Skipped out on: Wolverine, Star Trek, Angels and Demons, Terminator Salvation, Land of the Lost, Transformers, Public Enemies
Ok, now to those I did see.
Up: My kind of movie. Incredibly heartwarming and touching. The talken golden retreiver, Dug, is one of the best and funniest characters in any Pixar movie, in my opinion and he delivers quote gold such as "I was hiding under your porch because I love you." Unlike most Pixar movies, there is actually some intense heartbreak in this movie and it blindsides you in the first 15 minutes before the main plot actually even starts. And to top it off, it does it with a bare minimum of dialogue. These guys know how to make a movie.
Probably slotted in around 3rd or 4th favorite Pixar movie, but since they are all fantastic films that says a lot.
5/5
The Hangover: Brought to you by Todd Phillips, the same guy who directed both Road Trip and Old School, it was really no surprise this caught fire the way it did. There isn't much to say, really, it's just a laugh out loud over the top comedy and it deserved all the praise that it got. The show here was stolen, of course, by Zach Galfianakis. "I consider myself a one man wolfpack."4/5
Year One: I've already written about this once before. The movie is not very good, although there are some small laughs. Arrested Development fans, like myself, might appreciate some of the humor of Michael Cera and David Cross, but really, mostly forgettable and easily avoidable. Who really needs to watch Jack Black eating shit?
2/5
Away We Go: I loved, loved, loved, loved this movie. Yes, it's about as indie as they come, chocked full of weird characters, dysfunctional families and a soundtrack that feels like it could have been the b-side to Garden State, but it's a damn good movie. John Krasinki does a great job playing a bearded, less sarcastic Jim and Maya Rudolph didn't suck. In fact, taken away from her crazy SNL characters she wasn't so bad. I can't say enough positive things about this movie. See it when it comes out on DVD, because it's probably already out of theaters. I was sitting next to an older couple and they were dying laughing at some of the funnier, dirtier parts and on my way out a girl around my age was crying her eyes out. Great film. See it.
5/5
Bruno: I was disappointed. Not as good as Borat, although at times it's nearly as outrageous. I didn't hate the movie, by any means, I was just expecting more. Some of the fake gayness is so over the top and scripted that it was more like the Ali G movie from 2002 then Borat. There were some good bits (the focus group, the MMA scene) but overall I found it to be a pretty flat movie.
Don't get me wrong, though. I still laughed my ass off quite a few times.
3/5
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince: Ok, they left out way too much of the stuff with Snape and at times turned it into a teenage romance film, but yes, this was a very good Harry Potter movie. They hit all the right notes on the very key plot points, including the horcruxes, the cave scene, and Dumbledore's death. I laughed a great deal more than I was expecting to through the movie, some very funny parts. Won Won and Lavender Brown were pretty hilarious. Much better than the total dreck that was the Order of the Phoenix film.
4/5
Still to come: Funny People, G.I. Joe (I suppose... was my favorite toy as a kid), Inglorious Basterds
I also kind of really want to see 500 Days of Summer. I'm trying to figure out how gay that makes me on a scale of 1-10 and if I settle on anything less than a 6 I might go and see it. How can I resist Zooey Deschanel as an indie type girl in a romance type movie that focuses around indie music? Look how much I love Kat Dennings now after Nick and Norah and she's not even that hot!
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