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And While We Were Here (2012)
Incredibly Raw and Captivating
When I first read the brief yet non-revealing plot of this movie, I thought it would be very interesting. So, I watched it, and this movie was the type of movie you think about for days after; it just has that hold on you.
Jane, portrayed beautifully by Kate Botsworth, and her husband, Leonard, travel to Italy for Leonard's job. It is revealed that their marriage is anything but lively, and is failing. Whilst Leonard is at work, Jane walks around the city, and meets the adorable Jamie Blackley who captivates the audience as wanderer Caleb. Jane and Caleb share a magical night, and the hold they have on you while the movie is playing is incredible. When you watch, it's like you're there with them at the beach, or at the small café.
Jane doesn't come home one night, and Caleb and her affair continues. Her husband is incredibly upset, and it is revealed they only got married due to the baby Jane conceived and later lost to miscarriage. Jane reveals she'll leave her husband (Thank the LORD), and wants to go to Tibet with Caleb. However, Leonard gives her the choice to meet him at the train station when their train is set to leave. Jane goes to the station, without Caleb, and is on the other side of the platform. The train goes by, and she disappears.
This movie was everything and more. A drama with romance, and just super raw. The setting in Italy is incredibly gorgeous to look at, and it just helps mix everything together into this beautiful, whirlwind story of a romance that just can't be. Beautifully portrayed and done, "And While We Were Here" will be captivating for years to come.
Not Since You (2009)
Quirky Rom. Com.
The beginning shows several friends from the prestigious NYU before, during, and post their graduation during 2001 and the beginning credits. After that ends, it shows all of those friends, within other people during that friendship, or alone, after that graduation. Ashely and Daniel, two in the group are to be married in Georgia on Ashley's grandfather's plantation. The friends all rally around them and decide to go. The movie has multiple story lines all going on at once which is confusing but quite fun at the same time.
Howard and Billy were best friends, and Billy is seriously dating Victoria. Victoria and Howard have history, and Billy actually basically "stole her away" from Howard in his eyes. Billy wants to marry Victoria, but he wants Howard's approval before proposing to her. The tension between them is bitter to the point where there is no talking between the two guys. Billy has a company he is seeking investors for, and you see him fumble for these investors during the entire weekend.
Author Sarah, known as Doogs, is a sweet, Southern children's book author who is still a virgin and plans on saving herself for marriage. However, when running into classmate Joey, known as Fudge, she has second thoughts on her initial plan. The two go all around the little town around the plantation, and you see their relationship bloom.
Sam, an old friend who fell of the grid for traveling, shows up to the wedding unexpectedly. Sam sees an old lover of sorts, Amy, and finds out that she is married to Ryan, a quiet guy that's very protective. Throughout, you see the two pick up, fall down, and see Ryan get involved.
Cute, is the word I would use for this movie. It is just a nice rom. com. and I enjoyed it a lot. Totally recommend, and a great girls night movie, if put into a sub-category.
Take Me Home (2011)
Beautifully Unexpected
"Take Me Home" was totally refreshing, and was everything and more. The movie starts out as Thom, a recently evicted guy has nothing to do with his life in New York. He happens to have an old cab that he bought at an auction, and pretends to be taxi driver to make some ends meet. Whilst driving people around, he finds this distraught woman on the side of the road needing a ride, and naturally, he picks her up.
Inside, he asks the woman where her destination is, and she commands him to just drive. Thom, being utterly surprised at this asks for clarification as the woman bursts into tears and commands him once more to drive. He drives the whole night through, and they end up in Pennsylvania. The woman's name is revealed to be Claire, and she decides she wants to visit her ailing father in California, and requests Thom to drive her. Initially rejecting, they settle on $1,000.00 a day, and she would pay for other expenses.
With various turmoil they encounter, it's hilarious how they deal with it with such grace and quick thinking. The two end up at each others parents' homes in Colorado and Nevada, and at Claire's mother's house, she learns of the death of her sick father. Thom and Claire still drive out to California, when (plot twist) Claire's husband is waiting for them there. Previously, she caught him cheating and that helped with the distraught matter early in the film. After the funeral for her father, Claire goes back to New York where it shows time has progressed and she is clearly divorced and on her own. Thom is no where to be seen, but he sends a book of photographs he took all around the country to Claire, with her being a subject in a few of the pictures. Claire tracks him down, and at his bungalow overlooking the ocean, they meet again.
This film was beautiful. It was so romantic, but nothing happened. She didn't cheat on her scum of a husband, and there was nothing there, but everything at the same time. Thom was beautifully portrayed with grace, quirkiness and charm through Sam Jaeger, and his wife opposite, Amber, did a beautiful job too. This movie faced real issues, and wasn't glamorized by the Hollywood sparkle put on most of these films. Beautifully made, beautifully portrayed, and a favorite for years to come.
Romeo & Juliet (2013)
Terribly Boring
This movie, frankly, was quite terrible. Sure, this Shakespeare classic is a romantic tragedy, but this took it to a whole new level. The acting was quite terrible, and Romeo was even more annoying in the film (if humanly possible) then in the iconic play. The movie seemed like a hot mess between "Titanic" (iconic and beautiful film if I may add) and an indie film that was on such a low budget you could pay for a one bedroom apartment with it. Yes, the play escalates quickly, but this took FOREVER. Personally, I'd rather not have it drag on, but like previously stated, key word is "personally". Terribly made, terribly boring, and stop yourself from having to watch it if possible.
The Diary of Preston Plummer (2012)
Wait, What?
As described with the summary above, this review gave question upon question. The film starts out as quiet, scientific college graduate Preston isn't walking the stage for his university's graduation. He sits in a lab (which by coincidence, is open, and there just HAPPENS to be a full bottle of whiskey) and drinks out of a beaker along with his sorrows. His professor comes in and pours out such adoration towards this bum, and says how great he was. Super cliché, no one really cares. He ends up going to this party and meets this girl, and they go to the bathroom together, super sketchy. Ends up escaping, and then she basically cons him into driving her down to an island where her family resides along with the hotel they own.
Super sketchy, asking some random guy that just rescued you from a bathroom to drive you home, but it's indie Hollywood, we'll forget it. Preston and Kate (the terribly clingy girl) meet her parents, and shortly Preston meets this guy who turns out to be Kate's grandfather. Later at dinner that evening, Preston drops the bomb of how he met him, and the mother and Kate go crazy, leaving Preston misunderstood. Poor guy, no one told him ANYTHING, and the grandfather was a heck of a lot more understanding and kind then the crazy parents.
Long story short, there was a case claiming the grandfather raped his granddaughter, Kate, and it was entirely untrue. The mother made it up so she could get land to have their hotel on, totally ridiculous and crazy. Preston finds this out, and then Kate goes all crazy for him seeing him various times in this however long period. The grandfather commits suicide in the lobby of the hotel, and the mother claims she did what she could to "protect her daughter".
This movie was terrible, too. It had super dark points that lead no where, and the characters were too crazy and didn't add up to anything in the plot. Preston was too gentle to be around these people, and the mother was a whole other movie that could've been made and would've sucked. There was no plot, no point, and nothing made sense.