Mighty Movie Review (iss.5): Reviews for 3 Movies I Haven’t Seen
by Mighty Amy
I haven’t seen these movies. I might do it, but it’s more likely I’ll watch Fletch or Zoolander.
The Hurt Locker
This movie was so moving. It was really serious and I liked that about it. It also made me think about the war and other current events. I feel better having seen it. It was one of those movies that I had to kind of force myself to see, but I’m so glad that I did. Serious. Moving.
Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire
This movie really dealt with some serious issues. Like poverty and also believing in yourself and being loved and also bad people who do bad things, things that are super gross and bad and you’re like “you’re a monster,” but really, are they monsters or are they just humans who need love and kindness sometimes?
This was the kind of movie that I really had to force myself to watch, but I’m so glad I did because now I know what it’s like to live in Harlem. Not where I live, which used to be considered Spanish Harlem, but is now definitely not, because I have a Gourmet Garage under my building. That is a fancy grocery store that sells like rare lemons and ramps and stuff and plays this one Sirius station called the Coffee House that makes me so upset, because it’s like “I’m already in here Gourmet Garage, you’ve won, you don’t have to rub it in with some gentle acoustic covers of ‘Across the Universe’ by Jack Johnson and the guy from the Counting Crows.” Wow, I really went off the rails here.
You get what I mean though, about Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire.
The Blind Side
This movie really dealt with some serious issues. Like poverty and also believing in yourself and being loved and how sometimes your mom isn’t really that great and if you’re awesome at a sport you can get a new mom, the kind of mom who starred in Speed 2: Cruise Control and The Net, but curiously not The Net 2.0. And that mom will love you, and sometimes she will be tough with you and your old, rag-tag friends but behind her stern, religious veneer is love. Like if you’re waiting in a line, trying to break through some bureaucratic red tape, your Speed 2 mom will sass everyone and get what she wants. She loves you.
Originally posted on MightyAmy.com
