Flipped (2010)

It is interesting when a teenager movie wrapped in a wiser point of view. The result is an easy to digest but full of wisdom kind of way movie. Flipped is a love story, to sum up, but tells the story with two point of view. From the girl, Juli and the boy, Bryce. Two eighth graders start to have feelings for each other despite being total opposites. Based on the novel "Flipped" by Wendelin Van Draanen.(imdb)

I have a fondness with old vintage things. This movie set in the '50s and use old tunes like my mother's favorite tunes. Madelinne Caroll plays a strong character as Julie. Deep impression also felt by John Mahoney who plays Bryce's grandfather, Chet. Using narration with back and forth plot does not felt confusing. It makes us learn more from both characters.

As a kid, we act like what is is. Spontaneously do things according to our personality. So right from the beginning we could see the difference between Juli and Bryce personality. From the start Juli is straightforward and stubborn but Bryce is still easily influenced from his surroundings.

127 Hours (2010)

It was just a matter of time for me to put the movie in this blog. I was afraid that it's going to be surviving movie that focused on the pain leading to frustration in the end making the viewers depressed, much like Into The Wild's pitied story. As I read that the director, Danny Boyle, has directed Slumdog Millionaire, no wonder it has the same fast paced time movie and not at all boring.
 
127 Hours is the true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah. Over the next five days Ralston examines his life and survives the elements to finally discover he has the courage and the wherewithal to extricate himself by any means necessary, scale a 65 foot wall and hike over eight miles before he can be rescued. Throughout his journey, Ralston recalls friends, lovers, family, and the two hikers he met before his accident.

Never Let Me Go (2010)

Never Let Me Go is a movie based on Kazuo Ishiguro's 2005 novel with the same name and directed by Mark Romanek. Starred by Carrey Mulligan, Keira Knightley and Andrew Garfield. The novel was a big success, Time magazine said it is the best novel in 2005.

It tells a story about the life of three students in Hailsham, an idealistic boarding school who taught their students to be prepared for what they are born to be, for the sake of healing people who in need of a donor. Kathy, Tommy and Ruth are friends since child as they are attending the boarding school together and involved in a love triangle. As they grow into young adults, they find that they have to come to terms with the strength of the love they feel for each other, while preparing themselves for the haunting reality that awaits them (Fox Searchlight Pictures).

Marley & Me (2008)

The two leading stars, Jennifer Anniston and Owen Wilson, can fool you into thinking the movie would be full comedy. I think it was an instant impression seeing the poster, which I think it's probably too cheerful for the movie. Sure, seeing Marley the dog uncontrollable can make you giggle. Well, that is not all. Few tears is one of the effect after watching the whole of the story.