Okay, so while watching it I thought “I thought this would be better” but I didn’t think it was horrible. After sleeping on it and thinking about it some more, it was pretty fucking terrible. 50 Cent is actually pretty dorky looking-he wasn’t hot until the VERY LAST scene. I liked that “Eko” from Lost was in it, but his character sucked. WTF was up with the one dude who was so totally a black ripoff of Marlon Brando playing the Godfather? It was seriously annoying. And the girl he fell in love with-PUHLEASE. She had way too much class to want to go with him, who when asked says “I’m a gangsta.”

I fell asleep JUST BEFORE a naked shower fight scene in prison, apparently there were a lot of dicks flapping around but I missed it and Adam wouldn’t rewind it (we always have to go back for tits, so WTF?). I also love how they say that this movie ISN’T based on his life, YET his character (“Marcus”... in real life his name is Curtis) was also shot 9 times, once in the cheek, was a rapper, etc etc. I’d say it was pretty closely tied to his life or at least what he perceived his life to be. And is it just me… or is it creepy how he talks without moving his teeth or lips? I realize it’s an acquired skill from the jaw wiring, but gosh.

And finally, my favorite part of the whole movie, where we all went “EEEW!!!” including Adam: “Marcus” says to his woman, “Feel the fragment?” (in real life 50 Cent still has a piece of the bullet that went through his face lodged in his jawbone) When his girlfriend reaches into his mouth to feel it, he sucked on her finger. It was NASTY.

This kicked off the beginning of our themed movie week! The movie started off slow. In the beginning Adam paused it to say, “Can you guys understand a WORD of what they’re saying!?” We all just kind of said “Well, no, kind of, not really, sort of” and then pressed play and moved on. Once we got past the cheesy “trade this keyboard for some weed” scene where he’s dubbed “Stevie Wonder”, it got good. That part was just a tad too hokey. But it was HILARIOUS because the beats that were built into that little keyboard were the same beats that OUR keyboard had growing up: Adam said they were his, too. Like I told B, who knew what potential we had for discovering great songs with that little Casio? Unfortunately we never got past just feeling cool that we could hit a button and hear that beat in 1993. Anyway, I enjoyed the movie and we’ve been singing “whoop that trick” and “it’s hard out here for a pimp” ever since. I didn’t expect much from this film and I got a lot out of it.

Just a really cute romantic comedy. There were several parts where I laughed. The best part for me was when they showed Jon Heder in the bookstore, and a stained glass version of my tattoo was hanging behind his head—just like the one I got in San Diego! Anyway, definitely worth watching, and Reese is super cute.

Fabulous movie. I thought Joaquin was amazing (and quipped to Adam that we MUST name our children fabulous names-I mean, Joaquin and River… I aspire to that) and so was Reese. We were pretty tired so it felt as though the movie dragged on and on, but it really didn’t. I didn’t realize Johnny Cash’s live was so tumultous. Adam and I both HATED his first wife-although I heard on the radio that the kids from that marriage hated the movie and said their mother was nothing like that. Maybe she wasn’t like that after they finally divorced. Anyway, a really great movie and I’m sorry I didn’t see it in the theatre (it wasn’t for lack of trying!).

Okay, Russell Crowe is always a pleasure, but this movie was just kind of “eh”. I’m on the fence about it. It gets you thinking about all of those huge ships and how amazing it is that they would arrive where they meant to, and safely—I mean, how is that possible!? B asked how they found their way and I said “HELLO, compass!” But truly, it’s amazing. I only had to watch through a blanket a few times. And of course the ending was fab. “The doctor? He died three months ago. I thought you knew that.” “SET A NEW COURSE!” (I’m ad-libbing, but you get the gist.)

Oddly enough, this was the only movie I got to watch that was nominated for Best Picture before the awards show-and it’s the one that won. A really thought-provoking film. The way everyone interconnects is fabulous. B and I both agree that we love Don Cheadle. Sandra Bullock says so many things in this movie that I hear on a daily basis-this movie is REAL.

I had seen this before, but B hadn’t, so we watched it together. Brad and Angelina are of course hothothot, and the movie has funny moments. My favorite part of the whole movie is when Vince Vaughn yells, “YOU DO NOT EVEN REALIZE!” Makes me giggle thinking about it…

This is my kind of movie. I don’t know why I waited so long to see it! I thought it would be super gory, but in B&W, the gore factor fell by the wayside. Plus, it’s just not that gory. Very watchable. I don’t know if this helped it along or what, but I happened to be very heavily under the influence of some delicious Riesling. I think it heigtened the experience and made it that much better. Just saying!

Seriously an eye-opener. I’ve heard people say that it wasn’t that extreme and enough bad things didn’t really happen to him. HELLO, liver shut down? 30 pounds of sugar in ONE MONTH? 10 pounds weight gain in ONE WEEK? It was a big deal. And I feel stupid for saying it, but I had Chicken McNuggets over the weekend. I only felt better about it because since the documentary, they changed them to all white meat. But I kind of feel grossed out by that now…

I wanted to see this when it was out in theatres, but, I never got around to it. I know it did horribly in the theatre but I hope it does better on DVD. I really liked both Renee Zellweger and Russell Crowe in this; of course, I’ve always liked Crowe… (think Gladiator). It was just good entertainment, w with the right mix of heart and fight scenes. It was pretty formulaic, but, worth watching again (which I might do, because I think Adam wants to see it)