It's time to impart some movie critiques on you. Being a Netflix subscriber has finally given me a chance to see some movies that I always forget I want to see. Here's what we've been watching lately. Stars are based on the Netflix star system. If you don't know the Netflix star system maybe you should turn around and stop reading this blog right now.
127 Hours
Overall Rating: James Franco does a clownshoe job of playing someone awesome. Some great Southern Utah cinematography. Cringe inducing arm cutting off scene. 3 Stars, lost points for slowness and leaving important parts of the real story that I don't even know about out.
Tangled
Overall Rating: Animals acting like humans. Funny. See: Boufont the gecko or whatever his name is, and the horse that is hardcore on the outside, softy princess helper on the inside. There's a really great scene in a pub with a bunch of warrior guys. The evil kidnapping impostor mom is a little too creepy. On one end of the wholesome film scale. I moved to the other end to compensate for so much goo with my next choice. 4 Stars, I'm not a parent and don't have to rave about these movies yet.
Trainspotting
Overall Rating: What can I do to purge my soul after having seen this film? The funniest part is with the character named spud pictured above and a bad experience with some poo. Yes poo is funny. I went for another Danny Boyle movie after watching 127 hours, and thought that his most well known film would be the best choice. While I did get totally sucked into the movie, I never want to see it again. There is some disturbing ish in that movie. My fault for choosing a movie on heroin addiction. 3 stars, well made and interesting, if you don't mind this kind of stuff it's worth seeing once.
Rookie of the Year
Overall Rating: When I was a boy, I loved this movie. For lines like "she's not that hot? she's stacked!" One of my friends in those days, borrowed this movie and never returned it. If I could find out who I'd probably make them watch it now as punishment. Knowing that Henry Rowengardner went on to make a pact to have sex with Tara Reid by prom certainly hurts his credibility as a young innocent virgin pitcher with a magic arm. Also worth mentioning that Gary Busey is in this movie. GARY BUSEY. 1993 Gary Busey, post motorcycle accident causing serious brain damage. How has this man continued to do what he does? Either way I couldn't choose a good gary busey video to link you to so go search gary busey on youtube, you'll find him there. 3 stars, Henry's mom's boyfriend's wardrobe almost pushes this movie over to 4 stars, but the 90's weren't really that funny, just painful.
Harold and Maude
Overall Rating: This movie gets a lot of hype, and I must say that it pretty well lived up to it for me. I thought it was pretty funny. Ashley did too, before she realized that the movie is about a love story and not a friendship. Now she hates it. Ask her. Cat Stevens did the entire soundtrack for this movie, no one ever told me that. It's fantastic. Harold's fake suicides are also really dry and funny. I loved
this one. 4 stars, great movie.
Blue Valentine
Overall Rating: I would only say this movie is good because it made me feel so emotionally torn. If that's a feeling you enjoy while watching a movie then see it. I could not find a picture of Ryan Gosling as a trashy husband for some reason. That was also hard for me to watch. He just looks disgustingly trashy as a washed up painter husband. He did a good job. At one point he threatens to punch someone within 5 seconds and actually follows through. Now there's a man, if still a trashy chain smoking alcoholic painter. The whole scene with them in a futuristic trashy honeymoon sweet is extremely awkward and sad. Is the word trashy coming up a lot? It's not that the movie is, just Ryan Gosling pulls off trashy so well it's seeping into all of my impressions of the movie. Trashy. Anyway this movie is really just sad. I think failing marriages RESULT because choices are made when things are going well. So while I don't disagree with the fact that this does happen to people. I do disagree with letting it happen. Take note all you sappy romantic guys who are harboring desires deep down to become alcoholic chain smoking painters. Not that it's all his fault. Anyway, see it if you care to know who's fault it really is. **Spoiler** it's both of them. Shucks now you have no reason to see it. 3 stars, enjoyed parts of it, don't think I'll ever watch it again.
