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Movie Description from Yahoo movies: "I was born under unusual circumstances." And so begins "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," adapted from the 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards: a man, like any of us, who is unable to stop time. We follow his story, set in New Orleans from the end of World War I in 1918, into the 21st century, following his journey that is as unusual as any man's life can be.
Starring: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Jason Flemyng, Taraji P. Henson, Julia Ormond
Grade: A
I'm a Brad Pitt fan, so there was no doubt in my mind about going to see this movie. I really enjoyed it!
Brad Pitt's character, Benjamin, was born an old man and promptly abandoned by his father. He was raised by a caretaker of an old folks home in New Orleans. This was the perfect place for him, an old folks home, since he's already an old man. LOL As he gets to be in his teens (and roughly in his 70s/60s) Benjamin moves out on his own and goes to work on a tug boat. While on his travels, he writes to one of his friends back home, Daisy. She was the granddaughter of one of the women in the old folks home and she always knew there was something different about Benjamin. So Benjamin eventually comes home and Daisy is now a young woman and he's still an old man (60s/50s). Daisy is also a ballerina and after a failed attempt at seducing Benjamin, she goes overseas where she's in a terrible accident. When Benjamin goes to see her, she tells him she doesn't want him to see her like she is (stuck in a bed, very cut up) and so he leaves. Daisy eventually goes looking for Benjamin once she is healed and they get together. I love this part of the movie because their ages aren't too far apart at this point and they make sweet sweet love all over the place. LOL
So imagine you are with a woman who gets older and you get younger. Imagine trying to be a father to a child that gets older as you get younger. These what ifs plague Benjamin and create an interesting scenario to ponder.
The acting is superb, Brad Pitt is beautiful to look at. The movie does run over 2 hours, so get comfortable. It's good stuff though.
Movie description from Yahoo Movies: An ousted CIA official's memoir accidentally falls into the hands of two unwise gym employees intent on exploiting their find.
Starring: George Clooney, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, Tilda Swinton, Brad Pitt
As soon as I saw a preview for this morning, I knew I was gonna see it immediately. Brad Pitt as a somewhat less-than-bright gym employee? And that hair! It was awesome. Then there's the fact that Frances McDormand was in it. And I LOOOOVE Frances McDormand. John Malkovich is a plus and George Clooney is a bonus. LOL
Ok, so the basic premise of the movie is this: Osbourne Cox (John Malkovich) is let go from his analyst position at the CIA. This prompts his wife, Katie (Tilda Swinton) to go ahead and proceed with the divorce that she had been considering. Somehow in all of this, a copy of Harry's computer files gets dropped in the women's locker room at Hardbodies, where Chad (Brad Pitt) and Linda (Frances McDormand) are personal trainers. Linda and Chad fall into a blackmail scheme that Linda is all for because it'll help pay for her plastic surgeries.
I say they fall into it because they didn't set out to blackmail Osbourne Cox. They were perfectly willing to be good samaritans and return his information (Chad calls it "shit"-very hilarious scene here) for a small reward but Osbourne Cox is not the type of guy who gives warm fuzzy feelings to others.
All right. Brad Pitt and Frances McDormand totally made this movie for me. I had myself some good laughs (two scenes in particular almost made me pee my pants) and all in all, it was a good movie. It wasn't an excellent movie, but it was good. If you're a fan of the Coen brothers or any of the actors listed above, definitely check it out. B+
Starring: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Scott Caan, Casey Affleck, Don Cheadle, Bernie Mac and a lot of other guys.
Rating: PG-13
Grade: B-
What are the odds of getting even? Danny Ocean and the gang would have only one reason to pull off their most ambitious and riskiest casino heist--to defend one of their own. But they're going to need more than luck on their side to break The Bank. Ruthless casino owner Willy Bank never imagined that the odds were against him when he double-crossed Danny Ocean's friend and mentor Reuben Tishkoff, putting the distraught Reuben in a hospital bed in critical condition. But Bank miscalculated--badly. He may have taken down one of the original Ocean's eleven, but he left the others standing and, worse for him, gave them a shared purpose: to take Bank down on the night of what should be his greatest triumph--the grand opening of his new casino, appropriately named The Bank. Their strategy is twofold. First they will ruin him financially by turning the tables on the precept that the house always wins. But that's just money. The knockout punch will be to Bank's personal pride and joy: his reputation as the only hotelier who has earned the Royal Review Board's Five Diamond Award on every single one of his hotels. The plan is elaborate, dangerous and damn near impossible--but there are no limits when it comes to one of their own.
Alright so I netflixed this movie a few weeks ago and I'm just getting around to watching it this weekend...and I don't know how I feel about it. It was good to see everyone back together again and it was great to see them all working together again to avenge Rueben's honor or whatever and I enjoyed watching it but did I love love love it the way I did the other movies?
Nope.
Did I hate the movie beyond measure and am pissed off that I wasted those two hours of my life that I won't ever get back?
Nope.
I guess I'm just indifferent to the whole movie. Brad Pitt still looks good, George Clooney was extra handsome and I was even digging Matt Damon and his sexy nose (okay not the nose but MD was lookin' good too hot diggity dammit!) I enjoyed the brotherhood between Ocean's 12 and it was hilarious to see them bring Andy Garcia into the plan and be part of the team...unofficially..or whatever.
I was annoyed with Al Pacino and was glad that they did him dirty...I was jumping for joy when they totally did him in on that first day, their revenge on him had me laughing.
One thing that totally creeped me out though was Emily Berkin's cleavage in this scene.
PUKEY!
She should never ever wear low cut blouses with her fake boobs and her disgusting looking chest...ugh, it was horrible, me and my nephew Chance were looking at her in that dress and totally embarrassed for her because she has a terrible looking chest, its so hot damn nasty.
EWWW!
Poor Matt Damon and his sexy butt had to sit there and film scenes with her while her fake boobs were all just sitting on top of her chest with the stretched skin, looking all gross and ugly and just disflippin'gusting!
Was this movie good? Meh, yeah it was cool, I guess...but it's not the best Ocean's movie but it's still heaps better than Elizabethtown. =)
