WemonAde.com » Movie review http://wemonade.com When Life Gives You... Fri, 31 Dec 2010 03:31:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Body of Lies, more like Over the Top! A movie review http://wemonade.com/minds/media/body-of-lies-more-like-over-the-top-a-movie-review/ http://wemonade.com/minds/media/body-of-lies-more-like-over-the-top-a-movie-review/#comments Thu, 19 Feb 2009 04:40:50 +0000 April http://wemonade.com/?p=178 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> This movie is something I’d use the acronym OTT!  (over the TOP).  The film, made in 2008 is all about terrorism and espionage.  But if you are looking for a truthful depiction of those points, this movie is not for you.  It is not a documentary and you can’t figure out who’s a bigger liar or jerk: Russel Crowe (who plays a stay at home most of the time daddy in control of what happens in the spy realm as he performs daddy duties with kids while on the phone all the time).  He views nobody as innocent and people are just pawns for his gain when it comes to fighting terrorism.  Which of course, is for the good of the world in Crowe’s eyes.  Leonardo plays Ferris, an angry spy fighting terrorism, and always feeling like he’s getting the short end of the stick.  He argues (usually one sided) with Crowe because he’s not getting all the information he needs to perform his duties well. He is tormented with what is right and what is wrong while also wondering who he can trust. Along with that, he seems to get hurt often, and of course that is how he meets his gratuitous girl.  He is also tracked often if not all the time via satellite video, with Crowe on the watching end, which he has no true privacy and things get hairy when his own Jordanian friends get hurt and his girl gets involved. (of course there has to be a girl, right? Nobody can have Leonardo without a girl..).  a cameo Andy Garcia look alike played the big guy in Jordan. 

Action packed, keeping one on their toes and many things happen that you of course couldn’t imagine, so if you are in for a thriller without too much care of whether you can truly follow this confusion, it is a fun movie for you.  Innocent people die, lots of blowing things up and everyone can get killed at any time. This is definitely NOT a Grammy winner in my book.  Apparently (and I have not read the book, this was taken from a David Ignatius novel).

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]]> http://wemonade.com/minds/media/body-of-lies-more-like-over-the-top-a-movie-review/feed/ 0 He’s Just Not That Into You…the movie review from a genexfemer… http://wemonade.com/minds/media/he%e2%80%99s-just-not-that-into-you%e2%80%a6the-movie-review-from-a-genexfemer%e2%80%a6/ http://wemonade.com/minds/media/he%e2%80%99s-just-not-that-into-you%e2%80%a6the-movie-review-from-a-genexfemer%e2%80%a6/#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:34:01 +0000 April http://wemonade.com/?p=173 Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> This is definitely a girl treat.  Maybe the older, more experienced girl, the ones who’ve experienced breakups, hang-ups and obsession.  This movie is for those who ruminate over relationships, what is wrong with them when they aren’t in one, and what’s wrong with the relationship they are in, if anything.

I loved that there was no focal point on who was the star.  The focal point seemed to have four stories, and each experience the person was going through, from the:

Girl who wanted so badly to be in relationship

Guy ready for a relationship

Girl who was wife, got cheated on and husband lied

Guy who didn’t want to be married who cheated on wife

Girl who didn’t want to be tied up in a relationship

Girl wanting to be in relationship

Guy wanting to be in relationship but wanted wrong girl

Girl wanting to be married for sake of word (the “idea”)

Guy wanting to be with girl who wanted to be married but didn’t want to get married but decided she was worth it.

All these stories intertwined into eachother in a delicious and tidy end.  I do think some guys will enjoy the movie, but it definitely carries a female flavor.  I suggest having lunch with your woman friends and watching it after.  The knowing looks and laughter is worth sharing.

The title of the movie isn’t exactly the best fit, but there is a theme through the movie that carries that and although none of the stories carried more weight than the other, there was a girl who was on a mission to figure it out. 

Inspirational, sweet, light, funny, typical, and fairly happy (pretty much the happy ending as well), this is a pretty feel good movie, and goes along with chick-lit.

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