Date Night Movie Review #4 - Four Eyed Monsters

Ok so, I have been terribly bad with posting movie reviews. We have seen some really good movies over the past few months (new moon, cough cough) and I have been too lazy/busy/pre-occupied to post much of anything. So, while C is geeking out on the PS3, i I am posting a new review of a terrific Indie Movie called...



Synopsis: Uninspired artist Susan and romantically naive videographer Arin meet via the Internet and strike up a relationship in which they make a pact not to speak to each other. Writing, drawing and instant messaging keep romance fresh for the offbeat couple, who are inspired to find the true meaning of intimacy.

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F.e.m. is for the indie lovers and artists out there. The story, which is semi-autobiographical, is truely unique and engaging. It speaks to the true nature of love and what it takes to make a relationship really work - communication, even if it isn't verbal. I enjoyed the movie and despite the length - very short, I encourage those seeking a-typical movies to watch and enjoy a love story for the cyber generations.

Date Night Movie Review #3 - 500 days of Summer

It is a rare treat that C and I actually get to go see a movie in theaters, which was something we did almost every weekend before becoming parents. So after much debate between Inglorious Bastards and 500 Days...I won!

Synopsis: Does true love exist? For Tom it does, in the form of Summer Finn. During the course of 500 days - give or take - Tom discovers that he wants to spend the rest of his life with Summer, that she is every thing he could ever want from her smile to her laugh to the heart-shaped birth mark on her shoulder. She is perfect for him, except that Summer doesn't believe in love, or relationships for that matter.

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I adore 500 days! It is a sweet, terribly funny, and very touching. Even C liked it - well, the film lover liked it a lot, but the man hated it. It is a romantic comedy, but unlike most, it is the guy that falls...hard and eventually winds up heart broken and alone. Watch it, love it, cry a little even. I did.

Date Night Movie Review #2 - Watchmen

This week's movie is the super awesome, super hero movie, Watchmen.

Starring Billy Cruddup

Synopsis: Based on the popular graphic novel, Watchmen is set in an alternate 1985 where Nixon is still president and the cold war with Russia is at a breaking point. A group of outlawed superheroes try to uncover a plot to kill all former "masks" while trying to save humanity from nuclear holocaust.

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If you like superheros and awesome special effect and have a LOT of patients, then you will really enjoy Watchmen. It is very, very, very long - almost 3 hours long. Lord of the Rings long. It's a good thing we watched the dvd - had to pause for potty breaks! But none-the-less, it is relatively good. The characters are well developed (part of the reason it's so long) and the storyline is engrossing. If you can get past a blue muscley man with a wagging penis, then you should be alright.

Date Night Movie Review #1 - Blindness

My husband and I are big time movie buffs. It's something we enjoy to do together, and it is a way for us to connect as a couple again after spending all day being parents. Sunday is family day, but Friday night is movie night (at the very least - we watch a LOT of movies). With out it, we usually get caught up with our own stuff and tend to neglect each other. Every couple needs that little get-a-way, and I highly recommend movie night.

So, sit back, grab your honey and the pop corn and check out this week's movie...

Starring Julianne Moore & Mark Ruffalo

Synopsis: A city is ravaged by an epidemic of instant "white blindness". Those first afflicted are quarantined by the authorities in an abandoned mental hospital where the newly created "society of the blind" quickly breaks down. Criminals and the physically powerful prey upon the weak, hording the meager food rations and committing horrific acts. There is however one eyewitness to the nightmare. A woman whose sight is unaffected by the plague follows her afflicted husband to quarantine. There, keeping her sight a secret, she guides seven strangers who have become, in essence, a family. She leads them out of quarantine and onto the ravaged streets of the city, which has seen all vestiges of civilization crumble.

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This movie is a hard pill to swallow. It is dark, depressing and very disturbing. But that's how I like my movies! I am all for the atypical flick. Don't get me wrong, there were several parts that made my stomach turn and left me a little shaken; but to me, that's sign of a really good movie. It's a very unusual story that has a small beginning and a small ending. There aren't really any major plot points, or big revelations - which is why C didn't like it. He wanted to know why, but they never say. But the story in itself was solid, and not something that one sees every day. Again, if you are of the faint-hearted variety, I wouldn't recommend watching it. But for those cinophiles with an adventurous spirit - watch it, discuss it (my favorite part of the movie experience), and relish in the thought of it.