MOVIE MONDAY

This post is kinda long but the words are short :)

I went to see Philomena and it was excellent. It is based on a true story and I really enjoyed Judi Dench and Steve Coogan together. There is sadness but there is also laughter and I think it is definitely worth seeing. 

"A world-weary political journalist picks up the story of a woman's search for her son, who was taken away from her decades ago after she became pregnant and was forced to live in a convent."

I saw Nebraska and I thought it was a good story. Bruce Dern and Will Forte, along with the other actors, were excellent and it was really down to earth. The movie is filmed in black and white. 

"An aging, booze-addled father makes the trip from Montana to Nebraska with his estranged son in order to claim a million-dollar Mega Sweepstakes Marketing prize."

Next is the movie Her which was definitely different. I have to say that while watching this movie I was enjoying it but when it ended I wasn't quite sure what I was supposed to take from this movie. 

"A lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with his newly purchased operating system that's designed to meet his every need."

Wow, Dallas Buyers Club was excellent. Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto were fantastic! I had no idea going in what the movie was really about. I remember seeing McConaughey in an article about the weight he had lost for one of his movies that was coming out but that's about it. I really didn't know about these buyer clubs back in the day with the HIV/AIDS outbreak. This is based on a true story and what a story it was........

"In 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is himself diagnosed with the disease."

We went to see Gravity on Thursday night. I was aware of one thing about this movie going in because I happened to watch a little bit of an interview of Rob Lowe on the Bill Maher show and in error Bill Maher gave away something about the movie. Rob Lowe is not in this move and I don't know why the subject came up but our son told me that it wouldn't change how I felt about the movie. 

We saw it in 3D and we actually liked it. My dad had said to me "are you sure you want to see that, you don't think you will be bored?" I wasn't bored at all, it was an intense story and the views were amazing.

"A medical engineer and an astronaut work together to survive after an accident leaves them adrift in space."

I went to see August: Osage County on Thursday afternoon. (yes these are out of order)  I know that many of us come from dysfunctional families, although I didn't know that about mine until I was older. Well this family is definitely a mess. I liked the movie and the acting was very good. Besides Meryl Streep and Julie Roberts this movie is filled with several actors who I adore and follow. If your ready for some family drama then this is the one to see! 

"A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Oklahoma house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them."

We went Sunday afternoon to see 12 Years a Slave and it was an excellent movie. It was so moving, emotional, sad and brutally true. Definitely a must see and worthy of the nominations. 

"In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.

All link are from IMDb

Have a Great Week....go see a movie!