Film: Letters to Juliet Review

Here is my review for Letters to Juliet, it stars the adorable and talented Amanda Seyfried. Luckily, she's got enough talent to get out of a failure like this. Summit should have left this story wherever they found it.

Letters to Juliet: GotchaMovies Movie Review
Uncharmingly cheesy

Enjoy!

Film: 1 Year, 100 Movies - April

4/4/10: The Last Song
You can read my full review here.

Bottom line: This movie is good for what it is, worth a rental.

4/9/10: Date Night
Steve Carell and Tina Fey are ridiculously hilarious. They have great on screen chemistry and a believable relationship. This movie is hilarious without being over the top (often a turn off for me when it comes to Carell’s performances. You'll crack up the entire time.

Bottom line: Fun and entertaining and of course I have to say it, this movie would make for a great date night.

4/9/10: Clash of the Titans
It’s a rare day that I will pass up the 3D version of a film. Maybe I’m getting accustomed to it or will finally believe 3D isn’t that great unless stuff is literally popping out at your face (not usually the case with live action 3Ds). I enjoyed this film in plain old 2D. The action was good, the Avatar guy did a better job than he did in Avatar and you can’t go wrong with a good Greek mythology oriented plot. I’m not going to lie I enjoyed the modern twist on mythology that was Percy Jackson a little better but this film is no where near the atrocity a lot of people claim it is.

Bottom line: It was good. Worth it on the big screen, but I don’t think 3D would have done anything for me.

4/16/10: The Joneses
If you read/listen to one thing I say in your life make it this... This is a movie EVERY person should see. It tells the story of consumerism and debt in our culture. I’m no anti-materialist or crazy technology-is-killing-the-world activist, but this movie offers a real portrayal of today’s world. The plot is about us, right here, right now. It brilliantly meets you right where you are and forces us to think about how we live our lives. The acting is great. Luckily there are actors like Demi Moore and David Duchovny to read scripts and realize potential and substance worthy of putting their work into. Take your kids take your friends, you’ll be changed. Plus, it’s damn entertaining.

Bottom line: Every person should see this movie. Seriously, forget the rest of this post and go now.

4/18/10: Kick-Ass
You can read my full review here.

Bottom line: I wasn’t impressed, guys eat this shit up and I’m not sure why. Mind you, this is coming from the girl who is way down for guns and yelled “CUT IT OFF!!!” during Saw

4/19/10: Oceans
I love the Disney Nature series. Oceans is just as good as last year’s Earth. I’m not going to lie, I’m no green advocate, which is why I like how they do these movies. There’s a message but it’s not so PSA it’s annoying. I don’t like being told to save the earth but when I see the earth like this it definitely makes me think twice, which is exactly what the film makers are going for. The shots they got are unbelievably stunning.

Bottom line: See it and I’ll see you next year at African Cats.

4/23/10: The Back-Up Plan
Oh J Lo how far you have fallen. I long for the days of Maid in Manhattan and even Jenny from the Block. This movie is terrible, even for romcom standards. It relies on physical humor, which I want none of since this is about having babies. Her actions and decisions make no sense, even for a hormonal preggo and the relationship evolution is terrible. The onscreen chemistry between Lopez and the guy we’ve never heard of is nearly non-existent and her SPOILER ALERT ginger babies are disturbing and scientifically impossible.

Bottom line: NEXT!

4/25/10: The Losers
I love these kind of movies. I’m all for plans, heists, betrayal. I don’t care about the clichés or the predictability. The Losers is a great action flick. The acting is acceptable, the characters are fun, and the story is entertaining.

Bottom line: Solid action flick. Supposedly it’s based on a comic but I don’t know about all that.

4/30/10: A Nightmare on Elm Street
I’m too young to remember the original Nightmare on Elm Street, but I’m curious to add it to my Netflix queue and check out the differences. A Nightmare on Elm Street isn’t entirely bad. It’s pretty good for the scary movie genre. It takes a lot to scare me and I can’t say this movie accomplished that but it was entertaining. What saves this film is the underlying mystery and secrets you want to discover. It gives the plot a dynamic sense most horror films fail to accomplish.

Bottom line: I assume the original is better, but this one’s pretty good.

Total count for 2010: 32

Food: Farmer's Market Salsa

I spent last weekend back home in Riverside. I've been wanting to check out the wonderful and trendy world of Farmer's Markets for quite some time, so when my mom and I headed downtown to pick up some produce I was pretty stoked. We picked up 6 or 7 ripe tomatoes (only $1 a pound), an interesting hybrid of green onion and garlic (apparently called green garlic), fresh cilantro, and an avocado (it was bruised so it only cost us $.50) to make homemade salsa.


She recently got a new gadget from Pamered Chef called the salad chopper. It's basically a deadly weapon looking pair of double blade scissors that can chop your ingredients right in the bowl.

Photo courtesy of PamperedChef.com

We threw the tomatoes (simply cut in half), cilantro, green garlic, lime juice, canned jalapenos, and salt into a bowl and got chopping. As you can see it came out looking pretty good and tastes awesome. I apologize for the lack of pictures throughout the process, I think I got a little trigger happy with the choppers and lost focus :)


I have been convinced of the awesomeness of Farmer's Markets and may just get addicted. You can really find some great deals if you have uses for the produce right now, a lot of the vendors lower their prices to move their overabundance of ripe merchandise, which works for the consumer. Plus the regular priced produce is the best quality you can find.

Enjoy!