Into The Wild:
A tad overrated. I know people enjoyed this one and I did too during the showing, but then afterwards I was a bit mystified why I should feel for someone who went out of their way to go into the wild on their own and made the mistake of eating a poisonous mushroom. Up until that point, I found the movie very enjoyable and Catherine Keener does a great job in the role of a motherly hippie.
Superbad:
If you get past the gross, immature setups, this movie is really a movie about friendships and kids acting like adults, but with no clue what that means. The two cops represent trying to get back to that youthful, carefree age. That is what life is really about... when we are younger, we try to act older, and when we are older, we try to become younger. This movie was well done and I liked it more than Knocked Up.
Knocked Up:
Some very funny bits. Some great insight on relationships and marriage. Yet, I can't really place why this is not my favourite Apatow movie. Maybe I just don't buy the main relationship between Seth Rogan and Katherine Heigl.
300:
Visually arresting film, but ultimately I got worn down with the continual battle scenes. This movie epitomizes pop culture... full of fluff and sweet and disposable like candy. I am interested in Zach Snyder's next film, The Watchmen.
The Host:
A Korean film that you may have not seen, but it did get released here in the North American market. To explain that this film is about a mutant monster on the loose by the Han River in Seoul and the bonding of a dysfunctional family that attempts to rescue their young sister who gets kidnapped would not fully capture what this movie is about. The movie is about redemption, love, the bonds that tie family, and it just happens to involve a monster that eats people by the bucketloads. Highly enjoyable.
Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix:
Not my favourite HP, but nonetheless I enjoyed this film. I enjoyed it even more after watching it in 3D at the iMax. I am a bit disappointed that David Yates is doing the next movie. I liked how the HP franchise was bringing in new directors with each new film. Number 3 still remains my favourite of the bunch. Thank you Alfonso Cuaron.
The Darjeeling Limited:
It always seems like when PT Anderson releases a film, Wes Anderson does the same. Only Spike Jonze is missing from the mix. This is not my favourite Wes Anderson film, although I know most of the critics liked it. I found that the pacing of the movie was staggered and that the usual idiosyncracies of a Wes Anderson film did not make me laugh as much as others. Maybe I need to see this movie again, as I viewed it on a small screen flying on an Air Canada flight. Rushmore remains the high water mark for me.
I can't think of any other films that I saw this year. I did not see as many films as I usually do.
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have you seen the movie Once? so pleased it beat Enchanted three times. if you haven't, it's very worth the watch and a nice way to induce a little cry. though that's not saying a lot coming from the girl who openly wept at the end of the original pink panther. which i won't even try to justify.
That movie is on my to do list. Really want to see it. I am intrigued with why you would cry at the end of PP... especially since it is a comedy. I don't even want to begin listing the stupid things that I have cried in. Hope you are well Coops.
same reason i can't watch mr bean. their good natured blunderings just make me too sad. i am doing very well, thanks. 4 months and counting.
sorry for the late comment on this robb... but just wanted to agree with you on the darjeeling limited. we liked it, but it just didn't get the kind of laughs out of me that rushmore and the royal tenenbaums did. haven't visited your blog a while, but we just enjoyed catching up, and I particularly enjoyed your Bourne/Hungry Hippo analogy.
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