Winter's Bone

   I am a little late on posting this one, I watched this movie on Saturday and just remembered I needed to write a review for it. So, here we go. Winter's Bone, I didn't know anything about this movie going into it, all I knew is that it was nominated for Best Picture, and it was the only one I haven't seen yet out of the ten nominated. So, I decided to watch it, and I could see why it was nominated. It was a very gripping tale indeed, I was hooked to the screen for start until the credits rolled.

   Winter's Bone is about a seventeen year old girl named Ree, and her need to find her meth cooking father, or risk losing the home she lives in with her ill mother and younger brother and sister as their caretaker. Her father placed their home up as his bail, and is unable to be found as the court date draws near. So, Ree decides to ask around for her father and try to find him, but, the area in which she leaves, people don't like to be asked questions.

   Jennifer Lawrence was amazing in this film, she played the part as if she was born to do it. John Hawkes was so good, I didn't even know it was him playing the character Teardrop until I seen his name come up in the end credits. It really amazed me at how well this movie was done, and how fantastic the characters were played.

   This movie may have not won Best Picture, but, it did deserve it's nomination, and I wouldn't have been surprised if it did take the award, it would have been well deserved. This was a great movie, the flaws were few and far between, do yourselves a favor and watch this, I highly recommend it.

The Green Hornet

   I went in not expecting a whole lot, but, was pleasantly surprised. The movie was funny, the action scenes were well done, and of course the car was amazing, it really stole the show in this movie.

   The Green Hornet is about Brett Reid, a millionaire playboy whose is shocked back to reality after the sudden death of his father. Trying to find a way to make a difference he stumbles upon the idea of becoming a hero, and with his faithful sidekick Kato, they decide to fight crime in their own peculiar way.

   I said I was surprised when i seen this movie I was expecting it to be horrible, but, it wasn't. It wasn't fantastic either though, it was mediocre to say the least. The fight scenes and the car chases, really any scene involving the car are really all that saved this movie in my opinion.

   This is one of those movies that if you like to see a car shoot rockets, and a guy beating up ten guys at the same time, see it. If not, don't worry about it, it's definitely miss able.

Megamind

I try my best to watch every CGI movie that comes out, I've missed a few here and there, but, I've seen the majority that has come out since the original Toy Story.

Megamind didn't really stand out as anything above average. It was entertaining, had a few funny moments, but nothing that really made me stop and say "Wow!". I'm sure I wasn't the target audience however, I still liked the film.

Megamind is the tale of two aliens who are sent to earth as babies, one grows up to be a villain, the other a hero. The two battle one another for years until a string of events puts the villain in the hero's shoes.

Megamind stars Brad Pitt and Will Ferrell as hero and villain respectfully, with support from Jonah Hill and Tiny Fey. The one part of the movie that really stood out for me were the music queues. Every time Megamind (Will Ferrell) made an entrance on would come an 80's metal song, like Guns 'n' Roses Welcome to the Jungle or George Thorogood's Bad to the Done. Those small things was something that made me enjoy the movie a little bit more.

Overall the movie was enough to keep me occupied, I'd recommend a watch if you have nothing better to do, but not required viewing.