Force Fed Films: (500) Days of Summer (2009)

How do you talk about a movie that ends up affecting you in a very personal way without getting personal about it? That's the problem I'm having with (500) Days of Summer. I'm not sure what suddenly made Puneet think of this movie when coming up with something for me to watch this week, but I certainly remember all the buzz surrounding it. That was back before Inception made me not hate Joseph Gordon-Levitt. I'd also have to say I had a very wrong impression about this movie. I thought it was going to be all highschool sappy falling in love. Actually it's a very grown up look at relationships. A few of my thoughts after the jump.

Poll Position: "Chicago" (2002)

I’ll be forward and honest; I don’t think “Chicago” is a movie for me. I haven’t been all that interested in seeing this movie, but I’ve always wondered why this was so big. Now I totally see why this movie is as famous as it is. But “Chicago” did win the Renée Zellweger poll, so I only expect her to be nothing short of greatness in this flick. But let me give you the low-down on the film.

Poll Position: Chicago (2002)

Last week we came up with the idea of having a poll of various Renée Zellweger movies. While the winner turned out to be Chicago and only by a vote or two over the others, what I found interesting is that all of the movie choices got votes. Usually there's one, or even two films, that don't manage to get any votes at all. I think it just goes to show that her films cover a very wide audience base. In the end though, there can be only one! Hit the jump for my thoughts... and all that jazz!

80s Classics at Their Best: Footloose (1984)

This is yet another film that I never saw, that people tend to have the reaction of "You've never seen Footloose?!" Then I saw that they were remaking it and it was to come out later this year. I figured I better get on this one before that happens at least. I actually never realized that it was Kevin Bacon who stars in Footloose so it was kinda funny to see him show up right away and look so young. It was a little hard to picture him as a high school student since he looks almost the same, but I looked past that and got ready for my feet to start tapping to the inevitable great 80s soundtrack! Jump with the heat and passion of youth to the other side of the break to find my thoughts on this dance classic.

I Had the Time of My Life, and I Owe it All to... Patrick Swayze?

This is actually a "Reader Recommendation" movie from twitter user and host of the awesome Weekly Geekly podcast @wideawakewesley. You'll find a few comments from him around on the site too. He gave me a whole slew of recommendations and this one stuck out to me because I know it's a classic and I'm a sucker for dancing!

Dirty Dancing (1987) takes place in the summer of 1963 where a small family spends their holiday at a resort and a young girl falls in love with the dance instructor there. Staring Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze, it's all about young love, dance, the heat of the night, and doing the right thing. My thoughts swirl onto the page right after the jump.