Movie Weekend

Over the past two days, I had my movie fills that I've been craving for a few weeks.
At a small theater somewhere in Santa Monica, me and some friend's decided to watch "No Country for Old Men" before it went off the theaters. And knowing little about the movie besides it being praised by critics, and has no recognizable star's, I went in.

No Country for Old Men was rather mind blowing. A mix of subtlety, twisted humor, and well, old men. The suspense and the chain of events of the movie kept my heart at my throat, all without using cheap scare tactics of popping monsters in your face. Just watching the characters and the plot unfold shows you how much time and effort the director and script writers put into this masterpiece. It's filled with awsomeness.

And just because of the premise, I went to watch "I am Legend" at a local theater. Now, watching movies based solely on the premise of the movie, a single survivor, (Will Smith no less) in a huge abandoned city of New York, seemed like a pretty bad idea. But I was rather pleased with the outcome. While the movie was filled with in-your-face scary surprise scenes to keep your heart racing, Will Smith does a decent job of holding the movie together. I am Legend portrays a person who has nothing else but his dog Samantha to keep him company for three years in a dangerous city, I couldn't help but be reminded of "Shadow of Colossus" for the PS2. The bond between man and beast is quite beautiful.

While I am Legend is a great movie to check out with your friends, just because the premise is pretty cool, I would still suggest finding time to watch No Country for Old Men, if your the philosophical type, and love to analyze the subtle events that happen in said movie, it is, and I repeat, filled with awsomeness.