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Reviews
Upside Down (2012)
Think Outside the Box
This is definitely a "think outside the box" movie. I genuinely appreciate the unique idea this writer has come up with for a story! I never in a million years would have come up with that. If you are into science-fiction, you will have an appreciation for this movie, even if you aren't into romantics.
The romantic side of the movie was your classic forbidden love story, but with a major twist: they couldn't be together because they would always be gravitating toward their own worlds.
One thing I wish they would have expanded on is HOW the top world got to be the wealthy "on top" world (no pun intended). I know they reveal that they have the oil rig, but personally, I would have appreciated a little more back story on that topic.
I wish they would make a second one, giving more back story as well as explaining why specifically she can stay on his world. I mean, I understand the whole thing about the babies, but does that mean she can go between BOTH worlds at will, or just his? It would make sense that she goes between both worlds because the babies are just as much from her world as his. And does it go away after they are born? Anyway, just my thoughts on the matter.
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas (2012)
Good Bones, Not-So-Great delivery
This story had great potential, but was butchered in the way in which it was told. A father coming home for Christmas could make a great, feel-good movie, but it should be the story of the family's amazing reunion, not the story about a family's fight about whether or not he should be allowed at Christmas dinner. Maybe choose ONE character or couple to follow more closely instead of splitting it up into 7 different mini-stories, each which should have its own movie all its own. You have the central character(s) and supporting roles. This was just CHAOS; most of the kids had their own separate story lines, and none of them had complete, satisfying closure. What happened with Connie and the baby? Where's the justice for her husband? What about Gerry and Nora? Did they make it to their happily ever after?
In the beginning of the movie, all of the siblings, save Gerry, let on that they did not like or have much respect for their mother, grasping at straws to find any excuse to avoid spending her birthday with her. The reason, one sister said, was that Gerry didn't know how their mom was to the rest of them....which provided no actual explanation, and gave the appearance that very little thought was given into the movie's back story. I felt it was a weak movie with a lot of vague, suggestive lines leading you to assume (or guess at) things that have happened. Isn't the purpose of a movie to SHOW you things instead of TELL you things? Mainly, I saw a bunch of people going back and forth to each others' houses, arguing about whether or not Dad deserved to come to Christmas. The transitions were awful and there was no rhyme or reason to why they were at one place or another; it just felt like they were changing settings just to change settings.
Another thing: where was the grand apology? Where was the sweeping her (and the family) off their feet and MAKING them believe that he was truly sorry? A movie like that is supposed to make you feel GOOD about the ending. This just made me feel like the mom was grudgingly allowing him into her house, the kids had a sudden change of heart, but no real apology, healing or growing was done as a family (or by any family member individually). That's what is supposed to happen at the end of a movie like this. Don't get me wrong, I love movies that don't end traditionally, but this movie made me FEEL nothing. I was severely disappointed.