You're Next

There are many 'scary' movies that insert a bit of comical relief here and there.  Haunting in Connecticut, Signs, and The Evil Dead, just to name a few.  A wonderful new edition to this list is the late summer hit: You're Next!

Now, for those of you who don't enjoy horror comedies and prefer straight horror, I don't want to discourage you.  This movie has plenty scary in and of itself.  Tons of blood, jump scares, and yes, creepy men in animal masks hunting people with cross bows!

The movie starts with an initial murder to real you in.  From there it moves to a family reunion.  In celebration of their parents anniversary, four siblings, who are barley on speaking terms, and their significant others get together.

You can tell right off the bat that one of the brothers is a total jerk wad.  Granted the other siblings aren't very willing to stand up to him.

 Once dinner starts, it all goes down hill. I mean, what's worse than an arrow to the brain to kill the mood, am I right?

Complete and total carnage follows, thankfully one of the brothers girlfriends takes charge!  (Yay! girl power.)

Through all the blood and gore there are amazing snibbits of comedy and by the time the credits roll you won't be able to contain your laughter.

***Spoiler Alert ........but not really****

When I saw the police officer I could have sworn it was Officer Dewey.  Yes, the one from the Scream franchise!

Last note is this: I  don't mind R rated movies as long as they are rated R for violence and language.  When I see a movie that has a nasty, uncomfortable scene, I immediately loose interest in it. Thankfully, this movie only has one semi-awkward part which happens to be right in the beginning.  It's all smooth sailing from there!

I hope you get the chance to see it soon!! Let me know what you think!

Details:                                                                                          

• Directed by: Adam Wingard
• Rated: R
• Premiered: 2013
• Staring:
• Sharni Vinson as Erin
• Nicholas Tucci as Felix
• AJ Bowen as Crispian
• Wendy Glenn as Zee
• Joe Swanberg as Drake

WDRW #22

Good morning movie fanatics!

It's been a crazy couple of months for me!  I finished work, started school, helped move both my sisters around, and now am trying to keep up with my senior year!

I just would like to apologize for not posting the entire month of August, now I'm not going to make a promise that I don't know if I can keep.  Hut I will say, I am going to try to keep a better posting schedule, oaky?

So, this weeks DWRW includes all the movies I have kept track of for the past month... ready?

1. Death at a Funeral
2. Napoleon Dynamite
3. The Orphanage
4. Nacho Libre
5. The Help
6. The After Life
7. Paranormal Activity 4
8. Restless
9. 28 Days Later
10. Tangled
11. Big
12. Michael
13. Insidious
14. You're Next
15. The Tangerine Bear
16. Seven Pounds
17. Jurassic Park
18. Pitch Black
19. The Chronicles of Riddick
20. The Intouchables
21. The Best Magnolia Hotel
22. The Love Guru

And there you have it!

Did you guys watch any good movies recently? 

Yet Another Rendition of Snow White

This weeks movie gives Snow White a modern college age twist!  Amanda Bynes stars as Sydney White, a tomboy more interested in comic books than getting into the sorority her mother was apart of.

Turns out that's not much of a problem since she ends up getting kicked out by the 'evil queen'.  With nowhere left to go since all the dorms are taken Sydney finds herself at the front step of the Vortex, a decrepit overflow home for students, which just so happens to house the most dorky kids on campus.

Sydney wont let being an outcast get her down, she is bound and determined to stay positive.  What better way to stay positive than to run for student council?? Sydney and her seven dorks run under the ticket name: Freedom to the Seventh Power!

Sydney is able to make loads of new and interesting friends and finds out that being in outcast is what she does best!

The big question is: can the Seventh Power win the election when they are running against none other than the evil queen bee herself??

Find out for yourself!

The most enduring part of this movie is defiantly how the seven dorks start to be able to interact with people better.  With Sydney there to encourage them, they realize that being a dork is kind of... cool. :)

Tell me what you think!

Details:                                                                                       

Title: Sydney White
Directed by: Joe Nussbaum
Premiered: 2007
Rated: PG-13
Starring:

• Amanda Bynes as Sydney White
• Matt Long as Tyler
• Jack Carpenter as Lenny
• Jeremy Howard as Terrance
• Adam Hendershott as Jeremy
• Danny Strong as Gurkin
• Samm Levin as Spanky
• Arnie Pantoja as George

Happy Birthday... Laaaaaaatttttttttteee

Hey guys.... this is defiantly well overdue.

My birthday was back in June, I got 3 new movies and I would like to tell you about them!

From my parents I got the movies:

Grave of the Fireflies

Arthur

From my sister I got:

Warm Bodies

:)  I was so very excited about all of them!

Sorry this is so late and honestly, so random!  Do you guys get movies as presents?  What was the coolest present you ever got?

WDRW #21

Hey guys.

Just where have you been Rose!?

I know, I know, I have defiantly been missing this summer.  I am sorry for being gone so long... but that is in the past, I'm back :) and wouldn't it be fun to find out just what in the world I have been up to?

One word. WORK.  My job has been keeping me pretty busy this summer, which as it turns out makes me pretty tiered as well.

So I come home and low and behold I am too tired to watch a movie. 

However, I have been watching my fair share of YouTube videos... well more than my fair share.

I've become pretty entranced with Rhett and Link and Pewdiepie. But that's besides the point.

To be honest with you I haven't been keeping a good track of the small amount of movies I actually have watched but I can give you a rough estimate.

• The Conjuring
• Despicable Me 2
• Jurassic Park (who knows how many times >_<)
• The Land Before Time II
• Sling Blade
• Robots

Like I said, not very good record keeping recently. :)

Have you guys watched anything good this summer?

Watch on!

WDRW #20

Hey guys!

Guess who finally got a ajob?  That's right, this girl!

For the summer I will be working Monday through Friday 8 to 5. So basically, I will be very busy.

From that information you might be abe to conclude that I wont have much free time on my hands since the only time I'm at home any more I'm either eating, sleeping or helping out with whacting my nephews!

However, no matter how many movies I whatch I will keep you guys updated!

• New in Town
• World War Z
• Fast and Furious 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
• Side Effects
• Rat Race
• Meatballs

P.s. I'm sorry I've been gone so much guys, work is crazy!

Finding a Good Movie

Ok, this week we are talking about Finding Nemo.  I feel like I don't really need to explainer this one, but just in case anyone hasn't seen this for some reason or another I'll give a quick run down.

The movie is about Marline, a single father clown fish, who is searching the entire ocean for his son, Nemo who was fish-napped by an Australian diver/dentist.

Marlin meets Dory, a forgetful but lovable fish whose personality is brought to life by comedian Ellen DeGegeneres.

Dory and Marlin meet all sorts of strange characters on the search to find Nemo including three vegetarian sharks, a swarm of mouthy sliver fish, some mellow turtles and a whale!

All the while Nemo is trying to help the inhabitants of the dentists fish tank escape to the harbor!

The question is: will Dory and Marlin find Nemo?

You'll just have to watch it to find out!

Now the reason I bring up Finding Nemo is because I have seen it quit a few times in the past weeks.  Let me just say that Nemo never really gets old.

I saw it in theatres when it first came out for my birthday party.  Ever since then I have loved it.  The characters are relatable and the whole concept is heartwarming.  A father stopping at nothing to find his son.

So if for any reason you haven't seen this a movie, give it a try because it defiantly has the Rose seal of approval!!

Tell me what you thought of the movie!

Details:                                                                                                   

Premiered: 2003

Rated: G

Directed by: Andrew Stanton and Lee UnKrich

Starring:

• Albert Brooks as Marlin
• Ellen DeGegeneres as Dory
• Alexander Gould as Nemo

WDRW #19

Hello fellow movie fanatics :)

I have some exciting news , I got a job!  that's right, I got a job that will last a total of six weeks, thirty days.  Monday through Friday, eight to five!

So I will be busy for a while not to mention the school I attend starts back up only a few weeks after I finish work.  So good luck to me!

Now on to the subject at hand, movies I, Rose, have watched.

• 10 Years
• Legend of the Guardians
• Ransom
• Kiki's Delivery Serious
• Jurassic Park (X3)
• Meatballs
• Hoot
• Up
• Finding Nemo
• The Patriot
• Fast and Furious 6
• The Fast and the furious
• Session Nine

Now if you are a returning follower you may have noticed that the amount of kid's movies I have been viewing has dramatically increased.  That is due to my nephews and the fact that I help my mom watch them.  I don't mind watching kids movies but when it comes to watching the same one over and over ... and over again it gets pretty old.

Did you guys see any new movies?  Any really good ones?

As always, watch on!

P.S. stay tuned I will be posting a review shortly due to me being gone for so long!

WDRW #18

You know it's summer when the WDRWs start getting really long!

A movie marathon at my friends house coupled with a handful of rainy days makes for a long list of movies, eh?

• Saving Private Ryan
• Stand by Me
• Robots (four times)
• Big Fish
• Lilo and Stich
• In Time
• Zombieland
• Rise of the Guardians (two times)
• Under the Tuscan Sun
• Open Season
• Happy Feet
• The Happening
• Jurassic Park (two times)
• Epic
• Warm Bodies (two times)
• Mama

:) You might be wondering why on Earth I would have watched Robots four times.  Well my nephew Thorne loves that movie! He always wants to watch a 'boy movie' and we don't have too big of a collection of what he considers boy movies. Ha-ha :)

I hope you guys had a good week!  Watch any good movies?

Watch on!!

I'm Reed Fish

While watching one of my favorite movies, The Sasquatch Gang, I saw a preview for a movie that looked like it had a chance to be really good!

From the preview I could see that this guy, Reed, was the small town radio broadcaster for Mud Meadows.  He followed in his dads footsteps by taking the job, he took his dads catch phrase, and about everything else.  The people of the town needed his dad, so that's who Reed became.

A few weeks away from his wedding to a girl whose name I have forgotten (she is played by the same girl who plays Rory from Gilmore Girls) when all of a sudden Reed's high school crush shows up back in town.

Reed kisses her and ba-da bing ba-da boom Gilmore Girl is MAD at him (understandable).

The movie goes on with Reed trying to figure out what to do and who he wants to be.  The town needs his dad but who does Reed want to be?

Give this movie a shot, it's a little slow at parts and I was a little disappointed with the ending but only because I had been expecting something completely different to happen.

Tell me what you think!

And as always, watch  on!

Details:                                                                                                                
Directed by: Zackary Adler
Premiered: 2006
Rated: PG
Staring:

• Jay Baruchel as Reed Fish
• Alexis Bledel as Kate
• Victor Rzasuk as Frank Cortez
• Schuyler Fisk as Jill

Quote Game Extravaganza Part: II Answers

Hello :) Was I able to trick any of you guys? 

1. Gattica
2. Michael
3. Ten Things I Hate About You
4. Super 8
5. Death at a Funeral
6. Phenomenon
7. Fried Green Tomatoes
8. Under the Tuscan Sun
9. Nacho Libre
10. Better Off Dead
11. Armageddon
12. Robin Hood Men in Tights
13. The Witches of Eastwick
14. The Benchwarmers
15. Elf
16. The Dark Knight
17. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
18. Forrest Gump
19. Shark Tales
20. The Lost Boys

As Always challenge me in the comments!! :)

WDRW #17

The first week of summer is already over! Wowzer!

I was able to watch a decent amount t of movies which is always a nice diamond in the rough:)

• Under the Tuscan Sun
• Meatballs (x2)
• Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days
• The Great Gatsby (new version)
• The Sasquatch Gang
• Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
• I'm Read Fish
• Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Did any of you guys see the new Gatsby movie?  How about did any of you watch Meatballs???

Quote Game Extravaganza Part: 2

Yes! It's here once again, the Quote Game Extravaganza! So this time will be twice as big and hopefully twice as tricky! (I threw in a couple easy ones!) :) Leave me your guesses in the comments! 

1. "For someone who was never meant for this world...I must confess I'm suddenly having a hard time leaving it. Of course, they say every atom in our bodies was once part of a star. Maybe I'm not leaving. Maybe I'm going home."
2. "The miles will fly and your children won't cry, if you play car bingo."
3. "That must be Nigel with the brie."
4. "I know that's your camera, sir, but technically, that's my film."
5. "Where's my tea!?"
6. "Just hoping."
7. "Face it, girls, I'm older and I have more insurance."
8. "And what does that make me? Saint Francesca, patron saint of horny teenagers?"
9. "Your only job is to cook. Do you not realize I have had diarrhea since Easters? "
10. "Gee, I'm really sorry your mom blew up, Ricky, guess she won't be able to eat any spicy foods for awhile."
11. "You-you're the guys that think this shit up! I'm sure you got a team of men sitting around somewhere right now just thinking shit up and somebody backing them up! You're telling me you don't have a backup plan, that these eight boy scouts right here, that is the world's hope, that's what you're telling me?"
12. "A toll is a toll, and a roll is a roll. And if we don't get no tolls, then we don't eat no rolls. I made that up."
13. "I think... no, I am positive... that you are the most unattractive man I have ever met in my entire life. You know, in the short time we've been together, you have demonstrated EVERY loathsome characteristic of the male personality and even discovered a few new ones. You are physically repulsive, intellectually retarded, you're morally reprehensible, vulgar, insensitive, selfish, stupid, you have no taste, a lousy sense of humor and you smell. You're not even interesting enough to make me sick. "
14. "We are having macaroni tonight, that means garlic bread, YES!!!!"
15. "First we'll make snow angels for a two hours, then we'll go ice skating, then we'll eat a whole roll of Tollhouse cookie dough as fast as we can, and then we'll snuggle."
16. "Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am? I'm a dog chasing cars. I wouldn't know what to do with one if I caught it! You know, I just... do things."
17. "Everything's going to change now isn't it?"
18. "And cause I was a gazillionaire, and I liked doing it so much, I cut that grass for free."
19. "My sister had a baby and I took it over because she passed away and then the baby lost all its legs and it's arms and now its nothing but a stump, but I still take care of it with my wife and... and its growing and its fairly happy."
20. "How could a billion Chinese people be wrong?"

Real Life Zombie Movie

I'm back!

After a long (long -_-) week of Vacation Bible School my family and I took a trip down to Omaha to go to the Omaha Zoo!

This was my first time to Nebraska... and to be honest with you it sure looked a lot like Minnesota! :)

I would like to say that the zoo was unbelievably amazing. I was not sure what to expect but it was not that!

By this point you are probably wondering how any of this relates to movies.

Well you see we headed down to Omaha on Friday and we were going tot he zoo on Saturday so we had some time to blow.  We spent about three hours just driving around downtown Omaha.

As a last ditch effort to waste some time we ended up at a mall. Now it is fair to assume that when you walk into a mall you will be faced with loads of crowds and tons of stores to choose from.  Well this mall was defiantly not was we expected.

My fellow zombie fanatics understand that popular zombie movies have a variety of settings to choose from. Zombies tend to frequent prim real estate such as animal testing facilitates, government bases, empty warehouses, and of course malls.

As we entered the parking lot of the mall there was instantly  a creepy feeling in the air. Why you ask?  Well, there were about ten cars in the entire parking lot... we figured there just had to be another parking lot in the back, no big deal.  Then we got into the mall....

There wear about fifteen stores in total that were open in the whole mall.  A Japanese store, Taekwondo studio, costume rental store, Halloween store, a Target, and a Sears... There were a few more but those honestly were the only ones we looked at long enough to remember.  There was of course the usual kiosk ally... three kiosks all manned by the same, very board looking man. 

And let's not forget the twenty other lonely people wandering aimlessly in the ghost mall, all of whom I think only stayed for the same reason as my family.  They stayed simply because they could not believe the fact that it was so empty.  Because how many malls have you been in where they have to close off the entire second floor do to lack of mall goers?

Now as we were walking around all that was running through my mind was: "wow, I thought zombie movies were exaggerating when it came to abandoned malls..." Let me tell you guys, I will never doubt them again.

Now, if the whole abandoned building wasn't  creepy enough imagine my surprise when we rounded a corner and saw a whole store front full of manikins dressed up like non other than: ZOMBIES...

That's right the costume store was having a sale on their zombie costumes.... *covers face* ha-ha

To spare you the agony of reading on I wont go into details about the trip my mom and I took to the bathroom, take a mental note: never drink too much right before entering a zombie infested, cant pay for non flickering light bulbs mall, okay?

Ha-ha, seriously guys, the directors of zombie movies know their stuff :)

Watch on

Start the Summer With Meatballs

With the end of the school year fast approaching I feel like I should let you guys in on a little secret of mine. That's right I'm spilling my guts so lean in close and cover the screen from passer byers.  *whispers* I have a tradition, but don't tell anyone okay?

:) Ha-ha for serious now, at the end of every school year for as far back as I can remember my family and I sit back and watch a movie. Not any movie mind you, a movies that is very special to our hearts.

This particular movie is about summer camp. Camp North Star. WARNING this is an older movie (which of course makes it better) so be on the look out for all the oldie stuff, okay? There will be plenty.

The movie follows a group of CIT's (councilors in training), a young boy who doesn't want to be at camp, and the head councilor, Tripper. Tripper is played by Bill Murry, so you know this movie is going to be a side splitter!

I want to point out that I have seen this movie well over 30 times so I watch it more for the funny things in the background.  It's filmed at a real summer camp, they have real life KIDS playing the KIDS. So things happen that might not have been written in the script.

The movie is funny and inspirational and I honestly count think of a better way to start my summer out. Without this movie my summer wouldn't even be able to officially begin.

You guys should check it out! There is comedy, romance, and inspiration all wrapped up in this summer camp experience!

Join the tradition, watch on!

OH! By the way the movie is called Meatballs :)

Details                                                                                                        
Directed by: Ivan Reitman
Premiered: 1979
Rated: PG
Starring:

• Bill Murry as Tripper
• Chris Makepeace as Rudy
• Jack Blum as Spaz
• Keith Knight as Larry
• Russ Banham as Crocket

WDRW # 16

Hey all, only one more week until schools out! Woot! Woot! As you might guess it was yet another busy week, so I watched... one movie >_<

But either way here it is:

Safety Not Guaranteed

:) Now that I think about it, that's kind of obvious since I did a post about that :) ha-ha, okay...

Did you guys watch any good movies this week?

Is everyone excited for the new Great Gatsby movie!? I am! I just finished reading the book for my Literature class so I'm all ready for Gatsby!

Alright, have a great weekend guys! Watch on!

Safety Not Guaranteed

Yesterday after going for a walk my parents and I decided to treat ourselves to a movie.  We were just about to walk about of their with a movie called Waiting for Forever (which looks super cute) until mom caught sight of a movie we saw previews for that we had been wanting to watch for a couple months now. The movie is called Safety Not Guaranteed.  (Sorry Waiting for Forever, we will get you next time! ^.^)

So the movie starts out with a young girl (named Darius) spilling her life story to a man who is interviewing her for a waitress job, needless to say she didn't get the job. She needed the job because she is interning and making no money for how hard she working. 

At a meeting discussing new story ideas (she is interning at a magazine), one man suggests they do a story on a crazy guy (named Kenneth), who advertised needing a partner to go to the future with him.  In his advertisement he explains that you would need to bring your own weapons and that safety is not guaranteed. :)

So the man who suggested the story takes two interns, Darius and a young Indian boy.  The girl ends up training to go to the future and making great friends with this supposedly crazy man. She gets into some bizarre situation including running from federal agents and plundering a medical facility.  The whole time she is still leaking information back to the writer; however, every day she gets more and more attacked to this eccentric man.

One quote that really stuck out to me from this movie was:

Kenneth: "To go it alone or to go with a partner? When you choose a partner, you have to have compromises and sacrifices, but it's a price you pay. Do I want to follow my every whim and desire as I make my way through time and space? Absolutely. But at the end of the day, do I need someone when I'm doubting myself and I'm insecure and MY heart fails me? Do I need someone, who when the heat gets hot, has my back?"

Darius: "Sooo... Do you?"

Kenneth: "I do."

I hope you guys give this movie a chance, it's a little slow at parts, but it is most defiantly worth it!

Details:                                                                                                                         
Directed by: Colin Trevorrow
Premiered: 2012
Rated: R
Starring:

• Aubrey Plaza as Darius
• Mark Duplass as Kenneth
• Karan Soni as Arnau
• Jake Johnson as Jeff

WDRW # 15

Hey guys! So basically the last few weeks have gone by faster than any this school year! I went to Prom, the festival of nations and couple more minor events ranging from painting a castle from vacation bible school to writing club at the library. basically it was a fun couple of weeks.

Now because it's been so long and I've been a bit lazy with my records I'm sure I will be leaving a few movies out, but here are the one's I've got!

• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• Harry potter and the Order of the Phoenix
• Ghost town (X 2)
• Zoolandar
• 28 Days Later
• Indiana Jones (I'm not sure which one)
• My cousin Vinnie
• Shark Tales
• The Crucible
• Pretty in Pink
• Iron Man III

By the way Iron Man  III was great! I've never seen the first one but I have seen the second (and now the third) and yeah, it's just a really good action movie!

Alright, hopefully I'll be back soon! until then, watch on!

The Reality of Movies

Some days, when I am watching a movie, I ask myself: "Why am I doing this?  Why do I sit here and watch other people live? Why don't I go do those things?" Now these are all good questions to ask yourself, are you watching the movie because you want entertainment or are you watching the movie because you are too afraid to get out and live life for yourself.

Watching movies can be so fun, you can see the depths of a cave, the top of a mountain, the inner workings of a scary gang.  Things that may be hard for you to do for real. You are able to experience the beauty, the magic, the moment.  You can relive it over and over. 

That's the funny part about movies that you watch more than once.  You know what is going to happen, yet everything is still so new and exciting for the characters.  It's like watching a tapping of your wedding over and over. You can relive that experience as many times as you want simply by pressing play.

It is frustrating some times when you are watching a movie and you know the character is going to do something stupid that they will regret forever, you want to yell at them (which I do ^.^), to warn them to stop before they make that huge mistake.  But no matter how hard you try, they do it. Over and over again. 

If you are like me, you get attached to the characters, they are no longer just actors portraying someones idea of a person, they are a human being, someone with a history, a future.  Life doesn't stop when the movie ends, you always wonder what happens after the credits roll.

Now the point of this post is for you to ask yourself, do you watch movies (countless movies-_-) because you get enjoyment out of them, you get to go and see things you never would be able to see for yourself or is it because you are too scared to go out and live.  Are you too afraid of the world beyond your couch and that tub of popcorn? 

Now I will be cheesy and insert a quote from a movie that is  very dear to me, the movie is You've Got Mail starring Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks. The quote is said by Meg Ryan's Character:

"Sometimes I wonder about my life. I lead a small life - well, valuable, but small - and sometimes I wonder, do I do it because I like it, or because I haven't been brave? So much of what I see reminds me of something I read in a book, when shouldn't it be the other way around? I don't really want an answer. I just want to send this cosmic question out into the void. So good night, dear void."

Make it so stuff in the movies reminds you of your life, not the other way around.  Make the reality of the movies be only a part of the true reality of you.

But as always watch on, cuz let's be honest there's always time for a movie, eh? ;)

WDRW #14

It was the perfect week for a snow day.  Catching up for all the weeks I wasn't able to watch movies!

Five weeks left...WOOT, WOOT!

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Harry potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
I am Ledged
Ghost Town
The Chenobal Diaries
Hackers