hated and favorited movies

okay. i'm trying to get the hang of things and i'm still not really sure what to be putting up here. so here goes-



on the first day of class, i said i liked every movie i'd ever seen. and i thought about it, and that's a lie. there are several movies that fell short of what i expected and/or hoped for.
1. harry potter and the prizner (wow, i can't spell) of azkaban: first of all, up to that point, that was my least favorite book (now the title goes to the fifth one. god, it was horrid). the director (who was different than the first two) completely moved around the landscape of the movie and there were tons of unnecessary sound effects that just hurt my head. and dubu-t-ef was up with the bus scene? just horrible. horrible horrible movie.

2. hard candy (which i just watched a few days ago): it was borrrring. the acting was okay i suppose. parts of the movie were akward (MAYBE that was intential?) i dunno. i really loved ellen page's role in juno so i was hopping for another good movie. and i just wasn't interested in this. it was missing... something.

3. empire records: again, i was expecting something more. i'd heard it was great. yet... i was bored. i made myself finish watching the movie. just hoping it'd get better. and the end... shesh. how much more cliche could it of gotten???

4. the grudge: EW. nuff said. just... blah. horrible HORRIBLE movie. plot made hardly any sense (if you stretch, you might find some). it wasn't scary. just stupid. and i can't believe i've seen this movie twice.

i'm sure there's more, but that's really all i can think of.



as for favorites... i guess i'll just list the ones i've posted on facebook as my favorite movies-
1. another gay movie: completely ridiculous. i love the totally unappropriate humor. it's completely out there... i don't know exactly why i love it so damn much, but i do.

2. the breakfast club: again, not quite sure why i love this. it's just... so classic. the sterotypes... yeah.

3. cars: i think the story's great; it's different. well, i guess not the whole obnoxious-no-friends-learns-to-be-human thing. but how it was presented and the... i can't think of the word... where the cars are made to seem human like in nature. and the childish humor.

4. closer: this is a movie that i actually know why i love it. i recaminde (again, i can't spell) anyone over the age of 16 watch it, but alone. cause some parts might be kind of akward to watch with a friend and definatly with a parent. it's this completely different story of a love rectangle. there's only four characters (natalie portman, julia roberts, clive owen, and jude law) and they interchange who they're dating. i'm not crazy about jude law... i just don't think he's that great- he's a wanker. not completely believable. clive owen's voice sometimes got on my nerve's but i'm just picky like that. although i'm hardly anything like her (i don't strip and my name really is what i say it is), i completely identified with natilie portman's character). anyways, great movie- watch it.

5. eternal sunshine of the spotless mind: everytime i watch this movie, i love it even more. the story's great, heartbreaking. the effects are simple, yet interesting. i think jim carrey does an amazing job at making his character soooo believable. although i'm sure everyone in the world has seen it by now, if you haven't watch it.

6. the incredables: ... i guess i'm a sucker for pixar. i think it's so cute and again, different.

7. juno: i love the sarcasim. i LOVE paulie bleaker (side note- my only true life long goal is to find someone with an amazing name like that); his innocence is so damn adorable. jennifer garner is a scary believable. i just absolutely love this movie.i don't know what it is about it, it's just so perfect (in my mind. i've heard that a lot of people actually don't like this movie).

8. little miss sunshine: again, i think this movie's so different than a lot of other movies out there. the complete disfunctional-ity of this family is great. this movie, i my opinion, does such a great job of keeping someone "on their toes." i just couldn't wait to see what would happen next. and it was all completely crazy, yet still in the realm of believablity.

9. psycho: this movie is completely classic. it's great. it's suspensful. i mean, i don't feel i even need to explain why it so great. watch it and you shall know it's amazing-ness.

10. scream 1, 2, 3: okay, yes, it can be described as horrible. but i love how it pokes fun at the whole horror genre. i think there's nothing else out there like it. i absolutely love these movies- all of them.

11. when harry met sally...: this is my feel good movie. my first all-time-favorite (well, it was tied with what dreams may come, but i don't really remember what i saw in that). it's cute and you root for the characters. well, at least i do.