Movie reviews of the week

Watched like 4 movies this week, so i decided to blog about them just for the sake of blogging and also for your entertainment. First up:

Meet Bill

Bill (Eckhart) is this thirty something married man who's life has hit a dead end. He's fat, has ugly hair (as he claims ), has a shitty job working for his father in law and his wife is cheating on him. His father in law then signs him up for this alumni mentoring program, and he gets assigned some teenager who helps him to get his life back and learn to live again. And by the end of the movie, he lost all his belly fat. Now that is dedication! To gain it all for the film and lose it all again. The movie is fun, light, and pretty much an all rounded film. ***

Into the Wild

Stars Emile Hirsch (speed racer), Kirsten Stewart (i want to suck your bloody but i love you!) and Vince Vaughn (HATE HIM!). Probably the only good movie Vince Vaughn ever starred in. Directed by Sean Penn who is a multi talented actor and director. A true story revolving around the life of Christopher McCandless who runs away from home, donates all his savings and destroys all his identification document. He hitchhikes across America towards his ultimate goal to live alone in the wilds of Alaska, and along the way encounters an array of characters and lifestyles so very different from his own. After he reaches Alaska, he lives inside a Magic Bus used by moose hunters as a shelter, and eats what game he can catch and the indigenous plants. He rejects materialism and says that all he need in life is nature, books and a quiet life of solitude or something liddat. Even though he brought a book along to identify edible plants, he mistakes a poisonous plant with an edible one, which shuts down his digestive system, and after over 100 days of crawling around weak and helpless, he finally dies, only to be found 2 weeks later by moose hunters. Deeply haunting, and hauntingly deep, this movie is a must watch. Though some parts were kinda boring, it really gets you thinking and will definitely impact the way you view life. ****/ (four and a half star rating)

Kung Fu Dunk Waste of time i tell you! From the title, you'd expect lots of kung fu being integrated into the basketball, leading to a victorious win in the end, right? But nooooo, the kung fu was almost nonexistent (only a lil bit in the front), the plot was lame, pointless, unengaging and just plain bad. And what was with that using kung fu to reverse time shit? Siao wan! And Jay Chou's character was pretending to been cute and innocent and ignorant throughout the movie, maybe to mask his inability to act perhaps? Dont watch it, scratching your ass or staring at yourself in a mirror would be more productive than wasting your life with this movie. * (one star rating)

Gone Baby Gone

Directed by Ben Affleck and starring lil bro Casey Affleck, this is another must watch. Based on a novel of the same name, the film is about private investigator Patrick Kenzie (Casey) and girlfriend Angie (Michelle) who are hired by the aunt of an abducted child to find her. As they investigate they uncover shit that eventually leads to the supposed death of the missing child. But 2 months later, the real truth was revealed to him and he realises that he got it all wrong. Bottom line, he has to choose whether to do the right thing, or the other, which is actually better for the child. He chooses the first choice, and his girlfriend leaves him because of it, the child returns to the mom that didn't give a damn about her and still doesn't, and 2 well meaning men who love children and committed the crime for the benefit of the child goes to jail and another one dies......So unfair. But totally awesome movie! caution: producers are not held responsible for any damaged done to sensitive ears and innocent minds caused either directly or indirectly by the film. In other words, got freaking lot of swearing. But thats okay ; ) *****