Sunday, December 29, 2013

DVR recorded movie ratings #30

I can't believe that I have been on vacation for the past 5 days and all I have managed to watch are 2 movies. With our 2 year anniversary and Christmas here and preparing for them, I don't know how the time just flew by. We didn't do anything big; it was just my hubby and me. oh, by the way...

MERRY CHRISTMAS or uhm HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!!

It is Christmas morning right now and we are going to the movies today to watch American Hustle, but for now here are reviews from my DVR:
  • Beasts of the Southern Wild: This little girl, starring in this movie... I can see how she was nominated. She was GOOD and cute. Her dad, who is verbally abusive and Hushpuppy live in a rundown bayou along with other people. They make do with what they have, which isn't much. Dad gets sick and disappears for days, but then comes back and still verbally abuses her. Hushpuppy , although basically alone in this world, has neighbors that care for her, and at some point we also see dad taking interest in her, is radiant and sees the positive in what she has. She wants to find her mom, but only goes so far before returning to the bayou and the life she knows. I keep calling this movie by the wrong name (sorry), and I wasn't expected to like it as much as I did, but I give this movie 5 daisy-girls. 
  • Heaven: I don't really like the way this movie is described in some sites. It stars Cate Blanchett and Goivanni Ribisi. The movie starts out in Italian, and mixes in English throughout the movie. Cate puts a bomb in a building to kill a drug lord that she says is responsible for her husbands death (drug overdose), except, she ends up killing 4 innocent people. Why she would think the drug lord would be the only one killed/hurt in this big building where she placed the bomb is unbeknownst to me. I mean you put a bomb in a building, you know other people work there! Anyway, she gets arrested and since she wants to be tried in her native language (English), Giovanni (a police officer) becomes the interpreter.The police think that she works for an organized crime business or is a terrorist. He ends up falling in love with her (even though he just met her) and decides to help her escape. She also happened to be his younger brother's teacher. Giovanni ends up confessing his love to her and she is hesitant, but then also says she loves him. They both shave their heads and his dad gives them money so they can leave the country. It gets a bit wild in the end, but it was a pretty "huh, how did that happen" ending. I give this movie 4 Daisy-girls.
  • Revolutionary Road: Movie stars Kate Winslet and Leonardo De Caprio as a married couple in the 1950's. He works at a job, which he despises and she is a stay-home mother of two. They are both bored with their everyday lives, until she gets this brilliant idea of moving the family to France, where she will get a  secretarial job in an embassy. He is hesitant about the idea of this major move, but he gets talked into it and although he has a good job and is about to get promoted, he could care less about it. There is a lot of arguing with the couple and affairs happen. She gets pregnant by her husband and doesn't tell him. As soon as he finds some abortion paraphernalia, they argue some more and he tells her that they are not moving. She tries to convince him that it is for the best of the whole family, but more arguing ensues. Lots of shouting matches between the two, great acting. In the end, after another argument, she ends up aborting after all, but she doesn't do it properly and calls an ambulance. We see the husband sitting at a hospital and he is told that she didn't make it. I give this movie 5 Daisy-girls. Took me a while to actually watch this movie, and it was worth it. 

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