Showing posts with label sad. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sad. Show all posts

the Road (2009)

by D. Jacob Ryals

Planet of the Hobos

This movie is okay.  Not great, and I could definitely see people not liking this movie.  Most movies like this, there is some huge delima that occurs and the whole movie revolves around this delima.  As you watch the father and son travel they narrowly escape what would usually consume the entire plot of the movie.  They kill a scavenger and escape his buddies.  They come across a family of cannibals and escape being eaten.  They find a bank of food, and don't have to defend it.  This movie is more about showing you what complete and utter despair is.  I like the fact it doesn't take the normal turns, though the end result is a little boring.  This is not a movie that takes you on a ride or gives you some kind of experience.  This movie is meant to be thought about and talked aobut afterwards.  I didn't like the ending.  It wrapped up a little too nicely.  Some movies are like that, and I don't mind that.  It really is though like a movie with a planet full of homeless and starving people.  I have heard that the book isn't bad, so I may check it out.

Not for everybody.


Toy Story 3 (2010)

by D. Jacob Ryals
imdb  trailer

Can Pixar fuck up?!!!
In a movie age where we keep rekindling franchises, you might think this has a small potential to fail.  Not so.  This movie was just as good as you could ever expect it to be.  I found the plot to be simple to digest and yet exploding with flavor for a complicated pallete.  If I was a parent I would be using this movie as a teaching tool with my kid(s) for a whole bunch of stuff.  From the acceptance of homosexuality (Ken) to the meaning of Love and Loyalty and how to deal with being hurt by either.  
I cried at the end and am not ashamed to say it.  
I CRIED AT THE END OF TOY STORY 3!!!!!!!!
There I said it.  This studio is so good at touching and stimulating every part of your brain and heart that no one can judge you for reacting to any of their movies.  
The villians were great, I loved the creepy baby doll enforcer.  I thought Ken was a great character as well.
Even though, I DID NOT like Cars.