A Totally Great and Awesome Movie That Was Worth Seeing!

While some critics have likened Easy A to a generic rehash of Mean Girls, slagging the movie for its unoriginality and lifeless script, they are obviously in the minority. Emma Stone steps up to A list material with an outstanding performance that demonstrates why some people should be let loose to critic movies. What I’m trying to say is that for a teen, high school movie, comedy and social commentary are far beyond the trailer emphasizing how easy it is to believe in the age of modern technology where everyones thoughts are published minutely on Facebook. This is a must see movie because its not just a comment on generation y and high school but it highlights the effects that lying can have even when its done with the best intentions.

And that’s why the A stands for Awesome!

I believe them, but they’re hiding something!!!

Now besides being utterly predictable week in and week out, another show that I love is “Lie To Me”. Now while each week the same process happens – similar to CSI and House- the science behind the show really interests me and keeps me coming back. Well, that and the House like figure that is Cal Lightman who antagonizes staff and clients at the Lightman institute, where their purpose is to read people’s faces and body language to find the truth. Cal is played superbly and draws the viewer in with his often blasé attitude to authority and his love for his daughter.  A great show to watch for those who enjoy a bit of workplace banter and crime solving. Not a good watch if you want characters to use different methods each time.

“Lie To Me”  airs on Wednesdays at 8:30pm

Based on… but very loosely based on!!!

Another family tv show that I have returned to is the second season of “Legend of the Seeker” that is currently airing on Fox8 Sunday nights. I fell in love with season one when I was re-reading the “Sword of Truth” series by Terry Goodkind and found myself looking for fan theories of who would play who if they made it into a movie. Imagine my surprise when I found out it was already a tv series!! Now the show says that it is loosely based on the books, however a large amount of creative freedom has been utilized by director Sam Raimi, (director of Hercules and Xena: Warrior Princess) that has created new plots and changes others to suit tv while still keeping the underlying themes of love and good versus evil apparent. I must say however, the cast which includes Aussie Craig Horner creates the atmosphere of the books perfectly. A must see series, although it requires you to see it as separate from the books. So enjoy it as a book, then enjoy it as a show. Or vice versa. But mostly, Enjoy It!!!

The joys of fast forwarding!!

Now since I have been quiet on the movie front for a while I thought I would write about  a tv show or three that I really enjoy. Maybe because they are the only shows I get time to watch. Maybe it’s the company I have when I watch these shows. Either way the first show I am really enjoying at the moment is “Parenthood” from producer Ron Howard. This show provides a humorous commentary on life in a family, especially life with kids. Now it could be the fact the it is a re-emergence of Lorelei Gilmore actress Lauren Graham, but the cast connects in a way that seemingly only a completely dysfunctional and happy family can.

I find that it has become a great add to my viewing list that sits in my Foxtel IQ recordings, just waiting for a chance to sit down for more than five minutes.

“Parenthood” airs at 9:30pm on Tuesdays

IT’S SO FLUFFY!!!!!!

So in Sunday I got a sneak peek to the up coming Pixar flick, “Despicable Me” in a charity event for Camp Quality. I must say that I have been seeing ads for this film for a while and have been looking forward to seeing it so badly, and it did not disappoint. Steve Carrel headlines the movie playing the voice of super villain Gru, Who leads an army of “Evil” minions to steal land marks around the world – a job he is rather  “lame” at. While in essence a children’s movie the combined humor of Carrel, Jason Segal and Russell Brand is guaranteed to make the adults laugh too with much humor being aimed above kids heads to the parents taking them to see it. The plot is very standard yet the interaction between Gru and his three adopted children creates hilarity at every step with Gru’s rather blunt social commentary. The humor is then furthered with the evil minions whose collected mischief never fails to make you smile. All up it is a great film for adults and children alike and will definitely put a smile on your face.

To any Dave’s out there… “Not Cool!!”

Nothing will get your blood pressure higher than a bit of Salt.

For a movie that’s main intention was to make you doubt your convictions on good and evil, Salt definitely proved a thriller. Angelina Jolie who plays Evelyn Salt pulls off superbly the role of a CIA agent and also a Russian KGB Spy, planted to bring “Day X” into fruition. Jolie acts so well that its hard to keep in mind where her intentions lay and some scenes of this movie reflect such cold heartedness that the faith put in her as the protagonist is almost lost.  This film had me excited at the prospect of a film where the bad guys win, however that was not the case, with the ending being good old Hollywood to a ‘t’ in a way that reflects James Bond. While a good movie, it will leave you wanting more and more as it leaves itself open for a sequel or four.

A must see for fans of action and thriller movies.

Unlike you, I know who Salt is, a little anyway.

You have discovered the power of blogs… level up!!!

In a conclusion to a week full of movies, Scott Pilgrim Vs The World was the king of all deserts and polished off the experience quite nicely. The film is based off a graphic novel and involves the protagonist Scott’s (Michael Cera) quest for love which involves him defeating the girl of his dreams’ (literally) 7 evil ex-boyfriends… “Exes!”, a line repeated throughout the movie to an unsuspecting Scott. The movie tackles a few more contemporary issues like dating two girls at one and same sex dating and the effects his has on the individual and combines it with some fun tekken-like fight scenes. A great film that captures the graphic novel feel through amazing cinematography.  Although it still seems Cera cannot break out of the stereotypical “awkward, love-struck teen” role.

Funny and definitely worth the viewing! And now I’ll Ve- Gone!!!

“What’s up with him?” “He just wants to be president.”

So these last two weeks have been pretty chock-a-block full of movies due to quite a huge number of free tickets and a long waited for amount of free time to relax with my family and girlfriend. The above quote finds an audience in fits of laughter in the generic gun flick “The Expendables” during a rather terse interchange between Stallone, Schwarzenegger and Willis. While this generic film utilises only the brawn of some of the industry’s biggest bad boys and a few wrestlers to boot, “The Expendables” manages to create a rather comedic script when you look past a rather intelligence lacking plot line. Some very quick one liners and an arsenal of guns and knives that would make a 7^th Prestige on COD 6 envious, drag this movie up to a rather enjoyable experience.

Anyways, I sit with Statham when it comes to knives being better.

In Your Dreams!!!

So I’ve been told that I got on the Inception bandwagon a little later than everyone else but I can’t help but say what an amazing mind twist this movie is. Having seen this action thriller with my gorgeous girlfriend about two weeks ago I still have not stop twisting idea after idea around in my head. This movie is certainly one that gets you thinking and a number of times during the movie you have to sit back and ask yourself “Exactly where are they right now?” Now for those of you who haven’t seen it or seem a bit sceptical about this movie it is a must see! Just look forward to many nights dreaming, in different stages, about the complexity of this flick.

Meanwhile, I’ll just keep spinning here, like always.

What I am trying to say is…

So this week we looked at metacommentary and its usefulness in writing. Now for those of you who don’t quite understand what metacommentary is, it is pretty much exactly what I said, only I will say it a little simpler in hope that those who haven’t caught on yet will catch up pretty quickly. Haha you say, nice plug. So the interesting thing I found about metacommentary is that with it you can say something pretty controversial but then follow up with the good old Aussie “No offence, I actually meant it like this…” making the writer sound like a boy friend who cant help but say the wrong things at the wrong times and constantly need to clarify himself to keep him off the couch!

Get it? Maybe the second time? If not I’ll write it a third and fourth time if I’m short another blog for the week.