Happy Friday! I don’t have too much going on this weekend, just a writing date tonight and family game night tomorrow night. I’m also planning to hunt for a new pair of black flats, since I literally wore a hole in my previous pair. And, of course, there will be copious alone time, which I’m looking forward to. All in all, my ideal weekend!
Since I’ve been trying to watch more movies lately (I’ve never been a huge movie buff, but I want to change that), I thought it might be interesting to talk about the movies I’ve watched lately, Five for Friday style. Here we go:
1) Minions
My roommate loves the Minions and has seen all the movies more than once. I have never seen any of the movies because I just don’t watch animated movies anymore. (Aside from this and seeing Zootopia in April, I can’t remember the last animated movie I saw!) This was a cute movie, though it took me a while to figure out what was going on. There were some laugh-out-loud funny parts, even! It was interesting enough for me to think about seeing Despicable Me… maybe soon I’ll get around to actually watching it.
2) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Gosh, these movies are so good. Why didn’t anyone tell me how good these movies are?! (Kidding.) I love watching Harry, Ron, and Hermione grow up through watching these movies. They are so friggin adorable in the first two movies, but this is the first movie that I felt that they were beginning to mature and tackle some more grown-up issues. It felt like the movie left out a lot of stuff from the book, but since the books are getting longer and longer (this book was 435 pages and the next one is 734 pages!), I think that’s just going to be a pattern. All the important stuff was kept in and these movies still make me so, so happy as I’m watching them.
3) Good Will Hunting
I watched this movie to fulfill my goal to see 12 popular movies I’ve never seen before, and it was a really amazing film. Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are babies in this movie (as is Minnie Driver!), which makes sense because this movie is almost 20 years old! (What.) I can understand why the movie received such critical acclaim because it was so well-acted and smartly written. And it’s no wonder that Damon and Affleck went on to be mega-stars after this! They were outstanding.
4) Iron Man
Can you believe I’ve never seen any of the Iron Man movies? It’s true! I am on a mission to watch all of the Marvel movies that have been released in the past eight or so years (because, along with animated movies, I haven’t seen a lot of superhero movies in the past few years either!), and I wanted to start with Iron Man. Robert Downey Jr. is the excellent antihero-turned-hero and I probably fell a little bit in love with him while watching him transform into Iron Man. This movie had a great pace, a fantastic supporting cast, and an interesting twist.
5) Me Before You
This movie was perfect. Emilia Clarke was the perfect Lou, Sam Claflin was the perfect Will. It all came together so wonderfully. I was worried that the movie would be a little too emotional for me, but it really wasn’t. Sure, I cried, but not nearly as much as I was expecting (maybe I’m dead inside). I also didn’t cry when I read the book (okay, I am dead inside). I think a lot of people find the story sad, but I find it so hopeful, uplifting, and inspiring. This movie was a really wonderful adaptation of the book and it solidified why Me Before You is my all-time favorite novel.
Have you seen any of the movies? Your thoughts? What’s the last movie you watched?
Of these movies, I have only seen Good Will Hunting. I am not really a movie buff either. I used to watch more movies in high school and college but now I rarely do as we tend to watch more Netflix stuff which is usually original series or documentaries/travel shows/etc. Phil often quotes from movies I haven’t seen and I just give him a blank look. Ha. He can’t believe how many of the classic 80s movies I haven’t seen, like Ghostbusters.
I’m trying to think of the last movie we watched but it’s been so long that I’m totally blanking! Right now we are watching the last series of Curb Your Enthusiasm. It’s not my favorite show but it’s something I enjoy and Phil REALLY loves it. The episodes are pretty short so we will often watch one at the end of the day before going to bed.
Good Will Hunting, YES! Loved that movie. “How bout them apples?” We quoted this movie in high school which shows you how old I am 🙂
LOVE Robert Downey Jr. He’s one of my favorites forever and always. I’ve loved him since a 1990s movie with he & Marisa Tomeii (and of course now i can’t think of the movie for the life of me even though I *own* it).
The last movie I watched was “our Brand is crisis,” and it was good. Of course, I’m a huge Sandra Bullock fan but I really think she nailed the role. Highly recommend. Oh, and also Big Stone Gap as it’s a movie adaptation of a book by one of my favorite authors (Netflix streamable). It was good. It made me cry. Next up is Deadpool!
I’m not a huge movie buff either. I really enjoy movies, but feel like I haven’t seen a whole lot of them. I don’t watch many animated ones either but I did see Despicable Me and loved it. I’m seeing Me Before You with my book club this month and cannot wait!
How crazy is it that I’ve never seen “Good Will Hunting”?! This was a reminder that I need to get around to that one…!
I’ve only watched Good Will Hunting and Iron Man. I’ll wait for Minions to arrive on Netflix to watch and I’m not a Harry Potter van. (Sorry!!) I’m curious about Me Before You. I watched the trailers and the acting seems off, but maybe I’m wrong? (Also didn’t cry reading the book. Dead hearts unite!)
I really want to see Me Before You, but I just don’t know how ready I am for that cryfest, ha.
I have yet to see Good Will Hunting all the way through (I think I watched part of it once?). I surprisingly liked the Iron Man/Avengers movies I’ve seen – I’ve seen the first Iron Man and the first Avengers, so far. They are action-packed but also have a lot of clever/sarcastic humor in them, which I love.
I always want to watch more movies, but I never actually want to dedicate that time to just vegging out and watching something for 2 hours. I just can’t get myself to relax/stay focused anymore, I get impatient and bored too easily.
I love Good Will Hunting. I can’t believe you hadn’t seen it before… it’s such a classic.
I also really want to see Me Before You (but I haven’t read the book yet, so I am holding out to read that first).
We watched Michael Moore’s “Where to invade next?” (brilliant!) and “Star Wars” last weekend. Both really great movies.
I agree Me Before You was perfect and Emilia Clark did a great job! I loved that book so much, I kind of want to re read it now after watching the movie and reading After You!