I'm going to make this review very short. Was in the hospital on Wenesday and I'm still not feeling too good. But I still wanted to post this. Sorry :( Hopefully the next review will be longer.
Won't Back Down is about two women- Jamie (Maggie Gyllenhaal), a hard working single mother who's daughter is dyslexic, and Nona (Viola Davis) a teacher in Jamie's daughter's school and also a mother. The school is failing to say the least. The two of them decide to try and take over the school and provide a better future for the children.
This movie wasn't all that great to be honest. It's heart was in the right place but it wasn't well put together. It felt rushed at times and other times it just seemed to drag. The only thing that's preventing me from giving it a lower rating is the strong performances by Viola Davis and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
I think this movie might've done better had it been on Lifetime rather than a theatrical release.
My Rating: 6/10
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Trouble With The Curve
It's always interesting going to a Clint Eastwood movie. At the showing I went to Friday night there were several older women fangirling over him. It was pretty amusing. I mean, I'm a big fan of his work and while I have a thing for older men even I have a limit. Moving on.
In Trouble With The Curve, Clint Eastwood plays Gus, an aging baseball scout for the Atlanta Braves who's losing his eyesight. And while he keeps this a secret from everyone, the people around him can tell something is wrong. A friend of his named Pete (John Goodman), who also works in the organization, is worried and convinces Gus' estranged daughter Mickey (Amy Adams) to go with her father on one last trip to scout a promising young player. Of course, Gus isn't to thrilled about this. He and Mickey obviously have issues. Along the way they run into Johnny, a young former player whom Gus had scouted but due to an injury no longer plays and now is a baseball scout himself. Johnny really respects and admires Gus and eventually is attracted to Mickey (of course).
While I enjoyed this film for the most part, this is not Clint's best role. Don't get me wrong, his performance was good, it's just he's such an accomplished actor and I've seen him do better. The best part of the movie for me was his scenes with Amy Adams (whom I've been a fan of since I saw her in Enchanted). They had such great chemistry and I enjoyed seeing them interact with each other. You really felt like they were father and daughter.
I even enjoyed Amy's scenes with Justin Timberlake. Very sweet. Honestly I think I like him more as an actor than I do a singer.
I assumed for the longest time that Clint directed this (since lately he's only appeared in movies that he dircted) but as it turns out it was dircted by Robert Lorenz. He's worked on many movies with Clint over the years, but this is his first time directing. And considering this, I think he did an okay job.
There are some flaws with the movie however. The dialog at times was absolutely terrible. The plot was pretty predictable. And I wish they had gone and developed certain storylines better. I won't spoil anything, but towards the end there's this kind of big reveal that just comes out of nowhere. Well, maybe not nowhere but they never really gave much indication earlier in the film.
Overall though, I had a good time watching this. I think if you're a fan of baseball and/or Clint Eastwood you'll like this. Everyone else, maybe not. I'd still give it a chance though.
My Rating: 7/10
In Trouble With The Curve, Clint Eastwood plays Gus, an aging baseball scout for the Atlanta Braves who's losing his eyesight. And while he keeps this a secret from everyone, the people around him can tell something is wrong. A friend of his named Pete (John Goodman), who also works in the organization, is worried and convinces Gus' estranged daughter Mickey (Amy Adams) to go with her father on one last trip to scout a promising young player. Of course, Gus isn't to thrilled about this. He and Mickey obviously have issues. Along the way they run into Johnny, a young former player whom Gus had scouted but due to an injury no longer plays and now is a baseball scout himself. Johnny really respects and admires Gus and eventually is attracted to Mickey (of course).
While I enjoyed this film for the most part, this is not Clint's best role. Don't get me wrong, his performance was good, it's just he's such an accomplished actor and I've seen him do better. The best part of the movie for me was his scenes with Amy Adams (whom I've been a fan of since I saw her in Enchanted). They had such great chemistry and I enjoyed seeing them interact with each other. You really felt like they were father and daughter.
I even enjoyed Amy's scenes with Justin Timberlake. Very sweet. Honestly I think I like him more as an actor than I do a singer.
I assumed for the longest time that Clint directed this (since lately he's only appeared in movies that he dircted) but as it turns out it was dircted by Robert Lorenz. He's worked on many movies with Clint over the years, but this is his first time directing. And considering this, I think he did an okay job.
There are some flaws with the movie however. The dialog at times was absolutely terrible. The plot was pretty predictable. And I wish they had gone and developed certain storylines better. I won't spoil anything, but towards the end there's this kind of big reveal that just comes out of nowhere. Well, maybe not nowhere but they never really gave much indication earlier in the film.
Overall though, I had a good time watching this. I think if you're a fan of baseball and/or Clint Eastwood you'll like this. Everyone else, maybe not. I'd still give it a chance though.
My Rating: 7/10
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Lawless
Well, I'm definitely going to be having nice Tom Hardy dreams tonight! Lawless was amazing!
And no, I'm not just saying that because Tom is in it. Honestly :p
Lawless takes place in Franklin, Virginia in the early 1930's and is based on the true story (although, I'm not sure how much is actually true and how much they made up for the movie) of the Bondurant brothers- Forrest (Tom Hardy), Howard (Jason Clarke), and the youngest Jack (Shia LaBeouf), who run a pretty successful moonshining buisness. Of course, in comes a deputy from Chicago by the name of Charlie Rakes (Guy Pearce, who is a good looking guy but boy does he go ugly for this role) who, as he says in the movie, makes their life a living hell. There's plenty of awesome shoot outs of course. But also in the movie two relationships develop- one between Forrest and Maggie(Jessica Chastain, her character is a former dancer who you can tell has a rough past) and the other between Jack and a quiet preacher's daughter named Bertha (Mia Wasikowska).
The director of Lawless is John Hillcoat (who also directed The Road). He, along with the rest of the crew, did a great job of getting the look of the period right. You really felt like you were in the 1930's. The soundtrack (consisting of some really good country music. I highly recommend it.) fit perfectly. I also have to give major credit to John Hillcoat for makinga Shia LaBeouf performance tolerable for me.
Speaking of performances, I'd have to say that was the best part of the movie. Of course I have to start with Tom Hardy :) I'm so happy he's finally getting the recognition he deserves. What a truly talented actor. His performance as Forrest was unbelievable. Forrest is this tough character that you wouldn't want to mess with, but at the same time you can tell he truly cares about his brothers and Maggie and would do anything to protect them. I also thought he and Jessica had amazing chemistry. If Tom wasn't already engaged, I'd say he and Jessica would make a great couple. The relationship between Forrest and Maggie was very well developed, even though it starts out slow. At one point I felt like shouting at the screen "Just hookup already!". There were these little moments between their two characters that just made my hear melt :)
Guy Pearce is very convincing as the villain. His character is so sleazy and evil. You know things are going to turn ugly whenever he appears on the screen.
The great Gary Oldman is also in this. He plays a gangster named Floyd Banner. Just to warn you, the trailers are a little misleading. Gary is only in this for maybe 10 minutes total.
Another thing I should probably warn you about- this movie is extremely violent. It didn't really bother me too much, although I must admit I had to look away from the screen more than once.
For the longest time tonight, I debated giving Lawless a 9.5. Simply because Shia the douchebag is in it and I can't stand him. Especially after all the crap he pulled on the set of this movie. I don't feel like getting into the details right now, but if you're interested I'm sure you can google it. Anyway, the more I thought about what an overall great movie this was and the fact that I'm a huge Tom Hardy fan, I just couldn't bring myself to do it.
My Rating: 10/10
And no, I'm not just saying that because Tom is in it. Honestly :p
Lawless takes place in Franklin, Virginia in the early 1930's and is based on the true story (although, I'm not sure how much is actually true and how much they made up for the movie) of the Bondurant brothers- Forrest (Tom Hardy), Howard (Jason Clarke), and the youngest Jack (Shia LaBeouf), who run a pretty successful moonshining buisness. Of course, in comes a deputy from Chicago by the name of Charlie Rakes (Guy Pearce, who is a good looking guy but boy does he go ugly for this role) who, as he says in the movie, makes their life a living hell. There's plenty of awesome shoot outs of course. But also in the movie two relationships develop- one between Forrest and Maggie(Jessica Chastain, her character is a former dancer who you can tell has a rough past) and the other between Jack and a quiet preacher's daughter named Bertha (Mia Wasikowska).
The director of Lawless is John Hillcoat (who also directed The Road). He, along with the rest of the crew, did a great job of getting the look of the period right. You really felt like you were in the 1930's. The soundtrack (consisting of some really good country music. I highly recommend it.) fit perfectly. I also have to give major credit to John Hillcoat for makinga Shia LaBeouf performance tolerable for me.
Speaking of performances, I'd have to say that was the best part of the movie. Of course I have to start with Tom Hardy :) I'm so happy he's finally getting the recognition he deserves. What a truly talented actor. His performance as Forrest was unbelievable. Forrest is this tough character that you wouldn't want to mess with, but at the same time you can tell he truly cares about his brothers and Maggie and would do anything to protect them. I also thought he and Jessica had amazing chemistry. If Tom wasn't already engaged, I'd say he and Jessica would make a great couple. The relationship between Forrest and Maggie was very well developed, even though it starts out slow. At one point I felt like shouting at the screen "Just hookup already!". There were these little moments between their two characters that just made my hear melt :)
Guy Pearce is very convincing as the villain. His character is so sleazy and evil. You know things are going to turn ugly whenever he appears on the screen.
The great Gary Oldman is also in this. He plays a gangster named Floyd Banner. Just to warn you, the trailers are a little misleading. Gary is only in this for maybe 10 minutes total.
Another thing I should probably warn you about- this movie is extremely violent. It didn't really bother me too much, although I must admit I had to look away from the screen more than once.
For the longest time tonight, I debated giving Lawless a 9.5. Simply because Shia the douchebag is in it and I can't stand him. Especially after all the crap he pulled on the set of this movie. I don't feel like getting into the details right now, but if you're interested I'm sure you can google it. Anyway, the more I thought about what an overall great movie this was and the fact that I'm a huge Tom Hardy fan, I just couldn't bring myself to do it.
My Rating: 10/10
Sunday, August 26, 2012
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
The main reason I wanted to see this was because of Joel Edgerton. I've been a big fan of his every since I saw him in Warrior last year. Plus I saw the trailer for this awhile back and it looked cute. Certainly a lot better than the crap Disney seems to put out lately.
This movie is about a married couple named Jim (Joel Edgerton) & Cindy (Jennifer Garner) Green. They live in a beautiful small town (can't remeber the name of it but apparently it's the pencil capital of the world) and seem to have a perfect life except for one thing- they're unable to have a child of their own. One night over a bottle of wine, they write down what they hope their child would have been like and bury these notes in the backyard in their garden. A few hours later, a 10 year old boy shows up in their house covered in dirt. His name is Timothy and right away he starts calling them Mom & Dad. Timothy seems to have literally grown from the garden. He even has leaves on his legs. Is it silly & ridiculous? Yes, but this is fantasy & a Disney movie kind of just have to go with it. Timothy is basically the perfect child and almost everyone seems to accept him as Jim & Cindy's son. He makes an impression on anyone he meets.
I found the whole story to be very sweet & charming. It's clearly aimed at kids (I'd say maybe older ones) but adults can enjoy it as well. Infact, at the showing I went to there seemed to be more adults than kids.
The characters overall were likeable. Joel was great as usual and it was nice to see him in a family movie like this. Even Jennifer Garner was good (I'm not realy the biggest fan of her as an actress) and seemed to have decent chemistry with Joel. Of course the big scene stealer was the little boy playing Timothy (CJ Adams). He was just adorable and really looked like he could be Joel & Jennifer's kid. My only big complaint was that I wish they had developed some of the characters better (specifically the minor ones). I found them really interesting and would haved liked to known more about them.
The musical score was absoluetly beautiful and really seemed to fit with the movie. I'll definetly be putting it on my iPod at some point.
While far from perfect, The Odd Life of Timothy Green is an enjoyable movie that's very sweet and something the whole family can enjoy. Just be sure to bring plenty of tissues because it's also quite the tearjerker at times. I haven't cried like that at a movie in awhile. Still, I highly recommend it :)
My Rating: 8/10
This movie is about a married couple named Jim (Joel Edgerton) & Cindy (Jennifer Garner) Green. They live in a beautiful small town (can't remeber the name of it but apparently it's the pencil capital of the world) and seem to have a perfect life except for one thing- they're unable to have a child of their own. One night over a bottle of wine, they write down what they hope their child would have been like and bury these notes in the backyard in their garden. A few hours later, a 10 year old boy shows up in their house covered in dirt. His name is Timothy and right away he starts calling them Mom & Dad. Timothy seems to have literally grown from the garden. He even has leaves on his legs. Is it silly & ridiculous? Yes, but this is fantasy & a Disney movie kind of just have to go with it. Timothy is basically the perfect child and almost everyone seems to accept him as Jim & Cindy's son. He makes an impression on anyone he meets.
I found the whole story to be very sweet & charming. It's clearly aimed at kids (I'd say maybe older ones) but adults can enjoy it as well. Infact, at the showing I went to there seemed to be more adults than kids.
The characters overall were likeable. Joel was great as usual and it was nice to see him in a family movie like this. Even Jennifer Garner was good (I'm not realy the biggest fan of her as an actress) and seemed to have decent chemistry with Joel. Of course the big scene stealer was the little boy playing Timothy (CJ Adams). He was just adorable and really looked like he could be Joel & Jennifer's kid. My only big complaint was that I wish they had developed some of the characters better (specifically the minor ones). I found them really interesting and would haved liked to known more about them.
The musical score was absoluetly beautiful and really seemed to fit with the movie. I'll definetly be putting it on my iPod at some point.
While far from perfect, The Odd Life of Timothy Green is an enjoyable movie that's very sweet and something the whole family can enjoy. Just be sure to bring plenty of tissues because it's also quite the tearjerker at times. I haven't cried like that at a movie in awhile. Still, I highly recommend it :)
My Rating: 8/10
Saturday, July 21, 2012
The Dark Knight Rises (IMAX)
First, I’d like to
take a moment to send my thoughts & prayers out to the people of Aurora,
Colorado affected by this horrific tragedy. It’s sad that you can’t even go to
a movie anymore without worrying whether or not you’ll make it home alive.
SPOILER ALERT: There may be some slight spoilers in my
review. While I don’t consider them to be spoilers (everything I’ll talk about
as far as the plot goes appears in the trailers) some people might. There is
however a MAJOR spoiler if you haven’t seen The Dark Knight. But that movie has
been out for 4 years and if you haven’t seen it by now… what the hell is wrong
with you? :p You’ve been warned.
It’s finally here!!! I’ve been looking forward to The Dark
Knight Rises for a long time. I remember seeing the first trailer for it back
last summer when I went to the midnight screening of Harry Potter & the Deathly
Hallows part 2. I jumped in my seat and couldn’t contain my excitement. Now
that I’ve seen the movie in its entirety, what’s the verdict? Well, it sucked…..
Just kidding! The Dark Knight Rises was AMAZING!! Everything
I hoped it would be and then some. A fitting conclusion to an epic trilogy.
The Dark Knight Rises takes place 8 years after the events
of The Dark Knight. Batman had taken the fall for Harvey Dent’s crimes and the
city of Gotham now seems peaceful. Of course this is all based on a lie. Jim
Gordon (played by the brilliant Gary Oldman) is sort of the facilitator of
this. He’s one of the few people who know what really happened. Meanwhile,
Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) has been living as a recluse, a shadow of his
former self. But he’s forced to come out of retirement when a new threat, the villainous
Bane (Tom Hardy) comes into the picture hell bent on destroying Gotham.
Bruce/Batman is aided by the ever loyal Alfred (Michael Caine), Lucious Fox
(Morgan Freeman), Jim Gordon, as well as rookie cop John Blake (Joseph
Gordon-Levitt) and Wayne Enterprises board member Miranda Tate (Marion
Cotillard).
Christopher Nolan is truly one of the greatest directors out
there. While his films may not always be perfect, he puts his heart and soul
into them. I’ve loved his approach to Batman throughout this trilogy. This last
one in particular is very dark (probably the darkest of the three) and
emotional. I found myself tearing up several times. But I enjoyed every minute
of it. The movie is nearly 3 hours long, but it sure didn’t feel like it. I was
never bored nor did I feel like it dragged. Especially in the last third of the
movie with one of the most amazing, breathtaking action/showdown sequences I’ve
seen in years. My jaw dropped.
The acting was stellar. It goes without saying that
Christian Bale is excellent and in my opinion is the best Batman. What I loved
the most besides him kicking ass as the caped crusader is his quieter moments
as Bruce Wayne. You can really feel his pain and see the affect all of this has
had on his characters’ life.
Of course, I was most
looking forward to seeing Tom Hardy (whom I’m a HUGE fan of) as Bane and I wasn’t
disappointed. I never doubted for a minute that he could play Bane. He blew me
away with his performance. It was chilling, terrifying, and powerful at the
same time. That’s definitely not a bad thing. He’s virtually unrecognizable
(which shows you how great an actor he is that he can transform himself like
that), wearing this Hannibal Lector type mask for pretty much the entire film.
Tom Hardy shows more emotion with just his eyes than most actors do whose face
isn’t covered by a mask. I’m so happy his career is taking off. He’s definitely
going to be around for years to come. Getting back to his character, I liked
how Bane is Batman’s equal both physically and mentally. As the two of them
battled it out, it scared the crap out of me. It’s the first time you feel like
this might not end well for Batman. On a side note, I know some people have
complained about Bane’s voice over the last several months, specifically when
the prologue was released. The fixed it some in post-production. And while I
may have missed a few words here and there, overall I understood him just fine.
One more thing, even though Bane is this truly evil character, I found myself
strangely attracted to him. He’s got a body like you wouldn’t believe, but I
think it’s mostly because I know behind that mask there’s a really good looking
guy. Okay, enough of me gushing over Tom Hardy. Moving on…
I know many were skeptical about Anne Hathaway (who I like
as an actress overall) when she was cast Selina Kyle/Catwoman, but I trust
Christopher Nolan and knew he wouldn’t have chosen her unless he knew she was
right for it. And I think she does a good job.
The action sequences (especially at the end) were spectacular.
Batman’s gadgets/vehicles were kick ass as well. Especially his new flying
vehicle called The Bat. Wow :o
This movie was meant to be seen in IMAX (if you’re lucky
enough to live near an IMAX theater I highly recommend going to see it this
way). A good portion of the movie was shot with those special IMAX cameras and
it looks stunning.
Hans Zimmer is back with another beautiful musical score
that sends chills through me every time I listen to it. I’ve already added it
to my iPod and have listened to it repeatedly over the last few days.
I could go on for days about how good The Dark Knight Rises
is. It’s pretty flawless as far as I’m concerned. I know there’s still 5 months
left to go in the year, but this is my absolute favorite movie of 2012 (and one
of my favorites of all time). I seriously doubt anything will be able to top it
when I make my top ten list at the end of the year.
Thank you Christopher Nolan for creating such an epic
trilogy. There aren’t too many truly well made films anymore and you’ve managed
to create such masterpieces that will be remembered for years to come. I look
forward to seeing more from you in the future.
I feel sorry for the person who directs the eventual Batman
reboot. There’s no way in hell they will ever be able to top what Christopher
Nolan has done.
My Rating: 10/10
Saturday, July 7, 2012
The Amazing Spiderman
I hadn't really planned on seeing this movie. I've never been a big Spiderman fan (as some of you know, I'm more of a Batman girl) and I wasn't impressed with the first trailer I saw. But after seeing the more recent trailers I thought I'd give it a chance. I'm glad I did :)
Like many people, I wasn't crazy about the Spiderman franchise beeing rebooted so soon. It's only been I think five years since the last Spiderman movie. What's the point?
Having said that, I did enjoy the story even though there are many similarities between this and the Toby McGuire version.
I'm not even going to bother explaining the plot since most people are familiar with the story behind how Peter Parker became Spiderman (and if not you can Google it).
What impressed me the most about this movie was the acting. Overall everyone gave amazing performances and I really enjoyed watching the characters. I think Andrew Garield was a good choice to play Peter Parker/Spiderman. I've been a fan of his since I saw him in The Social Network (a movie I highly recommend if you haven't already seen it). I actually like his version of the character better than Toby's. He and Emma Stone (who I'm a fan of as well. She plays Peter's love interest Gwen Stacy.) had amazing chemistry. Their scenes together were probably my favorite part of the whole movie. Even if the dialog was a bit cheesy, even cringeworthy at times. But that's to be expected in a movie like this. Rhys Ifans plays Dr. Curt Connors/The Lizard. He's a great actor and I always enjoy seeing him onscreen.
My only major complaint was the visual effects for The Lizard. Boy were they bad! This movie had a $200 million plus budget and this was the best they could do? I've seen movies with a tenth of that budget that looked better. That was the only part of the visuals that was lacking though. The movie overall looked gorgeous. I saw it in regualar 2D (I wasn't sure if I wanted to pay the extra money this time around) so I can't comment if the 3D was any good. But I can tell you the 2D version looked just fine.
While I still don't think a reboot was necessary, I enjoyed The Amazing Spiderman for what it was- a fun, entertaining summer movie. It's good but not great. The acting is what really sold me on it. If you're into these types of movies definitely check it out. Oh and be sure to stay during the credits. There's a small scene that kind of sets up the eventual sequel.
My Rating: 8/10
Like many people, I wasn't crazy about the Spiderman franchise beeing rebooted so soon. It's only been I think five years since the last Spiderman movie. What's the point?
Having said that, I did enjoy the story even though there are many similarities between this and the Toby McGuire version.
I'm not even going to bother explaining the plot since most people are familiar with the story behind how Peter Parker became Spiderman (and if not you can Google it).
What impressed me the most about this movie was the acting. Overall everyone gave amazing performances and I really enjoyed watching the characters. I think Andrew Garield was a good choice to play Peter Parker/Spiderman. I've been a fan of his since I saw him in The Social Network (a movie I highly recommend if you haven't already seen it). I actually like his version of the character better than Toby's. He and Emma Stone (who I'm a fan of as well. She plays Peter's love interest Gwen Stacy.) had amazing chemistry. Their scenes together were probably my favorite part of the whole movie. Even if the dialog was a bit cheesy, even cringeworthy at times. But that's to be expected in a movie like this. Rhys Ifans plays Dr. Curt Connors/The Lizard. He's a great actor and I always enjoy seeing him onscreen.
My only major complaint was the visual effects for The Lizard. Boy were they bad! This movie had a $200 million plus budget and this was the best they could do? I've seen movies with a tenth of that budget that looked better. That was the only part of the visuals that was lacking though. The movie overall looked gorgeous. I saw it in regualar 2D (I wasn't sure if I wanted to pay the extra money this time around) so I can't comment if the 3D was any good. But I can tell you the 2D version looked just fine.
While I still don't think a reboot was necessary, I enjoyed The Amazing Spiderman for what it was- a fun, entertaining summer movie. It's good but not great. The acting is what really sold me on it. If you're into these types of movies definitely check it out. Oh and be sure to stay during the credits. There's a small scene that kind of sets up the eventual sequel.
My Rating: 8/10
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Magic Mike
Damn!! :o :o There really are no other words to describe how much fun I had watching this.
Everyone has been talking about Magic Mike lately. A movie about hot male strippers? Sign me up!
Honestly, there isn't much of a plot. It's not one of those movies. Apparently it's loosely based on Channing's real life experiences when he was 19.
It's hot guys dancing on stage for almost two hours. I'm not complaining of course hehe. That's what I paid to see. But basically the movie revolves around a guy named Mike (Channing Tatum), a 30 year old who by day is a construction worker and by night works as a male stripper in a popular Tampa club. Of course, this is only temporary (even though he's been stripping for about 6 years) while he saves up to start his own furniture buisness. One day on a construction job he meets a messed up 19 year old named Adam (Alex Pettyfer, who was in that god awful Beastly movie but in this he's somewhat tolerable). Mike introduces him into the stripper world, taking him under his wing. Adam quickly becomes a sucess. Tossed into the mix is Adam's caring, protective sister Brooke (Cody Horn, who couldn't act if her life depended on it and seemed to have only one facial expression throughout the whole movie) who's really only there to be Channing's love intrest.
The director of Magic Mike is Stephen Soderbergh. He's good at getting amazing performances out of any actor, even if the actor isn't necessarily that great. I'll admit I'm not really a big Channing Tatum fan (don't get me wrong, he's nice to look at and I would totally sleep with him if given the chance) but I really liked his character. Matthew McConaughey plays Dallas, the owner of the strip club where Mike works. I was surprised at how good he was (McConaughey's perormances are usually hit or miss for me). It's one of his best performances in recent memory. He looked like he was having a blast filming this.
The best part about this, of course, was the dance sequences. I give a lot of credit to whoever choreographed this movie. I kept watching it thinking "Damn, how the hell can those guys move like THAT?". I thought I was going to have a heart attack at times right there in the theater. The performances were that hot.
The movie does seemed to drag a bit in the last half though. It was like, this story is interesting and all, but when are you going to get back to the guys stripping on stage?
My one complaint about Stephen Soderbergh as a director is he always seems to use this ugly yellow tint in his movies. Luckily in Magic Mike he only uses it in certain scenes but still... it's distracting.
If it wasn't for all the eye candy, my rating would be slightly lower. But I really did have a good time.
It's obviously geared towards women and gay men. I just can't picture a straight guy going to see this unless he's being dragged there by his wife/girlfriend.
If you're looking for something fun to do on a girls night out, go see Magic Mike. You won't be dissapointed ;)
My Rating: 7.5/10
Everyone has been talking about Magic Mike lately. A movie about hot male strippers? Sign me up!
Honestly, there isn't much of a plot. It's not one of those movies. Apparently it's loosely based on Channing's real life experiences when he was 19.
It's hot guys dancing on stage for almost two hours. I'm not complaining of course hehe. That's what I paid to see. But basically the movie revolves around a guy named Mike (Channing Tatum), a 30 year old who by day is a construction worker and by night works as a male stripper in a popular Tampa club. Of course, this is only temporary (even though he's been stripping for about 6 years) while he saves up to start his own furniture buisness. One day on a construction job he meets a messed up 19 year old named Adam (Alex Pettyfer, who was in that god awful Beastly movie but in this he's somewhat tolerable). Mike introduces him into the stripper world, taking him under his wing. Adam quickly becomes a sucess. Tossed into the mix is Adam's caring, protective sister Brooke (Cody Horn, who couldn't act if her life depended on it and seemed to have only one facial expression throughout the whole movie) who's really only there to be Channing's love intrest.
The director of Magic Mike is Stephen Soderbergh. He's good at getting amazing performances out of any actor, even if the actor isn't necessarily that great. I'll admit I'm not really a big Channing Tatum fan (don't get me wrong, he's nice to look at and I would totally sleep with him if given the chance) but I really liked his character. Matthew McConaughey plays Dallas, the owner of the strip club where Mike works. I was surprised at how good he was (McConaughey's perormances are usually hit or miss for me). It's one of his best performances in recent memory. He looked like he was having a blast filming this.
The best part about this, of course, was the dance sequences. I give a lot of credit to whoever choreographed this movie. I kept watching it thinking "Damn, how the hell can those guys move like THAT?". I thought I was going to have a heart attack at times right there in the theater. The performances were that hot.
The movie does seemed to drag a bit in the last half though. It was like, this story is interesting and all, but when are you going to get back to the guys stripping on stage?
My one complaint about Stephen Soderbergh as a director is he always seems to use this ugly yellow tint in his movies. Luckily in Magic Mike he only uses it in certain scenes but still... it's distracting.
If it wasn't for all the eye candy, my rating would be slightly lower. But I really did have a good time.
It's obviously geared towards women and gay men. I just can't picture a straight guy going to see this unless he's being dragged there by his wife/girlfriend.
If you're looking for something fun to do on a girls night out, go see Magic Mike. You won't be dissapointed ;)
My Rating: 7.5/10
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