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A Star Is Born (2018)
Wonderful movie, raw emotions that touched me.
I loved the chemistry between Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga in this movie. I went to watch the movie due to Bradley Cooper bur Gaga stoke my heart with her vulnerability and raw performance. Bradley was right there with her in terms of a masterful performance.
This movie made me think about loving someone again. Truly great movies are the ones that make you feel. I cried during half the movie! The only criticism I have is that the movie could have been half hour shorter. It seemed to drag in parts, not that I didn't enjoy every bit. I would have given it a 9 if it were not for the length.
Book Club (2018)
Great cast but lackadaisical writing and poor dialogue.
The cast was great, and almost all the women were cast with younger men, always refreshing to see onscreen - wish it happened more in reality! I usually love movies like this but I could not get into this one, it left me feeling flat. The characters were one dimensional, the dialogue forced, that even the best actors couldn't make it work. Candice Bergen came through as the strongest character as the federal judge who is trying online dating for the first time. There were a few scattered heartfelt moments that lifted the movie and brought a couple laughs but for most part it seemed too removed from real life to feel genuinely emotional and funny.
Blockers (2018)
Cheesy, but I laughed so hard I cried!
After all the recent Oscar winners I have been watching, Blockers was a welcome break. I had expected it to be really cheesy and a bit vulgar (and it was!) but it had some surprises and made me laugh! I had a really good time.
The parents were a hoot, and in character, John Cena and Leslie Mann were both really funny. I think the dialogue between girls could have been a bit more realistic. It felt contrived. Like guys writing for girls and how they think...since the script was written by 2 guys, that makes sense.
A fun movie to watch, even though a bit unrealistic!
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Powerful and moving film, shows love is universal
This was the first time I ever stood in line for a movie in the U.S. with about 50 people ahead of me, all for Brokeback Mountain. Most of them were 40+ couples, mostly heterosexual. Once I saw the movie I was rather glad that people turned out in such numbers to watch the movie, it made me feel that people do understand the universal nature of love - it doesn't care for gender, age, religion or race.
Ang Lee has created a powerful movie that delves deep into the story of two men who fall in love, what makes it memorable is that it is 1963 and these men are 2 cowboys in Wyoming where homosexuality is not only taboo, but most people have no name for it. Reading some reviews it seemed strange to me that some critics have classified Jack and Ennis as 'bisexual' simply because they had sex with their wives. It seemed to me that they were so weighted down by their circumstances and the societal expectations that they did whatever it took to "fit in" - especially Ennis, but could not escape their feelings for each other. The love and passion between the two men in the beautiful setting of mountains and lakes is lyrical and poetic, and will make anyone who has ever loved someone identify with them. I have never understood why gay love, or any other love is taboo. If two people love each other they should be able to live with each other, and this movie perhaps will make some more people think so.
Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)
Excellent documentary, but too many personal twists make it lack 100% credibility
One wishes that Moore had stuck to plain fact telling and not resorted to making it an overly personal diatribe in between...showing Lisa whose son had gone to war for long sequences...made the story lose its hard hitting edge. And in places the movie seemed to have purely gimmicky tactics, showing Bush's hair getting touched up in the beginning helped build the introduction in a satirical fashion but repeating it within the movie seemed overdone. After all anyone who faces the camera does the same. Moore kept going off on a tangent like soliciting senators to send their children into the army, but also unearthed some utterly human characteristics and memorable moments - like the young boys sent out to war who walked in with a 'rush' playing rock music and came out disillusioned with the very purpose of war. Overall one wishes he had stuck to more hard hitting facts with his personal commentary rather than following some personal agenda of his own to make it into an utterly believable film. All said and done, this film would certainly have quite a negative impact on the Bush camp.