More moooooovies...

I love movies. You get it. It's going to hurt when I go to college and can't afford to go to them right when they come out all the time. It will physically cause me pain. Not to mention, it will give me significantly less to talk about in an awkward small-talkY kind of situation. That's the WORST. Anyway.

I've seen some rather AWESOME movies lately. Boom baby. They were all very good, so I couldn't really rate them... but the last I mention here is my favorite. Let's go!

COWBOYS AND ALIENS (PG-13)

I know, I was skeptical too. I saw this when I was in Omaha visiting family. My cousin's boyfriend invited us to go to the movie, and I was all for it. (Viewing bad movies makes for good bonding experiences, you know.) I kept expecting the combination of western + sci fi to be really awful, but it wasn't actually bad at all. Jake (Craig) wakes up in the middle of no where and has no idea who he is. As he tries to figure out who he is, he has to work with people he has apparently swindled in the past and fight off aliens who are abducting the village. He has a strange metal bracelet with strange powers, which Wilde helps him figure out how to use to their best advantage. This movie has a lot of shooting and violence, so if that's something you cannot handle, I would suggest not seeing this movie... but I myself really liked it. =)

Cast: 

Daniel Craig (Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace)

Harrison Ford (Indiana Jones)

Olivia Wilde (Tron, House)

IMDB rating: 6.8/10

RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES (PG-13)

Now, don't hate me. I've never actually seen the original Planet of the Apes. I have, however, seen the version from the early 2000s with Mark Wahlberg and Helena Bonham Carter. So I don't know if I have a good enough background in the ape chronicles to give a good review, but I'm going to try. =) Franco, a talented scientist, is working on a cure for Alzheimer's disease. He makes a lot of progress and seems so close to the cure, but things go terribly wrong, so he takes in an orphaned ape and raises him. Caesar, Franco's ape, is extremely intelligent because of the drug Franco had been working on. He struggles finding a place to fit in, which causes problems... This movie was rather shocking and sad a lot of the time. I have been told, however, that all the apes were CGI, so no animals were harmed in the making of this movie. Smiley face!

Cast:

James Franco (Spider-Man, 127 Hours)

Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire)

John Lithgow (3rd Rock from the Sun)

Tom Felton (Harry Potter)

IMDB Rating: 8.0/10

CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE (PG-13)

I was sooo excited to see this movie just because of the cast, and it didn't disappoint me. Carell and Moore's marriage is falling apart at the seams, and things just get worse from there. Carell starts looking for advice in the wrong places, and everyone falls in and out of love all over the place. Ahem, and Ryan Gosling is beautiful. Reason enough to watch this movie. =)

Steve Carell (the Office, Despicable Me)

Julianne Moore (Magnolia, the Kids Are All Right)

Ryan Gosling (the Notebook)

Emma Stone (Easy A, Zombieland)

Kevin Bacon (Footloose, X-Men: First Class)

Marisa Tomei (What Women Want, the Lincoln Lawyer)

IMDB Rating: 8.0/10

You simply HAVE to tell me what you think of these movies. And probably what you think of my reviews. =)

Byyyyye. <3