Movies This Week 13 - 19 January

Movies This Week

13/01/14 - 19/01/14

From epic series to shit documentaries. These are the films I've watched this past week. I use to be a film student, but its been a while since I've written a film review. There are also eight films here and I'm not going to write a full review for them all! I will be focussing more on why I chose to watch them, how they made me feel and weather or not I enjoyed myself.

1, 2, 3 : The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. I watched these as a movie day with my boyfriend, as I had seen the films in bits, but never had the time to sit down and watch them properly. It had me in floods of tears in happiness, anger and sad. The films are beautifully made with excellent CGI effects. And as for the musical score. Well that would have had me crying without any image. Fantastic trilogy of films and I'm glad that I finally took the time to watch them all, especially since my boyfriend is such a fan.

4: American Hustle. H O L Y S H I T. This was chosen as an orange Wednesday film for myself and my boyfriend to enjoy, and it exceeded our expectations. The cast was PERFECT featuring one of my favourite actresses Jennifer Lawrence in a supporting role. It had real grit, as well as excellently planned screen play featuring twists and turns that the audience would have no idea are coming. It was a very long film, so by the time I came out of the cinema I was tired and my bum was numb, but I was thinking about it for DAYS after.

5: The Paperboy. This is not a film for the easily offended. I tried to watch it with my best friend Christina, but I had to turn it off for her sake. Not because it was a bad film, she just couldn't handle some of the odd and disgusting behaviour being portrayed. I carried on watching once she left, and it had me grimacing and cringing, hoping my mum wouldn't come in on the wrong scene. I don't really know how to describe it. The film finished and I was left feeling uneasy, yet completely satisfied with the piece of cinema I had just witnessed. Also, excellent casting. I couldn't believe it was Nicole Kidman when I read the synopsis, as I would never have thought this would be her type of role, but she pulled it off beautifully.

6: Catfish. A bit of a waste of time. Was a really shit documentary. But I was bored and it was on the netflix feed. Also, with all the hype around the idea of Catfish and the TV show, I thought I better give it a watch. It wasn't good. But if anything, it opened my eyes to the internet and how deceptive people can be.

7: Sydney White. A good old chick flick to help me relax. I have come to the conclusion that Amanda Bynes voice and fake tan make me hate her, but it was nice to see her doing well before she went a bit mental. It was actually a pretty good film and really made me want to experience American colleges.  I would never say its brilliant beyond belief. But its definitely a great film to watch to pass away some time and relax.

8: JENNIFER LAWRENCE. My love for you will never die. She is literally the only reason why I watched this film. I didn't find it to be all that scary, especially as someone who does not enjoy scary films. not one bit. But I just enjoyed watching Jennifer. Oh Jen...

Just to clarify, I am not claiming to be an expert at reviewing films, I just wanted to share what I had been watching this past week.

Have you seen any of these films?

Becky xo