In other news, our DVR list is getting very, very low. I swear a few days ago we had about 19 things recorded and now we are at 5. Today, I am reviewing 4 movies. With all these posts, you must be thinking, "damn woman, do something with your life besides watch movies!" And I do, I finished a crochet project that my mom had requested for quite sometime, but I had told her that I wouldn't do it until we had settled from our move. Whatever, think what you want, here are the movie reviews.
- An Education: This movie stars Carey Mulligan and Peter Sarsgaard. Set in the 1960's, she is a sixteen year old and he is about twice her age. It starts out innocently as him wanting to show her different views on life by exposing her to music, art, operas, etc. Her parents are very hesitant at first, especially dad who wants the best for her daughters.... in education. Mom, on the other hand, is smitten by this new man. After some time, the parents get used to this guy who takes out their teen daughter who is half his age. But, things start getting a little too close for comfort between the two of them. Yeah, they end up having sex. She starts to dress better, thanks to his friends girlfriend, her grades star to slip, and everyone is taking notice. He then asks her to marry him, which she says yes, and her parents love the idea (WHAT THE FUCK?!?), this guy is twice her age and she is still in school. Well, one evening he is to take her and her parents out to a show and they stop for gas. She opens the glove compartment to find a cigarette and she sees these envelopes. He realizes what she sees and she immediately says she wants to go home. The parents have no idea what is happening and she orders them to get back into the house. She then confronts him and it turns out, are you ready for it?, he is married. Ya, married. Not totally surprising, seeing how old he is. But it gets worse, he pretty much lives with his wife and kid...around the corner from her. A few days later, she walks over to his house, where the wife and kid walk out of. She tries to play it off, but the wife already knows what is going on, it's not the first time this has happened. She ends up going back to school and pretty much begging to be let back in, studies her ass off, and eventually gets in to the college of her choice. I give this movie 4 Daisy-girls. It was a good movie, but I felt it needed a little extra something.
- Little Fish: Starring Cate Blanchett, Sam Neill, and Hugo Weaving. She works at a video rental place in Little Saigon. She has been sober for 4 years, yet she secretly still goes and sees her druggie ex-boyfriend who is looking for his next high. Her brother and friend (who is supposed to be sober himself, but isn't) who still smoke pot and are selling. She wants to start her life over, but the bank is not giving her a loan to start her own business. She then gets caught up in her ex-boyfriends drug trade and during all this she tries to remain clean and tries to get out of all this ordeal as quick as possible. It was a decent movie, but I felt it needed something more. I give this movie 3 Daisy-girls.
- Snow Cake: Stars Sigourney Weaver and Alan Rickman. Alan gives a hitchhiking girl a ride and as they are getting out of a gas station, they are hit by a semi truck. He is so devastated and is told to stay in town until everything is settled and cleared out. He then wants to go visit the girl's family, but the cop doesn't think it's a good idea. He gets the address and goes over to the house to pay his respects. When the front door opens, he doesn't expect to see what he sees. Sigourney is the mom and she is autistic. Her parents are away on a trip hiking and Sigourney is able to function by herself for a limited time. After some time of trying to get through to her, which he finds odd that she isn't devastated by the news of her daughter being dead. She asks him if he can stay until Tuesday because she doesn't do trash, her daughter always took it out. He hesitates, but after quite some time, he gives in and stays. She becomes tolerable to him, but the kitchen is off limits, he is forbidden to go in there. Starts walking the dog and meets the neighbor, Carrie-Ann Moss. Sigourney thinks she is a prostitute, turns out she is just whorish. As time goes by, Sigourney and Alan get as close as she allows and after sometime, he has a section in the kitchen that he is allowed to go into. Then her parents come home form their hiking trip and are very thankful for this stranger to have stayed and looked after Sigourney. After the funeral, he says his good-byes and leaves town with the girl's dog. It was a sweet, warming, funny movie. Good acting. I give this movie 5 Daisy-girls.
- The Woman In Black: I don't know how this movie got a PG-13 rating. It's kinda fucken creepy at times. The kind where shit just appears, or something moves in the background, but aren't too sure if something actually did. This is a movie my hubby recorded and it was pretty decent. Danielle Radcliffe is a lawyer who goes to this abandoned house (DO NOT go into a house that has been abandoned for years due to someone hanging themselves there and if there is a LONG road down the marsh that ONLY goes directly into a house you cannot see too clearly due to constant fog covering it up!!!) to see if he can find the last will and testament of the lady who owned the place. Well, as you guessed it, weird shit starts to happen and it turns out that there is also a dead boy haunting the place as well as.... the woman in black. Lots of creepy shit, lots of dead kids appearing, lots of moving shit in the blurry background. I say go and check this movie out. I, we (give credit to the hubby), give it 4 Daisy- girls.
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