Narnia - The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Review

Ok this might be a late review - but here it is. Over all a good movie - but not great. Where the movie was lacking the special effects compensated. In my opinion the snit of a cousin in this movie looks like he had more work done than Joan Rivers. Some of strange looks this kids offers in the 1st half of this movie I found to be incredibly distracting, not to mention the prominent English under bites that everyone (particularly Lucy) seemed to have for whatever reason and used them somehow in their little bags acting tricks. Someone should have put the kabash on that. I say shame on the director here.

My last kind of critique, (but more of a saving grace) would be that Price Caspian's overwhelmingly boyish good looks and level headedness just seemed out of place all over this movie. I would hope it was supposed to be saying or conveying some sort of message, but it was lost on me (I haven't read this book since the 3rd grade). I most likely didn't get some of this movie because just like most books made into movies (unlike the 1st Narnia movie) you felt the chucks of story missing as you're pole vaulted from scene to scene without any explanation.

Again, the special effects were incredible. In the end the story was just too chopped up for me. These books really could have been the next LOTR movies (Lord of the Rings). They spent all that time and money on the effects, why not make the movie longer and actually tell the tale - have it make sense....you just cant cant rush a good story, and these days there really isn't any reason to.

127 hours

What do I have I to say about 127 hours? Well unless you've been hiding under a... hmmm, scratch that - I think you all know what this story is about. Guy goes for a hike alone in the middle of nowhere, tells no one where he's going and then proceeds to get his arm stuck under a rock and is stuck there for an insanely long time. You've seen a similar story before, you've seen a special on TV or the movie in one way or another along these lines - "I shouldn't be alive!" I hear ya - but this movie was INSANE. I didn't feel any Hollywood hype here. They told this story so well and didn't just leave you with some guy in a hole whining for the whole movie (which I was afraid was going to happen). I'll tell you what tho - I just don't know what kind thumbs up or thumbs down to give here. I honestly cant remember the last time a movie made me so insanely fidgety. I'm pretty sure I screamed at least once. I think I cried at least twice. Additionally I probably muttered Holy Shit about 900 times. With that said I guess it really was a really good movie...however you really need to watch this at your own risk. (don't be a sissy, watch eet)

Blue Valentine Review

Blue Valentine: One and a half thumbs up.

This true-to-life storytelling of a couples journey was not exactly what I expected. Overall it was really a pretty gritty tale yet it still somehow managed to not be pretentious at all. Nearly all the scenes felt very personal, and as a result you felt either uncomfortable or a part of some of these very intimate moments, sometimes both. I liked the way they laid out the movie, jumping back and forth between past and present - but in some instances i did think it took a little away from the emotion of the scene. Hmmmmm, I might be contradicting myself there. Oh well. My only other critique would be that despite the fact that this was a movie about emotions, it felt like there were chunks of the movie missing explaining some the reasons for the couples actions, particularly the girl. That could have been simply a little over acting on her part, but I'd be interested to see what hit the editing floor. Anyway, without continuing to give much more away I will say that I would certainly recommend this movie to just about anyone (over 18) and all the things I didn't like about the movie are all the reasons why it left me wanting for the movie to go on.