Charlie St. Cloud

An out of the box performance by Zac Efron made a wise choice to be the lead in Charlie St. Cloud; he was able to flex his acting chops in a different style choice in this adult role without alienating his loyal fans. Zac carries the whole movie on his back with his portrayal of a young adult grieving his younger brother’s loss who after a near death experience can see sprint in between worlds, the rest of the cast shines also in this sad but hopeful family drama. I was surprised with this movie, it kept me entertained and at times I got a little misted eyed and the love story aspect tied in great with the movie, but it made my head spin at some times because the movie made you think if it some things were real or not. The setting of the movie was very beautiful with the New England landscape all around.

 I also enjoyed the family bond that the brothers shared throughout the movie it made the whole plot of the movie seem believable. The love, loss and despair parts of the movie are really good and sad at the same time; overall this move was entertaining and enjoyable I would recommend you to rent it and also the message of the movie is “live your life to the fullest” meaning don’t dwell on the past it may hurt but move on with life.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 1

The wait is over Harry Potter is back. Harry, Ron and Hermione further their adventure in the first part of the two part finale; I was in total aww of this movie as I was waiting for the midnight showing to start and when it ended I did nothing but thing have good things to say. The movie was acted to perfection with some scenes that had me at the edge of my seat and had me getting misty eyed in some parts. This Harry Potter movie showed the characters more mature and taking some heavy reasonability to make the world safe again, this movie was by far the most loyal to the books and the special effects were awesome. Being a fan of Harry Potter this was one of the best parts so far, it was more grown up and at some times intense, all of the actors were really good in that that adapted to the character that they were playing one hundred percent for example Ralph Fiennes as Lord Voldemort and Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix Lestrange were really creepy in a good way because that engulfed themselves in the roles.

I would say that many critics are saying that this movie is slow and too long, but I would say, it was not long enough and it was too fast because I wanted more and more of it. If you are not a Potter fan then do see this movie because you already know what to expect, this is a hard movie to write a review on being that it is the first part of a two part movie so you really cannot judge it on that bases. But I would recommend you to see it in IMAX and to see it many times, because I will see minimum of four times.

Grown Ups

The Grown up’s was a snooze feast. I thought this movie would be LOL funny, because Adam Sandler and many other people who are downright hilarious were in this movie, but I was mistaken while there were some funny moments in the movie it could not save it. The movie was mostly too long with funny people trying to save it with humor, but it just didn’t work, many scenarios we not believable and made the people who made the movie seem desperate and lacking skill. Many casting choices were not the best such as Salma Hayek playing a divaish mom and wife to Adam Sandler character who always gets her way and the kids who are over the top spoiled just didn’t make the movie seem all that great. Some of the comedy was a bit over the top with the cast relaying on being rude to each other to get the audience to laugh then developing the characters more.

This movie is not what to you call a thinker. While there were a lot of downs to this movie; the funny scenes had me falling down but this movie has a certain audience that will think that it was the best comedy, because it depends if you like all of these comedians in a whole together. I was glad that I didn’t waste my money or time going to the theatre to see this, but I was glad that I rented it so I could walk out or pause it when I need a break form the cast trying too hard to make the me laugh. All in all I recommend if you want to rent it or just not to see this movie.

Toy Story 3

                To Infinity and Beyond….. A perfect ending to the trilogy, Toy Story was one of my obsessions and when I heard about part three I was really excited to see it. Toy Story 3 was a great movie and at time I relived some of my childhood memories while watching it. TS3 was reminiscent of the original, because the toys are getting ready to be packed away again but this time it might be for awhile; Andy the toys owner is all grown up and heading off the college and has to decide what to do with all of his old memories meaning his toys which he is still in love with and can’t bring himself to throw away. By a random mistake the toys are given to a daycare, where the cowboy Woody never gives up hope that Andy didn’t mean to throw them away and doesn’t rest till he and the other toys are back with the teenage Andy.

                Even though this movie was made ten years after the first film was released it still ties in, and if you pay close attention to the background you see something’s that are in the first movie. Some of our favorite toys from the original two movies that are not in this movie are mentioned but are replaced with new loveable characters. When I watch toy story I get the feelings of happiness and joy, and this movie makes the theatre adventure enjoyable to all ages. This movie went along and broke box office records grossing over one billion dollars and becoming the first animated movie to gross that much.

Winter's Bone.

Winter’s Bone is a harsh portrayal of a young teenage 17 year old girl named, Ree Dolly who is struggling to keep her family together now that her father has left them. So she has to take care of her two younger siblings and her depressed mother. Now its Rees’s job to be a parent, now Ree has to search out her father because he has to show up for court because if he does not the courts will take the house away because he put the property up for collateral. As I watched this movie I felt the coldness that Ree had to go through to get to place to place without a car in winter.

The plot is very farfetched that everything fall s on Ree, and the wild journey that she has to encounter to find her druggie father is much usurped. The acting is the one thing that I liked, because even with the movie being boring, the acting sucked you in and kept you all the way till the predictable ending.  The small town people I feel are stereotypical, because they made the whole town look like a dump and the town’s people to be white trash. This movie is getting critical acclaim for the lead actress Jennifer Lawrence who plays Ree, which will probably get an award nomination because in one scene of winter’s Bone she portrayed the gritty side of the boonies while she was getting knocked around while asking too many questions about where her father is. In doing so she still never gave up hope that she will find her dad, Jennifer played this to a “T” and she never messed up any scene.