The Book of Life (2014)

I have really looked forward to watching this one ever since i watched the trailer for it.. so in a weekend embraced by friends i finally got around to putting it on..

The Book of Life holds the stories of every person to have ever lived on this earth. One of these stories is about 3 friends; a girl and the 2 boys courting her. So on one night of the dead, La Muerte and Xibalba kinda makes a bet on which boy is gonna get the girl.,, La Muerte chooses Manolo, the boy who makes music from the heart and Xibalba chooses Joaquin, the boy who always fight for what is right.. After a small pig incident Maria however is sent away to become a proper lady (why is it this happens so much in movies). The fight between Manolo and Joaquin continues through the years and when Maria returns home the game is getting tougher... ending in Xibalba cheating a bit... so now the question is who will marry Maria and who is gonna rule the world of the remembered?

i dont really know why but the day of the dead has always intrigued me.. something about celebrating your dead loved ones instead of crying for them.. and the little i do know about the day of the dead is that it is a celebration in remembrance of those you love. anywho the movie.. I love that they chose to build the movie as a story told.. meaning you have these kids that are listening to a female guide telling them a story about a love triangle... and as a nice touch all the characters look like these little wood figurines that the guide are showing the kids.. to me that is a very nice detail. I also love that they have kept the drawing style in what i would know as Mexican culture (don't know if Mexicans would agree...) but generally the animations is complete and wonderful to watch... 

so with all this good said this movie must be perfect.. well sadly no... the animation is wonderful but they choose to totally sellout on the music.. using different love songs at cued moments.. thing is it just doesn't fit right.. if they had made music fitting the story with a Mexican style to it this movie would have earned top marks and in my book even a cult status.. this is how well carried out the animation and story is.. to bad they didn't give it all and gave it the proper music that it truly deserved...

anywho i do recommend it because even with the dreadful choice in music it is an above average movie...

200 mph (2011)

well i needed a break from the girly world.. i might love the chick flicks but it can get to much after a while.. just like pretty much anything else.. anyway got myself lost on the wanna watch list.. seriously how did it get so long? anywho started at the alphabetically top and went from there and well chose 200mph.. figured i could use some speed...



so 200 mph is about Rick a young man who lost his brother in a car accident during a street race. Following the aftermath Rick tries to settle the dept by racing the same guy his brother raced... so he team up with his friends to get his car up to the challenge in the course of a month. during this month though things starts to happen fast around Rick all to intimidate him... so well you get the picture right?

yeah that takes one of my list.. that would be progress just alittle over a thousand to go.. bloody h... anyway.. the movie the movie... the movie isn't bad it's not great either but still not bad.. it is predictable and well has a little to much odds for my liking.. and to be honest the climax of the movie truly sucked.. like big time.. it was not what i expected but it was not a good alternative so.. well.. but hey i got a few laughs and there were some cool cars.. but really wanna have speed and cool cars go find fast and furious.. it will give you a better treat.... 

13 going on 30 (2004)

oh how school gets you out of the loop... or well just out of everybody's loop.... must say that movies has rolled over the screen way quickly but with not much memory of them.. does not really matter cause its been mostly my movie shelf that's been on the menu so not only can i watch them all again at some point when desired but also has they been watch a lot already... you know if you like it you buy it and that are the words i live by.. so yeah i love my movies ;)

anywho...13 going on 30... well think this is the girly version of Big with Tom Hanks.. and by that i mean we have our average unpopular teenage girl holding her 13th birthday and after a little thing with mean girls at her party she wishes very deeply to be 30.. and boom we have a 13 year old Jenna waking up in a 30 year old body.. not only that it is more like skipping time so body have lived 17 years with all the weird mistakes and choices that comes with that.. 13 year old Jenna however does not remember anything... making a really awkward morning with a naked man in the apartment and running around town in her negligee. And now to the fun part... finding out what she really wanted so she can go back to being well 13.

overly predictable sappy sweetness check, way to cute Jennifer Garner playing a 13 year old.. check... me totally embracing my girly side.. well double ehm maybe triple check that....

dont think there is that much else to say.. okay i admit it i'm terrible at reviewing chick flicks.. might be because im not that willing to admit that i love watching them buggers.. :) and the thing with chick flicks is they have to be predictable.. it has to be sappy and so sweet you almost gag.. why... well i think it might be a girly need for something romantic that we all know doesn't really exists in the real world.. it is a place to get lost in dreams....