I haven’t actually sat down and watched movies in awhile. My body is so sore and my mind so tired that I just have done nothing all day yesterday except watch movies. Brilliant. I am a sucker for indie dramas especially the super depressing ones. I don’t know why but I love them. Any movie about the real nitty gritty parts of life, the beautiful highs and the sunken lows. So I happened to get two amazing movies in a row. Seriously, that never happens. Way random for my blog but mini movie reviews!
“Beautiful Boy” – Um, amazing. Sobbing through this movie would be a completely acceptable reaction. It is about a marriage falling apart between two people whose only child, a son, is away at his freshman year of college. Their son, Sam, ends up killing 20+ people at his campus including himself in the very beginning of the movie. The movie is brilliant, everything about it. Maria Bello is definitely one of my favorite actress’ and this movie proves why. There is a scene where the husband and wife go to a restaurant shortly after this whole thing happens and he gets up from the table to grab menus. While gone, the wife completely loses it for the first time and wow…kinda sealed the deal for that I loved this movie and I really can’t explain why.
“Sarah’s Key” – Why do we learn nothing about this in history classes?! I mean seriously! Can’t really say much about this movie without giving it away but if you like movies about history or movies pertaining to the Holocaust…AMAZING. This is like a grown up version of “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas”. Seriously…watch it.
Oh and for other history fan film watchers, see “The Conspirator” and “Defiance”!!!!! Seriously amazing movies!!
So if you would like to know my favorite movies: Into the Wild, The Reader, Splendor in the Grass, Biutiful, Mother and Child, Candy, Girl Interrupted, The Piano, Moll Flanders, East of Eden(1981 mini-series version), Blow, The Help…way more but I can’t even remember. I suppose the TV shows I watch are a bit lighter; Parenthood, Prime Suspect, Law & Order: SVU, Desperate Housewives, Private Practice, Grey’s Anatomy, Body of Proof, Last Man Standing, Bones, In Plain Sight, Weeds, Californication and Saving Grace. That’s a lot. Haha, I rarely ever watch them weekly…mostly when I am doing homework or super bored and get them on Netflix or Hulu.
Oh and if you read this blog and happen to love movies in these genre’s I would love to hear movie suggestions!!
