We Need To Talk About Kevin

Tilda Swinton as Eva
Ezra Miller as Kevin
Jonh C. Reilly as Franklin

Directed by: Lynne Ramsay

We Need To Talk About Kevin so far is one of the best films i’ve seen this year. It’s about a mother who felt responsible after her psychopath son went on a high school killing spree.

The film is presented by transitions of the present and the past. The present is Eva suffering from the wrath of the people from the community and her grief and loss because her daughter and husband were killed too. The past shows how their family started and how Kevin grew up abnormally.

I like how the film captures the emotion of its audience. You’ll feel like you’re in the foot of Eva’s character doing everything to please Kevin, who is always cold and mean to her, but still nothing changes. You’ll be so pissed with Kevin here because of his rudeness, lies, weird acts, and creepy stares, which he does only to Eva. He is nice to his father, Franklin. He enjoys activities with him specially archery. He is like that because he has an intention of making Eva feel jealous and miserable. So whenever Eva talks about the behavior of Kevin to Franklin, he always just understand Kevin and does no actions without knowing he’s already taking part in the making of a killer.

Watching every scene from this film will make you look forward to see its conclusion. Because you would want to know the reason behind Kevin’s psychotic behavior. Frustratingly, in the end when Eva asked the big question, Why?, she did not get an answer. Maybe it’s the intention of the director to just leave it to our imaganition.

With the editing, the brilliant acting of Tida and Ezra, and the story, i rate this film 8.5/10.

I really think John C. Reilly was miscast here. He is a good actor but someone else is more suitable for his role here.

10 February 1 Permalink

It’s Kind of a Funny Story

Yeah I know.. i should probably change my blog name to “Cy’s Blog of Movies He’ve Just Seen” haha Because for the last few days i’ve been blogging about movies. This is my page anyway. and i can change rules whenever i want and besides i don’t even know if i have a regular visitor.
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So tonight i saw “It’s Kind of a Funny Story (2010)” on HBO. It stars Keir Gilchrist, Zach Galifianakis and Emma Roberts. This movie’s a comedy obviously because Zach is here. But actually his role is pretty dramatic here which for me is kinda odd.

Storyline (yup it’s from IMDB):

Craig is a high-school junior, in the gifted program, infatuated with his best friend’s girl. When he realizes he’s suicidal, he checks himself into the psychiatric ward of a hospital, thinking they’ll do an observation, help him, and send him home in time for school the next day. Once in, however, he must stay for a week; the juvenile ward is being renovated, so he’s in with adults as well as a few youths. Bobby, a man with a young daughter, shows him around; Craig notices Noelle, about his age. He tries to keep his friends from finding out where he is. Little things: he draws, goes to therapy, sings, helps Bobby rehearse an interview. Is this the stuff of insight? Written by

I love this movie for many reasons. First because it’s like the story of my life. I can relate to most part of the film. I know that’s kinda bias hehe. Second, i like how the story is very creatively told. Specifically i like the parts where the main character imagines things and it is shown through animation, exaggeration, flashbacks, and of course comedy like in 500 Days of Summer. Third, the acting was good. Another great comic performance of Zach Galifianakis. Last and absolutely not least, the soundtrack was awesome! With tracks like “Under Pressure” by Queen (which i sang along when it played.) and the Middle Eastern track that made Craig’s Egyptian roomate come out of the room and party.

This is another film that is very worth watching. I rate this 8/10. :)

2 February 4 Permalink

What’s Your Number

Anna Faris
Chris Evans

Let me start this with a storyline from IMDB because i’m too lazy again to tell what the film is about. and besides i only want to write about my thoughts on this film.

Ally is a woman who has many ex-boyfriends who turned out to be losers. Now she believes that she can’t find a good guy. But when she runs into one of her exes who is now a ‘Prince Charming’, she decides to look up all of her exes to see if any of them have changed for the better. And when she has trouble locating them, she asks her neighbor Colin, who sleeps with women every night and sneaks out the morning after to avoid talking to them, to help her. Written by rcs0411@yahoo.com

I’ve read a lot of not so good reviews before watching this film, but Anna Faris being the lead actor really pushed me to see this flick.

Yeah, the movie is predictable. The regular romantic comedy cliche wherein the guy who helps the chick with guys will end up falling in love with the chick. There were technicalities that i don’t want to elaborate because i might be wrong because i’m not really an expert (haha). But in this film i actually didn’t care. Primarily because i had some good laughs. I haven’t had laughs n a romatic comedy as good as this before. Anna Faris’ comic timing is always so good, of course together with Chris Evans. I laughed my lungs out in almost every single scene!

i wanna end my thoughts here because i don’t want to spoil the film, just see it for yourself. For me i really enjoyed it and with that i give it a 7/10 rating. :)

PS
just to be clear, writing reviews of movies shown couple months ago (like this) is for people like me who always misses the showing of movies in cinemas and the only chance to watch is when a dvd copy is released. he he.

1 February 2 Permalink

In Time

(minor spoiler alert)
Justin Timberlake as Will Salas
Amanda Seyfried as Sylviaa Weis

My impression of this film is it’s just another antagonist-chasing-the-protagonist action film. I based it on the posters i saw and the storyline i read online. I never actually had a chance to watch its trailer.

Because i’m too lazy too write what the story is about here’s just a storyline from IMDB:

“Welcome to a world where time has become the ultimate currency. You stop aging at 25, but there’s a catch: you’re genetically-engineered to live only one more year, unless you can buy your way out of it. The rich “earn” decades at a time (remaining at age 25), becoming essentially immortal, while the rest beg, borrow or steal enough hours to make it through the day. When a man from the wrong side of the tracks is falsely accused of murder, he is forced to go on the run with a beautiful hostage. Living minute to minute, the duo’s love becomes a powerful tool in their war against the system. Written by Twentieth Century Fox “

After watching the film i realized my impression is completely the opposite. I thought the story is simple but very unique and creative. It’s very fun to watch that you would be very curious of what’s the next scene. I can say that as early the first 25 minutes you could already appreciate the essence of the story (that time is very precious, every second counts) especially the scene where Will and his mother were running to meet each other because the mother have only seconds left to live.

Of course the movie is not perfect. Since the movie’s concept is very big the creators probably wasn’t able to show all the details. The movie could have been better if it was well polished. But i really appreciate the creator’s effort to show how time is used a basic commodity of humans. Anyway, I still like this film. I give it a 7/10 rating. And just one last thing, Amanda Seyfried is really HOT here!

30 January 8 Permalink