Movies movies movies

So over the last two weekends we have watched a bunch of movies.  I meant to blog about the first batch last weekend but I lacked the motivation and brain power to do so.   So I will do it here in one happy movie post.

Drag Me to Hell
IMDB Page.  This movie was written and directed by Sam Raimi (Spider Man, The Evil Dead and Army of Darkness are also some of his works).  I liked Spider Man, and I thought maybe this would be good balance to the girl movies I had picked up.  I was wrong.  This movie made all the girl movies I have ever seen look brilliant.  The lead actors were Alison Lohman and Justin Long (you know, the guy who plays Mac on the PC/Mac commercials).  They are both talented actors and I have enjoyed them in other work they have done, it was just the movie that was bad.  It was more gross that scarey, and it wasn't funny cheesey like Army of Darkness it was just, well, bad.  On a positive note, I did learn a valuable life lesson:  When buying something second hand take just a minute and think about it.  You never know.  It's quite possible an angry, juciy, gypsy put a curse on that item and by taking ownership of said item you become the cursed one.  Is it really worth it?  Watch this movie and you decide.  (Also, don't eat while watching this movie.)

Easy Virtue
IMDB Page.  This is a remake of a 1928 movie that was directed by Alred Hitchcock.  The 2008 remake was directed by Stephan Elliot and starred Jessica Biel, Kristin Scott Thomas and Colin Firth (to name a few).  To sum this movie up, a young Englishman marries an american woman with a passion for speed and a bit of a past.  The young Englishman takes his new bride home to meet his family and events unfold.  I thought the movie was casted well.  The story was amusing, and the music was perfect (but only if you are a Cole Porter fan).  If you want a movie that you can just sit back and enjoy I would add this to your list.

Ice Age:  Dawn of the Dinosaur
IMDB Page.  We are Ice Age fans so we went ahead and added this one to our collection.  All the actors came back to lend their voices to the characters we know and love.

My Life in Ruins
IMDB Page.  This movie stared Nia Vardalos, writer of and lead actress in My Big Fat Greek Wedding. This was a sweet little store about finding love in the last place you would expect to.

The Ugly Truth
IMDB Page.

Star Trek
IMDB Page.

So yeah, I ran out of steam.  Star Trek was too awesome for words.

Some Movies NOT to Watch...

It seems David and I have hit a streak of movies we probably would have been better off not watching.  That happens sometimes.  I guess you have to see some really rotten ones to appreciate the really good ones.  Anyway, I thought I'd let the two or three of you that read this blog know what not to watch.

There may be spoilers-which really is ok because you really don't need to watch either of these movies... I just had to be fair and warn you regardless.

First:  The Killer Inside Me (Internet Movie Database) (see this link for cast and plot summary)  Great cast.  Interesting story.  Horrible violence.  This movie really disturbed and upset me.  I can handle aliens popping out of chests, or most of anything Quentin Tarantino can throw at me.  The violence in this movie wasn't unlike what you would find in a Tarantino movie, but it was different.  It wasn't choc-a-block full of violence either, it was just a few scenes (and quick flashbacks).  I guess it was the subject matter.  The main male character beat two women to death and it was incredibly graphic and upsetting.  My poor David was just as shocked as I was, and was at a loss to deal with how it upset me.  If I could remove/edit those scenes I would actually recommend the movie.  The acting was good, the story was interesting.  But the movie in its current form is just too upsetting.

Second:  Life During Wartime (Internet Movie Database) (see this link for cast and plot summary)  Another movie that had a good cast.  The trailer looked like it was going to be a off-kilter comedy.  The movie ended up not being so funny.  It kind of drug on and on and on...and never really went anywhere.  (Drinking did not make it any better.  Seriously.)

So what have I been watching that I have actually enjoyed?  Well, let me tell you.  David and I got hooked on The Tudors, the Showtime series.  I'm kind of hooked on that time period and just finished reading The Tudor series by Philippa Gregory (she wrote "The Other Boleyn Girl").  I just get sucked into the different possibilities of what King Henry was like, and what the lives of his many many wives must have been like.

Ok.  I should get back to my list of things I want to get done around the house.  Just had to take a minute and say hello!

~Emily