Well hello boys and girls, it's been a little bit since I've been on here. But here I am world, take me now or lose me forever. Some of you are probably thinking about the latter right now, and just let me tell you...I completely understand. So I'm back and I think we all know why that is, yes folks I have been to the movies today and I have another exciting review for all of you to read.
Let me start out by saying if ever there was a person that was in need of a win this week it was yours truly. Not that things are really going all that bad, but I have just been feeling really out of it lately and to tell you the truth until today I couldn't even force myself to go see a movie, but boy was I glad that I went and saw this one today. And being the good son that I am I went on ahead and took my mother with me and man was that an even better idea than me even going to this movie, because she too really enjoyed it.
I guess the best way to start out is to just come out and say that I really love this movie, and I think that most of you out there will too. The great thing about this movie truth be told is that is a popcorn movie. But that's not all that it is. It is a movie that really has something going on underneath and it really and truly has some pretty outstanding performances. You have Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton, Jeff Goldblum, the wonderful and often overlooked Patrick Wilson. But none were better than that of one Rachel McAdams.
I mean I have for quite some time had Rachel McAdams on my radar, because I feel that she is oober hot. Like the first time I saw the Family Stone melt my face hot is the only way that I can describe it and I think I have been in some sort of love with her every since. And after seeing this movie she might have just past Brad Pitt on my list. (Yeah I know how that sounds but lets face it that guy is so beautiful even I would do things to him, no homo.) Really and seriously I have been rooting for her since I saw the Family Stone, but she never really could put it all together for me until this movie right here.
She really is just the heart and soul of this movie. And now I can finally sit back and just say it. "the girl has got some acting chops on her." I loved every single second that she was on camera, even when she seemed to be a little much. I hope that people love this movie, I hope that it does well in the box office, and that it does well critically because if it does then maybe McAdams will be able to get more movies on this level that I can go out and watch because I really feel like she deserves it.
So I guess after that little love letter I just wrote to McAdams I should probably tell you all a little bit of what this movie is about and why you all should go out and see it. So here I go. The movie starts out with McAdams character as the producer of a early morning TV show in New Jersey. She is married to her job, she works hard at it and she loves what she is doing. Because of all of this she really doesn't have time for much else such as dating. Early in the movie she gets fired from her job. She ends up landing a job as an executive producer on a national morning show that is on a made up network, but the show is really struggling and on the verge of getting canceled.
That is the basic premise and let me just save you the suspense right now, this is a feel good movie which I would hope that you knew going into so it ends pretty much how you would expect. But that really doesn't matter. Because if more feel good movies were done as well as this one, I wouldn't hate so much the term "feel good movie". The thing that really makes this movie great is the fact that you pretty much know how it's going to end, but that doesn't matter because the ride that they take you on is a great one.
Lets talk about some of the other performances. Diane Keaton was so great in this movie. I mean for the most part I really do like Diane Keaton I think she can be really great. But sometimes she is a little much for me with the frenetic way she is in some movies, but in this one she is dialed down just enough that she really comes off as a real person and she is just great. Harrison Ford I think is also great in this movie. I have seen some reviews out there that kind of bash is performance and say that he is kind of the weak spot but I would have to strongly disagree with that. He plays this legendary news guy that because of his attitude and drinking he was fired from his job and everybody hates him and he hates the idea of being on this fluff morning show but he is basically forced to. I really believe that it will be a completely different side of Harrison Ford. He plays the grumpy old rich guy that feels that he is better than everybody else, better than I have seen in years. And Patrick Wilson who I feel is just so underrated is great in this movie. I mean I have been for the last two or three years begun developing a movie crush on this guy and the work that he is doing. And if you want to see just a bat shit crazy movie that is super intense and has some great acting check him out in HARD CANDY.
The movie itself runs along fairly good, and for the first hour and fifteen minutes it is really good. When the morning show finally picks up there really are some funny and enjoyable scenes. The only real complaint that I would have about the movie is that the third act is a little bit clunky and it really is sort of anti climactic and it just sort of slides into the finish line. But that really is a minor note on a really good movie.
Like I was saying when I started this review, I really needed a win before I went to see this movie, and in watching it I feel like that is exactly what I got. Not a perfect movie by any means, but really a perfect movie experience. I walked into the movie theater and when I walked out both me and my mom were smiling and talking about how much we enjoyed it. I wish that more movies like this got made. Movies that to some extent are popcorn movies but they are just done so well that you feel great about them. I feel like in watching this movie my "fall movie schedule" has finally kicked off and I am so ready to see some of the great titles that will be coming out very soon.
Until next time my friends. "Don't start nothin' won't be nothin'"
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