'Julie and Julia' stars Meryl Streep and Amy Adams. I was really excited about this one because I've been a Julia Childs fan since I was a child. Mind you, I've never actually cooked any of her very complicated French recipes, but she's a scream to watch.
'Julie and Julia' is about Julie, who decides to blog about cooking through Julia's cookbook. Interspersed within this plot, we get a mini biopic of Julia Childs life as well. It's well done, but a little anti-climactic for me. As is real life. Being based on the real life blog, she never actually meets Julia. So as a movie, it felt a little incomplete for me. So unfortunately, the life experience must have been a little incomplete for her... sad.
It was a good watch though! Lots of good laughs, and insights into Julia Childs, as well as someone else's take on Julia Childs. It was also a metamorphic experience for Julie, and inspired me to be a little more like her... to take action!
Safe for the kids too!
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Sunday, December 13, 2009
Friday, November 27, 2009
Angels and Demons ***
'Angels and Demons' is the latest installment from author Dan Brown, following 'The DaVinci Code'. This one also stars Tom Hanks and is directed by Ron Howard. Throw those two names in and it's bound to be good!
'Angels and Demons' is an interesting story as well, but puts a different spin of Catholic badness on things. The reason I only give this one three stars is my innate apprehension toward something like this. It tends to make people see only one side of a situation, or here, an institution. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a big Catholic supporter. And yes, I too see the corruptions of the Catholic church. But it bothers me a little that this type of subject matter is presented through a fictional story... Yeah, I know I'm probably the only one.
'Angels and Demons' is of course well done and a really good watch, as well as OK for the kiddies!
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'Angels and Demons' is an interesting story as well, but puts a different spin of Catholic badness on things. The reason I only give this one three stars is my innate apprehension toward something like this. It tends to make people see only one side of a situation, or here, an institution. Don't get me wrong, I'm not a big Catholic supporter. And yes, I too see the corruptions of the Catholic church. But it bothers me a little that this type of subject matter is presented through a fictional story... Yeah, I know I'm probably the only one.
'Angels and Demons' is of course well done and a really good watch, as well as OK for the kiddies!
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Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Funny People *** 1/2
'Funny People' stars Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen. Immediately, you think, 'funny stupid movie... gotta be!' But warning: It's NOT!!! This movie is more of a dramedy and I think it would have done better had it been marketed that way. The problem with it is that you go in expecting one movie, but you get another one. Thus, it didn't really meet any one's expectations in the reviews because it was didn't deliver what was expected.
But after I got over the fact that there was a lot of drama to this one, it turned out to be pretty good. It's about major life situations of a couple of comedians. So you get some great jokes interspersed as related to their professions, but the main story line of the movie is NOT funny. It's serious stuff.
So anytime you do this sort of 'serious' but comical stuff, you're taking a lot of risks. It's not an easy thing to pull off well. But here, both Sandler and Rogen do an excellent job portraying their characters. The story is also very well done with none of those loose ends that I hate so much.
As for the kids, I would say no. There is a good bit of inappropriate humor and nudity.
But all in all, a really nice watch!
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But after I got over the fact that there was a lot of drama to this one, it turned out to be pretty good. It's about major life situations of a couple of comedians. So you get some great jokes interspersed as related to their professions, but the main story line of the movie is NOT funny. It's serious stuff.
So anytime you do this sort of 'serious' but comical stuff, you're taking a lot of risks. It's not an easy thing to pull off well. But here, both Sandler and Rogen do an excellent job portraying their characters. The story is also very well done with none of those loose ends that I hate so much.
As for the kids, I would say no. There is a good bit of inappropriate humor and nudity.
But all in all, a really nice watch!
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