Invictus

This movie is proof once again that sports unite the masses. I am always amazed at how I am touched by sport movies. It always amazes me how having a good attitude and sportsmanship can make an amazing impact on people. One such example would be the recent almost perfect baseball game where a pitcher had a perfect game going in the 9th inning and the umpire made a horrible call at first ruining the pitcher's perfect game. Instead of holding a grudge, the pitcher reached out to the
umpire after the game and had a drink with him. Touching, just like Invictus where Nelson Mandela encourages both racial and by his support of the republic of South Africa's rugby team(when most South African Blacks would only support football). This movie was awesome and inspiring. You will watch it(as the Brits would say!)

This movie receives three golden scrums and two brass tries!!

Amelia

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I should have wrote this review right after I watched the movie but I was too busy doing internet stalking.

I think Hilary Swank is amazing. I like her in most rolls. Have you seen a trend in my movie watching? I usually like one of the actors or I really don't watch the movie. Anyway, this is a flick about the life of Ameilia Earhart. It highlights the time from her first go over the Atlantic(not solo) to her try to go around the circumfrance of the earth. I really like how they portrayed Ameilia. She was a very strong woman at a time when it was not popular or easy to be a strong woman. In some ways, they had a little bit of a negative light cast upon her because she didn't feel she was the marrying type but overall the goodness of the rest of the movie overcame that. I love how Ameilia was an adventure type. I am not the adventureous type so it is good to live that way through film. I had a hard time being in a little plane with my brother for about a half an hour, I cannot even imagine going 20 hours across the ocean!

This movie also made me want to read Earhart's memoirs this summer. She was a brilliant and amazing lady.

Check out this flick...but I am not sure how accurate the information within the film is. I will get back to you when I have done my reading!

I give this Five history books out of five!

Sherlock Holmes.......again!

I was so bored last night because plans with a friend totally got dropped. I was going to sit on my couch and lounge and watch Bones and eat Gandolfo's but then I decided to check with the SLC family and see what was going on up there. Within two minutes, I had plans to watch a movie forty minutes from finding out. So I got in the car and drove to Sandy and then decided that it would take too much time to still have the Gandofo's and just had popcorn and Diet Coke for dinner and it was fabulous!

I liked Sherlock Holmes the first time I watched it. I love Robert Downey Jr. I have not always liked him, but thanks to Ironman....I have totally fallen for him! I also like Jude Law and so it was a nice night of eye candy for Alice.

I think I got a whole lot more out of the story line this time around as what often happens while watching a movie the second go round. I loved how this is a very Victorian feel flick. I also love that there was a lot of action. The movie really is like Sherlock Holmes meet Da Vinci Code. I like it. If you haven't seen it, you should! Enjoy!

Did You Hear about the Morgans?

Romantic comedies with Hugh Grant always seem to be delightful. He has a way with the timing of the humor and hello, he has a British accent.

This movie is plain funny and downright fun. It starts with a couple, who is having marital problems, seeing a murder. Basically, they are whisked off to the wilderness of Montana as a part of The Witness Protection Program. They are from New York City, so the adjustment to country life isn't easy and they adjust in their own special New York way! They also are separated and hate each other at that moment in time and so being assigned to Montana together is not their favorite.

I think the best part involves a grizzly bear chasing Hugh's character and an incident with bear spray. I won't give the funniness away but I bet your can imagine it could get awkward real fast.

I love the characters who take care of the Morgan's while they are in Montana. Basically, it is a cowboy and his cowgirl wife. They are an older couple who show much wisdom to the Morgans. As they teach the Morgans how to love again, you will also be reminded of the possibilities that love open up.

Cute, Cute, Cute movie. I would give it 9 our of 10 teddy bears.

A Day on My Couch

I lost my voice yesterday so today when I woke up and was still hoarse and felt so hot, I decided to have a sub and stay home. On the way back from work and dropping off my lesson plans, I stopped at the Redbox and picked up two movies. I put The Invention of Lying in the DVD player first and was completely offended in the first five minutes so that movie won't even get it's own post. I am in the middle of another movie so tune in later for that review!

Everybody's Fine

Robert Di Niro is fantastic in any movie he acts in and in this movie his majestic stage presence continues. This is a story about Di Niro's character taking a journey both physically and emotionally. He plays a father who recently loss his wife. He is lonely and wants to reconnect with his children. As a plot to have a reunion with the kids falls through, he then plans to take a trip around the country to check in with each of his children. As you watch the movie, you realize that this man really doesn't have a clue what goes on in his children's lives and that his family has always been good at lies.

My favorite elements of the movie are the cinematography and the music. Basically, the scenes in this movie are beautiful. It has been since Avatar that my eyes have been treated so well but this movie was impressive aesthetically! Much of the music was composed by Paul McCartney and hello this Beetle is a genius! This movie is both pleasing to the eyes and ears. Pick up this movie and have your heart touched. I give it an Eye and an Ear for the wonderfulness of art that this flick is!

Love Happens

Have I ever seen a movie with Jennifer Aniston in it and hated it? No. Have I ever watched a movie with Jennifer Aniston in it and disliked it? No.

The streak continues with Love Happens. Aniston plays a cynical florist who meets a motivational speaker(Aaron Eckhart). Eckhart's character helps people deal with the loss of a loved one. As he is in Seattle leading one of his seminars, he meets Aniston's character and is intrigued with her.

Of course, this is a love story. It has a lot of twists and turns in order for you to find out the truth behind Eckhart's character's motives for running the seminars. If I say too much, the movie will be ruined for you and this movie was much too good for me to do that to you. I say...get your butt over to the Redbox and rent this movie. Thanks to Redbox for letting me rent this wonderful gem for one dollar and for the picture I "borrowed" from your website. This movie earns The Wonderful Gem award for humor, romance and overall a great time!