Monday, January 31, 2011

Music and Lyrics: I saw this movie in the library and I decided to get it. I'm a fan of Hugh Grant. It was a funny, silly movie. The plot and all that are meh but there is some great dialogue that made me laugh. Warning, the teen idol girl in the movie dresses and dances like a hooker, a major downside to the movie (in my opinion anyway.)

Megamind: I had hopes for this movie but I didn't expect much. I really enjoyed this movie, it's the second Will Farrel movie that I've actually enjoyed (the first being Stranger Than Fiction). This movie was cute and funny, good for kids ( the theater was full of them) and it made me think. I really recommend it.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

The Butterfly/ Le Papillon: This movie is French and is very sweet. The little girl is adorable and there's a lot of beautiful scenery and I learned a fair amount about butterflies.
It's a Wonderful Life: It's after Christmas but I'm spending some time with George Bailey. We probably all have dreams like George and also like George we don't necessary see the fruition of those dreams, life had other plans for him.

Monday, January 3, 2011

After the Thin Man: I enjoyed the Thin Man and so I decided to watch the next movie in the series. This movie was good, however it was not nearly as good as the first one.

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty - Pocket-a pocket-a pocket-a... This is a great movie full of comedy, romance, and suspense. Danny Kaye is wonderful as Walter Mitty and the several roles of his day dreams. Watch it and enjoy it.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

My Kid Could Paint That: This is a documentary about child painting sensation Marla, I saw some of this movie in a class in college and thought "why not" when I saw it on the shelf at the library. This film really had me considering things, it hits home especially because I'm an artist and not one that really cares for modernist and post modern art; the art that quite often gets comments like the title of this film. Watch it and make your own conclusion, or don't.
Ninotchka: I came across this movie on tv and I watched and enjoyed it. Gretta Garbo is wonderful in this movie, where in a sense, communist Russia takes on Paris. It made me think about life and how it ought to be lived.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

The Sheik: Rudolph Valentino, I'd heard of the great but never seen a movie with him before. I'm a bit fan of the movie Thoroughly Modern Millie and at one point in the movie Millie raves about this movie, when I saw a copy of The Sheik on the shelf at the library I had to get it. It was interesting, I haven't watched that many silent movies and I think all the ones I have seen have been comedy's. This movie was pretty good and it was very interesting to see a sort of time capsul of how things were, or were seen in the 20s. The copy I watched had music that was from the 80s and it was wonderfully awful synthesizer music, I would love to hear music that would have been more original to the movie.

The Thin Man: I have stayed away from this series in the past, I'm not quite sure why but I think I may have equated it with Perry Mason, which it was not in any way. I really enjoyed the thin man, it was funny, witty, and a pretty good mystery to boot. I didn't really suspect the actual culprit. I think I'll try some more of the series.