Book and Movie Review.

So I have neglected to write my reviews for the past few movies and books I have read/seen out of pure laziness. So I guess I have some catching up to do, so here it goes.


MOVIES:
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Adventureland:Was an all right movie. Although I noticed the actors/actresses did a lot of drinking and driving. I don't know if anyone else who has seen the movie noticed but I sure did. It had some funny punch lines but I wasn't laughing the whole movie. Overall, it's was a good time wasting movie.


Watchmen: I had no idea what this was going to be about but it turned out to be entertaining for the most part. I didn't really enjoy the too long sex scene. I felt like I was watching a porno with my brother sitting right next to me. Horrific experience for sure! But besides the lengthy 'lets make a baby' scene, and the blue guy walking around in nothing (ultimately leading to me falling into fits of giggles every time his penis was shown; kept thinking "Blue Balls") the movie was wicked awesome. Definitely one to add to my collection!


State of Play: First it has Russel Crowe so it just had to be good. One of my favorite actors ever. Downside it also has Ben Affleck, one of my least favorite actors ever. I liked the movie. But as of right now I can't recall what really happened in it. So it must have just been okay, not great.


Fast & Furious 4: Sort of confusing because it's been so long since I have seen the first ones and I had forgotten what happened in them. But I liked it. I'm not really or at all into cars but the story line was cool. Pretty predictable though. Has Paul Walker in it so makes the fact that it is predictable okay.


The Soloist: Really liked this movie. The acting was good, except for when Jamie Foxx plays the Cello he doesn't bob his head around like real celloists do. He sits still which in any orchestra is very uncommon. Robert Downey Jr. acts very well in this movie. Of course the music through out the entire was great! Another one for the movie collection.


BOOKS:
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My Sister's Keeper: By Jodi Picoult, A mother and father harvest a daughter to genetically match the elder sister who has a rare form of leukemia. They designed the younger daughter Anna to be the perfect donor match, that way Kate might have a chance at a normal life. After many donations and remissions and relapses Anna finally takes a stand and says no more. She sues her parents for medical emancipation from her parents. Her sister has gone into kidney failure and Anna doesn't want to donate the her kidney. The story is very good. I have never cried from a book until I read this one. A touching story, that challenges what is right and wrong. It has been made into a movie and will be released later this year, or early next year.

I'm on a ROLL...

WWWow... look I'm blogging again. How amazing is this, I mean seriously? Two days in a row, I've never put this much determination into anything. So I guess today is going to be a book review day. Last week I finished two books so I'll review them both for my one avid reader.

The First is a book called: Into the Woods, by Tana French.
It was a very entertaining book that for the most part I liked very much. It definitely will never be a literary classic, but it is still fun to read. The story is very luring, it was very difficult to put down (well in my case stop listening to it). I was very anxious to know the ending. Didn't quite turn out how I would have liked.But overall it was good.
ON A SIDE NOTE: As we go on with book reviews you will learn that I don't like open endings. I really would like to know what happens. Because if you leave a ending open I just imagine that everyone dies. Like the Earth falls out of orbit and collides with the sun. All living things are burned instantly and all that's left is fire proof mattresses. Or the alternative to us all burning alive is a giant squid rises from the sea and engulfs all the continents for lunch. Leaving no survivors. Yep, I know, I am very creative.
But anyway, back to the review. The novel is a mystery/murder and I had figured out 'the who done it' about half way through. Still it was easy to enjoy the steps to the detectives figuring it out. Over all a good book. If you like to read I would recommend it. Although the story does have some gruesome tellings of a child being murdered and the autopsy performed. It is very descriptive so be warned.

The second book: The Road by Cormac McCarthy
First I have to say majority of the books I read/listen to are audiobooks. I almost feel like I'm cheating by saying I have read them; when really I have only listened to them. For me it's the same. But the guy who reads this story has one of the most annoying tones to his voice. That being said, I have tried on three occasions to listen to this book. A few chapters in I had to stop before I went crazy with annoyance. Alas, my brother and Brian told me over and over again that it was such a good book, that they really liked it so I should finish it. So enduring ol' me set out and started and finally finished the book. I'll have to say I wasn't that impressed. Not saying that the novel is bad. I guess it's just not really my style. Every time the book said "the ash", or "it was cold", "okay", "I'm scared", and "I know." A little thought in my head wanted to tally out how many times those phrases were used. I know, I know... I shouldn't let little things like that ruin a book for me but I can't help it. I swear, probably about half the book are those 10 words randomly placed with other words around them. However, I really like how McCarthy choose not to give the characters names. The entire book it is just the boy and the man. It added variety to not have named characters. Once again, I didn't really like the ending, way to open for me. They are on a road to nowhere and they are nowhere the whole time. Didn't really see the point. Maybe I just don't understand what the author was trying to portray.