So I'm still playing a little catch up on enlightening you with my last couple of weeks of movie nerding so I'm going to group these last 3 "go sees" together because, well, they were all good and I recommed you see them all, but like so many movies, these aren't going to blow your socks off.
1. 
Coraline - This is a cartoon. Actually, its not a cartoon, its stop motion, which is one of the reasons that I liked it. My roommate, to keep him anonymous, we'll call him Cakefart, rented this one, and invited me to watch it with he and his lady snugglebunny. I was a little, "Oh I don't know, I don't like cartoons all that much..." Well, I was wrong 2x. Like I said before, it's stop motion. This means that the characters were moved, a picture was taken, they were moved ever so slightly, another picture was taken, etc. etc. This is amazing because I was halfway through the movie when I realized that this wasn't just some really cool animation, it was some really cool stop motion. If you like watching movies that are just plain cool to look at, watch this one. Not only is it visually stimulating, the plot is very original, and its actually a little bit scary. The movie follows a young girl named Coraline, who has just moved and is very bored and unhappy with her life. Then, while asleep, she discovers a world, just like her real world, but where everything is just better, yet very strange. Cats talk, peoples eyes have buttons, her boring parents are super cool, the whole thing is very Alice in Wonderland-ish. Well everything seems great in bizarro world, until things stop being great. Its a very interesting movie, and I was thoroughly entertained. I highly recommend it, but if you have a hard time getting into A) cartoonish movies and B) super fantasies, you probably won't like it, but even then, you will probably enjoy Coraline way more than you think.
Coraline - This is a cartoon. Actually, its not a cartoon, its stop motion, which is one of the reasons that I liked it. My roommate, to keep him anonymous, we'll call him Cakefart, rented this one, and invited me to watch it with he and his lady snugglebunny. I was a little, "Oh I don't know, I don't like cartoons all that much..." Well, I was wrong 2x. Like I said before, it's stop motion. This means that the characters were moved, a picture was taken, they were moved ever so slightly, another picture was taken, etc. etc. This is amazing because I was halfway through the movie when I realized that this wasn't just some really cool animation, it was some really cool stop motion. If you like watching movies that are just plain cool to look at, watch this one. Not only is it visually stimulating, the plot is very original, and its actually a little bit scary. The movie follows a young girl named Coraline, who has just moved and is very bored and unhappy with her life. Then, while asleep, she discovers a world, just like her real world, but where everything is just better, yet very strange. Cats talk, peoples eyes have buttons, her boring parents are super cool, the whole thing is very Alice in Wonderland-ish. Well everything seems great in bizarro world, until things stop being great. Its a very interesting movie, and I was thoroughly entertained. I highly recommend it, but if you have a hard time getting into A) cartoonish movies and B) super fantasies, you probably won't like it, but even then, you will probably enjoy Coraline way more than you think.2. 
The Boy in Striped Pajamas - Warning: This is a Holocaust film and when has a Holocaust film actually not made you cry? This is a story about the loss of innocence and how childhood innocence and naivity sheilds us from so much bad stuff. It is told through the eyes of an 8 year old boy whose Nazi father has been given the post of overseeing a concentration camp. However, the boy doesn't realize his dad is a Nazi son of a b!@#$ and thinks he is a great soldier. See Childhood Naivity. Well, the boy befriends another boy one the other side of the fence in concentration camp. They form a close friendship, still our young German boy still doesn't get what is going on, and soon this friendship comes to a head. I'm not going to say more but like I said, when has a Holocaust film not made you cry. You are warned. But, on the other hand, when was the last bad Holocaust movie? This is no Schidler's List or anything, but it is still a good watch, just don't plan on doing anything fun afterward...Or do plan that actually.
The Boy in Striped Pajamas - Warning: This is a Holocaust film and when has a Holocaust film actually not made you cry? This is a story about the loss of innocence and how childhood innocence and naivity sheilds us from so much bad stuff. It is told through the eyes of an 8 year old boy whose Nazi father has been given the post of overseeing a concentration camp. However, the boy doesn't realize his dad is a Nazi son of a b!@#$ and thinks he is a great soldier. See Childhood Naivity. Well, the boy befriends another boy one the other side of the fence in concentration camp. They form a close friendship, still our young German boy still doesn't get what is going on, and soon this friendship comes to a head. I'm not going to say more but like I said, when has a Holocaust film not made you cry. You are warned. But, on the other hand, when was the last bad Holocaust movie? This is no Schidler's List or anything, but it is still a good watch, just don't plan on doing anything fun afterward...Or do plan that actually.3. Sunshine Cleaning - Amy Adams (the princess in 
Enchanted), Emily Blunt (the bitchy other assistant to Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada), and Alan Arkin (the hilarious grandpa in Little Miss Sunshine. He must like doing movies with the word sunshine in it, huh?). I don't know if I need to say more. I'm not sure I've seen anything that any of these actors have done that I didn't like. When Adams' character needs more money, she along with her unreliable sister Blunt form a crime scene clean up company. I'm not going say hilarity ensues, because it doesn't. This is a good heart warming movie about family, and just making it through the day. This is an expectation film and I want to lower/change you expectations on this one because I was little disappointed, but only because of my expectations. But its also one of those that took me a couple of days to realize I actually liked it. So, Sunshine Cleaning is not funny, its not full of powerhouse performances, but it is a compelling movie, it is emotional, the performances are dead on and subtle, and I did make me smile at the end. If you like happy endings, no not those kind guys, then you will really like this movie.
Enchanted), Emily Blunt (the bitchy other assistant to Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada), and Alan Arkin (the hilarious grandpa in Little Miss Sunshine. He must like doing movies with the word sunshine in it, huh?). I don't know if I need to say more. I'm not sure I've seen anything that any of these actors have done that I didn't like. When Adams' character needs more money, she along with her unreliable sister Blunt form a crime scene clean up company. I'm not going say hilarity ensues, because it doesn't. This is a good heart warming movie about family, and just making it through the day. This is an expectation film and I want to lower/change you expectations on this one because I was little disappointed, but only because of my expectations. But its also one of those that took me a couple of days to realize I actually liked it. So, Sunshine Cleaning is not funny, its not full of powerhouse performances, but it is a compelling movie, it is emotional, the performances are dead on and subtle, and I did make me smile at the end. If you like happy endings, no not those kind guys, then you will really like this movie.
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