I saw both the Swedish and English versions of Girl with the Dragon Tatoo, both were excellent, although I liked the scenery (it seemed colder and more like my own vision of Sweden, having never been there) in the English version. Very interesting mystery, fantastic acting by all of the actors in both casts.
This is not horror, but it’s a scary suspenseful movie Paranormal Activity (parts 1 and 2). Scared the poop out of me, but there is not one speck of blood or gore. The first one has a male/female couple that you will hate, but the movie is soooooo worth the fright. The second one is almost equally as scary (but now you know how scary it’s going to be, so you can brace ourself) but the family is much more pleasant. People actually threw popcorn by accident, everybody screamed and then you could hear everybody whispering to their seat mates, then everybody would giggle, because everyone had the same reaction.
Sherlock Holmes with Robert Downey Jr. and Jude (OMG! he’s so hot) Law, parts 1 and 2. Fantastic action scenes, funny dialogue and one amazing scene of a boat coming off it’s mooring that should not be missed. Jude Law, who I always thought was a little too young and effeminate looking has grown into a very sexy, handsome man. In the second one, we’re treated to RDJr’s fantastically waxed and buffed up chest. Mmmm good. The best scene in the second one deals with Dr. Watson’s wedding. I won’t spoil it for you though.
Nights in Rodanthe with Diane Lane and Richard Gere. Starts out as a nice romantic story between middle aged divorced people (with all of the baggage that goes along with that) with some great scenery of the New England coastline. There is an unusual twist when you find out that things are not as they seem. Not your typical romantic movie. I’m liking Richard Gere much more as an older actor, didn’t care for his stuff he did when he was young too much. Although I did like Runaway Bride.
It’s Complicated with Meryl Streep and Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin. This is one of the funniest movies I’ve ever seen. Alec Baldwin (even though he’s a douche in real life) is at his comic best in this movie and he and Meryl Streep have a lot of hot chemistry going on, even though they shouldn’t because they are divorced. Some nifty scenes of Meryl Streep teaching Steve Martin how to make pastries in her bakery. And one hilarious skype scene that should not be missed. I almost wet myself I was laughing so hard. What I really liked about this movie, was that it was about the “complicated” relationships between a much older couple than is usually portrayed in movies. These folks were in their late 50’s and early 60’s, but there is still plenty of action.
Fantastic Mr. Fox some really top notch stop-motion animation that is reminisent of the Christmas specials from the 1960’s, only this story is not exactly a children’s story. The soundtrack that plays throughout is really great and quite unexpected. I didn’t exactly agree with the moral of the story, but that doesn’t really matter, because visually and aurally, this is an outstanding movie.
