Source Code

I knew way back that this would be a good movie. Couldn't have been more right!

Source Code tells the story of Colter Steven, whose mission is to find a bomb in a train. Source Code is the program that puts him in the train and gives him 8 min to find the bomb, every time he fails he has to go back and try again. Oh yeah, and let's not forget, he has to do that while in someone else's body.

I know my explanation made it sound bananas, but it's not. It actually makes some sense when you're watching the movie.

And as I said before, I love Jake, I love sci-fi and I love some action, so I loved the movie. It has the perfect  sci-fi/action/emotion combo. I love when action and sci-fi movies manage to bring some real emotion to it, and Source Code did just that.
It's not too emotional, but it definitely has a emotional touch that I wasn't expecting and was surprised in a good way by it. The emotional factor is due to the fact that we become close to both main charcters, Colter and Colleen (Jake and Vera).

Plus the movie has many others turning points where we find out things we didn't see coming. I was pretty shocked by some of those things. What it's really nice is that we find them out along with Colter, so we end up connecting even more with him.

Vera Farmiga and Jake Gyllenhaal are pretty good. Their acting made the movie even better. Gotta say I had never seen Jake like this, there're some pretty touching scenes where he's incredible. Vera too. As for Michelle Monaghan, once again she disappointed me. I thought her acting was kinda awkward, at times the facial expressions did't match her lines. It confused me. It's a good thing that Jake and Vera are good enough for the three of them.

Totally recommend! Great movie. Feel like watching it again. :)

Note: watched it again last night, had forgotten how much I hate Dr. Rutledge, feel like punching him in the face!!

Brothers

 

I was so blown away by this movie.

Brothers is about this two extremely different brothers (duh!) and how their lives and relationship are affected after Sam (the 'good' brother) goes to Afghanistan and Tommy (the 'bad' brother) is left with his family.

There's so much I really liked about this movie. First, the relationship between Sam and Tommy, I love how united they are despite of being so different and of how the family feels about Tommy. Second, I love how intense it is. There is a lot of tension and all the acting is so incredible that, even from outside the screen, we can, not only feel the tension, but almost touch it.

It's not a movie about war, but it's kind of hard to watch it and not wonder how much war really affects the people who lived through it.

I need to mention the acting again, because it's just so good! Jake, Natalie, the kids (the kids are amazing. Specially on the tension scenes), everyone is so incredible (must mention the guy who goes to war with Sam). But Tobey, oh my! Tobey just takes the movie to a whole new level. I've never seen him like this. I didn't even know he could be this dark and intense. It's just sad that he didn't get the appreciation he deserved, he deserved at least more award nominations.

Now that I come to think about it, not just Tobey was underappreciated, but the movie in a whole. It makes me so sad that good movies are left  to the dust, while crappy ones become huge.

It's a great movie. Definitely worthy of your time. And if I had to describe it in only one word, INTENSE would be it.

Coming Soon - Source Code

Anyone here is a Jake Gyllenhaal fan? Or a sci-fi fan? Since I'm both, I thought I'd share with you guys the trailer for Jake's upcoming movie, which happens to be a sci-fi/action (or at least seems to be).

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz0xGnFKMvE&feature=player_embedded

Seems nice, doesn't it?? I have a feeling that I'm gonna like it. Will watch it for sure, even though Michelle Monaghan brings me back some not so nice memories (let's pray for Source Code to be nothing like Eagle Eye ).

 Love Sci-fi, love action and love Jake, can it get any better?? I sure hope so! ;)

{proof}

 

I watched proof for the first time about 3 years ago, I liked it so much that I watched it two days in a row. Haven’t watched it ever since and this week I just woke up dying to watch it, but since I can’t find the DVD anywhere, I thought I should at least tell you about it.

Proof  is about this woman whose dad is a great mathematician, but in his last years he has lost his mind a bit and she chooses to quit everything to take care of him. The story revolves around the fact that the daughter starts to belive that she might be losing her mind as well.

There’s nothing really major about it, but it’s a good movie. It catches your attention and really makes you wonder what the true answer is. Must confess that I changed my mind every 5 sec. There’s also a little romance (I love the romance), it’s very subtle and almost not there because it’s not the main purpose of the movie, but it’s really sweet at the same time.

All the main actors are very good. Anthony Hopkins plays the crazy dad perfectly and Gwyneth Paltrow really brings the uncertainty her character requires, leaving us with lots of doubts. And of course, the bonus, a cute mathematician/drummer nicely played by Jake Gyllenhaal.

Great movie for a lazy night. Just sit back and enjoy it, no worries, no too-complicated-plots, no unnecessary drama. Just enjoy a good movie.

The biggest risk in life is not taking one.