And that was my creative way of coming up with a new blog entry (rather than the usual day listed with what movies I saw). Anyways, over the last two days, I've seen The Descendants, Happy Feet 2, and Arthur Christmas (in that order).
Up first on Friday was the much talked about (if you listen or hear people talk about reviews) George Clooney flick, The Descendants. Going in, I didn't read any of those reviews (I really like to avoid them, so I can have a better perspective on the film I'm seeing), but I did hear that Clooney could be nominated for Best Actor at next year's Academy Awards.
After seeing the film, I think the critics were right, and I can easily picture at the very least Clooney getting nominated for his role in the film. Whether or not the film gets nominated for best picture, remains to be seen, as there are other good movies out there (such as The Help, Warrior, Moneyball, The Ides of March, and more).
The plot of the film, was really a simple one to be honest. George Clooney plays a lawyer, whom is responsible for deciding whether or not he wants to sell his family's land in Hawaii (about 25,000 acres or so), and as he is close to the deadline, his wife is involved in a boating accident, and thus in a coma. Matt King (Clooney's character's name) is thus pivoted in a more vital role, a role in which is implied he wasn't good at to begin with (being a father to his two daughters, aged 10, and 17).
As Matt King breaks the news to his oldest daughter, it is revealed that Matt's wife, Elizabeth (played by Patrica Hastie) and their oldest daughter had a falling out a year prior to her accident, and the reason as to why is because she caught her mom cheating on her dad.
It is there where Matt confronts Elizabeth's closest friends where they confirm the news, and as a result sets up the King's plan of seeking out the man that she cheated with, and through it, bring Clooney's character and his daughter's relationship to a closeness that didn't exist prior to it.
I found this movie to be really good, and in all honesty it lived up to it's hype, but I did leave the theater feeling a bit down, as it did hit too close to home for me. Seeing the mom lying there in her bed, reminded me of going to see my mom when she had her brief struggle with cancer back in 2003. That's not all the similarities I picked up. The age difference between the two daughters, was about the same age difference between my younger brother and myself when my mom passed away. The only thing that wasn't similar, was the cheating thing. Having said that, I highly recommend this film.
Up next is the sequel to Happy Feet, Happy Feet 2. I thought this movie was average at best. The plot of this film wasn't really revealed until about twenty or so minutes into the film. The plot once revealed was the generic characters are trapped (which in this case was Mumble's, his son, and two friends entire Emperor Penguins) and they need to find a way to rescue the Penguins that are trapped. In between, there was two shrimp that for some odd reason that didn't make much sense decided to have an identity crisis and the film split time between them and the main characters of the film.
Having said that, the film like I said was average, and I would recommend you see this, after you see The Muppets, Hugo, Arthur Christmas, and Puss in Boots (in that order).
Up third and last, but certainly not least was Arthur Christmas. This animated flick brought about a creative approach as to how a Claus because Santa Claus. There really isn't much else to say about this film. It was just highly enjoyable that had the audience really laughing (more so than the other two animated films I mentioned above). If your looking for an animated film to see this holiday season, I strongly recommend this one first, if your looking for an overall family film (animated not required) then I placed it third above.
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