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movies recently

the bachelorette C
Rebel Wilson’s character gets married and all her highschool friends throw a sort of bachelorette party the night before. Chaos ensues and the girls decided to out bitch each other and end up ruining the wedding dress. They then try to solve the problem in the middle of the night and eventually sort of resolves a lot of friendship and life issues. It’s sort of like a wannabe Bridesmaids. It stars a bunch of people that I don’t really care for except for Lizzy Kaplan and Adam Scott, maybe. The storyline is sort of stupid and the ridiculous aspect of the movie feels forced. the second half gets better when Kirsten Dunst starts to get all crazy controlling.

five year engagement B
Emily Blunt and Jason Segel gets engaged for a very long time, she speaks with a British accent in this one so if you’re into that. Typical pretty rom-com but COULD HAVE BEEN a lot better because I remember watching the trailer for this movie and it was super cute but it felt like it was dragged on for way too long and I just stopped caring near the end.

Ruby Sparks B+
Young prodigy writer fails to come up with sophomore piece as he edges further and further away from society. He creates a character called Ruby Sparks and somehow she becomes a real person in his life. With a few strokes of his keys, he can easily make ruby do anything that he wants to. It is a romantic comedy but it’s a bit more darker and everyone’s more ‘quirky’. maybe this is the hipster’s version of a rom-com.

forgetting sarah marshall C+
Had some funny scenes but I wasn’t that into it. I don’t even like Jason Segel that much but he’s in a lot of stuff.

premium rush C
Joseph Gordon Levitt rides on a bike all through Manhattan, sort of solves a crime? The plot is ridiculous and so unbelievable. Nice time killer.

sleepwalking with me A-
I really enjoyed this one. It’s about a guy who’s a struggling comic who is dating a wonderful girl that everyone approves of. He gets a chance to go on comedy tour pretty much on his own expense, he learns about himself and his relationship with his girlfriend on the trip. Except that he has a sleeping disorder and sleep walks and does extremely dangerous things while he sleepwalks. Really good, highly recommended.

Django unchained A-
I saw it last night and it lived up to the hype. The violence isn’t that extreme but the dog scene really scared me. Christopher Waltz’s performance was amazing.

hotaru no hikari the movie C-
I gave it a try simply because i loved the first season of Hotaru no Hikari. There are two seasons of the drama and the first season is light hearted and fun, and you really fall in love with her character. By the second season her characteristic traits becomes a nuisance rather than a charm. And by the movie, it just falls completely flat…. watched it while I did other stuff. Really pointless, wouldn’t even recommend as a time killer.

ruroni kenshin live action B
AT LEAST THERE IS A PLOT…but it wasn’t amazing for me. I felt like it was darker than it needed be? But it is about a guy who kills people…I guess

kirin no tsubasa C
I didn’t watch the accompanying drama with this movie but it is fine as a stand alone. The entire thing is really mysterious but when the crime gets solved it’s as anti-climatic as it gets. Maybe because I felt like the crime and the whole premise of the detectives putting that much effort into the investigation was too preposterous for me. I felt almost cheated like..that was why that happened?