the strange swedish name "L.A. Gigolo"

Genre: Drama, romance

Paul Kolsby (Story)


Plot: Nikki (Ashton Kutcher) lives in L.A., he got no job and no place to live. He sleeps with different women and stay at their places and live on their expense, the only thing he gives them is sex. Then he meet a girl who seem to have him all figured out, and that makes him interested for real.


I think: A good movie about a subculture where people sleep around, not directly for money, but they don't do it for free.
Ashton Kutcher fits this part, even though I think he has kind of a monotonous voice sometimes.

Summary: Good movie, not the normal romantic-comedy. I liked it.

See it with: Alone, friends, family

Infestation (2009)

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Genre: Horror, comedy

Director: Kyle Rankin
Writer: Kyle Rankin


Plot: A slacker, Cooper (Chris Marquette), wakes up to find himself wrapped in a web, after realizing that the world has been taken over by giant alien bugs. He wakes up a strange group of people and together they are trying to stay alive.

I think: Alot better than I expected. But I didn't expect much. But it was good acting and kind of funny at some points. The strange group was the best part of it.
It wasn't the greatest animations, but decent.

Summary: Decent horror-comedy if that's what you're looking for.

See it with: Alone, the "guys"

måndag 2 november 2009

Eurotrip (2004)

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Quote: "This isn't where I parked my car"

Genre: Comedy

Director: Jeff Schaffer
Alec Berg (uncredited co-director)
David Mandel (uncredited co-director)
Writer: Jeff Schaffer


Plot: Scotty (Scott Mechlowicz) has been writing with Mieke (Jessica Boehrs) from Germany for several years, convinced that it was a guy he shared all of his secrets with. When he ends highschool his girlfriend breaks up with him and Mieke wants to meet. But since he think that she is a he Scotty ask her to leave him alone. When he understand that Mieke is a girl he decide to travel to Europe and explain everything to her. His friend Cooper(Jacob Pitts) comes with and they travel Europe in search for Mieke and meet all kind of people.


I think: One of the best roadtrip movies I've seen.
It shows Europe as you might think it is if you listen to all prejudices.


Summary: Great movie overall.

See it with: Anyone

torsdag 29 oktober 2009

Surrogates (2009)

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Genre: Action, sci-fi

Director: Jonathan Mostow
Writer: Michael Ferris (screenplay)
John D. Bancato (screenplay)
Robert Venditti (Graphic novel)
Brett Weldele (Graphic novel)


Plot: The movie takes place in a future where the human lives isolated and only leaves their home in their surrogates, a robot version of yourself. A cop, Tom Greer (Bruce Willis), investigates a murder, where the operator of a surrogate got killed while "plugged in", which should be impossible.


I think: Really great cast, everyone capture the "empty robotic eyes", so noone looks really like a human. And nothing to complain about in the special effects.
But with Willis in an action movie I expect action from start to finnish. But this movie did not deliver that, what it did deliver was a good story about a strange futuristic society with great acting and specialeffects.

Summary: Don't expect nonstop action. But it's a good movie with good actors.
Reminds me of that you never know who's behind the computer when you chat...

See it with: Alone, friends

onsdag 28 oktober 2009

Up (2009)

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They made a bad trailer, it doesn't really show what it's about...

Genre: Animation, adventure

Director: Pete Docter
Bob Peterson (Co-director)
Writer: Pete Docter


Plot: During his whole life Carl Fredricksen has longed to travel and explore the world. But at the age of 78 it seems to be to late. But he is about to be forced to move from his and his wifes old house, so he decides to begin a journey to south america, where he and his wife wanted to go her whole life. He ties thousands of ballons to his house and make it to a big hot-air-balloon. But he learns that he isn't alone on his journey, since Russel junior scout accidently happened to stand on Carls porch when he took of. And this is the story of their journey, and the adventure they meet.


I think: Exciting with animated movies that's not only laught, but really has a story and a good message.
I thought it was OK, far from the greatest movie I've ever seen and far from the worse. Average.
I expected more from it.

Summary: They swinged, but they didn't really reach out to me. If you want to see a bit different animated movie, with a good message. Go for it. But I wouldn't call it a masterpiece.

See it with: Family, friends

The Condemned (2007)

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Genre: Action

Director: Scott Wiper
Writer: Scott Wiper
Andy Hedden (story)


Plot: Jack Conrad (Steve Austin) is awaiting the death penalty in a prison in Central America. He is "purchased" by a television producer and taken to a desolate island where he and nine other condemned killers from all corners of the world have to fight eachother til death. The last one standing will win his freedom.


I think: Great action, Steve Austin plays the "silent strong" type without anything to complain about. You can't complain about the actionscenes in this movie.
Brings my mind to the Japanese movies "Battle Royale" and "Battle Royale 2"
A bit exaggarated violence at some points and a bit twitchy camera during some of the fights.


Summary: Great actionmovie, not much to complain about. And I must say that I like the actor Vinnie Jones.

See it with: Alone, The "guys"

Metime

Back, i've been able to see two movies when I was gone, so I will write about them when I have time. First something I wrote before I left.

lördag 24 oktober 2009

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Now I'll be gone untill thursday, so no more updates 'til then...

Birds of America (2008)

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Genre: Drama, comedy

Director: Craig Lucas


Plot: A regular guy, Morrie (Matthew Perry), struggles with his marriage, home and professional life. He inherited his house and the mortgage from his father the day he graduatet. He had to raise his twelve year old sister, Ida (Ginnifer Goodwin) and seven years old brother, Jay (Ben Foster), by himself. Now they're all grown up, but he still have to take care of them. One day he gets a phone-call that Jay is at the hospital, and after some other incidents he ask Jay to move in with him for a while. Then Ida comes to visit to and the family lives together again. The movie is mostly about theis relationship with eachother and other people in town.



I think: Really great acting, especially Ben Foster acts really great. I loved a scene in the middle of the movie (But I can't say why cuase then I'll ruin it for you). I like the way their relationship develop.
A bit slow at some places.

Summary: Great people-meeting-other-people movie, and really good acting from all involved. But a bit slow. If you like action movies, avoid it.

See it with: Alone, Family, The "girls"

The Tournament (2009)

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Genre: Action, thriller

Director: Scott Mann


Plot: Every seven year in an unsuspecting town, the tournament takes place. A battle royal 30 of the world's most dangerous assassins. This year the former winner, Joshua Harlow (Ving Rhames), fight again. But this time his out for revenge, becuase he heard that the person who killed his wife also is in the tournament. And a priest (Robert Carlyle) gets drawn in to the game, totally unknowing of the game he's now in.



I think: Action almost non-stop. Great action.
Alot of blood.
Sometimes a bit thin story, but what do you expect. Kind of stereotype fightingstyles; Karate japanese, parkour french, crazy russian etc...


Summary: See it if you like action, great fighting scenes. Don't see it if you're expecting a deep analysis of the meaning of life. Brings my thoughts to "The Condemned".

See it with: Alone, the "guys"

fredag 23 oktober 2009

V for vendetta (2005)

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Genre: Sci-fi, thriller, action

Director: James McTeigue
Writers: Andy Wachowski (Screenplay)
Larry Wachowski (Screenplay)
David Lloyd (Graphic novel art)



Plot: V (Hugo Weaving) is a shadowy freedomfighter who uses terrorist tactics to fight against his totalitarian society. He rescuses a girl, Evey (Natalie Portman), from the secret police. And in her he finds a chance of having an ally. The movie is mostly about his fight against the society he lives in, his relationship with Evey and something that happend long ago...


I think: I like this up against the bad society thinking, the small man against the big country. It's great fighting-scenes, and i like the camera-angles in some scenes.
But it's not so realistic all the time.

Summary: Good action, good script. I really like this movie, but if you don't like unrealistic movies, avoid it.

See it with: Alone, friends, or just someone who's against a "big-brother" society.

Blood The last vampire (2009)

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Genre: Action, thriller

Director: Chris Nahon
Writer: Chris Chow (Screenplay)
Kenji Kamiyama (Character)
Katsuya Terada (Character)


Plot: Based on the anime with the same name. A vampire named Saya (Gianna Jun) is a part of an organisation that hunts and destroy demons. She has to start in an American military school where it has been some strange deaths. So she most find out if some of her classmates are demons.


I think: I liked the anime, but this has a better end (If i remember the anime correct). Often good fighting scenes, but a bit exaggerated.
It feels like they didn't really work the movie through. At some places there are really bad acting comparing to the rest of the movie.


Summary: Good action, but not the best actors and the script is not the greatest, but not bad.
If you like supernatural action and alot of blood, you can see this.

See it with: Alone, the "guys"

The Proposal (2009)

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Genre: Comedy, Romance, Drama

Director: Anne Fletcher


Plot: A pushy boss, Margaret Tate (Sandra Bullock), forces her assistant, Andrew Paxton (Ryan Reynolds), to marry her to keep her Visa status in the U.S. and keep her from being deported to Canada. Andrew agrees on that after being bribed with a better job. The INS is ready to charge them with fraud if they can't prove that the marrige is legitimate, so they travel together to Andrews grandmas 90th birthday to get to know eachother better and fool the INS, and there they meet up with Andrews dad, mom, grandma and am ex-girlfriend.


I think: Great cast, as usual Bullock and Reynolds do their part excellent. Some really funny scenes.
But I feel that if you've seen one romantic comedy you've seen them all. So nothing new there.

Summary: If you like romantic comedys you'll probably like this one to. If you don't like them, avoid this.

See it with: Boy-/girlfriend, the "girls" or just anyone who likes romantic comedys.

New town killers (2008)

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Genre: Action, Thriller

Director: Richard Jobson


Plot: Sean Macdonald (James Anthony Pearson) lives with his sister outside Edinburgh, and his sister got 12000 pound in debt. One day two mystic men aproach Sean with a proposition; he gets 12000 pound if he can hide from them for twelve hours. He agree but didn't understand that he was playing with his life...


I think: Good actors, good hunting, good action-scenes. And you wonder about the reason for all this until the very end.
But I've seen it before, it brings my mind to other "runforyourlife" movies. <- Not sure that this should be red...


Summary: Good action, nice scenes. But it has been done before.

See it with: The "guys", Alone

Hearts in Atlantis (2001)

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Genre: Drama

Director: Scott Hicks
Writers: Stephen King (book)
William Goldman (Screenplay)


Plot: Bobby Garfield (adult - David Morse, young - Anton Yelchin) goes to the funeral of a childhood friend and there he find out that another of his childhood friends har passed away. So he starts to remember the summer when he turned eleven. The time when he met Ted Brautigan (Anthony Hopkins), a strange and psychic gifted loner, who moves in upstairs from him and his mother in Connecticut in the 60's. Ted becomes kind of a fatherfigure and mentor for Bobby. Ted ask Bobby to keep his eyes open for "low" men, wich are after Ted for some reason.


I think: Anthony Hopkins is a great actor and somehow he lifts up the acting of the others.
Anton Yelchin plays the part of Bobby excellent, you can really see what the boy is feeling.
But it's boring at some points, a bit slow.


Summary: Good movie, a bit slow at some places, good child actors.


See it with: Friends, (older) Family, Alone

Happy birthday!

To my sister who turns 18 today. So i'll be busy the rest of the weekend...

torsdag 22 oktober 2009

Ice age Dawn of the dinosaurs (2009)

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Genre: Animation, Comedy

Directors: Carlos Saldanha
Writers: Peter Ackerman (Screenplay)
Michael Berg (Screenplay)
Yoni Brenner (Screenplay)
Mike Reiss (Screenplay)


Plot: Manny and Ellie is expecting their first baby-mammoth, Diego is thinking about leaving
cuase they've made him a softy and Sid is a proud dad to a gang of dinosaur eggs. Then mama dinosaur wants to get her kids back. So the group most try to save Sid, so they set out to a world underground Where they meet dinosaurs, uinfriendly plants and a one-eyed dinosaur hunter, Buck.


I think: If you didn't like the first movies, you wont like this. If you liked the first movies You'll probably like this.


Summary: Not much to say, great animations, funny story. See it if you liked the other movies, if you hated the others avoid it.

See it with: Anyone

Man from earth (2007)

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Genre: Sci-fi, Drama



Plot: John Oldman (David Lee Smith) is about move after living ten years in the area. He's friends come to say farewell and one of his friends comments that he hasn't aged a day in ten years. So he starts to tell them a story about how he was born 14000 years ago and his lifestory up til present day.



I think: One of the most intresting scripts i've ever seen. It makes you think; Could this be real? And I like it that there are only eleven actors in the entire movie and it all takes place in one place.
The bad part is the acting, it's not the greatest acting I've ever seen.


Summary: Great script, not as great actors, interesting plot. If you can't stand bad acting avoid it.


See it with: Anyone

Twilight (2008)


Genre: Drama, Thriller

Writer(s): Melissa Rosenberg [Screenplay]




Plot: It's about a teenage girl, Isabella Swan (Kristen Stewart) who moves from sunny Phoenix to Forks, a rainy smalltown in Washington. She expects that her life there will be as boring as the city. But she meets the mystic Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinsin) and her life takes a dangerous and unexpected turn since Edward is a vampire. They fall in love and it's about the problems human-vampire love can brings.



I think: Totally ok movie. It was an intresting plot, and the manuscript was excellent. Good effects and not much to complain about.
Except; I think there were some bad acting sometimes, and sadly mostly made of Kristen Stewart she overdid it at some points.

Summary: Good movie, not as good as I've been told. I think it was a bit to hyped for me. But I'm planning on see the next part.


See it with: Boy-/girlfriend, Alone, the "girls", Family

Adventureland (2009)

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Genre: Drama, comedy

Director: Greg Mottola
Writer: Greg Mottola


Plot: It takes place in 1987 and is about James Brennan (Jesse Eisenberg) Whose father just got demoted, so he have to abandon his plans for a trip to Europe and find a job. He gets a job at the amusementpark "Adventureland" and the whole movie takes place around the people who works there.

I think: It was a great movie, The best I've ever seen Kristen Stewart in. She really goes in for the details, It's not often you see that exellence in the acting about the small details. Jesse Eisenberg is great as the a bit missunderstood teenageboy. All over it was a great script and grat acting from all.
The bad part is that if you've seen one or two movies like this you know just what's going to happen but it's made in another way.

Summary: All over a great movie. but predictible. Some unexpected scenes, but the basic plot is easily seethrough. And if you like music from the 80's you gonna love the soundtrack.


See it with: boy-/girlfriend, alone, the "girls", Family

Explanations

To make things clearer

Alone: Watch it alone
Anyone: Just watch it!
Boy-/girlfriend: Watch it with your significant other
Family: It's familyfriendly
Friends: See it with anyone of your friends
Josef: Action, Action, Action, no story and some action. Blood is okay to, as long as it's action involved. Oh yeah, and some action.
The "girls": Doesn't mean that you should watch it with your female friends. Watch it with people who can enjoy a somewhat deeper, maybe even girlish movie.
The "guys": Mean your friends who like action, blood, or just sex jokes. Or things like that "Macho movies".

Metime

I'm a 19 year old guy/boy/man/??? who loves movies, so I decided to create a blog for people like me, so you can find what you want to see and with whom without reading mile after mile with useless stuff.