The Lookout (4)

Wooo. My mind is still buzzing from that ending...

A 2007 film written and directed by Scott Frank.

About high school all-star Chris (Joseph Gordan-Levitt) who gets in an awful car accident one night killing two friends, wounding his girlfriend and ends up with him suffering from serious brain damage. He then tries to live his life via his to-do notebook and his blind roomie Lewis (Jeff Daniels) while working as a janitor at a local bank. One night at a bar he meets a new friend Gary (Matthew Goode) who later reveals his plans to rob the bank Chris works at and use him to achieve this goal. Is Chris smart enough to do the right thing or dumb enough to do the wrong. Or vice versa?

I guess by now you can tell I'm on a Joseph kick. I just cannot get enough of his acting. Yet again incredible in this film. I believe every time he forgets or lashes out and doesn't know why. Simple things like opening a can ends in him wrecking the apartment and sitting in a corner. I really did feel for Chris, even when he was doing the wrong thing.

Jeff Daniels was such a great surprise! I've always liked him. He played Lewis really well, it's never easy to pretend to be blind but I was watching his eyes and I say kudos to him. High five. Matthew Goode (aka dreamboat) was another nice surprise. I've liked him in every role I've seen so far too...this one was a little smaller but still. Completely likable. *nod*

The story really appealed to me. The writing was great and the characters seemed very real to me. Especially Chris. His story just...I was definitely crying for him. But also cheering for him. Awesome.

Another beaut film.

4/5 ADSENSE HERE

The Ugly Truth (3)

About Abby (Katerine Heigl) who is a television producer on a show that is going down hill. Her boss then brings in Mike (Gerard Butler) who has a show talking about what guys really look for in a women. Abby is disgusted by this man yet he brings the ratings up. Abby then meets Colin (Eric Winter) who is actually her dream man and Mike promises Abby that he can help her get Colin and keep him but is it Colin that she really wants?

I laughed quite hard in a lot of scenes due to the awkwardness with Heigl's character Abby. She was hilarious. I liked her a lot in this film. Gerard Butler wasn't really funny more than just pretty and in a lot of cases came across as a major creep.

The story is pretty basic. I knew what the ending was going to be and called any major plot 'twists' about 10 minutes before they happened but it is a standard romantic comedy so what do you expect. I enjoyed Butler as the main guy because he wasn't the typical romantic figure but rather disgusting but with a soft heart...kind of like majority of guys really. At least the ones I've met...

Anyways. Pretty funny. Some of the scenes had me covering my mouth murmuring "Oh no, oh no...!" and laughing. Yet the story was super obvious. Entertaining though.

3/5 ADSENSE HERE