All Good Things (4)

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"Mr. David Marks was suspected but never tried for killing his wife Katie who disappeared in 1982, but the truth is eventually revealed." (IMDB)

I have no idea why I had never heard of this movie before but it was one of the best crime/drama films I have seen in awhile.

Ryan Gosling (Crazy Stupid Love, Blue Valentine) I am really starting to believe that you are the best thing. Really though, he might be my new favourite. I have yet to see him in something that I didn't like. I have yet to say a single bad thing about him. I like his style. I cannot wait for the next movie with him in it. Just, yes. So good. He freaked the hell out of me in this movie. His character was charming and sweet but you could see this coldness in his eyes that chilled you. I didn't trust his character from the start and that is huge. When one look of the eye convinces you not to trust him. What pure talent. So exciting to see. Okay, I'll stop now. AWESOME!

Kirsten Dunst has always been a tough call for me. I generally do not like her in movies because I felt like she acted the same in every single film but I highly enjoyed her in this movie. I don't know if I haven't been watching the right films with her in them but I thought she did an extra impressive job as this character. I genuinely cared for her and was angry when she was hurting. I like when that happens and now I will look at her with different eyes.

This movie is based on a true story and I'm not sure how much was actually true or not but for some reason I get more into a story if I know it really happened. This is an insane story because it looks at how one incident in this mans childhood shapes him into the man he now is. The evil that can be behind one pair of eyes is something that most people would not see coming and I thought this movie showed that with perfection. The suspense in this movie almost killed me as I drifted into the film and couldn't leave until the credits rolled.

Such a fantastic movie and I'm so glad I decided to watch it. The movie build and build and builds and you are on the edge of your seat and then it all goes down. So well edited and the placement of each scene and every element was so well timed. Love it.

If you like drama/crime films you will like this.

4/5 ADSENSE HERE

Gamer (3)

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In the not so distant future when gaming involves real life people being controlled by real life players in a real environment, a boy controls the life of a convicted murderer in a game called Slayers. The question is, what is real?

I know that in real life Gerard Butler is kind of a dink but I always like him in every film I see him in. Yes, some of the movies are bad, but he is what makes the movie not a total waste of time when I watch it. This movie was no different, while the film itself had potential really all I remember is watching Gerard Butler kick ass and I always like when that happens.

Michael C. Hall played such a weird character. I thought he nailed it though...he was so weird. Dexter is my all time favourite television show and he was nothing like Dexter in this movie. I love when I see that, sometimes actors can't play in different forms and so television actors don't perform as well on stage or on the big screen but this was not the case. Well done.

The story was interesting to me. I enjoy seeing where and how far they will go when movies look into the future. This one seemed rather realistic though as games try to get more and more real and what is more real than someone actually dying when you shoot them. I know that you are thinking that is wrong and how awful but think about it, we aren't that far off from this. Hate to admit it but it is true. Escapism is what our society depends on...but enough of that.

The movie was great and then as they began to try to explain things further they started to lose it. I'm not sure if it was because it was an action flick and then they started to get serious while still keeping the fast pace or if because of that they kept switching from scene to scene way to quickly or maybe I just wasn't grasping it, but they lost me. And didn't get me back because the ending was shitty. It was. They build and build and this guy isn't supposed to be able to die and then he just does and that is that. Like. Really?! Boom. Easy. Dead. Credits. WTF? Hate it.

So the ending ruined the movie and about half way through it got too messy which sucks because it started out so well. Meh. It happens I guess. Still, a good sci-fi action flick. Gerard kicks serious ass.

3/5 ADSENSE HERE

Gnomeo & Juliet (3.5)

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When I first saw previews for this movie I groaned and rolled my eyes. Not only have I had to study, read, research and watch this play more times than I can count but the thought of them taking it and making it into a kids movie with gnomes in it just made my head hurt. Then I was at home and it was late and I knew anything but a kids movie would put me way past my bed time and it turned out that this was the only kids movie I hadn't seen yet...well, you know the rest. What you probably don't know except you read the rating I gave it is that I actually enjoyed this cute movie.

That is why. It was cute. I didn't think I liked gnomes as much as I did until I watched this movie and my inner child was dancing and laughing with glee. More the laughing than the dancing. Honestly though, it was funny, cute, oddly original and just a little bit cheeky. Wonderful.

James McAvoy...yup (X-Men: First Class, Penelope). Love him. All of him. He was great as Gnomeo and I thought his voice was a great choice for this cute guy. Also, the gnome looked like him and that was a bit weird but I got over it. Emily Blunt (The Adjustment Bureau, The Young Victoria) was also a good choice for the cute little Juliet character.

I guess I can't really talk about the acting because they were animated gnomes but I thought the animation was pretty great and the story was completely different minus the little snippets taken from the actual play but because of that I liked it more than I thought I would.

Cute, funny and entertaining. I'm not sure what kids think of it but I liked it and spent the whole time giggling like a little girl.

Also, the flamingo was the best. Those little legs...haha.

3.5/5 ADSENSE HERE