Need for Speed

2014 - 0/5

I really felt like watching a movie, and I even more so felt like watching a movie that I could write the review as I watched the movie. I picked this one. The only, and I truly mean only reason I picked this one is because I like Aaron Paul. If this movie had any other male lead, I probably wouldn’t have watched it at all.

As I mentioned earlier, I’m going to write this review as I watch it. Mainly because I don’t want this movie to take up any more time than the time I’m watching it. So here goes it…

For a movie that has the word ‘speed’ in it, it started off pretty slow.

You can see that there’s a sense of comradely and friendship, but you don’t feel it.

Its like a sappy version Fast & the Furious with all the slow-mo’s.

It’s like Aaron Paul all of a sudden couldn’t act on the big screen.

It just seems like a cookie cutter movie with the typical have-to-have moments.

It was as if this movie was created by young guys wanting to show off some cool driving, so they came up with a shitty storyline to make an excuse to show off.

I’m only half way through and there were so many things that could have been cut out.

Ugh, it’s so cheesy with one implausible situation after another. Beyond belief!

That narrator kind of guy was annoying so did not need to be in the movie at all.

UPDATE:
I just realized that this is the 2nd movie I've seen w/ Paul and Poots! A Long Way Down being the first I've seen these 2 together, and that was released this year as well!

VIFF 2014

Although I've loved movies for a while now, I've never really put any effort into seeing a VIFF movie during VIFF. It did start 2 days ago, and I'm sure I've already missed some good ones.

This morning I saw that a movie called Wild, and it was playing at 3pm in Vancouver. I was hoping to get there early (at 11am) and get one ticket. When I went, the guy couldn't say it was sold out, but he pretty much implied it was. I went back at 1:30 and the same guy assured me that all the seats have been pre-sold. Unfortunately I didn't get to see Wild, however, I've decided to take a look through the movies, and make a list (which I'll share below) of which movies I'd want to see!

Wild (theatrical release is December 5 [I think], so I can still watch it)

Welcome to Me

Fish & Cat

Foxcatcher

Black Fly

Meet the Parents

2000 - 4/5

I loved this movie when it first came out, and 14 years later, I’m still laughing!

I think all the characters were great picks and they meshed well with one another and they passed off as their characters with ease. I loved DeNiro in this, and although he’s usually not in comedies, its one of his best rolls! DeNiro and Stiller played off one another so well; dialogue and body language was so fluid between them.

The storyline moves forward with great pace. There’s one funny situation after another, and Murphy’s Law kicks in for Greg Focker (Stiller) and everything that can go wrong, does go wrong. You really feel sorry for Greg because you see that he’s actually a really good guy.

There are a lot of good/funny quotes, so I’ll just add a link to IMDB, but one of my favs has to be:
Greg Focker [on the phone]: Yeah, you gave me the wrong suitcase. Uh-huh. Yes, it's a black Samsonite. Uh-huh. Ok, well don't you think that the Samsonite people, in some crazy scheme in order to make a profit, MADE MORE THAN ONE BLACK SUITCASE?

Great cast, good characters and funny dialogue wrapped up to make a great plot.