Crazy Stupid Love (4)

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A man goes to a bar after his wife asks for a divorce and he finds a player who is willing to take him under his wing to help him find his manhood again. What they both discover in the end isn't what either of them were expecting. Is there such thing as soul mates?

The Gos. The Gos. The Gos.

Ryan Gosling is the bomb (Blue Valentine). I already knew he was the bomb and love love love him in everything he does but it was really great to see him in a role like this. I thought he was fantastic and stole the show in most of the scenes. I loved everything about his character and the only thing I didn't like is when he wasn't around as much near the end of the movie. Sigh.

Steve Carell, you rock my socks ( Dinner For Schmucks, Despicable Me, Date Night). I wasn't sure how you were going to handle this movie but you nailed it. I really don't know what else to say, because that says it all. You were the perfect choice and you did not let down.

I think this is the first time in awhile that I liked Julianne Moore. I don't know why, I respect her a lot and she has done some great work, but sometimes I just find her too much for me. No idea why or really how to explain it, but regardless I enjoyed her in this movie.

I want to be best friends with Emma Stone ( Easy A). She cracks me up like no other. I have so far liked her in every single movie I have seen her in. She kicks ass and takes names and I would give her mine. Her with Ryan was amazing and I want it to happen in real life too so they make perfect babies. Just sayin.

I liked everything about this movie, especially the cast and how they worked together, up until the climax. I did NOT see that coming and judging by the reaction from the entire audience they didn't either but then it forced the movie to pull out of the tone it was taking up until that point and just got plain silly, more silly than before, and then it couldn't seem to calm back down and settle into the story again. I honestly had a hard time being fully interested in the last 20 minutes of the movie because the climax pulled me so far out of the nice little nest of story, love and character and I just couldn't get back into it.

The ending was cheese but not as bad as the pre-ending monologue which I found strangely uncomfortable and awkward more than heart wrenching and emotional. I don't know, there was no coming back from that climax. It was great and a surprise but then it ruined it all.

If the ending was different I would really love this movie but alas I only loved it up until that point. Every scene with Gosling and Carell was priceless and I thought the comedy verse in depth story was really well balanced and I really enjoyed watching this movie.

Until the end.

The end.

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Captain America: The First Avenger (4)

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A boy who never knows when to quit becomes America's final defence and first avenger against the real pending doom during the second World War. Will he be strong enough?

I really liked Chris Evans in this movie. I hadn't paid all that much attention to him before now. I have seen a few of his movies but I wasn't particularly picking him out from the crowd...now I will. There was definitely something about him and I'm not sure if it is just him as Captain America but I have a funny feeling that that wasn't entirely it. He was great with the comedy, drama and action within this film and I cannot wait to see him in another role and as Captain America in the future.

Hugo Weaving, you do not get enough credit for anything you do. I love this man in every role I see him in and think that he has a real talent. He was great as the villain in this movie and I thought his make-up added the rest that he could not but I thought he was flawless.

I couldn't call myself a Captain America fan so to speak but I do always love comic book films. I'm not sure why, maybe besides sci-fi it is the ultimate escape for me or maybe it's also because comic book to film movies always seem to have a collection of genres bunched together to make them. Sci-fi, comedy, drama, action and even a little romance. Can't complain about a little genre merging for all your entertainment needs.

The action at first left more to be desired in my opinion, but once things got rolling and you pass that one hour bump everything just seems to click and start flowing the the action is amazing. Also, at that point you start really wanting Captain America to win so I found myself really into his every move hoping he makes it through.

I did like how it wasn't all America America Rah-Rah-Rah...well, it was a bit, but he IS Captain America after all, but I thought they did a great job of balancing character to story and really did a great job focusing on the war rather than specific countries.

While the action took awhile to start up and my connection to any one character took the entire length of the film to really formulate, I still really enjoyed myself when watching this movie. I thought the story was way more interesting than I ever thought it could be and that Chris Evans did a great job. That being said, there were obvious gaps here and there and some slow points but it's the start to another series of awesome, hero, action-ness. Woohooo!

Now we just have to wait for The Avengers. *nerd sigh*

4/5 ADSENSE HERE