Movies I saw (In theatres) in 2009

Holy crap!

• 17 Again (with Dad)
• Super predictable. Should have had more Matthew Perry. Hunter was really super funny.
  
• All About Steve (with Dad)
• Got terrible reviews. Wasn't horrendous but it was poorly constructed. Sandra, Bradley, and Senor Chen from Community are good actors. But they were used in the wrong way.
  
• Alvin and the Chipmunks 2 (with Mom)
• Ahhhdorable. And really it was quite a cast. The Chipmunks were Justin Long, Matthew Gray Gubler and Jesse McCartney. The Chipettes were Amy Poehler, Christina Applegate and Anna Faris. Interestingly, Christina and Anna were both on Friends. Theodore (Jesse) was so cute he kept making me cry. And when I saw that Matthew played Simon I was not at all surprised. His character on Criminal Minds is so similar.
  
• Angels and Demons (with Katherine)
• It's like National Treasure if you subtract all the funny and make it more confusing. I don't understand the religious stuff or the science stuff. And they never explained things!
  
• The Blind Side (with Mom and Dad)
• I would have never seen this if I hadn't been dragged to it. But it was amazing. So touching. Sandra was incredible. It was inspiring and everything.
  
• Bride Wars (with Dad)
• It's like watching Gossip Girl except with a serious lack of cute guys and longer and you can't walk out of the room.
  
• Confession of a Shopaholic (with Dad)
• So predictable but really great. I really liked Isla Fisher's acting. And the Luke was super charming
  
• Couples Retreat (with Dad)
• Thank god for the other 3 couples because I can only take so much Vince Vaughn. There were quite a few Community cast members who were quite funny.
  
• Did You Hear About the Morgans? (with Dad)
• Also a terribly reviewed movie. It was very predictable but it had some really witty jokes about democrats, PETA, and New York. What really made it so bad was how much Sarah Jessica Parker sucks at acting. Seriously, she sounds whiny and emotionless. Hugh Grant on the other hand was quite good. He had a charm and sparkle and whit that worked so well.
  
• Duplicity (with Dad)
• Not Oceans 11 but it had that aspect of "wait? what? Go back!" Clive Owen and Julia Roberts were great actors. It's a clever movie with a sprinkle of suspense
  
• Duplicity (with Katherine)
• I had a very hard time paying attention. I actually took out my ipod and started watching a Spring Awakening bootleg.
  
• Everybody's Fine (with Dad)
• My dad is very smart. Except when he's not. An example of being not smart was picking this. He thought it would be a comedy with a pinch of drama to make things interesting. He's an idiot. This was probably the worst movie I saw in 2009. I tried to fall asleep during it. I hated it. It was just depressing and boring. Blah blah.
  
• Funny People (with Dad)
• Adam Sandler is not funny. Seth Rogen is not funny. Jonah Hill is not funny. Leslie Mann is surprisingly funny. This should have been called Funny Person And The Comedian who totally isn't. Not a funny movie except Leslie Mann sobbing at her daughter's rendition of Memories from Cats
  
• Ghost of Girlfriends Past (with Dad)
• Got terrible ratings but was not the worst movie ever. It was tragically predictable but I always appreciate movies that feature a huge player as the main character. I just wish they didn't try to make him reform. They really could have used Lacey Chabert (who played Gretchen in mean girls) more than they did.
  
• The Hangover (with Mom)
• I put off seeing this for a long time thinking that it would be like SUPERBAD. Everyone says its funny, but it really sucks. But it had such a great cast! They were all hilarious. And it's so quotable. "Paging Dr. Faggot" "You can't leave a baby in the closet, there's a tiger in the bathroom!" I could have done without the elderly couple coming into the theater 10 minutes late and sitting next to me although the theater was empty and scolding me for texting. I also could have done without the spanish group sitting behind me commenting in Spanish.
  
• Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (with Mom)
• My least favorite Harry Potter book. Too much romance. Too much making out. Everything else was alright
  
• He's Just Not That Into You (with Dad)
• I saw this right after I had gotten into Bare. So I was a little distracted by the extension that I thought would fit well (if you know what I mean ;) ) But it's a decent movie. Justin Long and Ginnifer Goodwin were cute. Scarlett Johanson is a terrrrrible actress.
  
• Ice Age 3 (with Katherine)
• Katherine wanted to see 500 Days of Summer. I wanted to see this. So we saw this. I loved it. Sadly, it's my type of movie. There were 3 groups in the theater. The kids in the front with their mother. Me and Katherine. and the kids in the back with the father. There quite a few jokes that only the father in the back and I understood.
  
• The Invention of Lying (with Dad)
• Mehhhhh. It's original. That's for sure. But Ricky Gervais was not super funny.
  
• It's Complicated (with the Christmas Crowd. and Dad)
• Oh my god. So funny. Meryl Streep was brilliance. Steve Martin was super funny. Alec Baldwin was....Alec Baldwin. And John Krasinski was super awesome. I cracked up so much.
  
• Julia and Julia (with Dad)
• Meryl and Stanley were fantastic. Amy Adams was pretty good, but she's better than that
  
• Mall Cop (with Dad)
• It's exactly what you'd expect from a movie with Kevin James about a Mall Cop.
  
• New Moon (with Mom)
• Bleeeeeeccch. Robert Pattinson was a fucking mess, Kristen Stewart was crap on a plate. Taylor Lautner's hot but not a good actor.
  
• Night at the Museum 2 (with Dad and the Beach Crowd)
• I loved it. It took place in the Smithsonian which makes me happy. Owen Wilson and Steve Coogan were brilliant. Hank Azaria was good in all three roles. Ben Stiller was Ben Stiller :)
  
• Pink Panther 2 (with Dad)
• Really funny. Good for a sequel. The love stuff had strange moments. Someone told me that the villain reminded me of them :) I take that as a compliment
  
• The Proposal (with Dad)
• So great. Love Betty White. Love the mom (who was also in Did You Hear About the Morgans?) Craig T. Nelson played his character perfectly. Ryan Renolds was great. Sandra Bullock was great. But the standout was Betty. She was hilarious in the woods scene. And I was the only person in the entire theater to understand what Sandra was singing so I was cracking up a good 10 seconds before everyone else. By the way, that is now the theme dance of our basketball team.
  
• The Proposal (with Katherine)
• I spent the entire movie playing vortex on my ipod. The movie was great but it didn't require undivided attention.
  
• Race to Witch Mountain (with Dad)
• I was beyond impressed for a disney movie. It was really good! It was funny, Dwayne Johnson's a really good actor. And that girl looks like Catherine Blades.
  
• Sherlock Holmes (with Dad)
• Robert Downey Junior and Jude Law play their characters to perfection. Rachel McAdams was brilliant as always. It seemed a little more James Bond than Sherlock Holmes, though. I'm so glad they explained everything in the end.
  
• The Soloist (with Grandma Sue)
• My Grandma loves me. But because I was so busy we didn't get a lot of chances to hang out. When I was working on my Broadway Project for English, she called and invited me to see this with her. I didn't want to but my dad said sometimes we do things we don't want to do to make other people happy. The movie was terrible. Well, it wasn't terrible. It was really emotional and touching. But not a movie I would ever pick/want to see in a thousand years.
  
• Star Trek (with Mom)
• I was kind of confused by it, but the action was so cool and exciting!
  
• Star Trek (with Dad)
• Star Trek (with Katherine)
• Star Trek (with Grandpa Marv)
• The theater was almost empty.
  
• State of Play (with Grandma Harriet)
• Grandma looooves Ben Affleck and she thought he looked fiiiine. But it was an exciting intense movie!
  
• State of Play (with Dad)
• Taken (with Rachel)
• So intense! Liam Neeson is such a badass!
  
• The Ugly Truth (with Dad and Grandma Harriet)
• Oh my god. Awkward. But hilarious. But so awkward
  
• Up in The Air (with Dad)
• George Clooney was really in his element. It was quite clever
  
• Year One (with Dad)
• Typical Jack Black+Typical Michael Cera = BLEEEECCCCH