My Review on ‘Silver Linings Playbook’

25 Mar 2013 Leave a comment

by calabri2 in Just My Random Thoughts, Movies Tags: , , ,

I remember the first time I saw the trailer for this movie and I thought to myself “Wow. Bradley Cooper has been making really lame movie choices lately. This one doesnt look good at all.”

Then awards season began and all of a sudden Silver Linings Playbook was nominated for almost everything! Bradley Cooper for Best Actor, Jennifer Lawrance for Best Actress, etc.. like what was going on? This movie was Oscar nominated?? 
I did a little research and discovered the story line: Bradley Cooper’s character is bi-polar, he gets out of a 8 month hospital stay and is determined to win his wife back. He meets Jennifer Lawrence’s character who is also pretty damaged and they get to know one another. I figured because they both suffer from a slight mental disability the movie must have some weird dark twisted path that ends tragically. Hence the Oscar nominations.

Well I FINALLY saw this movie last night, long after awards season has ended. Long after I knew that JLaw beat out everyone and won best actress for this role at the Golden Globes, SAG Awards and the Oscars!! She had to be amazeballs in it!

The movie was good. It was good. But not the type of movie you rave about and tell all your friends to go see. And on top of that it was like a freaking romantic comedy. I mean, if we’re going to start nominating romantic comedies for Oscars why don’t we ever throw in How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days or Something Borrowed?? This movie had no tragic ending or secret twist, nothing to it that made you go “WOW! That was craaaazy! Let’s nominate the hell out of it!”  
Why was it like a romantic comedy? Well it was decently funny and it was about two people who hate each other, like each other, then end up falling in love with one another. And they live happily ever after together. Like whaaaaaaa???

So yes, all in all I wasn’t super impressed. But I’m glad I saw it. Because I’m usually always glad after every movie I see. I just enjoy movies. But I am definitely confused by all the hype. I do feel Bradley and Jennifer gave a lovely talented performance but I mean isn’t that was actors are supposed to do? 

14 Dec 2010 Leave a comment

I went to the red carpet premiere of ‘How Do You Know’ tonight in Westwood. The only other movie premiere I’ve been to was for New Moon, and I was just there to watch the celebs walk the red carpet. This time I actually had tickets to the movie, and got to go inside and watch. 

The premiere was very fun. Probably one of my new top 10 favorite things to do. haha I loved seeing so many people from the entertainment industry around me. And everyone was dressed up…it was a very cool vibe. Best part of the night was when I headed to the restroom and when I came out there was Jack Nicholson! It was awesome seeing him just a few feet away from me. Nothing gets me more giddy than celeb sightings. I also saw Seth Rogen and Danny Devito there. Made my night! 

The movie was enjoyable. A cute romantic comedy. But without Owen Wilson’s character the movie would have been a dud. He was SO hilarious in this movie. Every line he spoke the audience would roar with laughter. Loved his role. 

It’ll be interesting to see how this movie does in the box office. 

Grade: C

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11 Dec 2010 Leave a comment

I spent my Friday night heading to the movies to see Love and Other Drugs staring Jake Gyllenhaul and Anne Hatheway. It was just another one of your average love story movies but I’m a sucker for those and I loved it. They were both SO naked in this film…I’m sure it was close to getting a NC-17 rating. But I appreciated the naked-ness because not only is Jake GORGEOUS but it made everything so much more relatable and real. 

I left the movie feeling two ways:

1) When I fall in love will it be that deep passionate love you feel only exists in movies? Or will it be the love I see so many of my friends in… comfortable, caring, and sweet? As a single girl, I can still believe in and hope for the deep passionate “can’t live without you” type of love.

2) Are we soley put on this earth to find our other half? Why can’t one be satisfied with a successful career, strong friendships and casual sex? If we roamed the earth without seeing couples everywhere, people getting married and everyone talking about wanting to be in a relationship…would we need it? We can clearly procreate without a marriage certificate, so why such a huge emphasis on “finding the one”? I’m going to write a script and make a movie about someone who starts off happy in their life, living life independent, and in the end, NOT falling in love. We never see that. Every character in every movie, no matter how damaged they are in the beginning, always find another person to complete them. Maybe one day people will be able to walk away from a person who has chosen to live a completely happy life on their own, and not feel sorry for them.

Grade: B

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10 Dec 2010 Leave a comment

I went to a pre-screening of the new movie ‘The Tourist’ tonight staring Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp and I really liked it! I think it’s because the ending of the movie was SO good. You can tell it is the sort of script that studio execs read and the only reason they made it into a movie was because the ending was so great. 

Angelina Jolie was flawless throughout the whole film. It felt like 80% of the focus of the movie was “how pretty can we make Angelina Jolie look?” I didn’t quite understand why her character had to be so “prim, proper, mysterious, snooty like” but whatevs. If you don’t try to analyze it, it works. When I saw the trailer, nothing about it excited me. I wouldn’t have gone to see it on my own if I hadn’t received the screening passes. But I walked away loving it! Go check it out if you can! The film has suspense, twists, romance, and action!

Grade: C-

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