2008 movie reviews.

this year was an interesting year for me media-wise. i saw a total of 6 (!) movies in theaters over the past 12 months. [for those of you that have recently gotten to know me, in my days as a falls cinema employee, 6 movies/month was rather typical]. shall we review them? yes please.


1. iron man.
- little tidbit about rachel: i don't like superhero movies. they're thoroughly predictable and i'm not much of an 'action buff'. however, this movie was fairly phenom. glad RDjr. could make a great return as a sarcastic (somewhat bitchy) action hero. not to mention hilarious. i could actually follow the plot (which for someone with the attention span of me (or a 5-year-old), is rather difficult to do). and seriously, his love interest is named 'pepper potts'. that rocks my world. since no one ever does reviews on a scale of six stars, i shall be the first. i give this movie 5 stars out of 6. [ps i officially enjoy highlighting things that have no business being highlighted].

2. definitely, maybe
- yup. good stuff. romantic comedies are generally hit-or-miss with me, and this was a hit. i had fairly low expectations for this flick, and maybe that's why i liked it so much. it was pretty long but the fact that you had to watch the whole movie to figure out the plot kept me hooked. not to mention my obsession with the 90s - best. decade. ever. the different female characters were pretty great - of course i'm a parker posey fan - dazed and confused, anyone? i actually bought this movie - or maybe i got it for my birthday. who knows, but i own it. 5/6.

3. get smart.
- steve carell is a funny man, yes indeed. i saw this movie on the eve of my 19th birthday and was perhaps less-than-impressed. the plot was kind of dumb, and poorly executed. a few pity laughs for the slapstick. anne hathaway is a wannabe-princess, not a secret agent. if only julie andrews would've been their boss, we'd be in business. 2/6.

4. the dark knight.
- dun dun dun. i was able to squeeze this movie into my busy august-schedule, and i'm fairly glad i made the time. [let me just point out, i dislike it when people review a movie for me before i see it - which i suppose i could potentially be doing that here..oh well - especially when the review is phenomenal]. i saw this movie only because of heath ledger's unfortunate passing, who wouldn't want to see the final work of such a beautiful man? i'm not a huge batman fan, although my favorite nickname in elementary school would beg to differ..[that is irrelevant]. i didn't see 'batman begins', so i suppose that might have confused me as well. overall, heath is a god (lowercase 'g') and i thoroughly enjoyed his work as the joker [although i think a cat could do a better job than jack nicholson]. the plot was hard-to-follow, and the movie definitely lived up to the adjective in it's title: dark. overall 3/6. [i'm sure if any men are reading this blog they are slapping me in their minds].

5. four christmases.
- oh reese. i'm a pretty big reese witherspoon fan - she's a classy lady indeed. with the exception of cruel intentions (although i think she did add a bit of class to that movie), she is a class-act in all of her films. but what happens when you mix the epitome of class with vince vaughn? the answer would be: four christmases. don't get me wrong, vince is a funny man - wedding crashers is a classic. but not in a 'family' christmas film. the violent upchucking scenes were just gross and made me cringe. [kristen chenoweth is great though - she 'defies gravity']. 2/6.

6. doubt.
- definitely not my first choice for a film to see on christmas day, but i was pleasantly surprised. i hadn't heard much about this movie, but i'm a PSH fan and meryl streep isn't too bad either. a film set in the late 60s, it was (according to ronald) very accurate in its depiction of a catholic school. i paid attention to the whole movie (!) which is rare - especially with nathan in my lap. i wouldn't say it was 'gripping' as the nytimes did, but it kept my attention. would i see it again? perhaps. but i'm not dying for it to come out on DVD. 5/6.

stay tuned for more reviews on 2008.
PS it is laura's half-birthday today. congrats on 6 months of being of-age m'dear.