So the next movie on my list was selected by my brother Josh. In honor of his 20th birthday on Saturday (and because I was so sick that I could not get off the couch), I decided to watch it that night. Thanks Instant Netflix. I also "watched" it with Dan who is currently in Utah...aka we pressed play at the same time and gchatted things like "Can you understand what Jeff Bridges is saying?" "Gross." "NO MATT DAMON NO!" and "No but seriously what is Jeff Bridges saying?"
This movie took a while to get good, but I did like it. I think if I were to watch it again I'd like it even more and I'd appreciate the beginning. I also told Dan that maybe we should have watched the old one first, because seriously, Jeff Bridges is IMPOSSIBLE to understand half the time. I get that this is the Old West. I get that you're drunk. But seriously. WHAT IS GOING ON. I had to rely on context clues to even figure out what was happening.
My other critique is that colloquial speak aside, the first half is slow. Everything exciting basically happens in the last half hour, and until then, you don't know what's going on anyway.
I did like how funny it was and I wasn't expecting that. Did I find Matt Damon believable as a character in the old west? Nope. Was he hilarious though? Yup. And Jeff Bridges is Jeff Bridges, so humor is inevitable. I would definitely see this again, but it was not life changing or particularly remarkable. I now only have ONE MORE MOVIE from the Best Pictures of 2010 until I've seen them all (I only have 127 Hours left...and that may or may not be on the list for this blog...stay tuned!).
Next up: Ne le dis à personne (Tell No One), chosen by Ash!
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Saturday, February 4, 2012
A Joyful Noise
MOVIE #1!!! WOO HOO!
So I officially have my movie list. I haven't decided whether or not to post the whole list or just have you all find out the choices as I go, but it's been a week now since I've seen this movie so I figure I better blog about it.
A Joyful Noise was Katie's choice, and as David Rea and I had already made a pact to see it when it came out (we love us some Jeremy Jordan) last week, I figured why not make it the first movie on my list.
It. Was. TERRIBLE.
Of course I knew this going in; a Dolly Parton movie about a church choir singing Top 40? That has awful written all over it. But it was still such a bummer to see Jeremy Jordan in something so bad after having seen him recently in so many GREAT things (Newsies and Bonnie and Clyde, in particular). There was basically nothing redeeming about this movie aside from his riffing. Also Collins from Rent made a guest appearance. I would recommend it to absolutely no one. And it was so LONG! It was the movie that would not end. David and I could not handle it.
I would give a plot summary...but too many things happened that made no sense. There was a kid with Asperger's who played the piano, an asian man died but it was funny?, Jeremy Jordan fought this kid but then he decided to play the guitar for the band, this girl hated that Queen Latifah was her mom, they won a singing competition by changing the words to slightly outdated pop songs to be about God....it was just as many stupid life problems of no actual emotional substance thrown into one movie as possible. And the music wasn't even tight.
SO LAME.
That's ok though...just you wait and see the movies that are to come...2012 is going to be hilarious.
Next up: True Grit, chosen by my brother Josh!
So I officially have my movie list. I haven't decided whether or not to post the whole list or just have you all find out the choices as I go, but it's been a week now since I've seen this movie so I figure I better blog about it.
A Joyful Noise was Katie's choice, and as David Rea and I had already made a pact to see it when it came out (we love us some Jeremy Jordan) last week, I figured why not make it the first movie on my list.
It. Was. TERRIBLE.
Of course I knew this going in; a Dolly Parton movie about a church choir singing Top 40? That has awful written all over it. But it was still such a bummer to see Jeremy Jordan in something so bad after having seen him recently in so many GREAT things (Newsies and Bonnie and Clyde, in particular). There was basically nothing redeeming about this movie aside from his riffing. Also Collins from Rent made a guest appearance. I would recommend it to absolutely no one. And it was so LONG! It was the movie that would not end. David and I could not handle it.
I would give a plot summary...but too many things happened that made no sense. There was a kid with Asperger's who played the piano, an asian man died but it was funny?, Jeremy Jordan fought this kid but then he decided to play the guitar for the band, this girl hated that Queen Latifah was her mom, they won a singing competition by changing the words to slightly outdated pop songs to be about God....it was just as many stupid life problems of no actual emotional substance thrown into one movie as possible. And the music wasn't even tight.
SO LAME.
That's ok though...just you wait and see the movies that are to come...2012 is going to be hilarious.
Next up: True Grit, chosen by my brother Josh!
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