July Movie Excitement!!

I am so excited for all of the movie excitement that is coming our way in July!  I have listed all of the ones I will be seeing and here is a breakdown so you can make plans to see all of your favorites too!  Happy Summer Movie going!

*Transformers: Dark of the Moon (June 29th) - not quite July but pretty freakin' close and do know that a t-shirt purchase has been mad and will be in full force when I go to see it!  Don't worry photos will be included with the review ;)
*Larry Crowne (July 1st)
*Horrible Bosses (July 8th)
*Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II (July 15th) - I really want a sweet t-shirt for my homeboy Harry but they just don't make a cool t-shirt I have found yet and I have been looking for years, if you find one let me know!
*Captain America: The First Avenger (July 22nd)
*Friends with Benefits (July 22nd) - looks like this weekend will be a double movie feature!

Look for the reviews of each one!

True Grit

Well first off I have to admit I LOVE a good western and I was really excited to see True Grit in the theater but it just didn't happen.  So last night's Red Box excitement was non other than True Grit.  I loved every minute of it!  Jeff Bridges did an awesome job (I now know why he was nominated), Matt Damon pulled off the western cowboy role quite well, and I thought Hailee Steinfeld stole the show, what an up and comer!  Loved the sense of adventure and chase that was portrayed quite well.  So worth seeing if you love a good western and I really think you would enjoy it even if you don't!

I have been told that the original was better so I think that will be next on the Red Box.  I will let you know what I think ;)

Rated PG-13

*Violence - shoot outs (what else do you expect in a good western)
*Some Language

Bad Teacher

I was really excited to see Bad Teacher because I wanted to see if Cameron Diaz could pull off something besides the super sweet or similar type roles she usually plays and boy did she!  I loved her in this movie and Justin Timberlake did a great job as well taking on the super sensitive nerdy role.  Then we have Jason Segel, who is always good for a few laughs, and all three together have a great dynamic that made this movie lots of fun!

Worth a trip to the theater.... Absolutely!


Rated R

*Nudity - one bare breasted scene that lasts a few minutes
*Profanity used throughout
*Drug Use - they smoke weed on a few occasions
*Sexual Content, there is a dry humping scene that is ridiculously funny

The Dilemma

So I hit up the RedBox a few times this week and choice number two was The Dilemma.  I wasn't sure how to feel about this movie, when it was over I was confused and a bit sad.  It is listed as a comedy and a drama which I feel are oxymorons and not sure how both are successfully achieved, but the answer is The Dilemma and think that is why I was so confused because it needed to be one or the other and it wasn't.  I like a funny Vince Vaughn movie and I will admit he had a few funny scenes and I don't even think it was his lines that were but his delivery.

Overall I just don't think you can take a serious issue like finding out your best friends wife is cheating on him and make it funny, so for me it was a flop.

Rated PG-13

*Quick male butt shot
*Language
*Sexual references
*Adult Topics

Little Fockers

Well I have been putting off this post for a few days now because I really didn't have anything great to say about Little Fockers.  I liked the first two so I thought, why not?  Well they should have just stopped with the first two, because this one was terrible!  Not really funny, all over the place, and all together yawn worthy.  I am glad I only spent $1.20 at the Redbox and didn't end up seeing it in the theater.

Skip it!  Save your $1.20

Rated PG-13

*Some Language
*Sexual & Drug References

Just Go With It

So last night I decided to hit up the Red Box and Just Go With It was the pick of the night.  I wanted to see this one in theater, but just never made it.  I am an Adam Sandler & Jennifer Aniston fan so I figured it would be a fun rom-com for a Tuesday evening and that it was!  Really liked the movie as a whole and was pleasantly surprised Nick Swardson (Grandma's Boy) was in most of the movie too!

Full of laughs and romance, great for an evening at home with that special someone or the gals!  Totally worth the $1.09 I spent at the Red Box!

Rated PG-13

- Crude Language: occasional cursing, sexual and drug references

X-Men: First Class

First off the above is the t-shirt purchase that I made just for the release of X-Men: First Class, so hopefully this can give you an idea of how excited I was about this movie, wore it all day!  I have been a big fan of comics from a very young age and still am (yes I know what you are thinking.... Nerd, Geek I embrace them all).

X-Men: First Class takes to you back to the beginning when Charles Xavier (Professor X) and Erik Lensherr (Magneto) where still discovering the strengths of there powers and were dear friends.  As an avid X-Men fan this movie had my mind working from the start and took me full circle connecting all of the dots along the way!  If you have never seen any of the other movies you can still enjoy this movie, actually you might be better suited to see this movie then the others because then you wouldn't be backtracking.

By far my favorite X-Men movie to date!  So very well done, story was AMAZING, characters were AMAZING, action was awesome, and special affects were AMAZING (nothing looked fake)!!  If anyone out there is ready to go see it I would go see it again!  Yes that good!  Favorite movie of 2011 thus far!

Rated PG-13

-Action: they blow lots of stuff up
-Violence: nothing gory or gross
-Language: I really can't remember any regular cussing
-No Nudity: just Mystic in her blue body suit

*Can't wait to see what other avid comic fans think