Whip It

I am enjoying being a part of Netflix this summer. I joined to watch the tv show, Bones, but I decided the one DVD I get out at a time would be movies I had missed in theatres. So, Whip It was the first one I got in the mail. By the way, netflix is an awesome deal. It is only $8.99 a month and you can stream unlimited movies/tv shows online and then you get one DVD through the mail at a time. I am loving it and am positive you will as well. So there is my plug for netflix.

The movie was fantastic. This was Drew Barrymore's directing debut and I think she did an amazing job. The ambience of the film was typical of independent films in that it wasn't a perfect feel like much of mainstream Hollywood films portray. It also was pretty funny and full of roller derby action. I think that sport actually is more brutal than rugby! The movie had Ellen Page in it which made me skeptical about me enjoying it because I hated Juno, which she stared in. Basically, I like Ellen and her misfortune of being in that movie is just that, unfortunate, because she does a great job in Whip It. In fact, I think she is a great actress(sorry for doubting you abilities based on the movie last time, Ellen.) She does a great job of playing a normal, average, everyday kind of girl!

Not only is this a sports film about coming of age but it also shows the love of parents as their kid does something unexpected. Instead of being beauty pagents like her mother wants her to, Ellen's character chooses the derby. There she finds the self confidence that the pagents were taking away from her. I love movies where people find their passion and, in a sense, their happiness. Watch this movie; you won't be disappointed!

It earns a drive you into the wall award!

Eclipse...the movie for people who don't get enough kissing.

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I loved this movie. If you have been watching the Twilight saga, you definitely should see this installment. If you haven't been watching, what have you been living under a rock the past couple of years? Seriously, get in with the times and with pop culture and start reading the books and then rent the last two movies to catch up and then see this one. I think this is the best of the series to far, but I may be biased.

I happen to be of a small breed. The type that actually prefers werewolves over vampires. I am of Team Jacob. I like the warmth, I like the rugged, and I like the lack of shirt! Call me a sicko, but that is who I am. I find the coldness and over-Romanticism a bit much when it comes to the bloodsucker. If you are of team Edward, we may still be able to be friends. It may be hard though. (It makes me feel a little bit like a pedophile seeing the actor who plays Jacob Black, Taylor Lautner, is like 18. A little young for me!)

My love of Jacob probably is why I like this movie. You actually get to see Bella be real with herself and actually succumb to her feelings for Jacob. The truth comes out that she does have feeling for Jacob, even though she still has to make a decision and still sticks with the cold one.

The movie was excellent. I really liked the use of different camera angles. The coolest one, I thought, was where they followed Bella out to her truck above her. Pretty cool camera work. I also enjoyed the landscapes and of course how the wolves looked. They were massive.

I also liked the portrayal of Bree Tanner. If you haven't read The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: an Eclipse Novella(also by Stephenie Meyer), you should. It was really cool to actually get a glimpse of the life of the newborn coven of vampires in that book. It also was a good mind jogger for the storyline of Eclipse.

I give this movie five "I want to suck your blood" awards. See it, you will like it!

P.S. There is enough kissing in this movie to even fill the canteen of people who do not get kissed nearly enough. I am just sayin'!