Snow Days and Movies

So this week we had a snow day, which would have been fun if I was allowed to go somewhere. But according to my parents, the roads were to bad for me to leave the house. So I had plenty of time to watch some movies. I know they've been out for a while but i finally watched The Other Boleyn Girl and 500 Days of Summer.

The Other Boleyn Girl started off a good movie, but it got worse and worse. I like the kind of movies set in the renaissance with the old fashion clothing. Also the drama is kind of old fashion in a way. The way the girls compete with each other is cruel and not something you see in a movie today. Also the language that is used is not like curse words but they still have the same effect. Anne Boleyn pretty much banishes her sister so that she can take her spot and marry the king. Her sister had a baby with the king but is viewed as a whore because they were not married and the king was still married to his previous wife. But after all Anne gets, she still wants more power and ends up just causing trouble for herself. The king who is no her husband hates her and now only wants her so she can produce a male heir. He abuses her and rapes her, and the relationship they have is very cold and just getting more violent. When Anne miss carries she does something horrible to try and keep it a secret, because if the king knows he will send her away or find another girl. Anne ends up getting caught for the horrible thing she does and is convicted of treason and is beheaded along with her brother. Not the kind of movie I really expected. I wasn't aware that it was going to end horribly and there wasn't really any happy ending at all. The first half of the film was great but the end was pretty bad. I don't really recommend seeing this movie. But now it makes me want to read the book to see if it was better. According to Aloma, it's an R rated book, which i guess kind of reflects the movie.

I also watched 500 Days Of Summer (Recommended by Aloma). I loved this movie! The girl who plays Summer (Zooey Deschanel) was the same girl who played in Yes Man, also a really good movie. Anyways... I love how she acts, she seems like she tries to be serious but it just comes off as hilarious! The plot is not a love story, and it is even said by the narrator at the beginning. In the movie, Tom meets a girl named Summer at the greeting card office he works at. They start to be friends and Tom falls in love with Summer, even though she warned him that she didn't want a relationship. SPOILER ALERT! Eventually, Summer "breaks up" with Tom and they go their separate ways. Later on, Tom meets back up with Summer and goes to a party she's hosting, only to realize that she's getting married and still isn't interested in him. In the end Tom realizes that there is not one person he will love and that his soul mate might still be out there. By the way, this all happens within 500 days of Tom's life. It seems like a lot happens in these 500 days and it's not really realistic. Tom meets a girl, dates a girl, they break up, she gets married, Tom quits his job, starts sketching to be an architect, interviews for a job, and meets a new girl. Every thing happens kind of fast but it's still a really good movie.

This was a really good movie and shows a different kind of love story where the boy doesn't get his girl in the end, but still has a good lesson to the movie.