I decided not to see this movie in theaters partly because I didn't want to spend any money and partly because I'm not the biggest Robert Pattinson fan. Thanks to Redbox's $1 per night rentals I decided to give it ago. (On a side note, while I do love Redbox, I plan on restarting my Netflix soon).
I decided after the first three minutes of the movie that I liked it. It was refreshing throughout the movie to have a plot that wasn't solely a romance between two 21-year-olds, but rather a story about all relationships including romantic, friends, and family. I thought the little girl who played the younger sister did a great job -- she truly captured some of the terrors of being a child. And, although I still don't find Robert Pattinson the least bit attractive, I will give him some credit for his acting abilities.
Still I cannot believe that I didn't see the ending. I already knew *spoiler alert* that he was going to die, and as soon as the score towards the end started playing I knew it was going to happen soon, but they drew that out longer than normal to build up the anticipation. From the beginning of the movie I noted in my head that it was 2001, the year of the terrorist attacks, and towards the end I noticed the date September 11 on the classroom chalk board. Still didn't put it together. His dad was going to be late getting to the office, but as he was going up to his office to wait I literally said to myself "floors in the 80s, wow that's a tall building." Then when he stood by the window to look outside I thought "those are cool windows." And I still didn't put it together. Kind of feel ridiculous for that one. Now, however, I wonder what kind of emotional connection Robert Pattinson felt with the film considering he's not American.
Overall, I liked this movie. I plan on buying it, but not until it goes on sale again.
Monday, June 28, 2010
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Get Him to the Greek
(On a side note first, I have quite a list going of movies I need to update with. I'll eventually get to some of those.)
One of my first weekends in Santa Fe by myself I couldn't think of much to do, wasn't really sure where to go, so I decided on checking out a movie. The only thing out that looked even halfway decent was 'Get Him to the Greek.' I had a chance to see a free screening of this sometime towards the end of the last semester, but it was the end of the semester and I had lots of other things that needed to be done. And I was pleasantly surprised when I bought my ticket for the movie as matinee prices here are still good until 6pm. Amazing considering ticket prices back home (Boston and Orlando) are only matinee before about 2pm, which is nearly impossible unless you want to see a movie at 10:30 in the morning.
Anywho, I figured I'd enjoy this movie since it was based on characters from 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall', which I loved. In the end, I still like 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' a lot better, but 'Get Him to the Greek' was still amusing and enjoyable. I later found out that some of the more innapropriate scenes were pretty much taken from Russell Brand's real life, but that's not surprising. Aldous Snow basically seems to be Russell Brand magnified on the big screen, just instead of his real-life comedian/actor gig he's a recording artist. I'm still not a huge fan of Jonah Hill though. He can be funny and all, but for me he's missing some kind of comic spark that some of his previous costars have, like Russell Brand or Jason Segel.
My favorite character in the movie, however, was Sergio, played by the one and only Sean Combs/P. Diddy. Whatever you want to call him, I don't really care, but he was pretty awesome. His character also has my favorite line in the movie: "Do you have any idea how many Air Jordans 6 black kids wear?" So stereotypical, but so true. Hilarious.
And I almost forgot! The cameos were great. Particularly the one by Tom Felton.
One of my first weekends in Santa Fe by myself I couldn't think of much to do, wasn't really sure where to go, so I decided on checking out a movie. The only thing out that looked even halfway decent was 'Get Him to the Greek.' I had a chance to see a free screening of this sometime towards the end of the last semester, but it was the end of the semester and I had lots of other things that needed to be done. And I was pleasantly surprised when I bought my ticket for the movie as matinee prices here are still good until 6pm. Amazing considering ticket prices back home (Boston and Orlando) are only matinee before about 2pm, which is nearly impossible unless you want to see a movie at 10:30 in the morning.
Anywho, I figured I'd enjoy this movie since it was based on characters from 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall', which I loved. In the end, I still like 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' a lot better, but 'Get Him to the Greek' was still amusing and enjoyable. I later found out that some of the more innapropriate scenes were pretty much taken from Russell Brand's real life, but that's not surprising. Aldous Snow basically seems to be Russell Brand magnified on the big screen, just instead of his real-life comedian/actor gig he's a recording artist. I'm still not a huge fan of Jonah Hill though. He can be funny and all, but for me he's missing some kind of comic spark that some of his previous costars have, like Russell Brand or Jason Segel.
My favorite character in the movie, however, was Sergio, played by the one and only Sean Combs/P. Diddy. Whatever you want to call him, I don't really care, but he was pretty awesome. His character also has my favorite line in the movie: "Do you have any idea how many Air Jordans 6 black kids wear?" So stereotypical, but so true. Hilarious.
And I almost forgot! The cameos were great. Particularly the one by Tom Felton.
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