Saw "The Runaways"... was OK for a chick bio-pic. Every time Dakota picked up a cigarette or drug I wanted to yell.. DAKOTA NO! think of your PARENTS! Your INNOCENCE! you're still a little GIRL! Crazy? yes... I know I am. Kristen Stewart was just mediocre as usual. Always doing the same hair thing, the biting of the lip thing... teenage angst at it's finest? nope... probably not.
Then there were the Nicholas Sparks tear jerkers... well I guess "Dear John" was before the Oscars... but then there was the "Last Song". Usually I try to read the Sparks books before I go to the movie... since I know it'll be a quick read. But then I just get angry that it's not the same as the book, like I did once again seeing "Dear John". I didn't get to read "The Last Song"... so I couldn't complain about the similarities or not. Although, Sparks wrote "Last Song" JUST so it could be made into a movie that Miley could be in. She was pretty awful... poor Greg Kinnear, Kelly Preston and cute kid who was in "Martian Child" with my fave, John Cusack.
Saw "Iron Man 2"... definitely not as good as the first. There was humor lacking in the writing. As much as RDJ and Don Cheadle tried to carry the movie with their performances, the script was pulling them down.
But now as the summer blockbusters approach... even those seem lack-luster. There's the big budget "Wall Street 2" sequel.. the "Prince of Persia" that just hit... and MAN... JAKE Gyllenhaal... IS HOT. he is also funny and seems like a nice person ( I know this because he was on Jimmy Fallon this week... DUH). I'd date him. If Reese doesn't want him... it's OPEN SEASON!
As for cute Rom Coms... "Letters to Juliet" was super sweet. It was almost heartbreaking to see Redgrave up on the screen again after all that she's lost this year. There was one scene with her brushing an upset Amanda Seyfried's hair... and that moment especially reminded me of her loss of daughter Natasha Richardson. What a nice team... bad things like that don't deserve to happen to nice people. My other enjoyable rom com I saw was "Just Wright"... sure Allyson and I were the minority in this theater... and sure the other people annoyed the heck out of me by talking the whole time... but I wasn't about to turn around and say something. I just love me some Queen Latifah in anything. "Last Holiday" was on tv tonight, but of course the channel was all messed up so I couldn't really enjoy it. I think she made a better pair with LL Cool J romantically, but she and Common also had great chemistry... but seemed to be really only on the friend level.
Well my friends, it's late and I'm gonna hit the sack. Being on duty for work means you never know when you'll be woken up in the mornings sometimes!
For now, enjoy your summer movies... dive into that Netflix queue if you're gaining lots of time because most of your favorite TV shows are on hiatus for the summer season.
