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Quick Movie Reviews – The Hangover, Sherlock Holmes, The Ugly Truth, Into the Wild

Recently saw a few movies and thought I'd give my thoughts for all my readers (hah).  My reviews are rambling and poorly written, you probably wont like them (especially if you disagree).  Twitter would be the path of least resistance and easiest place to post these but 140 characters doesn't seem like enough.  Anyhoo, here we go:

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The Hangover was, in fact, just as funny as everyone said it was.  I didn't realize Zach Galifianakis played a wierdo in the film but did a fantastic job.  The guy from the office (Ed Helms) was funny too, the fear and apprehension he exhibits in most scenes made me really uncomfortable.  I'm sure it was the point.  Speaking of that, more than the movie was funny, it was downright uncomfortable and stirred a feeling of dread....but in a good way.  Also, I saw this in blu-ray and I gotta say that it's wearing off.  I know, for a movie like this, blu-ray is kind of a waste but still, the quality isn't all that better than DVD.  Why don't they call them groundies?
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I thought Sherlock Holmes was good.  Most people didn't like it, I did.  I went into it not expecting much due to the reviews.  I have been a fan of Guy Ritchie's directorial work such as Snatch so I thought I'd like this.  I never read any books or saw any movies about Sherlock Holmes so I didn't get the feeling that Ritchie ruined the Sherlock Holmes brand.  I think that's what most people didn't like about it.  I enjoy mystery movies where everything is tied up and explained at the end. It was a decent mystery action flick and they left the ending open to a sequel, which I'm okay with.  Plus, I think Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law are good, entertaining actors.  (Iron Man 2 should kick ass)
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Wife likes romantic comedies and I thought I could stomach this one.  It was....okay.  Gerard Butler was badass in 300 so I figured if the movie was terrible, I could imagine him screaming "this is sparta!" at someone.  There was a scene where he could have kicked Katherine Heigl out a hot air balloon, but he didn't.  Speaking of which, I didn't know who Katherine Heigl was until I saw Knocked Up (good movie) and learned that she is quite the stunner. At any rate, the movie wasn't bad, it inspired a chuckle here and there.

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Into The Wild was fantastic.  I did not read the book, usually people who read book before seeing their respective movie dislike said movie.  This happened to me with The Davinci Code (Tom Hanks, why did you let them do that to your hair?).  The main character, played by  Emile Hirsch was a great actor, I've never seen him in anything else.  They show a picture of the actual guy that Emile Hirsch portrayed and it showed how perfect a job he did.  A lot of the time I felt like what he was doing was crazy but understandable at the same time.  I'm not really sure what else to say, I'm running out of steam.....Oh, how the hell did a bus end up in the middle of the Alaskan wilderness?  That's the one thing I cant get past.  I know it's true but I want to know how it got there.....Frozen land bridge from Russia?  I don't know...Spoiler! He dies at the end.
Thanks to Wikipedia.org for the Images!

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