Since moving we upgraded our cable and we now have Showtime and the channels associated with it. My hubby and I have gone crazy with recording some movies. So here is what I've seen so far:
- Let The Right One In: Swedish movie with subtitles. I had read about this movie ever since it came out. I had seen it play on IFC, I think, but I never really got a chance to see it from the very beginning until now. I don't really go for ratings, but they sometimes catch my eye, especially if there has been some sort of buzz around it. Anyway, this movie got 3 stars. As I was watching the movie (2 hours), I was waiting for the climax, the excitement, the hook, I never got it. I didn't see the 3 star quality. Maybe I missed something, but the way the movie was described it made it seem as if the boy was going to get the girl to take revenge on the bullies, but that wasn't the case at all. The just befriend each other since they are both loners. He is bullied and she is a vampire. I don't know, I guess I must have missed something, but I couldn't grasp to the story and I was waiting for it to end. I give this movie 2 Daisy- girls.
- We Need To Talk About Kevin: This was another movie I had been wanting to see and I had it up on my IMDB watchlist since it came out in the theater. This was interesting to watch. Tilda Swinton and Ezra Miller were great! Mom struggles with Kevin ever since he was a baby. She tries to connect with him throughout the years, but it's no use. The disconnection is there, the hatred, the awkwardness...it's all there. And even though mom tries to talk to dad about all this, he shuns it down claiming that Kevin is just a boy. This story is told in flashbacks about what Kevin ended up doing at school and how the whole town has turned against mom because of what her son had done. It's quite sad, but intriguing. I don't ever wish that feeling upon anyone. I felt her pain, her sadness, the I-want-to-shake-you-until-you-wake-up-from-this-bad-dream, but it was all there. I would highly recommend this movie, just don't expect a fantasy ending. I give this movie 5 Daisy-girls.
- Exit Through The Gift Shop: This documentary, movie, or whatever you want to call it has to do with street artists and their graffiti. It's pretty interesting and I had been wanting to see it for quite sometime. Some people have said it's a true movie, others say it's a hoax, but whatever it is, it sure was entertaining. This French guy who lives in L.A. with his family decides to videotape his cousin, who makes small space invader mosaics and glues them throughout the town. The French guy gets to meet other artists and videotapes them. Finally he meets Banksy and by this time, this guy thinks he is the shit. After Banksy's art starts to sell really well, he suggests to the French dude to get all his filming out there so that the right people can get credit for it. Well he does, well more like tries and he fails. Banksy doesn't like it and from what the film shows, it was very spazmatic. Banksy suggests the French guy go back home to L.A. and that he will work on the film. During this time, the French guy thinnks of himself very highly and instead of spending time with his family he decides he wants to go out there and put a name for himself in the graffiti world. Only he lets it go to his head even more. He decides to bank on it and sets up this BIG production of an art opening that he is not ready for. But he insist it be better than anyone else's art opening and he even has a crew to help him out. At this point, I think this guy is an ass. He has a family and all he cares about is banking on something he has never really done. Banksy and a few others are left scratching their heads as to what has become of this French guy. The opening is a success and if anything the French guy got an even bigger head. Interesting and fun to watch. I recommend 4 Daisy-girls.
