Okay dudes and
dudets.
I'll be rating on two movies i just caught not too long ago.
"He's Just Not That Into You" and "
Slumdog Millionaire".
To be honest,both movies were fantastic.
Alright then.First off.
"He's Just Not That Into You".Well,been wanting to watch this for awhile now.
Though its not an Oscar nominated film but the casts in the movie are definitely worth watching.
You have the likes of the oh-so-gorgeous Scarlett
Johansson,the beautiful as always Jennifer
Aniston,Jennifer
Connelly,Bradley Cooper,Justin Long,Ben
Affleck,Drew Barrymore and other respectable casts.
I mean,with that kind of casts in a movie,it's definitely worth paying a few extra dollars on the tickets.
I was kinda skeptical about watching the movie at first cause it has been labeled as a 'Chick-Flick'.
But i watched Entertainment Tonight and they had a few of the actors in the film giving reasons why its not a 'Chick-Flick'.
I swear to god it was hilarious.I'm not sure if they have it on YouTube but you gotta check it out.
Well anyway,after hearing the reasons i was kinda like "Oh.What the hell."
So i caught the movie and guess what.You're never gonna believe this.
It was definitely about 99.9% 'Chick-Flick'.No doubt about it.
Haha.
Well anyway,'Chick-Flick' or not i certainly enjoyed it.
So this is kinda how the story goes.(Spoiler Alert!)
P.s I kinda just copied and paste the synopsis from
IMDB and added a little something of my own cause it's really difficult for me to explain it so.
Since the age of 5, Gigi (Ginnifer Goodwin) has been told that when men act like jerks, it means they like her.
Years later, Gigi is now struggling to find true love while shifting through men who are simply not interested. After her latest date, Conor (Kevin Connolly), has failed to call her, Gigi visits a bar he said he frequented in order to see him. There, she is approached by Alex (
Justin Long), a friend of
Conor's who works at the bar. Gigi claims she is waiting for Connor, since she needs to return a dentist's pen to him. However, Alex quickly sees through her lie, claiming Connor's dentist is his father. Gigi admits that Connor is not expecting her, and explains her confusion over his lack of response. Alex tells her that Connor isn't interested, and then takes it upon himself to explain the "signs" to Gigi.
Meanwhile, Connor, having just left his date with Gigi, calls his girlfriend Anna (Scarlett
Johansson). Anna is shopping in the supermarket and runs into Ben
(Bradley Cooper). He tells her to go before her in line, citing an indecision about gum as the reason. Anna tells Connor she has to go, and, as she is checking out, is awarded a cooler as a 1000
th visitor gift. The two exchange numbers outside when Ben says he knows someone who can help Anna with her singing career. After a few moments of hesitation, Ben admits that he is married. The two part, and Ben walks over to a car and gets in. Neil (
Ben Affleck) then asks Ben what that was about.
When Neil returns home, he is greeted by his girlfriend of seven years, Beth (
Jennifer Aniston). She announces that her younger sister is getting married. Neil, who is in the kitchen making tea, tells Beth that he doesn't believe in marriage. Beth, who desperately wants to get married to Neil, doesn't understand why he dislikes the idea so much.
Ben meets his wife Janine (Jennifer
Connelly) back at their new townhouse, currently being renovated.
Gigi, excited about the tips Alex gave her, eagerly shares them with her coworkers, Janine and Beth. Gigi explains that if he's interested, he'll make the first move, and if he's not, he won't. When she claims that there are exceptions, but that the majority are not, she unintentionally implies that Neil will never marry Beth, since they have been together for 7 years and they haven't married yet.
Beth confronts Neil when she goes home, saying she can't deal with it anymore. When Neil continues to refuse to get married, the two break up. But Neil doesn't want to be with anyone else, he just wants to be with Beth.
Gigi suddenly thinks that Alex likes her after all that Alex has done for her. Unfortunately, Alex doesn't feel the same way about Gigi and they both break off their
friendship after Gigi told Alex that she likes him. But now, all that Alex can think about is Gigi.
While Ben knows that he can't see Anna because he is already married, both of them aren't able to stop thinking about each other. So Ben decides to call Anna and soon enough they were having a relationship though Ben is trying to fight back. Ben then admitted to his wife Janine that he is slept with another woman hoping that she would divorce him but she didn't. While Anna thought that Ben had already broken up with his wife, she soon finds out that they are still together and ends her relationship with Ben. Ben then finally gets what he wants when his wife told him that she wanted a divorce but it was too little too late.
It the end, Beth and Neil ends up together again and Neil finally propose. Alex and Gigi finally sort things out and gets into a relationship. Connor having just broke up with his girlfriend Anna soon finds himself with another woman named Mary(Drew Barrymore) who helped did his ad in the
newspapers but never really met up together.
Well,i know it's complicating but that is just about how the story goes.
So,my rating for this movie is a well earned 8/10.
The movie has everything in it.
Comedy,romance,a good plot and more.
That is all you can ask for in a movie and they have truly delivered.
The casts were great. They are definitely a good choice for a 'Chick-Flick'.
And it's the kind of movie that you can definitely relate to,you know what i mean.
Like,its realistic. It may be the exact situation you are in right now.
Like,you may go out of the theatre and say "Shit.That may happen to me" or "That's the situation
I'm in right now."
It's not like some movie where the guy dies and he magically reappears again at the end of the scene like out of nowhere.
You can't go like "Oh yeah.That has happen to me." Come on.
Haha.
And they had this one line where it got me really thinking.
It goes like this.
"What if you meet the love of your life, are you supposed to let them pass you by?"
It may not sound so WOW right now but.
Scroll up again at the synopsis and put yourself in Ben's shoes.
It makes you think doesn't it huh?.
Haha.
Anyway,how much money is worth watching this film?
I'd say that its definitely worth $10 or more if you like this genre of movies.
On to the next movie,
"Slumdog Millionaire."Racking up a
whomping 8 Oscars does set it standards quite high.
So if you're expecting a fantastic movie,i think you have finally found one.
Though the actors and actresses are relatively unheard of and are mostly form India,they pulled it off just like any other pro in my opinion.
Basically,this is how the story goes.
Slumdog Millionaire is the story of Jamal
Malik (Patel), an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of
Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?"
But when the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating; how could a street kid know so much? Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up, of their adventures together on the road, of vicious encounters with local gangs, and of
Latika (Pinto), the girl he loved and lost. Each chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game
shows questions.
Each chapter of Jamal's increasingly layered story reveals where he learned the answers to the
shows seemingly impossible quizzes. But one question remains a mystery: what is this young man with no apparent desire for riches really doing on the game show?
When the new day dawns and Jamal returns to answer the final question, the Inspector and sixty million viewers are about to find out. At the heart of its storytelling lies the question of how anyone comes to know the things they know about life and love.
With a synopsis like that,i bet you are really interested in what the movie turns out to be.
The movie has all the elements in it.
Romance,suspense,mystery and
curiousness.
The movie was surprisingly well shot. The plot was something original and fresh which was fantastic.
Yes,it had the Indian accent and all which may make it a little hard to understand but you'll figure it out.
It's the kind of movie which touches your heart. It makes you realise things that you have never seen before and it allows you to open your eyes to see the world in another country.
I know some of you may just catch the movie to see what the hype is all about but
I'm sure you won't regret it.
So,my rating for this movie is a high 9/10. All i can say is that it is definitely one of the movies worth catching.
How much to spend on this movie you ask?.
Well it has won 8 Oscars and has all the big A-
listers talking about it ergo i think the movie is priceless.
But i must say,watching the movie wasn't a pleasant experience for me.
It's not the movie that wasn't pleasant.
It was the guy beside me that was unpleasant.
And
I'm not talking about being rude unpleasant or anything like that.
I'm talking about unpleasant smell that was coming off from that guy.
Yeah you heard me.UNPLEASANT SMELL!
Good god. That fat guy had really bad body odour man.
I swear to god this is how he smelled like.
Do you know the smell when you accidentally stepped on dog poo?
It's bad right.
Well this was worse.
He had a mixture of smell believe it or not.
He smelled of dog poo plus the smell of sweat.
And to top it all off,he had a big bag of popcorn which also gave out a stench.
So basically he smelled like dog poo plus sweat plus popcorn.
Yeah,you may be laughing now but when you do smell it.
You wouldn't even want to breathe not to mention laugh.
So believe me when i tell you this,i was practically covering my nose with my fingers all the way through the movie.And i mean literally.
And i was leaning away from him and all hoping that he would get a clue or something.
Well i mean,
I'm not expecting him to whip out a
deodorant or something but maybe just head down to the lavatory and freshen up a bit you know.
Or hopefully he would just leave the theatre or something.That would have been better.
But nope.No sign of him moving whatsoever.
And this guy was really huge and his hand took up most of the arm rest.
I mean,come on.Normal people would have at least the courtesy of splitting it 50 50 like you take half and i take half kinda thing.
But his giant arm was covering the whole arm rest and believe it or not,the arm rest wasn't big enough for him.
I mean like dude,man.Come on.
It's bad enough that you smell bad but at least have the courtesy of
sharing the arm rest man.
Well that was one experience i never want to have again.
Oh well.
Till then.
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Danial!