Due Date

"I'm sorry I spat on your dog. I have no recollection of that."

Directed by Todd Phillips

2010

Date Viewed: Saturday November 14, 2010

This movie is HILARIOUS. Bobby and I laughed through the entire thing. There are many many many hilarious moments. I loved it. This is about Peter Highman (Robert Downey Jr.) who is about to fly from Atlanta to L.A. (his wife is super pregnant and is scheduled to have a C-Section in 5 days). He runs into a guy named Ethan Tremblay (Zach Galifianakis) who accidentally gets them both put on the no fly list. Peter and Ethan end up having to drive across the country together to make it in time for the baby. Ethan drives Peter CRAZY, but Ethan is also just really lonely and grieving his recently deceased father. There are many hilarious mishaps along the way. I was asked if this movie is funnier than The Hangover, and I'm not sure because I haven't seen it in a long time... It is super hilarious though and a must see for Zach Galifiankis fans... A

Another mass reviewing...

Smallville Seasons 4 and 5: Yeah, I'm really on a Smallville kick. I have to review these two together since I'm at the point where I can't differentiate them, they're all running together now... These are my favorite seasons so far. It's getting much darker and more serious. Clark is definitely the worst character by far. He's so self righteous and nosy. He demands answers from people, but then when they ask him questions he clams up. He's just obnoxious. But I LOVE all the minor characters. Especially Lex Luthor and his father, Lionel. They are really great characters, and you never really know what they're up to or who's side they are on. B+

Friday Night Lights: Bobby's probably going to kill me for this, but I didn't really like this movie. I just felt like it didn't go into the characters enough, I didn't feel very attatched to any of them. Maybe I'm just footballed out. Everyone here in Alabama is OBSESSED with college football. So much so that they assume that everyone that they come in contact with is as obsessed with it as they are and they assume that your mututal love for football can be your common ground. Every conversation starts with "Are you Alabama or Auburn?" Cars are covered in team paraphernalia. Everywhere you go you're bombarded with Crimson and white, houndstooth or orange and blue. If Bobby's wearing a hat that has a college team that is not an Alabama team random people will stop and make comments about it. Saturdays are devoted to sitting together and watching game after game after game of college football. Its ridiculous. So I probably should've waited to watch this movie until after football season is a distant memory. Anyways, this movie is about a high school football team that plays some football. Yay. C

Toy Story 3: So I saw this movie in Nicaragua... Well some of it. It was in Spanish so I fell asleep. But I woke up and saw the ending... Seeing it in English was a lot more fun! I loved watching what toys go through at a daycare center since I've seen it first hand. :) I can't believe that here we are on the second sequel and it's still good! Such a rarity. A

Waiting For "Superman"

Directed by Davis Guggenheim

2010

Date Viewed: November 3, 2010

I can not say enough good things about this documentary. I don't even know where to start. Basically the education system in the U. S. is in the dumps and this documentary explains why. If you are a parent, if you are an educator, if you care about the future of our country and the education of its kids, then you NEED to see this movie. The schools described in this movie are just like the school that I'm at. It also follows 4 kids as they try to get into charter schools by a lottery. It has been criticized for being too anti-teacher unions and pro-charter schools, but the abuse that I've seen at the hands of teachers, and the fact that nothing is done about it because they're tenured and protected under the union is enough for me to be anti-union as well. Charter schools are not a fix all for the problems in our education system, but there are some really good ones out there that are headed in the right direction. I definitely want to do more research about the issues brought up in this film, but it is definitely a good starting point. Go see it. A



Hereafter

Directed by Clint Eastwood

2010

Date Viewed: October 30, 2010

This movie follows three people as they face death in different ways. The first is Marie, a French reporter who has a near death experience. She is almost swept away by a tsunami, basically dies and sees the afterlife and then comes back to life and struggles to understand what it all means. The second is a quiet London school boy whose twin brother is killed in a car accident and he goes to psychics and different specialists to try and understand where his brother is now. The third is a blue collar guy from San Fran who, as a result of a botched brain surgery, can speak to the dead. He used to make his living doing readings for people, but couldn't live with the dead anymore and quit. This is an EXTREMELY slow paced movie, but it's also really interesting and brings up a lot of questions about the afterlife/heaven/the hereafter. I already know what I believe about Heaven and what happens when we die, but I can see how this movie could be a great conversation starter for a deep discussion on the subject. This is also a long movie, so be warned. B+