This was a cute movie!
But it is totally not on the Top 100 movie list.
However, this is the movie that my friends mentioned when they convinced me to write a blog. There are a lot of similarities between me and Julie Powell. We both took on a ridiculous challenge. Mine was 123 movies, hers was 300-some recipes. Both were not great health choices. She eats a lot of food, I sit around and watch movies. We both spend our day in a cubicle. We both blog. But, then there are a lot of differences. She's married; I'm not. She's good at cooking; I would like to be. She's a writer, (even though she didn't finish her book), and I'm definitely not.
However, we do agree on the definition of a writer. In the movie, she says "You're not a writer unless someone publishes you." And that is exactly how I feel. Exactly. Seriously, go check out my very first blog that introduced this whole thing.
Okay, back to the movie... Her husband says, "See, that's what's so great about blogs, you don't have to be published, you can just go online, press enter, and there it is, out there." And it's true. With a blog, you just publish yourself.
But, that doesn't mean that people read it. In the movie, Julie's blog gains popularity, and people read it. But, according my blog's current stats, that's just not what's going to happen with mine. Haha! But again, in my very first post, I said this was not for other people to read, because I'm sure this is a really boring blog for other people. The whole blog is for me. So that one day, when I'm old, I can read through it and remember it. Or at least have some sort of guide to help me keep all of these movies separate. Because, let's face it, after watching 123 movies (and more, because I still watch fun movies), I am really going to struggle to matching movie titles with what actually happens. Or, maybe I won't ever reread this. But, watching movies & blogging about is slightly more productive than just watching movies, because at least this way, I am exercising my brain by forming complete sentences.
"From Here to Eternity", #52/removed, 1953
So is a war movie, kind of. It's about a bunch of soldiers stationed in Hawaii in 1941. It's an interesting movie. A lot of the plot is about a new soldier to the unit who doesn't want to fight (box), and all of his fellow soldiers harassing him about it, except for one friend, played by Frank Sinatra. The movie has all of the good plotlines... romance, bullying, friendship, love, lust, pride, integrity, murder, singing, dancing...
And, a very surprising ending that, even though it is really odd, it is actually kind of perfect.
I would be up for watching it again, but I wouldn't say that I particularly recommend it, so if you watch it and don't like it, don't blame me.
"Frankenstein", #87/removed, 1931
So, first off, the monster is not Frankenstein, the name of the doctor who created the monster is named Frankenstein. But really, who cares? And i don't think me mentioning it on this blog will change the last 80 years of everyone saying it wrong.
This movie was awful. It's bad dialogue, and a poor plotline.
However, everyone should see this movie.
I mean, come on, it's Frankenstein. And it's only 90 minutes. You can totally sit through that. So yeah, watch it and laugh at it's horribleness.
"All About Eve", #16/28, 1950
This movie was surprisingly good. There was wonderful character development and a pretty good plotline. It's all about Eve, who is this young, innocent person interested in acting. And she attaches herself to her idol, Margo. Then we find out, she's not so innocent. And Eve connives her way into Margo's place. Again, it was pretty good. I think I would watch it again, but it did get kind of long. It was only two hours, but the pace of the movie was pretty slow.
There was actually a remake of this that came out in 1973 called Applause. Maybe that one would be better paced? I don't know.
Overall, it was good. If it's on TV, you should watch it.
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"
, #50/73, 1969
So this movie was not that great. It's about two people... Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. They are bank robbers, who are being chased. The absolute best part of this movie, is they can't seem to shake the people chasing after them, which is weird because they run from people a lot, but none of their tricks are working. They keep repeating "Who are those guys?" I think it was like 5 or 6 times. But, other than that, it was just kind of drawn out and not really a good plot. I also had a really hard time knowing which was was Butch Cassidy and which one was Sundance Kid, but it didn't really matter.
So, in conclusion... it's not that great, so I'm not recommending it.
"Apocalypse Now", #24/#30, 1979
This movie has a few big names in it. A lot of the stars that I know, were very young in this movie, like Martin Sheen, Harrison Ford, and Robert Duvall, and some of the big movie stars in these movies from the 40's were old in this movie, like Marlon Brando. It takes place during the Vietnam War in Vietnam. Pretty much all of the main characters are in the US Army. The big set up is Martin Sheen is trying to find Marlon Brando. So you follow his adventure through Vietnam. It's alright, kind of weird and all over the place. I wouldn't watch this movie again, but it wasn't an awful one to sit through. I actually spent a lot of the time noticing how much the young Martin Sheen looks like his son, Emilio Estevez. (By the way, Martin Sheen is the father of Emilio Estevez, the guy from Mighty Ducks, and Charlie Sheen, the guy from Two and A Half Men. There's a whole story about the name change and things, kind of interesting, you should read up on it.)
So, back to the movie... I didn't really get the whole movie. I just didn't quite understand what happened in the end. But, I didn't care enough to try and figure it out. So, like I said, it's not horrible, but I won't watch it again. So if someone is begging you to watch it with them, go ahead, and watch it. But, since they most likely won't, you probably won't ever see it.
This was an amazing movie!! I really, really liked it. This is a movie that was added to the anniversary list, and I fully support that. The movie takes place in Shawshank prison and focuses on a few of the prisoners that are serving long sentances. Morgan Freeman's character, Red, narrates the movie, and it is mostly about Tim Robbins' character, Andy. They are both serving life sentances for murder. I don't want to give away too much of the movie because I highly suggest watching it. This movie is a really good balance of drama, some humor, low points, high points, and things like that. So, this is another movie that I actually want to watch again, and would kind of consider buying. You should definitely watch it.
Update: Three days later I was shopping at Walmart, and I checked out the $5 movie section as I usually do (I mean, $5 movies, that's awesome), and Shawshank Redemption was there. I bought it. So, you can totally borrow it from me. :)
