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Frankie and Johnny (1991)
Review: People Like Us (2012)
Rating: 8.0 of 10
People Like Us is story about one Sam (Chris Pine), a twenty-something salesman who had to come home for his father's funeral who he hated, and discovered that his father had another family and another daughter (Elizabeth Banks) that he knew nothing about.
Imagine the brattiness of Captain James Kirk from 2009's Star Trek (who Chris Pine also played), put the character in a funeral and family drama, and basically you'll get something exactly like People Like Us. The lead character Sam was something that all of us like to hate: an alpha-type, cocky, over-achiever, money-chasing salesman who would put a bulldozer through a church and the books of law if it fit his needs. Elizabeth Banks' Frankie, meanwhile, was something of a different breed: a single mother struggling to meet her needs and put her life in order.
People Like Us is a simple story about people trying to connect with each other. No gimmicks, no obvious twist-and turns (aside from the core premise); it's just one of those quietly engaging films about people who have no idea why they're doing what they're doing. We get to slowly understand the father and what his family went through his life, as we get to know Sam's mother (Michelle Pfeiffer) and her past, his job, Sam's childhood, and Frankie's life in general. Those details, scattered throughout the movie like a puzzle of life, put layers into the characters in a seemingly obvious family drama. It put a sense of earnestness in an otherwise heavy-handed film.
TL;DR Written and directed by Alex Kurtzman (yes, that Alex Kurtzman. Roberto Orci, his screenwriting partner also wrote in this film.), People Like Us is not a perfect movie, but it's a surprisingly layered one. In all honesty, your enjoyment of this movie might depend on how much you tolerate Chris Pine's Sam (Olivia Wilde is still underused, though), but if you like family drama it's not a bad movie to spend your time with.
i tell all my friends everything you do
a sick obsession that i still try to prove
but its no good 'cause
who am i without you?
michelle pfeiffer
«Mistletoe can be deadly if you eat it...»
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I love the way it always feels to miss you
Batman Returns (1992) dir. Tim Burton
- I was watching on one of these flights, I threw on Batman Returns &, like, snowy, gothic, atmosphere of that movie is, it’s quite like, shockingly similar to a lot of the stuff we were doing here. -
Robert Eggers
Michelle Pfeiffer, that white gold
Scarface (1983) by Brian De Palma
Ladyhawke (1985) by Richard Donner
Dangerous Liaisons (1988) by Stephen Frears
Batman Returns (1992) by Tim Burton
The Age of Innocence (1993) by Martin Scorsese
#NotYourBaby
Antman and the Wasp Review!
NON- SPOILER REVIEW SO YOU ARE SAFE TO READ IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED IT YET
I know I haven't done reviews for a while but here I go
- Antman, Scott Lang is hilarious like always, but I also liked the relationship between her daughter, family, the Pym & Van Dyne family, basically everyone. Cassie is so lovely
- Janet Van Dyne as Wasp was spectacular, her action scenes were great, and basically the main storyline of the movie revolved around her
- I really love those particular shrinking and enlarging action scenes with humor where can only seen by an Antman & Wasp movie. THE PYM TECH, I love it
- Scott and Hope had great chemistry together. And so did Hank and Janet, with that short amount of screen time together
- God Louis you precious man. Oh and also, the cop, he was awesome too
- Michelle Pfeiffer and Micheal Douglas in one shot just made me smile, where two silver haired senior actors are just happy together
- HORRIBLE villain
- It was like, as if Marvel created their uninteresting unattractive villain back in phase 1. Both Ghost and Sonny were just terrible
- There was one scene where Ghost basically explains her back story on why she became a villain about full five minutes just making the heroes sit there and she just says what ever she wants. And I was like ' Oh... Really....? Oh ok.... pity you..... but, are you done...? You're not? Ok....'. Basically she reminded me of Malekith back in Thor the Dark World
- You know when the heroes are more attractive than the villain, you want the good guys to win. When villain is more attractive, you want the villain to take over, and if both are charming, you are just sold? Well in this movie, Yeah heroes are damn great but every time when the villain appeared, I was just... irritated? Annoyed? Oh and yes, this includes Sonny too. But at least he had some more character in him
- OHHH!! the end credits!!!!! Don't you dare miss that. It makes you go HUUHHHH?????
Overall, great CGI, great graphics, main story line about the Pym family, awesome heores, meh villain. For me, it was 7.7/10. What a amazing introduction to debut the Wasp. She was amazing
