Thanksgiving Weekend

Yay for thanksgiving. Finally had the chance to have a loooong break. However, all good things must come to an end =(... haha
Anyways, this weekend I got to catch two flicks. Tenacious D and Bobby.

Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny
I originally wasn't really interested in watching Tenacious D, but I mean it was Jack Black and my bro-hams wanted to watch it, so I said OK! The movie plot is bascially just about JB (Jack Black) and KG (Kyle Gass), forming a rock band. They find that it's tough to become a successfully rock band, so they go on an adventure to find a guitar pick that they think will give them the power to become awesome. haha and that is bascially it. The movie is classified as a comedy, I mean I laughed at some things, but it wasn't like water eyed funny hahaha (if that makes sense). I never heard the F work said so much ahhah... but the movie is kind of like a musical. The Tenacious D songs are played throughout the movie, and every song described what they are doing at that moment, exactly like a musical. My brother told me that the movie is exactly like their HBO show, so I guess if you've seen the show on TV then you should know what to expect. As for the rest of you, I say it was alright. HOWEVER, I think it would be wise to just wait for it when it goes on TV...












Bobby
Alright, so this movie I saw Friday night with some of my old buddies. I actually wanted to watch this film for awhile, just because Shia Labeouf was in it hahah.. But then I also wanted to see the interaction between an all star cast. To name a few, Helen Hunt, Martin Sheen, Joshua Jackson, Shia Labeouf, Anthony Hopkins, Demi Moore, and so much more... This movie is basically about, the assassination of Bobby Kennedy, and how it revovles around twenty two people that were there when he was shot at the Ambassador Hotel. Each story has its uniqueness to it I suppose, and of course each person is connected to one person out of the twenty two persons. I would categorize this film to be a drama, though there are some parts that would give you a chuckle here and there. When I watched the film, I must say that there were a lot of older folks that filled the theater. I think that my friends and I were probably the youngest ones in there... At the end of the film, the movie showed a couple of pictures of Bobby Kennedy, as well as JFK, and I must say, everyone stayed in their seats just looking at each photo. It was so long ago, that I think every person in there had a moment of nostalgia. It was a sad film. I mean you already know what the ending is going to be, so i guess everyones just waiting for that moment to come. Overall, i think the movie was alright too. I suppose i had high expectations of the film, and the overall outcome wasnt as great. This movie is definetly a DVD film. It's definitely interesting to see how all the chracterts worked out the way they did. I thought the movie was portrayed really well, and every character had thier own story. The ending is one of those endings where each character realizes when something tragic happens, the people around them is really the people that they value. (or something like that haha)

Stranger Than Fiction

This week's movie pick is Stranger than Fiction. This movie stars Will Ferrell, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Queen Latifah, Emma Thompson, and Dustin Hoffman. The movie is about an average guy named Harold Crick (Ferrell), who suddenly hears a womans voice narrating his life. Throughout the film, Harold tries to figure out who this woman's voice is when she finally says that he is facing imminent death. He's get's time off of work and asks for help from a literary theorist (Hoffman) to find out who this writer is so that he may try to escape it. Another part of this film shoots to the actual narrator/writer (Thompson) who is trying to finish a book about Harold. An assistant (Latifah) is hired to help the writer finish her book, by giving her ideas to kill Crick. Little does she know that this fictional character that she's made up is actually real.

Thier's actually more to the story, but generally thats the over view of the film. The movie is a bit of a comedy/drama/ romance. The romance in it deals with Harold Cricks character falling in love with a cookie maker Ana Pascal (Gyllenhaal). I thought the film was good. Besides the fact that thier were people talking during the film (lame). The whole concept of somebody deciding your fate and knowing that you'll die soon is a bit scary. I think this type of film is the kind of film you could defintely watch at home with a nice cup of hot chocolate. hahah

Borat

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)

I never thought i'd watch this film, but i was bored and decided to go watch it. Suprisingly it was pretty funny. It's your typical documentary about this guy that does abnormal things causing attention. (Abnormal to Americans anyway.) This movie really shows you how Americans are. Sort of. This movie is exactly how the trailer informs you. It's about this Journalist, Borat Sagdiyev, from Kazakhstan. He's been selected to do a documentary about his travels across the United States, and through his journey he mixes his views in with the american culture, resulting serious consequences, which are arguable funny.

I would reccomend this film to anyone that laughs at stupid things. hahaha Borat is just a funny man in general, and to have the reactions of Americans makes it even funnier. Check it out!