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Saw Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 yesterday. I will need to see it again to gain any real perspective.
But, some stand out moments were everything McGonigal and Nigel Longbottom, Molly Weasley's fire, the Pensive scene and seeing the call backs to the previous movies.
I saw Friends With Benefits last night and liked it way more than I expected. Mile Kunis is totes adorbs and lots of the banter and sexy times are honestly funny. JT isn't quite enough of an actor to carry his role, but he skates by on his charm, of which he has LOTS. It gets formulaic, but still worth a watch if you like that kinda thing.
ION, The Lookout is AWESOME.
I found Friends With Benefits to be more likable and sensible than its döppleganger movie from earlier in the year. I liked the degree of communication they displayed, especially at the start of their shenanigans. And Mila was just so much more sympathetic than Natalie.
Crazy Stupid Love is rather great. Highly recommend. Very good performances all around.
Oh, Gris, really? Good to know, for my Gosling love is mighty.
Yeah, all I've seen are great reviews.
Gosling is great in it. And Emma Stone is her usual amazingly watchable self. Carrell hits the loveable side of Michael Scott and a bit of the cluelessness, but keeps the awkwardness far away and so becomes immensely loveable. And the children are excellent too, and play a larger part than you might imagine going in. It's one of the better romantic comedies I've seen in a long time.
AND the girl who looks like she's in high school, from the ads, is Analeigh from Top Model! For anyone for whom that's a draw...
Really? She was very funny.
So I saw Cowboys and Aliens. And it was fun, and actiony, and shots of Daniel Craig with his shirt off, which I understand appeal to some here. And even aside from that, it was good.
But those of you with big hot-buttons about women in significant roles may want to pass. Olivia Wilde is really good, and may have more agency here than she did in Tron, although the actually an alien thing bugs there. But it seems like Hollywood is still struggling with the idea that a movie can have more than one woman be an actual character.
Also, in my head-canon? About ten miles out of town, Ella shows up in her real body, in the ship she arrived in, and demonstrates some of the more positive aspects of alien abduction for Jake, and they leave to explore the universe.