Love, Hate, Power. All words that describe the new Sam Mendes Masterpiece. Revolutionary Road, Starrring Kate Winslet and Leonardo Dicaprio, featuring Michael Shannon.
Revolutionary Road follows the lives of a distraught couple living the lives they wanted to live but failed to be happy. Events, dramatic events pull them apart. From, a mentally challenged neighbour to affairs, this movie shows real-life, and it shows that not everybodies lives are like a Princess and a Prince.
Sam Mendes directs this film to steely perfection, pushing the actors to there strengths and telling the story so subtely that it shows so powerfully on the screen.
The real highlight for me in this film was Kate Winslet. She gives one of the most powerful performances of the decade. Emotionally troubled and wanting be happy, but she can't seem to get there. She plays it perfectly. Most people might think her performance is just screaming back and forth with her husband, but it's deaper and there is much more.
Leonardo Dicaprio gives a career highlighter. In One of the best and most critically acclaimed male performances of the year, Leonardo Dicaprio plays it sort of like a mid-life crisis. He also played it like he had been living a lie for his whole life, the woman he thinks is his soul mate doesn't turn out to be the one. With emotion and expression that would scare a bat out of it's cave. Leonardo Dicaprio defines himslef as one of the great actors of the decade.
Michael Shannon was a reall huge surprise for most people. He plays the mentally challenged son of April and Frank's (Leo and Kate)friend, played by Kathy Bates and he completely nails it! Perfect performance, he truly acts like he doesn't think before he speaks.
With a fantastic screenplay, director, cast and costumes this film is one of the best films of 2008.
10/10
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Todays Review, I Love you, Man
Today I will be reviewing one of the funniest movies I've seen in a long time. I Love You, Man.
From the writer of Meet The Fockers and Zoolander comes a bromance comedy all about being best friends.
I Love You, Man follows Peter Klaven. An engaged real estate agent who's wife thinks he has to get more man friends. He goes on a search for a best friend and finally finds the rock-out, cool guy, Sydney Fife. They instantly become best friends.
Personnaly I loved this movie. It is filled with hilarous and memorable dialogue. something that comedies these days aren't doing. Also I thought the cast was great. Jason Segel plays Sydney Fife. A stoner, rocker who loves Rush. He hits the comedic parts perfectly. Adding emotion and probably even ad-libbing som dialogue.
Paul Rudd plays Peter Klaven. A friendly real-estate agent. He plays the average nice guy perfectly but suddenly when there is a switch from nice hsband to frat boy he makes the immediate ransition and plays it well.
The screenplay is one of those genuinly funny screenplays that you can tell will be memorable by the first line. Whoever wrote it did a grea job at capturing the plot and adding comedic parts but not losing the original idea of Peter trying to make a man friend.
This movie wold appeal to teenagers and Men in there mmid 30's to 40's. Because they know what it's like to have a really good guy friend. And you know that when you have a good guy friend, there will be laughs along the way no matter how mindless and vulgar it is.
Armed with a fantastic screenplay and a great leading and supporting cast. I hope this will be remembered as one of the great comedies of 2009. I reccommend everyone from 14 to older to go view this movie. You will have a laugh but you will also learn something. It's ok to love a dude.
Great movie 8/10
From the writer of Meet The Fockers and Zoolander comes a bromance comedy all about being best friends.
I Love You, Man follows Peter Klaven. An engaged real estate agent who's wife thinks he has to get more man friends. He goes on a search for a best friend and finally finds the rock-out, cool guy, Sydney Fife. They instantly become best friends.
Personnaly I loved this movie. It is filled with hilarous and memorable dialogue. something that comedies these days aren't doing. Also I thought the cast was great. Jason Segel plays Sydney Fife. A stoner, rocker who loves Rush. He hits the comedic parts perfectly. Adding emotion and probably even ad-libbing som dialogue.
Paul Rudd plays Peter Klaven. A friendly real-estate agent. He plays the average nice guy perfectly but suddenly when there is a switch from nice hsband to frat boy he makes the immediate ransition and plays it well.
The screenplay is one of those genuinly funny screenplays that you can tell will be memorable by the first line. Whoever wrote it did a grea job at capturing the plot and adding comedic parts but not losing the original idea of Peter trying to make a man friend.
This movie wold appeal to teenagers and Men in there mmid 30's to 40's. Because they know what it's like to have a really good guy friend. And you know that when you have a good guy friend, there will be laughs along the way no matter how mindless and vulgar it is.
Armed with a fantastic screenplay and a great leading and supporting cast. I hope this will be remembered as one of the great comedies of 2009. I reccommend everyone from 14 to older to go view this movie. You will have a laugh but you will also learn something. It's ok to love a dude.
Great movie 8/10
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Expect a review tomorrow.
I just went to go see I Love You, Man with my friends. One of the funniest movies I have seen in a long time. See you later.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
My Birthday is soon!
What I want
a MacBook
A Camera
SOOOOO MUCH MOVIES!
such as....
Let The Right One In
Slumdog Millionaire ECT.
a MacBook
A Camera
SOOOOO MUCH MOVIES!
such as....
Let The Right One In
Slumdog Millionaire ECT.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Todays Movie Review- JUNO
I have been awaiting this day. To right a review for one of my favorite movies. Juno directed by Jason Reitman.
From already acclaimed writer, Diablo cody, Juno tells the story of Juno Macguff, a 16 year old sassy, yet likeable teenager who gets bored and decides to have sex with her best frend Paulie Bleeker. Not knowing she would end up with a bun in the oven.
Diablo cody has a wonderul story behind her. Before she wrote this movie, she was a stripper who worked on Amateur Night at the local strip club. In her spare time she loved to write. She also had a blog called the Pussy Ranch which was mainly about the Sex industry. But here's the twist, one day Producer Mason Novak, came across her blog and he loved her style of writing, so he e-mailed her and urged her to attempt to write a script, and that's where the lovely story of Juno came to be.
Director Jason Reitman gives us a look into the life of a pregnant 16 year-old and what she has to go through and what losing the last years of innocence feels like.
Diablo Cody and Jason Reitman are a great team, Diablo Cody wrote an amazing script with quirky, unforgettable dialogue and Jason Reitman directed the actors to perform the scenes to make the audience laugh but make them still remember the drama that is behind the comedy.
But it's not just the director and writer who make the film fantastic. It's also the performances.
Ellen Page plays the 16 year-old Juno. And I was amazed that such a young woman could deliver such a powerhouse performance. She could go from Comedy to Drama in such little time. Also the subtle expressions show on her face and the reality of the performance is just unbeleivable. I could have sworn that she was just making up those lines while she was going because she was so raw and real. That is what I love about the performance.
Armed with unforgettable performances and dialogue. Juno is one of the best and most heart-warming movies of 2007! This film picked up 4 Oscar Nominations. One of those was Diablo Cody's best Original Screenplay which she won.
10/10
From already acclaimed writer, Diablo cody, Juno tells the story of Juno Macguff, a 16 year old sassy, yet likeable teenager who gets bored and decides to have sex with her best frend Paulie Bleeker. Not knowing she would end up with a bun in the oven.
Diablo cody has a wonderul story behind her. Before she wrote this movie, she was a stripper who worked on Amateur Night at the local strip club. In her spare time she loved to write. She also had a blog called the Pussy Ranch which was mainly about the Sex industry. But here's the twist, one day Producer Mason Novak, came across her blog and he loved her style of writing, so he e-mailed her and urged her to attempt to write a script, and that's where the lovely story of Juno came to be.
Director Jason Reitman gives us a look into the life of a pregnant 16 year-old and what she has to go through and what losing the last years of innocence feels like.
Diablo Cody and Jason Reitman are a great team, Diablo Cody wrote an amazing script with quirky, unforgettable dialogue and Jason Reitman directed the actors to perform the scenes to make the audience laugh but make them still remember the drama that is behind the comedy.
But it's not just the director and writer who make the film fantastic. It's also the performances.
Ellen Page plays the 16 year-old Juno. And I was amazed that such a young woman could deliver such a powerhouse performance. She could go from Comedy to Drama in such little time. Also the subtle expressions show on her face and the reality of the performance is just unbeleivable. I could have sworn that she was just making up those lines while she was going because she was so raw and real. That is what I love about the performance.
Armed with unforgettable performances and dialogue. Juno is one of the best and most heart-warming movies of 2007! This film picked up 4 Oscar Nominations. One of those was Diablo Cody's best Original Screenplay which she won.
10/10
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