Movie Half-Marathon 2011

So yesterday, three of my girlfriends and myself, embarked on a great adventure to benefit Rainbow Connection, an incredible wish organization that happened to grant Chloes Disney Wish trip when she was on treatment for Leukemia. The deal was, for $25, you got unlimited pop and popcorn, and 12 hours, and 11 screens chock full of the newest releases (or mostly the newest!)

Here are very brief reviews of each one (except my repeat viewing...)

1. The Kings Speech: Holy Toledo...I loved this movie. I loved it from the bottom of my soul to the end of the earth and all the other cliches in between. Now, if you don't know me well, you don't know that my love for Colin Firth truly knows no bounds. He will always be the beautiful Mr. Darcy to me from the BBC (and best) version of Pride and Prejudice. Anytime he is up for awards and doesn't win, no matter who his competitors are....I firmly believe he was robbed. This is his year, I can feel it. He was incredible. The story was interesting, I never got bored. I found every character interesting, every performance magical and I loved every single second of this movie. The only thing I found a little bit distracting was the fact that at one brief moment on the screen he was reunited with his costar from Pride and Prejudice, Jennifer Ehle who in this film, played Geoffrey Rush's wife...but who will always be Elizabeth Bennet to Firth's Mr. Darcy, and those few seconds on film I couldn't stop thinking about that. No complaints at all other than that, and I know I could watch this 1000 more times and never tire of it.

2. True Grit (see my old review...nothing has changed....I still really liked it)

3. Blue Valentine: Okay, I thought I would like this. Even after reading reviews saying that it was depressing and super sad....I thought, I love Ryan Gosling, and I like Michelle Williams, and I will like this either way. I really didn't so much like it. I can't say I hated it. And to be fair, I lost a chunk of it to a mandatory bathroom break...I just didn't get it. I know I was supposed to be sad for them, they were dwelling in an unhappy marriage and had a child...they flashed back to happier times just to make the present seem even more sad....but I wasn't so sad for them. I was just freaking annoyed with her. Sure, maybe it was carryover from yesterdays Michelle Williams movie....but man...she really annoyed me. I maybe should have taken a week or so between these two movies, it might have been better. I can't say this movie was terrible, because it wasn't. It just wasn't what I thought it was going to be for me.

4. The Fighter: another amazing movie. I liked this way more than I thought I was going to. Its nice to be surprised sometimes. Mark Wahlberg is really pretty great in it. I have always liked him, but I guess I never realized how talented he is until I watched this very subtle but moving performance. The ever entertaining Christian Bale was a stand out in this for sure. He as usual, for me, was mesmerizing every time he was on screen, and my love for him continues to grow. Melissa Leo knocked this out of the park. She was incredible as the mother of these two boys. All the performances were incredible, this movie had a lot of heart and hardship and in the end, made you feel a little bit better about the world.

5. No Strings Attached: Decent. Amusing. Ashton Kutcher is pretty. I realize this is a basic review but you get the picture. It was the usual romantic comedy with a little bit of a different view, but it was enjoyable. I thought the acting was great, the writing entertaining, and how can you not like a movie directed by Ivan Reitman (I was especially amused by noticing a "Meatballs" movie poster hanging in Kutchers room) and he even makes a cameo appearance. I wasn't sorry I stayed late to watch this one, it made me laugh.

Sorry to "talk" your ear off today...but I wanted to make sure I said a little about each one. I may or may not watch a movie tonight, because I am pretty wiped out!