OK… so this weekend I am going to hit up the movies sometime. I haven’t been in awhile…the last one I saw was Monsters vs. Aliens in 3D…
It was a fun kid movie, glad I saw it in 3D because I think I liked it better than I would have if I had just seen it normal. And Bob was my favorite. If you’ve seen it, you know who I’m talking about, actually he is on the picture above.
Oh shoot! I just remembered, I went to the movies last weekend, haha! How short my memory is! I saw 17 Again.
I didn’t know if I would like it, but I did. And I actually really liked Zac Effron. I am not a High School Musical fan. I haven’t seen any of them and I have no desire to, so Zac has not really been on my radar at all. And how can I hate a movie that has Chandler in it? I love Matthew Perry! I thought it was really cute and funny. But the rating was a little iffy. I wouldn’t have taken my 13 year old to it. I would say 16, but I guess there is not a rating for that…but there should be. I think parents should be more proactive of seeing why a movies is rated a certain way. There is a huge difference between 13 and 16.
Anyways, one thing I chuckled about coming out of the movie was all these little girls that have crushes on Zac Effron. And we will just throw Rob Pattinson in there too since I am a Twilight fan and I have watched the mayhem with that. Someone please tell me how a mother thinks its OK that her 8 year old daughter asks Rob to bite her! Zac and Rob are both 22, so they are both older than many of the girls who scream at them everywhere they go. But then it takes me back to my early teen years and who I had crushes on, and some of them were in their early 20’s. What was I thinking? At one point I had a wall for a different boy band in jr high…and then in 5th grade I had pics up of the likes of Jonathan Jackson, Andrew Keegan, and of course JTT
…how embarassing. Brianne, if you are reading this, you better comment and inform us all of your loves! For all of you reading this, let me know who you had on your wall growing up and we can laugh together. Boys, you can do this too! I know you have had crushes on celebs, even if you didn’t have them up on your walls.
Ok, back on track. This weekend I am deciding between “State of Play” which came out last weekend and “The Soloist” which came out today. Here is a brief synapsis of both from fandango:
- State of Play
- Opened April 17, 2009 | Runtime:1 hr. 58 min.
- Oscar® winner Russell Crowe leads an all-star cast in a blistering thriller about a rising congressman and an investigative journalist embroiled in an case of seemingly unrelated, brutal murders. Crowe plays D.C. reporter Cal McCaffrey, whose street smarts lead him to untangle a mystery of murder and collusion among some of the nation’s most promising political and corporate figures in State of Play, from acclaimed director Kevin Macdonald (The Last King of Scotland).
- Handsome, unflappable U.S. Congressman Stephen Collins (Ben Affleck) is the future of his political party: an honorable appointee who serves as the chairman of a committee overseeing defense spending. All eyes are upon the rising star to be his party’s contender for the upcoming presidential race. Until his research assistant/mistress is brutally murdered and buried secrets come tumbling out.
- Cast: Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Helen Mirren, Robin Wright Penn, Jason Bateman, Jeff Daniels
- Director: Kevin Macdonald
- Genres: Political Drama, Drama
- The Soloist
- Opens today April 24, 2009 | Runtime:1 hr. 49 min.
- The Soloist is a biographical drama about real-life musical prodigy Nathaniel Anthony Ayers, who dropped out of Julliard after developing schizophrenia and became a homeless musician on the streets of Los Angeles. Journalist Steve Lopez discovers the former classical music prodigy, playing his violin on the streets. As Lopez endeavors to help the homeless man find his way back, a unique friendship is formed, one that transforms both their lives.
- Cast: Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey, Jr., Catherine Keener, Tom Hollander, Lisa Gay Hamilton
- Director: Joe Wright
- Genres: Docudrama, Drama
So if you have seen “State of Play” let me know what you thought. And let me know what movie you think I should see and why…and if you are really lazy and don’t want to type a comment to me…which I think you should anyways, you can just vote on the pole below:
Until next time…PEACE OUT!
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