I thought maybe I’d keep track of the movies I see this year in addition to the books I read.
So far there haven’t been that many.
In the theaters we have:
Untraceable: It was okay. The ending annoyed me, because it really didn’t seem realistic. I mean, Diane Lane’s character was a FBI agent. She’d been tracking this killer who’s an expert on technology. So let’s see: your car’s computer system crashes on a dark, rainy night as you cross the bridge where the killer’s father committed suicide. His disembodied voice sounds over your satellite radio. You jump out of the car to go use the emergency phone on the bridge, leaving your car wide open. WHY THE HELL would you then go get back in the car rather than staying out in the open, armed, where you had the advantage? Seriously. So yeah. Started out really interesting, and then had a weak ending. Three Cherry Chapsticks.
Atonement: Well, I’ve already talked at length about it. Awesome. Five Cherry Chapsticks.
Juno: Talked about it, too, considering I think I saw it three times in a a week or 10 days or something. Five Cherry Chapsticks.
The Other Boleyn Girl: Talked about it, too. I give it three Cherry Chapsticks because, while the movie itself was good (acting, etc.), it was depressing, and I didn’t like any of the characters. Not even Mary.
From Netflix:
I got I Could Never Be Your Woman, Becoming Jane, and In the Land of Women yesterday. Yes, I’ve seen In the Land of Women a dozen times. I love it. It is awesome. One of my favorite movies. I just needed to copy it. And I’m counting it, because like my books, I’m counting movies I’ve re-watched.
In the Land of Women: There’s a tag. I’ve written a ton on it. Kristen Stewart is fabulous. Five Cherry Chapsticks.
I Could Never Be Your Woman: Don’t ask me why I got this. As with a lot of the Weinstein Co.’s recent films, it was made in 2006 and then released straight to DVD this month. Or last month. I forget. I saw a commercial about it and thought, well, I generally like Paul Rudd, and Michelle Pfeiffer’s okay, and maybe it would be One Fine Day-ish.
Um, not so much. It was…weird. I have no idea why Tracy Ullman’s character was even in the movie. The best part about it was Pfeiffer’s daughter, played by Saoirse Ronan. I had no idea she was even in it. She was like 10 or 11 at the time, with a pretty good American accent, and her character was cute. Plus she sang and played the guitar. Still, the movie itself is fairly god-awful. I give it two Cherry Chapsticks, and only because Izzie’s remake of “Oops, I Did It Again” is hysterical.
Jen’s Cherry Chapstick Rating System is in no way scientific, accurate, or objective, and is based on whatever the hell she feels like.
