movies galore!

managed to catch quite a fair bit of show this month so that makes me a happy woman.
i so love getting lost in the reel world!

1) real steel
ever since i saw the trailer few months back, ive convinced myself this is a must watch.
given hugh jackman's track record, i know this show will be more than just a no-brainer action show of boxing and robots.
and it never disappoint me! its at least a 3.5-4 stars! :)
im especially delighted by the young boy. so cute and adorable.
and wussy me teared a little at the end when hugh's role is in his element of doing what he loves most....

2) midnight with paris
ive never really like woody allen's show.
finding them a little too bland and unexciting. and i always feel somehow he wasted the talents of the stella cast he always has on hand.
but midnight with paris totally blew me away.
ive always feel owen wilson is a darn good actor (go check out behind enemy lines) and finally someone cast him in a proper show.
woody allen seems to be writing about himself in the show and it ended up really much like an intimate project of the director.
the plot is good and fast-paced. the dialogue is witty. the cast is totally natural (i so so love adrian brody's portrayal of dali).
and best of all, paris is captured as it is. gorgeous.

3) hesher
im still trying to sort out my feelings towards this one.
the plot is totally original. the lead characters totally uncharacteristic.
and i totally cant categorize the show. is it drama? dark comedy?
argh. got me frustrated like how hesher frustrated the other characters.
and despite the irritation/frustation, we are all affected by hesher.
all i can say is gordon levitt's performance is perfect.
he is nothing like his character in 500 days of summer/inception. he is v v v versatile.
he has surely come a long way from 3rd rock from the sun/10 things i hate about you!
i cant wait to catch his new file - 50/50!

4) one day
the novel is definitely much much better than the show.
imagine 1 day as 1 chapter for 20 years in the novel.
even if 1 day is condensed into just 8mins screen time, its impossible to squeeze 20 days x 8 mins.
and each day is chocked full of details of significance in the book.
the show was destined to bomb...
still, anne hathaway and jim sturgess shared a convincing chemistry on screen.
and having read the book, i do find satisfaction to an extent to put pictures to the words.
so much so, that i let my tears free-flowed into tissues towards the later part of the film.
tsk tsk!

5) horrible bosses
i was actually quite reluctant to watch this.
but im glad i did. it was hilarious. so, im tickled by this brand of humor wahahah.
colin farrell is a hoot! he is sooooo funny.
though i know that he can act comedy since "in bruges" its an 8 in imdb, go watch it. totally worth your time!).

what will i watch next? :)