1. Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Vol. 1
2. The Adjustment Bureau
3. Hereafter
4. Source Code
5. Lebanon, PA
6. RV
7. The Switch
8. Captain America
9. Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Good list of flicks. I would say I did like all of them, although, The Switch was not my favorite. In fact, if you are one of my LDS friends, don't even think about watching it. It just made me feel weird. So I won't even give you a review of that one. Whew, that makes this post a bit easier. I will now review the others. Look at the pics for reference. They were all found on netflix.com:
1.
Wonderful flick. Had seen it already and was re-watching before seeing Vol. 2. It is dark and scary, so don't bring your little ones to see it. My niece was actually pretty upset by this one when she first saw it because it is scary and she really couldn't get what was going on. The search for Horcruxes was fun. I liked how Harry and his buddies are out on their own trying to save the world from He Who Shall Not Be Named. If you are a Harry Potter fan, you have probably already watched this and know it is a gem. If you are not a HP fan, get on it. Where have you been the past almost 15 years. The books are phenomenal and the movies are fantastic. Get out from under that rock you have been under! This gets six Horcruxes!
2.
Matt Damon is amazing. This movie really gets your mind to think because you are trying to figure out why "The Adjustment Bureau" doesn't want Damon's character, who happens to be running for New York Senator, to not be with Emily Blunt's character. Apparently, the bureau is in charge of making sure the plan for the world stays on task. The movie is a suspense filled flick with lots of action. A perfect date movie because you also have the romance that us chicks are looking for. I give it a big old nice fedora and you will see why after watching!
3.
This movie is phenomenal and you have to be awake to get it. My mother and I tried to watch it together and both ended up asleep. It was too much for a tired brain. Basically, Matt Damon plays a psychic. He has a connection with the "Hereafter." He is wanting to get out of the business of psychic readings but fate has other plans. He comes into contact with two people who have been effected by death and is able to help them. It is a great movie. I can sense that you will like it. I give it two sets of interwoven hands.
4.
Another movie that will challenge your brain, so be sure you are awake to enjoy this great flick. I actually attempted to watch it one night and fell asleep. Remember that this is not an indication of movies being lame or boring but that I am! I guess I have been watching movies with cute leading men lately. Jake Gyllenhaal is the lead in this movie and he is nice as well as a great actor. His character is a military man who is on a mission that he doesn't quite know all the details about. He is put into the "Source Code" which allows him to go back in time to get information about a train bombing. He has only an eight minute window each time he returns to the train to discover who has planted the bomb and if he can find this out he can prevent another attack that is to happen this same day. This is very full of action and keeps your mind awake. It also has elements of humor and I really liked the ending. Watch it. It will be explosive! :) I give it two railroad ties.
5.
This movie is more serious and definitely more of an independent film. I stumbled upon it because the lead actor in this film was also in 12 Men of Christmasand I thought he was pretty dang cute! :) Anyway this movie was pleasantly surprising seeing I wasn't thinking it would be all that good. It was actually very good and made me think in the process. (I am sensing a theme of thought provoking films this summer) Anyway, it is about a man whose dad dies and he is brought to settle the affairs and come to this town, Lebanon, for the funeral. He comes from a pretty liberal place and Lebanon is far from liberal! Basically, it has issues of adultery and abortion within the storyline that effects this man and the community he is all of the sudden a member of. I highly enjoyed it even if I didn't agree with some of the views presented. Great movie. I give it some sparkly jewelery!
6.
I must have been the one under a rock seeing I missed this movie. I remember it being a good movie and lots of people liked it. For some reason, I think I may have seen it but had been distracted because this movie is great. I am glad my Kristin Chenoweth kick of the summer lead me to this flick. It has so much humor and is a great lighthearted family movie(for those with a little bigger kids!). Basically, Robin William's character takes his family on a RV adventure, which they do not want to go on. He mainly does this in order to get both a family vacation in as well as a job duty done. The family has never done any type of camping or non hotel vacation and they learn lots along the way. They meet another family, which consists of a bunch of home-schooled weird kids and hippie parents. The parents are played by Jeff Foxworthy(Hello hilarious) and Kristin Chenoweth(Hello funny and brilliant!) The two families have their challenges but eventually come to be great friends. Enjoy the journey with this movie because it is given a school bus of joy!
7.
This movie is cute and funny and it does have Jason Bateman and Jennifer Aniston(I love them both) but it also talks about sperm a lot and I am not a fan of sperm talk in films. I give it a token of shame.
8.
I loved this movie. It had everything. Action, a cute lead(this is important to me lately!), romance, and lots of blowing up of things. This movie is the last prep for The Avengers and I am so excited for that movie next summer. Captain America is cool. I didn't realize that he was a scrawny guy who was made big by an experiment via Stark Industries. (I like the tie to Ironman! Although, I do like Robert Downey Jr. better than the Stark in this movie.) I also didn't know that Captain America longed to be in the military during WWII and couldn't get in because of his sky. Again...I was probably under a rock. Great movie. One of the surprises of the summer. Watch it. I give it an indestructible shield of glory!
9.
Okay, if you saw the second Transformers, you probably though that this movie would completely not be worth going to because the second was terrible. I am here to tell you that this movie is SO WORTH seeing. Here is something that one of my friends posted on Twitter: @jarrenb "Transformers 2
