Rambling Film

*This is the 3rd entry in my 10 series. Click the label to see my previous posts.* *Spoiler alerts* Just to point out, I'm not one of those people that talks in movie theaters. However, sometimes in the comfort of my own living room (and after a little too much wine) I provide full commentary and am HILARIOUS. (or so I'm told..maybe..) 10 Times Movies/TV Have Made Me Yell at the Screen 1) Jigsaw gets up at the end of Saw Myself and everyone else in the room yelled a collective "What the fuck!?" after he just casually gets up and walks out of the bathroom. Then there came the argument on whether the actor was actually lying there the whole time, or if they used a dummy. 2) Gus Fring's face gets blown off on the season 4 finale of Breaking Bad. My baby was  just a few weeks old when this episode first aired. He had fallen asleep in my lap while I was watching this. Then Gus Fring, the man that always has the upper hand, finally gets what's co...

What would you do if you had 24 hours until your life was about to change? This is the situation Monty (Edward Norton) is faced with. After being ratted out to the DEA, Monty has one last day to re-evaluate his life before he goes to prison for 7 years on a drug charge. He spends it with his friends, Jacob, (Philip Seymour Hoffman) and Frank (Barry Pepper) They eventually meet up with Monty's girlfriend, Naturelle (Rosario Dawson) and on their way to a club, cross paths with Jacob's young student, Mary (Anna Paquin) who he seems to be fascinated with. There's plenty of flashbacks throughout to show us how Monty got to this point. This is my favorite Spike Lee movie. The acting is strong, the writing wonderful, and the score is fantastic. Ed Norton does a great job with Monty. (There's a really brilliant scene where he's talking to himself in the mirror) Even though he has clearly done bad things, we feel sorry for him because we know that seven years in pri...

*This is the 2nd entry in my 10 series. Click the label to see my previous post.* Before I became a mother, I rarely cried in movies. Now I can pretty much cry at the drop of a hat if it has anything to do with children. It sucks. With the exception of number 4, I watched all of these before I became an emotional basket case. 10 Times Movies/TV Have Made Me Cry:   1) Sarah finds her dad at the end of A Little Princess. I think it's a combination of the cheesy music playing, the pouring rain, and the fact that I would've totally lost my shit had I been in 10 year old Sarah's place. 2) "Nothing but death can keep me from here" - The Color Purple When poor Nettie and Ceilie get torn apart by Mister, and Nettie screams back at him, THAT is power. I know I've talked about this scene on my blog before, but it really just gets me every time.                    ...

This is the start of a series of 10. Over the next few weeks I'm going to have 10 different posts of 10 different films/TV shows and various reactions from them. They will be under the label "10 Series" It's not often I'm left speechless, but there have been a few instances in TV and film where I literally had nothing. What I saw before me was so powerful or so outrageous in that instance, that nothing I could say would sum up what I was feeling. 10 Times Movies/TV Have Left Me Speechless *Massive spoiler alerts!* 1) The last 15 minutes of Audition. Audition really builds up to it's finale. We know something messed up is going to happen, and when it does, I had my hands over my mouth for the entire scene. 2) Russell Edgington's news report on True Blood When crazy 3000 year old vampire Russell drops in unexpectedly on the nightly news, he rips out the anchor's spine, threatens all of humanity ("We will eat you, after we eat you...

What just happened? I watched this movie less than 12 hours ago, and I'm struggling to remember what happened. This should tell you how memorable this is. Charlie (Dax Shepard, also the film's writer and director) is a former getaway driver in the Witness Protection Program. When his girlfriend, Annie (Kristen Bell) has a chance at her dream job in LA, Charlie risks leaving the his safe spot to drive her there. Too bad Annie's crazy ex (Michael Rosebbaum) has figured out Charlie's real identity and notifies the former friend he ratted out, Alex (Bradley Cooper) of his whereabouts. It's not that Hit and Run is a bad movie. It's not good by any means, but it isn't horrible either. It's just plain forgettable. Shepard and Bell have obvious chemistry (they date in real life) and it's easy to see why Charlie and Annie are so compatible. Some of the things they joked about sounded like something my husband and I joke about as well. When they a...

Poor Amy. Amy (Melanie Lynskey) was recently blind sided by a divorce. She isn't coping well. Her parents (Blythe Danner and John Rubinstein) have let her stay at their place, which she hasn't left for 3 months, but they aren't really that supportive. When her father hosts a possible business partner, Amy is drawn to this client's 19 year old son, Jeremy. (Christopher Abbott) After a moment of passion, they hit it off and have a secret affair. Melanie Lynskey is such an underrated actress. She carries this films. She made me feel so bad for Amy. I just wanted to reach through the screen and give her a hug, but at the same time she made me laugh, and ultimately feel very proud of Amy at the end. I felt like I could really relate to her, and that is definitely thanks to Lynskey's performance. At first, the idea of Jeremy and Amy together seemed kind of random. They literally start out of no where, but as the film progresses it's easy to see why these...

What the actual fuck..  Compliance follows Sandra (Ann Dowd) a manager of the fast food restaurant Chickwich. She's already on edge due to an employee leaving the freezer door open and making $1500.00 worth of food go bad. So when a man calls in, claiming to be a police officer and accuses young Becky (Dreama Walker) of stealing, she agrees to help. Soon, poor Becky is put in a humiliating situation, with none of the employees actually doing anything about it. Where to start? I don't want this to sound like a rant, I ranted enough on Twitter, but this movie was a chore to sit through. This was based on actual events. Yes, somewhere, there are people that are really this stupid. I tried to justify the actions, and at first I could. If someone called and said they were a cop and told me to question an employee, I probably would. When they asked me to start searching here is where I would draw the line. No one asks questions like "why aren't you here in person...