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Movies of the Last week: 500 Days of Summer, A Perfect Getaway, and The Time Traveler's Wife

Better start reviewing, the movies are stacking up!

500 Days of Summer: I've been waiting and waiting for this movie to show up in College Station theaters for weeks. Finally, it arrived!! Single handedly my favorite movie I have seen this summer so far. That's including HARRY POTTER so you can see how much I liked it. Get there early, the opening bit is worth seeing for sure. The story travels along between Summer and Tom's meeting and subsequent courtship labeling each section with a day. It's not in sequence so don't freak out, but it shows you what you need to see on which day. My favorites by far: IKEA day number one, the day AFTER, and of course the last one (you'll see why and it's not what you think).

It's an artsy indie flick for sure, but not sappy. In fact, it's very honest and extremely relate able for just about everything. Oh, also, mini spoiler: Tom is a greeting card writer and after a fight with Summer, his cards get well, colorful. It's hilarious!

Here's a link to the day after scene if you've already seen the movie and want to watch it again. If not, don't worry it doesn't give away any storyline other than Tom being 'happy' the day after a night with Summer. Click here for link...you can turn the commentary off as well.

A Perfect Getaway: Not your typical slasher, gore fest, boobs in your face horror movie. It's exciting, keeps you guessing, and waits until the last minute to explain itself. Little clues are dropped along the way, so if you pay attention you might figure it out. I figured out who the bad guys were probably about half way through, but it didn't make for an any less exciting movie.

If you haven't heard anything about this movie, here's the basic gist: boy and girl get married, boy and girl got to Hawaii for their honeymoon and travel to a smaller island to hike and camp, boy and girl hear about a murder of a newlywed couple on the big island, boy and girl meet people along the way and try to discover who the killer is before they become next.

Mila Jovovavich, think Resident Evil BADASS, gets on my nerves for most of the movie. It's fine and all to be in love and sure you just got married, but tone it down a notch before we all hurl. She does however come through for us in the end with some general don't eff with me attitude. Thank you, now I have not completely lost respect for you Mila. Some no name characters play possible suspects along the way, with Timothy Olyphant, Scream 2 and the bad dude in Live Free Die Hard, cameoing as a nearly psychotic ex marine who is sometimes hilarious and other times down right scary/cool. He also looks insane with his shirt off. ;)

All in all: if you have some time and have already seen that movie you've been waiting on to come out, then go see it. If you don't have endless amounts of time, wait for the DVD, I don't think this story will lose any oompth when you watch it from the comfort of your own home.

The Time Traveler's Wife: Bring the tissues and apply water proof mascara. I'm notorious NOT a fan of movies that make me feel an ounce of sadness (my theory is there is enough sadness in the world with adding fictional people's emotions to the mix), but this movie--I'm almost at a loss for words. I haven't read the book, (it is however on order from Half.com and should be arriving in 3-5 days), but from what I understand it certainly measures up, though the ending is supposedly better in the book. From the minute the movie started I felt choked up and teary eyed. But it's not all emotional, there's some fantastic happy scenes, and lots of Eric Bana in the buff (apparently clothes do not travel), wonder how it was filming all of those scenes. Haha. There's not much I can say without giving out major plot points, but I will say this: GO SEE IT. Drop what you are doing, drag a girlfriend behind you, and get there early if you want to sit together. This movie truly moved me, it's the kind you out loud gasp, cry, and feel for. Scarlett Johanson's character is tough as nails and adorable to boot, Eric Bana, well I'm just happy to see him in something other the dismal Funny People, and the little girl, wow...gut wrenching.

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G. I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

For someone who was never really into G.I. Joes, I'm hoping the reasoning behind this is obvious, I was surprised at how much I actually enjoyed this movie! I used to think G.I. Joe was just one person, well my eyes have been opened. Not only is Channing Tatum (think Step Up, Fighting, etc.) gorgeous eye candy, his acting has vastly improved. Marlon Wayans is hilarious and though Sienna Miller makes me wanna hold her down and forcefeed her twinkies, she does look amazing in her outfit and would make an awesome Halloween costume. Movie length was good, not too long, gave lots of great backstory for the G.I. Joe illiterate (i.e. me), and special effects insane. What I wouldn't give for a Delta 6 accelerator suit. All in all, go spend 2 hours of your time, enjoy some PG-13 fun (for strong action sequences and 'mayhem'), and try to figure out the ending before the bad guys reveal themselves. Definitely be looking for a sequel as well, multiples even.

LOL of the Week

I decided that once a week I'll upload a cute 'LOL.' Whether it be cat, dog, celebrity, etc. Enjoy..something to brighten up your Monday!

This week in movies..I could soo be Ben Lyons...

This week N and I went to 5 movies. Now we LOVE movies but this is a record even for us I think. Quick review of the movies we saw:

The Ugly Truth: Laughed quite a bit, astonished at how much Katherine Heigl likes potty humor, and predicted most of what was going to happen. All in all, I'd recommend it for a good laugh and an escape from reality.

Orphan: OMG, where in the world do I start? One, I will never be adopting a Russian orphan without extensive background research. Two, it's nice to finally go to a scary movie that is about more than gore and boob shots. Three, I'm surprised I slept that night. If you like scary movies, if you like twists, if you think you can figure it out before the movie tells you the answer--then go see this movie. I have been to more movies than I will ever be able to count and I NEVER saw this coming. I'm still replaying it in my head almost a week later.

G-Force: N and I happen to love 3-D movies. The previews were kinda cute, not to mention they got the voices of some A-List actors. Plot wasn't too complicated (gotta make it simple for the kiddos), but worth the $3.50 we paid to see it. General consensus: had it not been for the the 3-D specs we probably coulda waited for the DVD but we weren't disappointed at the experience.

Funny People: How in the world did Hollywood create a movie with most of this generations comedic legends, put the word 'funny' in the title, and still not be HILARIOUS???? Yes, it had it's moments (most of which we knew were coming from the previews) and some cameos you wouldn't expect, BUT I think I've laughed more at far less well thought out movies. It was a little depressing, frustrating, and then it ended. I say---rent it unless you've seen everything else or are Adam Sandler's biggest fan.

The Collector: Have you seen SAW I, II, III, IV, V? Well then you've seen this movie. Except those were better. Basically, there are booby traps around every corner, basically everyone dies gruesomely (one chick had her mouth sewn shut, then stomach sliced open, place in a hot bath tub, and left to bleed out), and the killer doesn't die! Even when a chandelier of knives falls on him! My words of advice to anyone in a horror movie---DO NOT run UP the stairs, never say you'll be right back, and always shoot the killer in the head and the heart before letting your guard down!! My words of advice to anyone thinking of seeing this---DON'T waste your money, you'll leave feeling jilted and frustrated.

We're thinking of seeing 'The Hurt Locker' sometime and I'd really love to see "500 Days of Summer' but it's not showing in CS. Though the next movie review will probably be of G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra since it comes out next Friday and I've already promised I'll go.

Soo..this whole blogging thing..

Today I realized how much I love reading Jessie's blog and from there I usually update myself on Mary and Andrea's blogs, pop over to Liesl's blog or Bobbi's blog, etc. etc. So not that anything super interesting is happening in my life, but I figured if nothing else I'd be entertained by it and hopefully some of ya'll are too. :)