Thursday, December 9, 2010

Three very different movies

127 hours- Danny Boyle + James Franco + desert = good ass movie. The film is based on the true story of Aron Ralston (you can tell he is from Colorado from the spelling of that first name), an adventurous climber that got his arm trapped by a boulder in Utah for five days. Ralston made tapes of himself while he was stuck which made for some of "127 hours" best scenes. I saw an interview where Franco said that they did 15-20 min takes where he and the crew explored the space. For anyone who doesn't know what Ralston had to do to escape I'll just say it was bloody. Everyone is saying/will say that this movie is inspiring, and it is... the last 20 or so minutes of the film almost produced tears. You are in this with him. I knew what he was going to have to do, but I was still pulling for him to get his hand loose. (It's kind of like how when Titanic is on t.v I still think maybe Jack won't die..but he does.)
Waitress- It was a cute movie about a lot of dumb people + a doctor who falls in love with a dumb girl while his wife is becoming a doctor. oh and Jeremy Sisto is a terrible man. I found it entertaining and I think the cast was totally awesome at playing dumb..which is what they were going for..?? Don't get me wrong I thought it was well made and funny, guysssss.


Stuart a Life Backwards- This was a BBC movie that I watched because I love Tom Hardy. It was about a man who wrote a book about a homeless heroin addict with rage issues. Hardy was really good in it. The quality of movie was so so.

3 comments:

  1. Nice shot of James Franco.
    Your review of Waitress is pretty spot on.
    Let's mention that Stuart: A Life Backwards is based on a true story, and that ex homeless, alcoholic, heroin addict with rage issues helped campaign to get two good people out of jail; though, to be fair, the real story is about finding out what happened to Stuart, what "destroyed his innocence," and made him a violent criminal and a homeless man.

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  2. well said.

    also, it looks like James is touching a boob.

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  3. And so it does.
    What's in that pie that makes Russell and Fillion smile so creepily anyway?

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