Did You Hear About the Morgans? - Rom-Com film and predictable. It wasn't totally bad and it was enjoyable for a rom-com, but it's nothing to write home about. It also wasn't that great of a rom-com. B-
Where the Wild Things Are - It's no wonder this film didn't do as well as it did. I think it kept parts of the book well and some parts fit well with the feeling from the book, but I think Carol got a little scary at times (for kids, I'd think) and it was just an overall slow paced film. It was very...lazy...in a way. There were some parts that picked up, but it overall just meandered through the storyline. It was too slow for an adult and too scary at some parts for a child. It just didn't really fit anywhere. There weren't really any funny parts either. It also sometimes felt like an Indy film to me...those types of films that are not the normal Hollywood film, but have a certain charm to them. Unfortunately for this film, it just felt short of the point to make it charming/whimsical for an adult or childlike enough for a child. B-
Up in the Air - I actually liked this film. I wish the end was way better because it was like you went through this whole film and nothing really changed. So it was kind of depressing in that way, but I overall liked it. I think everyone in the film did a really good job and it had an interesting point about the value of interacting with people face-to-face and being close to someone. I just wish, like I said, that it ended differently. I felt like you learned this lesson and it never was resolved for Clooney. A-/B+
Ponyo - Hayao Miyazaki is one of Japan's greatest animators and I've enjoyed every film he's created. They're very whimsical, imaginative, magical, childlike, and adventurous. They appeal to children and adults. I think they all involve magic of some sort and his more recent ones have dealt more with environmental themes, but they're fun. I didn't get to see this one all the way through because the stupid disc was dirty and I just didn't bother to clean it and rewatch it after I figured this out, but what I saw I liked. Very similar elements to his other movies, except it deals with the ocean. It was kind of combination of Little Mermaid and Finding Nemo. Only Ponyo is neither a fish nor a Mermaid. Ponyo is a pure magical creature that semi-resembles a fish (there is no tail fin), but eventually transforms herself into a girl (she's very powerful) to live on land and all that jazz. It was cute. A-
Princess and the Frog - I can see why this got the good reviews it got when it came out. It was a throwback to the old Disney Animation films where the characters sing and there's a cute storyline. This one was fun because it took place in New Orleans so it was a real place. Some of the songs bugged me just a little because they were close to the makings of memorable Disney songs, but they never quite got there. There were parts of them that were catchy, but other parts that just didn't jive with me. I liked the storyline with the slight twist on the Princess and the Frog story and it had the theme that love is what you need in your life more than goals/etc. I enjoyed the overall story more than I thought I would. A-/B+
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