Again I really don't have much else to say since I'm am not in Deutchsland yet and so, another round of movie reviews! Again, if you are planning to see "He's Just Not That Into You", "Coraline", "Taken", or "The Reader", do not read because there are spoilers!
He's Just Not That Into You: I thought this was a very cute movie, it was a chick flick but nevertheless an enjoyable, feel good movie. The cast was full of well known actors and actresses including Drew Berrymore,Justin Long, Jennifer Aniston, Ben Affleck, Scarlett Johanson and many more. It kind of reminded me of a summer version of Love Actually but it didn't quite measure up to Hugh Grant's awesomeness. Also it was mainly centered around the fact that even though a guy may ask for your number, if he doesn't call you right away, he is not interested. The story follows one girl's obsession with checking her phone while waiting for a blind date to call her back. She makes up excuse after excuse as to why he is not calling her but she finally meets and falls in love with Justin Long a bartender who explains the male psyche to her. I liked this movie, but I could be biased because I find Justin Long to be very charming.
Coraline 3D: A 3 dimensional kid's movie that reminded me of James and the Giant Peach and The Nightmare Before Christmas. I think they were directed by the same person? Oh well. Very typical kids movie about a girl who runs into trouble and has to do something to save her world. This movie however, was really very creepy at times and would be scary for young children. Coraline has had to move away from all her friends and now lives in a very dull drab place where her parents are too busy and ignore her. She discovers a door to another world in her house that leads to another dimension where her parents are fun and give her all the attention and gifts that she desires. However, there is something wrong with the other world and her other mother turns out to be evil and wants to steal her eyes. Eventually the evil being from the other dimension kidnaps her real parents and she has to go rescue them to bring order back into her own life. The moral of the story, which I guess is a good one for these times is to not go chasing surreal pleasures and fantasies because they will only get you into trouble so you should be thankful for what you're given. AKA Don't do drugs kids!
Taken: Taken was an excellent movie, It probably wasn't the best movie to see, as I am leaving very soon to partake in my own international adventure but oh well. Liam Neeson was awesome (Go Qui-Gon!)in this movie! The movie was centered around Liam, an ex CIA agent who retired to spend more time with his daughter. He and his wife are divorced and she is married to a wealthy man. His daughter begs him to let her and an older friend go to Paris for summer vacation but because he was an agent, he is very skeptical about letting his daughter go unchaperoned. He gives in and decides to let her go but gives her strict instructions to call him on a cell phone that he gives her. Of course being a stupid 17 year old, She and her friend meet a hot guy outside the airport, they share a taxi, and he invites them to a party later, asking where exactly they are staying. They get kidnapped but Liam's daughter sees her friend being taken and calls him before she herself is kidnapped and from the noise and sounds that he records off her phone call he finds out that she has been taken by a group that specifically kidnaps young female travelers and sells them into slavery and prostitution. He goes to Paris and miraculously tracks her down. The very last scene of the movie was dumb but otherwise, it was a pretty good movie.
The Reader: I saw the reader today, it was a very interesting movie. It is rated R for about a half hour of nudity and "sensuality" but once the awkward parts of the movie were past it was a very intriguing movie. It was centered around the life of Michael Berg, a German boy living in post WWII Germany from when he was a young boy to when he was an older man. The older man was played by Ralph Fiennes (Voldemort!!!) the main actress was Kate Winslet, who won an oscar for her role as Hannah Schmitz. The story is about Michael(age 16-17), who comes home from boarding school but is sick and delirious with scarlet fever, Hannah(much older 30-40) finds him and helps him get back home. He returns to thank her and they end up having a summer affair. During the affair she always asks him to read to her. She disappears one day and he goes to law school. While in law school he attends a hearing of 6 female SS guards who are accused of killing 300 people because they did not let them out of a locked church that had begun to burn after an air raid. Spoiler! It turns out that Hannah was one of the six guards and she tells the truth and in the end gets charged of being the leader of the six guards and for writing a false report that said they had no idea that the church was burning and that the deaths were not the guards faults. She is sentenced to life in prison. However, Michael realizes that she is illiterate and was not at fault, and was ashamed at telling this truth. Some Twenty years later Michael is a cold distant man, has a daughter, but is divorced. While moving out he finds his old books and sends Hannah tape recordings of him reading some of her favorite stories. Using these tapes she teaches herself how to read and write in prison. He has never told anyone about his affair but in the end he finds to courage to tell his daughter to try and connect with her. A very emotional dramatic film but also pretty good.
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