Sunday, December 8, 2013

DVR recorded movie ratings #29

     It is 4:30am and I am wide awake for some unknown reason. I haven't really liked Sundays for the past 5 years. I can say 5 years because I never recall this happening back in L.A. I wake up just to check the time and mind starts to fill up with things I have to do for work on Monday or things that need to get done on Sunday. So, anyway, here I am wee early in the morning, wide awake, typing reviews for all of my own followers.
  • This Is 40: This movie stars Leslie Mann and Paul Rudd. They play a couple with two daughters and they are both turning 40. Leslie has a hard time dealing with it and Paul is just accepting to it as his next cupcake. It is a longish movie, but it has some parts ANYONE can relate to, no matter what age. I guess I can relate to it age-wise, other than that not really. Not a mom, don't own my own business, no mortgage, DEFINITELY do not have a body like hers. Like I said, it has it's moments and never a bore. I give this movie 4 Daisy-girls.
  • Valentine Road: Documentary about 14 year-old Larry who was shot by his classmate Brandon in 2008. Larry was a homosexual who wore it loud and proud on his sleeve and heart. He wore heels and make-up to school and flaunted it toward the straight boys. He was made fun of and bullied. He liked Brandon and had been telling others that Brandon and he were a couple (which was not true), Larry also had told his friends that he was going to invite Brandon to the school dance. Brandon got fed up with it all and turned on Larry. Teachers, friends, family were interviewed during the documentary. Some say that it was Brandon who was bullied by Larry, and others vice versa. As of now, Brandon is in jail, and a tree that a friend had planted on school grounds is not able to be dedicated to Larry, even as of now. It's quite a ripping documentary and after hearing both sides, one can still be torn of who caused what to happen. I give this movie 4 Daisy-girls.
  • Pitch Perfect: This was one of the movies that was shown on HBO during the free preview over Thanksgiving weekend. It was an okay movie. Lots of singing (obviously), reminded me of Glee (even though I have only seen 2 episodes). Ga wants to become a music producer, works at school radio station, has a love/hate relationship with a guy, dad disapproves of what she wants to do. Decides to give school a chance (thanks to dad bribing her to give it a year and he will fund her dream to come true), gets into a A Capella group and competes with other groups, finally wins at the end. I give this movie 3 Daisy- girls.
  • In Their Skin:  This movie could have been a lot better, more could have been done. A couple and their son go to their remote cottage up in the mountains, hills, forest and meet a couple with a son who give off a bad vibe. Strange couple ask strange questions and we soon learn that this strange couple want the other couples life because they see it as perfect. It is known that the couple had lost their daughter in a car accident. Well, there is not a big struggle or fight with the bad couple, kind of just blah. Not a total loss of a movie, but it could have been better. I give this movie 2 Daisy-girls.
  • Grace: Didn't catch the first 15 minutes f this movie, but husband dies in an accident and a new mom is forced to raise her daughter (which was stillborn due to the accident and has miraculously came back from the dead). Mom realizes something is up with the baby, not wanting to accept her breast milk. baby knaws on mom's boob til it bleeds and mom realizes that THIS is what the baby wants. Mom goes to the market, buys meat and drains the blood. Soon a doctor comes to see how she is doing and mom ends up killing him and giving is blood to the baby. Mom struggles with grandma and kills her, then it's shown that time has passed and mom's boob is pretty much shredded because the baby  is now teething. This movie is a bit gruesome, not much is told and we never find out what the fuck is going on with Grace (the baby), is she a vampire, demonic, just wants blood since she came back to life? Which is it? I feel there could have been more. I give this movie 3 Daisy-girls.

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