Movie Review: The Back-up Plan

The Back-up Plan

Directed by: Alan Poul
Stars: Jennifer Lopez, Alex O'Loughlin

Ratings:

★ ★ ★

My thoughts:

I love love love Alex O'Loughlin. Remember him, Mick St. John - the main cast in the TV series, Moonlight? Aww he's sooo cute and has a killer smile (human or a vampire).  He's the only reason why I watched this movie (I'm not really into JLO).

It was a good comedy movie. Funny and sweet but the story line was very predictable. I had a good laugh but I'd still give it a 3-star rating. I do hope in the future, Alex would have good movies, would not hurry to accept any offer that comes his way.

About the movie:

"Zoe's a woman who has a hard time letting anyone into her life. She has a habit of pushing people away when they get close. She also wants to have a baby but because she has no man in her life decides to be artificially inseminated. Shortly after having the procedure she meets a guy named Stan whom she connects with. But she's still afraid to let him in and when she tells him about her pregnancy thinking he would bail but he sticks with her." - imdb.com



 Official Movie website: http://www.theback-upplan.com/

~ Versatile Blogger Award ~

This is great! This is my first award EVER, and I really did enjoy that Friday Blog Hopping (which is btw, Saturday my time). The award was passed to me by nymfaux and Crazy Bookworm. Thank you so much for this!

There are some things you have to do when you receive this award:

1.Thank and link back to the person who gave you this award
2.Share 7 things about yourself
3.Pass the award along to 15 bloggers who you have recently discovered and who you think are fantastic.
4.Contact the bloggers you’ve picked and let them know about the award.

7 things about myself

1. Well I love books and movies

2. I love Lord of the Rings and Vampire Academy sooo muccchhhy.

I have two kids, Elessar Andrei (4) and Eowyn Audrey (1) named after LOTR characters. Elessar is Aragorn's royal name and Eowyn is King Theodon's niece.

3. I'm afraid of cats especially at night. 

4. I love horror films

5. I love dark chocolates soo much!

6. I write poems and short stories

7. My favorite colors are yellow, orange and pink

15 bloggers that I've found

1. The Authoress

2. Books from Bleh to Basically Amazing

3. Beautifully Broken

4. Books with Bite

5. Close Listenings

6. Dearest Dreams

7. Paromantasy

8. QSbookclub

9. See Michelle Read

10. The Readings of a Busy Mom

11. Denzramblings

12. Sizzling Hot Books

13. Reading on the Dark Side

14. Read, Reviews, Recommends

15. Stream of Subconciousness

Thanks again to Nymfaux and Crazy Bookworm!!

Movie Review: The Lovely Bones

The Lovely Bones



Director: Peter Jackson
Stars: Rachel Weisz
             Mark Wahlberg
             Saoirse Ronan


Ratings:

★ ★ ★


My thoughts:

A movie based on a novel by Alice Sebold, directed by Peter Jackson. 

This is a story of a young girl who was murdered by his neighbor and watches her family and friends from "in between heaven and earth".

Casting is great, Mark Wahlberg and Rachel Weisz. They're great in portraying the role of the murdered girl's mom and dad. And yeah, Saorise Ronan is perfect for Susie's role. I cannot see other girl acting as Susie in this film.

The visual effects are also great. Peter Jackson created a somewhat wonderful idea of "in between heaven and earth". A place that looks like a perfect piece of painting. 

And while everything is great, casting, acting and visuals, I think Mr. Jackson forgot to focus on the story. I have not read the book so I don't really know what happened in the book but in the movie, the story went on how Susie's family and friends wept on her death, and then after a while, moved on. In some parts, the movie dragged on and on. I was expecting something BIG to happen but nothing really major happened in this movie. And again, I was not satisfied with the ending. It's like after watching the whole movie, sat for almost 2 hours and then nothing. "Is that it?"

Lastly, since the title is Lovely bones, may I ask where are the lovely bones?!?! It was funny because I even asked my husband that question. I might have missed it and up until now I don't know why it's called The Lovely Bones.

About the book:

When we first meet 14-year-old Susie Salmon, she is already in Heaven. This was before milk carton photos and public service announcements, she tells us; back in 1973, when Susie mysteriously disappeared, people still believed these things didn't happen. In the sweet, untroubled voice of a precocious teenage girl, Susie relates the awful events of her death and her own adjustment to the strange new place she finds herself. It looks a lot like her school playground, with the good kind of swing sets. With love, longing, and a growing understanding, Susie watches her family as they cope with their grief, her father embarks on a search for the killer, her sister undertakes a feat of amazing daring, her little brother builds a fort in her honor and begin the difficult process of healing. In the hands of a brilliant novelist, this story of seemingly unbearable tragedy is transformed into a suspenseful and touching story about family, memory, love, Heaven, and living. - Goodreads