The Tourist (2010)

 Now a different one, The Tourist with Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie.


A woman named Elise is being trailed in Paris by French police working with Scotland Yard. At a cafe, she receives a letter from Alexander Pearce, a former lover, with explicit directions to board a train to Venice, Italy, pick out a man who resembles him and make the police believe that this man is Alexander Pearce. The man she chooses is Frank, an American tourist visiting Italy for the first time.

They spend the journey with each other and in Venice they take a boat to a hotel. At night Elise kisses him and that puts a target in his back, both the police and the mob are after him now. After that, several things happen: Frank is chased trough roofs, we find out a little more about Elise and other things.

I really liked this one, it's entertaining, funny, has action, romance, just my type of movie :)
I miss Venice, seeing those buildings again, the river, those narrow streets...

You can guess the end but I got to say some of it was a mystery until really late.
Really good movie, I recommend it

The Joneses (2009)

okay so this weekend I saw a few more movies, this was one of those, The Joneses with David Duchovny and Demi Moore.

It's a story about the perfect family living the perfect way of life, with the perfect house, cars, cloths, gadgets...they are the envy of the neighborhood. It turns out they are not a family, they are there to sale their life style. It's a commentary on our consumerist society, where you must have the lasted version of everything to be popular or recognized.

I like the movie, it's the typical story: a fake family, four strangers acting as a team, and at the end feelings emerge, bonds are tied and the four strangers are not longer that, they become a family.

I have to say the ending is not that great, it's too disguised. There's the big scene, the 'lets give this a shot' but the resolution is too quiet... I was expecting something bigger or at least more visible than a car in the middle of the night.

Overall I liked it but was expecting a bit more at the end.

August Rush (2007)

Yesterday night it was time to see some music so this was the choice, August Rush with Freddie Highmore, Keri Russell and Jonathan Rhys Meyers.

This is the story about an orphan, a little boy that believes in music, that music will bring him his parents back. Lyla and Louis, two musicians from different backgrounds, fall in love one night and never see each other again. One night was enough, she's pregnant, they can't stop thinking about each other. The pain is too much and they both give up on music, she has an accident and her father tells her the baby didn't survive.

All this has a soundtrack of moving sounds, gentle music. The boy is alive and, just like his parents, loves music, loves to sit still and hear the sounds all around him, a footstep, the cars, the subway, people talking, electricity...

Music brought his parents together that night and his music will bring them together once again, this time it will bring them to him.

One of the things I like about this movie is that is shows different realities: two lovers separated, the man that can't forget that night, a mother whose child she thinks is dead, a kid with such a love for music, street kids with no parents, with only a wizard to take advantage of them. What I like about this movie is simply the music, that love for music, the belief that with that one concert, that one moment, music will reach everyone.
I wanted a bit more from the end, that felt too short, ending so soon.

For me music is the soul's window, it can move you, embrace you, take you across the world, music can help you when you're sad or happy, music is the soundtrack of life.

"Music is all around us, all you have to do is listen"

When in Rome (2010)

okay so today I was in a different mood so it was time to watch When in Rome with Kristen Bell and Josh Duhamel.

I'm a romantic so I love this type of movies: the girl/guy with a broken heart, that moment when they meet, when they really see each other, the falling in love, the obstacles in the way, the almost happy ending before a that final test and the moment everything is okay, that final step towards happiness...


I believe there is someone out there for everyone, our soul mate and all of those that threw a coin into that fountain believe in that too, they believe in love, in that feeling we have when we are with that person, in it's power.

They all learned something, they all had a reason to make that wish and in the end all took a lesson from what happened.  I was in Rome a few years ago and I loved it, it's a beautiful city and the italian do drive that way lol

I like the fact that she would put her happiness on hold just so he could be happy, so he could have his time to really see what was going on. You love someone so much that you'd do anything to see then happy, to make sure they know the truth. It turns out it was real, all of it, their love was real.

That's the thing, I, and I think everyone else, just assumed that the poker chip was his, that what he felt wasn't true because she had that chip, just like with the other guys.

Many people think real like it not like the movies, that you are not going to me that perfect guy that will take your breath away. I think that these movies exist because of real life, because many lived these stories, they happened somewhere, maybe without that much drama, but I believe real life was the reason all these romantic movies showed up.

People believe in love, they want to believe in happy endings.

I know I do....

Rita

Iron Man I (2008) and Iron Man II (2010)

So, these two: Iron Man I and II featuring Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow.

Madness, big egos, action, special effects, explosions, weapons, humor...a big combination.

Well I admire Pepper, not everyone has that amount of patience for someone like Stark. He is a genius, I'll give them that, and he knows how to have fun and all but he's not reliable, he is unpredictable, has no control.

The kidnapping in the first movie made him change, made him care more about people, about the victims of his creations but his big ego got in the way at the end, he had to be in the spotlight, he had to be recognized as the hero, the superhero.
In the second movie, that escalates, it's a solo act. What I like about this is that he finds out more about his father, more about himself. It's a process, from the beginning til the end he changes a bit more.

Great moves by Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow. Love to see Happy struggling with one guy and she taking out the rest lol

I like action movies, I like seeing stuff get blown up, the bad guys trying to hurt someone, the good guys fighting back and wining at the final minute, that last second save of the hero's lover (yeah I'm a romantic lol)

I always root for the good guy, that he will do the right thing.

Rita

Carolina Moon (2007)

Based on Nora Robert's book by the same name, Carolina Moon stars Claire Forlani, Oliver Hudson, Jacqueline Bisset and a few others.


A story about a young woman with physic visions that returns home after 18 years to make piece with herself and others. Her best friend Hope was killed when they were kids and she never came back until now. With her visions she knows what people thing, what they did, she can see past and present in their minds.


A gift and a curse at the same time.


After 18 years much has change but a few things remain the same like Cade's love for her. Faith becomes this friend always there to help, finally admitting her feelings for Wade.
I saw bits of this movie last week and today I had some time so I watched it. The loss of a child, sister and friend is never easy, not for you and not for their family.

I think one of the things I like about this movie is Tory's strength, to keep herself calm and together when all she hears/sees around her are accusations, hatred and dislike. It's not easy having people's thoughts pushed into your mind all the time, everyday.

Most times your own thoughts are too much to bare, let alone others...

I haven't read the book but I'll soon, not to compare with the movie like most people would do. I like to read the books to see how the writer saw the characters, to understand them a bit more, to see how they were in paper before the big screen.

Rita

I Am Number Four (2010)

So yesterday, my friend Jo and I went to the preview of I Am Number Four with a few known actors: Alex Pettyfer, Timothy Olyphant and Dianna Agron.

So John is one of the nine survivors of planet Lorien, a planet that was exterminated by the Mogs, and now they are back to kill them. Each one of the Loriens is a number and they can only be killed by that order, John is number Four and he's next.

I didn't had any expectations when we went but I got to say it's a pretty good movie, action, great characters, love and adventure. Loved the special effects, specially Six's disappearing power.

This is one of those stories where their life it set, they have no other choice. They are the sole survivors of their entire planet, saved for a reason and there's no way around that. They are heroes by fate, it's something they have to do and they do it.
Each character has a reason to be there, they play an important part in Four's history and choices: his guardian, protector and teacher Henri, the love of his life Sarah, his lorien "sister" Six, the best-friend Sam, the high school enemy who turns out to be a friend Mark and the enemies, the Mogs.

They are all pieces of a big puzzle and I can't wait to see the next movie.

Rita

Passengers (2008)

I just watch this movie, Passengers with Anne Hathaway and Patrick Wilson.
It's about a  young grief counselor that's in charge of helping the few survivors of a plane-crash. I liked it and I recommend it, first because I like Anne Hathaway and second because the end was unexpected, at least to me.

It was interesting to see the different types of reaction by each survivor: the way they appeared when the plane was going down, what they saw, what they feel.
All these feelings and memories, the confusion, the notion that "I survived a disaster. But why me? What makes me so important?"

How do you deal with that? I guess some people never recover, some change their lives completely, some pretend everything is okay when it's not. I  have no idea about what I would do.

Back to the story, I can honestly say I wasn't expecting that ending although now that I think of it, there was something in the beginning that felt strange. He knew her name, her first name, and she didn't say it when she introduced herself.


I thought it was the other way around, that her family was on that plane, that was the reason her sister wasn't calling back, the house was empty... Guess I was wrong.


The conspiracy theory, the cover-up, the lies, the misdirections, all those people, the "ghosts" following them, it was all to help them, to get them to come with terms of what had happened.
No one survived the plane-crash. These five (six with her) needed to be at peace with that fact, their loved ones where there for them.

Knowing that you have someone waiting for you, a loved one, family or friend, that will help you when your time comes... that's a comforting feeling.

Have you seen it? What did you think?

Rita

a new beginnig

Hey
my name is Rita, this is my new blog.

Here I'll post my reviews on the movies I've seen, a while back and recently. I love going to the cinema :)

I also love sitting at home, at night, and be transported to these other dimensions, these fantastic places where everything happens, from where you can always take something important, where you recall a memory of a someone or an event... For that hour and a half you get to know different people, different realities, you learn something new.

I guess that's what attracts me to movies. They may contain spoilers so beware lol
Hope you like this,


Cheers
Rita