Earlier today, I set out on a quest. The quest wasn't to go job hunting (that's for the rest of the week). Nope. Instead I went to the AMC at the Mills, and decided to see three movies. The movies I decided to see (in order) were Contagion, Warrior, and I Don't Know How She Does It.
First thing is first and I'll start off with Contagion. I went in expecting this movie at it's very best to be similar to Outbreak. For those that haven't seen it, Outbreak is the movie that centered around a monkey spreading a virus, then there was a plot that somehow managed to emerge out of that. Well here we are about ten years or so later, and we have a new movie (Contagion) that left out the plot, and all you get is people getting sick and dieing left and right (ok maybe not that fast), but this film was a major letdown. So much so, that I would recommend other movies before this one. I honestly don't have anything really good to say about this movie. It's almost like the movie was done to spread fear more than anything else.
The second movie I went to see, was a rather nice surprise. I went in expecting this movie to be this year's version of The Fighter, and a cheaper version at that. For those that haven't seen that movie, I would highly recommend you see it. Having said that, I was wrong. This movie in my opinion, was just as good, if not better overall than The Fighter. Several of the actors in this film delivered some very wonderful performances. Nick Nolte in my opinion shined in his role, which was a recovering alcoholic, and a father that wasn't there for his kids when they were younger, trying to turn his life around, and getting a second chance, although his son's don't really give him that chance (you'll see what I'm talking about if you see the film, hence won't go any further with his role. In my opinion, both Nick Nolte, and Tom Hardy delivered best supporting actor type performances, whether they'll be nominated next year remains to be seen. No seriously, the nominations aren't due out until January. The other lead actor in the film Joel Edgerton, delivered a solid performance, but in my opinion, I'd be surprised if he got nominated.
I really did enjoy Warrior however. So much so, I'd place it close to the Help, but in my opinion, The Help is still raining supreme as far as Best Picture goes. I will go ahead and say Warrior stands a very good chance at also getting nominated for Best Picture at next year's Academy Awards, which are going to be hosted by Eddie Murphy.
My third and final movie for the day was Sarah Jessica Parker's I Don't Know How She Does It. I wanted to see this one, for a variety of reasons, such as Pierce Brosnan was in it for starters, and the trailer left a good impression on me. I had to walk very far for this movie by the way. I was in auditorium number 10 for Warrior. I had to walk to the next auditorium, which was number 11 , as that's the auditorium it was playing in. All joking aside, I did notice I was pretty much the only straight guy in the auditorium watching it, as the crowd was all ladies and there was one gay couple that saw the movie.
As far as my impressions on the movie, I will say that by far, this movie was better than Contagion. Once you get past Sarah Jessica Parker's nose, you really do appreciate the film. It's a nice little feel good get away from everything type of film, that will probably appeal mainly to women, as it is a chick flick (although I do like chick flicks). I really don't have anything bad to say about this film. Any fan of Sex and the City I'm guessing will want to go out and see this film, or just wait for it upon its release on dvd/blu-ray.
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