Weekend Movie - True Grit

Every time the movie award season comes around, I try to see as many of the nominated movies as possible to kind of judge for myself. I haven't seen a lot of them so I thought I would try to catch up this weekend. I have Social Network waiting for me today, but I saw True Grit on Sunday. First of all, if you've never been to Gold Class Cinema in Pasadena, you have to go. This place is so amazing. If you ever need a good date place, this is it. Although, it can be a little pricey.

I've heard some really good things about True Grit. I heard the main girl, who is actually 14 in real life and not a 25 year old playing a 14 year old is amazing and of course Jeff Bridges is amazing. I have to say that I didn't care much for the 14 year old. I thought she was kind of annoying and I feel like she over acted a little. Jeff Bridges was amazing though.

The story is nothing complicated. Mattie Ross's, the 14 year old actress, father was shot and killed and she does everything in her power to seek justice. She hires Rooster Cogburn, Jeff Bridges, to hunt down the man who killed her father. Mattie invites herself on the hunt for this man through the back woods area. The movie is all about their trials and tribulations on finding this man.

I thought the movie was going to be more eventful than it was. I found the movie entertaining, I just kind of expected more. Matt Damon never ceases to surprise me. He's so versatile and I really like that about him. So if you're in the mood for a good western, feel free to check this one out. I'm debating on seeing the original. I feel like I should since my dad is a huge John Wayne fan.

Weekend Movie – The Princess and the Frog, Invictus, and Angels and Demons

Zzzzzzz. What is happening? Ok I’m not going to lie, I fell asleep during The Princess and the Frog and not because it was boring or anything because it wasn’t, but because I was exhausted. So it is hard for me to write a review on this movie because I really don’t remember a lot of it. This is what I do remember: it was entertaining, but sad. We all knew the movie was going to be sad going into it because the girl had both parents and kisses a happy frog. Disney always takes something happy and makes it sad and adds an evil villain. Well guess what, Disney does not let you down. Sad with an evil villain is what this movie should have been titled. I did like how they kept the movie classic. It was not in 3-D, which makes me happy any day and there was singing and dancing. I would like to see it again at some point to know what I missed. The best part was the fact that a bunch of animators for the movie were in the audience too. They were all clapping when their names came up during the credits. It was super cute.

Now onto Invictus. This movie was awesome. I learned a lot about rugby. I didn’t know that you could only pass the ball backwards or sideways. You learn something new everyday. Rugby is a tough sport; I mean these guys were coming off the field with cuts faces and scratches all over their bodies. Matt Damon really buffed up for the movie too and of course Morgan Freeman was awesome. Isn’t he always? This is one of those feel good movies and it was a true story, which makes you feel even better. If you’re looking for a pick me up, this might be your best bet.

I also rented Angels and Demons and decided to watch it on Saturday since I was feeling sick again. I am reading the Da Vinci Code right now and Angels and Demons is the next installment. Dan Brown is freaking awesome. He talks about subject matters that are so freaking fascinating. In the middle of the movie I was like “I want to go to the library right now and look up everything about the Illuminati.” Good stuff!!!

This was an awesome movie weekend.