Iron Man 3

I had never heard of Iron Man before the first movie came out. I actually thought it had to do with the “The Man in the Iron Mask”… I know, I know… complete different movie. But anyway… Back then I wasn’t as interested in super-hero movies (that has changed) because they were usually all the same thing. There was a villain, there were the innocent people and there was some kind of super-hero that would save them all. But that has also changed.

The basics continue the same, but now it’s so much nicer than before. They have better especial effects, they plot is usually very good, they have the action, the romance, that some of us just can’t go without, and in the case of Iron Man, they have Robert Downey Jr. who, in my opinion, brings the entertainment to a whole new level in any movie he is in.

I enjoyed the first two Iron Man movies, but this third one is just very nice!

And the best thing is that it is so funny. My goodness! I laughed the whole time! It was very, very entertaining indeed.

So, if you also like super-hero movies, you definitely have to watch this one.  And watch out for the Mandarin, he is really, really dangerous. The worst villain in all the movies I’ve watched O_o  

However if you haven’t watched any of the Iron Man movies, you should watch them in the right order so you can really understand the story. Here’s the correct order:

Iron Man

Iron Man 2

The Avengers – if you don’t watch this one, you don’t understand why he mentions New York so much in the movie. He keeps saying “Since New York things are not the same”, “I can’t sleep since New York”… but this is just a tip ;)

Iron Man 3

I wanted to discuss something about the last fight between Iron Man and his enemy, but I can’t because if I do, I will spoil it for you. All I can say is that it has something very much in common with the last fight between Batman and his enemy on the last Batman movie.

If you’ve watched both movies, my question is, do you know what I’m talking about?

Let’ s see who paid attention… hehehe.

Good Oldies Tuesday - Shutter Island

This is an R rated movie

Do you know those movies that you have to pay a lot of attention in order to understand it? Well, such is the case with Shutter Island. And even if you do, you will still be a little bit confused for the most part lol. And this is precisely what makes this movie so good, because you end up having to solve the mystery :)

This movie is about two U.S. Marshals played by Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo. They are assigned to solve a case where a woman went missing on a psychiatric hospital/prison.

This hospital only treats people who have committed horrible crimes and have been declared insane. So what happens is that this female patience simply disappeared from the hospital facilities, even though it was a maximum-security hospital on an Island where people can’t really escape from, unless they had a boat or could swim for hours in freezing waters.

When the two Marshals get there, everybody looks suspicious and no one knows or can explain how the woman could have escaped. Meanwhile all this crazy things start happening there and you don’t really know whom to believe in anymore.

This is an excellent movie, the kind that makes you think and think but still doesn't help you make sense of what’s going on. And the best part is, you may be very, very smart, but I don’t believe you can guess what’s going to happen in the end.

I remember that towards the end, when the mystery is finally solved, I went ‘NOO, I can’t believe it!!!!’ So, expect lots of surprises throughout this movie. All I can say is that it’s really, really nice, not predictable at all and a little bit scary.

If you like the kind of movies that make you think a lot and keep you on the edge of your seat, you will really like Shutter Island… trust me ;)

Good oldies Tuesday - The Mirror has Two Faces

I watched this movie quite a while ago. I had always heard of how good it was and so one day I prepared a snack, bought ice cream, invited a couple of friends over to watch it in my house and we had a very pleasant afternoon together.

This is what I remember every time I think about this movie :)

The movie tells the story of a woman and a man. Both are professors in a University. She is very smart and very good at what she does. He is very smart but his students don’t really like his classes.

When he saw how everybody seemed to like her teaching methods, he asks for her help and from then on they develop a friendship.

She is the type of person everyone wants to be around and although she has family and friends, she never really found someone to love.

He is the more loner type of man but has had many experiences with women who left him heartbroken.

She believes in true love, the kind that makes your heart race and takes your breath away.

He believes true love doesn’t exist and that you don't need love to get married. All you need are two people who are friends and enjoy each other's company.

So after a few months he makes a proposition to her. What if they got married so they could be each other’s companions? They would get married, live in the same house but sleep in separate beds. They would enjoy each other’s friendship but would not have any kind of physical contact.

She accepts it and that's when the story really starts… Can’t really say any more, otherwise I’ll give the whole plot away.

I recommend it 100% and would watch over and over again if my dear, dear friend Aline Munhoz hadn’t borrowed it  a few years ago and kept the DVD for herself (you still owe me for that by the way) lol.

This movie is very funny, very entertaining and truly a nice movie!

A romantic comedy like you don’t see nowadays anymore. 

The Help - A follower's review

This is the beautiful Bruna. She's been a faithful follower of my blog since I started writing. She recommended this movie to me last year when I hadn't yet watched it and so I asked her to write a review for me and here's what she has to say about it:

During the 1960’s women got married, and with a husband came children, and with children came a maid…

Black women in those days were expected to clean up after their employer’s kids and take care of them from the time they were babies, until they were grown, got married and got a maid of their own. The mothers didn’t really take care for their kids; instead they would hand that responsibility to the maid, together with all the cooking and cleaning.

However, our main character Skeeter (Emma Stone) is a single woman in her 20’s and was looked upon by her mother and friends as someone not fit for the society at the time. She was not married and didn’t have any children because instead of going for the norm, she opted for studying and getting a degree in writing.

The story turns even more interesting when Skeeter comes back home from college, and finds out that the maid who raised her and cared for her better than her own mother, was no longer working at her house. After that she started noticing more how other African-American women were treated and perceiving how their life as a maid was really like, she decided to start a book based on the maids point of view.

This movie is very inspiring. It shows us not to be scared to stand up for what’s right. 

In the movie we see how the maids were scared to tell their stories, afraid of the punishment they might get from their employers. But through her attitude Skeeter shows them that no one should be afraid to be different and make the difference, regardless of their color, culture or background.

Emma Stone did a wonderful job portraying a girl who goes against the flow and does not accept the rules and concepts of a society where the color of one's skin dictated how they were treated, what they had and how they lived.

I totally recommend this movie; it has something to give and the story is truly captivating.

Bruna Araújo

I agree 100 % with you Bruna! This movie is very good, funny and entertaining! I had a lot of fun watching it.

I just didn’t agree with what the boyfriend did. He was an idiot...

The Twilight Saga - Breaking Dawn Part I

I find it quite difficult to write a review about a Twilight movie. I don't know, maybe it's because the whole Edward thing seems to have a lot of girls going crazy these days...

Since it's hard to fully express my opinion in only one post, I'll be starting next Thursday a series of posts about it. So, if you are those people who really like Twilight, stay tuned every Thursday. If you are not, stay tuned anyway so you can share your opinion as well.

There were a lot of mixed reviews when Breaking Dawn came out, most critics hated it, some liked it and some had crazy ideas about it. This is what I think:

I liked it :)

I liked it because they stayed quite true to the book, just like New Moon. I don't particularly like the whole Renesmee story and I think it just spoiled something that was already good, like 'raining on the wet' as they say in Portuguese, but I'll let it pass lol.

I think the actors were very good, much better than in all the other Twilight movies.

I LOVED the wedding! But I don't think that Bella's dress was supposed to be like they showed it in the movie... too revealing for Bella's character and my taste.

I also enjoyed all the speeches at the wedding, especially Charlie's!! I think he's so funny (don't ask me why) both in the books and in the movies and I think they chose the perfect actor for his character. 

The soundtrack was nice, especially the wedding song... it's so beautiful!

The honeymoon... what can I say about the honeymoon in Brazil? Well, it was in Brazil, so of course it was going to be nice lol (just joking). Again, very close to the book, feathers and all.

There are some things that you don't understand though if you haven't read the book. Some things are not explained right, like when the wolves are talking and Jacob refuses to obey Sam; if you don't know the story, you are quite lost in that scene. Just like the friends that went with me to watch it. I had to keep explaining things throughout the movie, it was hilarious!

But apart from that, I liked everything else. It was good enough for me :)

But I must tell you that there is something about Twilight in general that I DON'T like. I think I even hate it... But anyway, if you want to know what it is, come back next Thursday.

Have you already watched it? What did you think? 

Leave your comments. I reeeally want to hear them!

Real Steel

There are currently no good movies to watch in the theaters and so without much option, my husband took me to watch Real Steel.

I wasn’t too excited about it because, let’s be honest, robots boxing? Not interesting…

But I really liked it!

It’s the story of this man who after making all sorts of wrong decisions in life sees himself for what he really is, a failure. When things couldn’t go any wrong for him, he finds out his girlfriend of 10 years ago died and left their son, who he never cared about, without both parents. He has no money, no bright future to look forward to, no chance to make things right… But can his son’s presence change the way he sees life?

You leave the theatre thinking of how important the presence of a father is in his child’s life and how devastating it can be when he is not present.

I totally recommend it for the whole family; this is the kind of movie you can actually take your kids to watch! And as the story between father and son unfolds, you even start enjoying the robots fighting… trust me lol

Thor

Here I go again with another super-hero movie review lol

Thor is from another world and as the son of a king he grows up learning everything necessary to inherit the throne some day. He was taught the best lessons and received the best training. He knew how to use his authority as a prince; he was strong, skilled and influential.  He was good at fighting battles; he was brave and very intelligent. The problem with him is that he often followed his impulses instead of his head and ended up paying a high price because of it.

I really liked watching Thor – have watched it twice actually. I liked it because instead of focusing on the super powers and all the things that can be achieved through it, it focuses on the fact that if you are foolish, you can lose everything… regardless of how powerful you may be.

There is no nudity and no cursing in this movie, which is always a plus. It has the fights, the lessons, the comedy and even some romance for those of us who just can’t go without it when watching a movie. Nice combination, isn’t it?

Include Thor on your list of movies to watch and have a great weekend!

The Lincoln Lawyer

Whenever I really like a movie, it’s usually because of the following reasons:

1. It has an intelligent plot
2. The acting is good
3. It’s intriguing
4. The story develops nicely
5. It catches your attention from the beginning
6. It makes you THINK in order for you to understand it
7. It teaches you something
8. It’s a true story
9. It has a message, you take something from it
10. It’s not predictable
11. You find yourself talking about it afterwards

There might be other reasons but I just can’t remember any others now. If you have any different reasons, please feel free to leave your comments below.

The Lincoln Lawyer has ten of the eleven attributes written above, it would have all of them except that it’s not a true story. But this is a very, very interesting movie! It tells a story of a rich guy, Louis Roulet (played by Ryan Phillippe), who is accused of trying to rape and murder a woman. This Louis guy is very rich and can afford any lawyer in the country to defend his case, but he chooses the not so well known attorney Mickey Haller(played by Matthew McConaughey). Mickey is the kind of lawyer who will defend anybody; regardless of the crime they are accused of and is known to succeed in most cases he represents.

Louis swears he’s innocent and so he hires Mikey Haller to prove it…  or at least that’s what you think in the beginning of the movie, but let’s just say that that was not his only reason for hiring him. But let me tell you already, you will have TO PAY ATTENTION in order to understand this part, but it’s totally worth the effort.

The Lincoln Lawyer has a nice cast, very intelligent plot, it’s intriguing and it’s definitely not predictable. It’s R rated though… I have no idea why. I’ve seen other movies that show horrible things and are still PG 13… But I thought I should let you know anyway.

So, let’s agree on something, shall we? Go watch The Lincoln Lawyer and then come back here so we can share our thoughts (I really like to do that… no wonder I created a blog about movies).

Go, watch, come back and comment.

We’ll talk soon!

Green Lantern

As I have mentioned before, I really like the super-hero stuff. Any comic book made into a movie and sure thing, I’m going to watch it or at least want to.

However, when the Green Lantern trailer came out, I wasn’t very interested. I saw a lot of ugly creatures and I thought, ‘who likes to go to the movies and see ugly things?’ But my husband said he remembered the story from the comic book and that it should be interesting.

So, I went to watch it not expecting much from it and to my surprise… well, I was really surprised.

The Green Lantern is not like other super-hero movies I’ve watched before, who always seem to evolve around the girl or how much the guy gets beat up or how much he struggles before he can finally overcome the enemies.

It’s not about the girl, it’s not about the super power, it’s about something we all face every single day of our lives and that’s what makes it so good!

This movie has a clear message, it’s like the whole story was written to pass one specific, direct, strong message and the whole movie focuses on that.

I liked it very, very much and recommend it to everyone. I had a couple of laughs, but that’s just because I find Ryan Reynolds very funny in all his roles and his face is always funny somehow.

I will not tell you what the message is though; otherwise I’ll just spoil it for you.

You should go, watch it and then write your views here in the comments section.

So, would I watch it again? Oh yes! WILL I watch it again? ABSOLUTELY!!