Jennifer's Body

Well I went in expecting this movie to not be good and...it really wasn't that good. The story by Diablo Cody well it wasn't good. Which makes me wonder if Juno was really that good or was it just performed by an excellent actress Ellen Page and great supporting cast with a good director? I don't know she hasn't proven herself to me yet. But that is besides the point. The movie wasn't awful but it wasn't good either. It seems to be a dark comedy more so than anything. I wouldn't call it a horror or even a thriller. Yes there was blood and gore but not that much and half of it was a different color of blood so...yeah. The acting was bad, they had their moments, even though it was mostly just eye candy and pretty much saying "Look at Megan Fox isn't she really hot." I wouldn't pay for a ticket to go see it but if you just want to watch something on DVD that has cheap thrills, eye candy, blood, and where you don't really have to think, this is a movie for that. It's about as average or a little bit below average as you get.

Love Happens

Most people come into this movie expecting the standard romantic comedy chick flick movie. It is pretty far from that and it's kind of refreshing. It has a very strong back story to it and some very emotional depth that is performed amazingly by Aaron Eckhart, who is one of the most underrated actor's out there. Instead of looking for romance and that one girl it's more about finding yourself and letting your hurt and regrets go. It's about finding the good in life and trying to let go off all the hurt and heart aches and pain that comes with life through all types of different stories in this movie. And while going through that journey in the movie the romance develops which is more real life and believable than most romantic films. It for sure had it's flaws. The bird scene probably should have been cut or changed. Some of the stuff was corny and had a few little technicals errors and maybe was slow at one part. But all of that was very minor compared to everything else. I thought Jennifer Aniston also did a solid performance and brought some nice light to the movie. Also I love the scenery and how the showed Seattle. It's a city that should probably be used in film more. Overall I thought it was very good movie that had great depth to it and solid acting.

Informant!

To start of the best thing about this film is Matt Damon's performance. He portrays Whitacre as a complete self-obsessed goofball but still making him maintain a believability to the character. The film as a whole though I thought was just okay. I thought it had great cinematography. I thought colors, offices, placements, everything were almost perfect. I thought Soderbergh does great work with the camera and where and how he wants the shots placed and his style. But the story never found itself. Was it a really over the top kind of crazy comedy, or a dark comedy with a thriller feel about price fixing? And I thought the beginning of the movie was a lot better than the last half unfortunately. I just kind of lost interest and began losing the story towards the end. I think they just tried little bit too much to push comedy later on in the movie. Overall yeah it is enjoyable and an absolute solid performance by Matt Damon and the movie portrayed most of the characters very well. It's a intriguing story just has some noticeable issues that lie within the movie.

"Gamer"

The "Gamer" actually really surprised me. Everything was kind of over the top- style, violence and the story but they did it very well and it worked. The premise was very intriguing. It was edgy and dark. There was also quite a bit of social criticism layered in there. The culture of how our society acts and where it is headed and the culture of videos games, how far they can/will take it and the obsessiveness of it. The action was very well done. Besides doing some very fast cuts and a bit too much of shaking the camera during intense action scenes, it was very good. The acting I thought was great. Gerard Butler played his part well and made that character believable. But Michael C. Hall completely stole the show it played is part fantastic. Every scene he was in you couldn't help but be drawn too. Also some great supporting cast by Kyra Sedgwick, Logan Lerman, Amber Valletta and others. Overall it was a very fun, edgy, and interesting movie to watch. Fans of Crank, 300, Running man, action movies in general you will have no problem liking this movie...if you don't then don't bother at all cause you will not like it.

Extract...ehh

Extract had very good potential for being a smart funny comedy. It had a more in depth story than the gross-out or vicious humor that is very popular right now. And it had a certain flow to the movie instead of just random funny scenes. The problem though is they didn't use the talent and story very well. I think Mike Judge is still trying to use his "Office Space" success to sell this movie. It had it's moments and good small laughs in there but just didn't connect as well as it should have. The cast I thought was good and had solid performances but could have used them way better and they were kind of all forgettable. I thought the story was a good idea but the writing could have been more clever to utilize the story and characters better. They didn't use the talent of J.K. Simmons has at all. He had maybe one scene where I really noticed him. Mila Kunis was just kind of there when she could have had a more creative part. Basically they all played there parts as well as they could have, just some seemed out of place like they should have been in a slapstick comedy and the others fit this type of comedy. To put it simple, "Extract" lacks the strength of plot, relatability and character development that Judge's previous works have had. It's a mediocre comedy that is best saved for a DVD rental