2+2=2

No, you don't need to send me back to math class, because here, 2+2 really does equal 2.  Two people, watched 2 different movies and unfortunately felt 2 different ways about them.  


People?  My boyfriend and myself.
Movies:  The Lincoln Lawyer and The Expendables.
Repsonses:  AMAZING! and WTF? Did we really just watch that?


First, The Lincoln Lawyer.  Although our movie theater was packed, it sadly is not on the top 5 grossing films right now, and that's just a pity.  This movie is INCREDIBLE!  Matthew McConaughey delivers a top performance and is exquisite as a lawyer.  He should play more.  The cast is 5-star amazing, including Marisa Tomei, William H. Macy, and Josh Lucas.  However, not only are the actors perfectly cast, but the story line never stops moving and surprising you.  I was on my seat and enthralled the entire time.  And I was actually nervous.  I get nervous easily, granted, but it kept me in suspense the whole time. Absolutely.  Must.  See.  And probably in theaters too.  That big screen affect is extremely powerful.


Second and lastly, The Expendables.  Now, it never really looked awe-inspiring even in trailer form, but when the hottest action movie actors are all in one film, it peaks your curiosity enough to at least Netflix/rent it.  So that's what we did.  Unfortunately, the real big-wigs were only mere cameos, and that was just disappointing.  Sylvester Stallone was the only real big big hitter thoughout the entire movie, although Jason Statham also followed a close second, and was quite good for what he did.  Disappointingly, though, I couldn't get past Stallone's obvious costmetic surgery.  It was distracting and unfortunate.  Yet, considering his age, that man still has some unbelievable muscle action going on.  Wowza!  


Unfortunately, again, the other two big-wigs that I was anticipating made less than a desirable cameo.  Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis all showed up for only one lousy scene the entire time.  Looking back, though, I probably shouldn't be so upset.  They appeared on screen with Sylvester Stallone, and the three-some confused my brain.  Here are the three biggest stars of three different types of movies:  Arnold for all his Arnold-ness and for the Terminator series and Total Recall, next to Stallone from Rocky and every other boxing movie imaginable basically, and then Willis is in all those psychological thrillers and Die Hard movies.  My brain had no idea what kind of movie I was watching and it just resulted in brain pain.  So, although the cameos were utterly unnecessary, I'm quite glad the scene was also short, because then my brain had a chance to recover.


Overall, two movies, two very different reviews.  Stay away from the second unless you just want to watch men run around and blow stuff up with a very bad plot line.  DEFINITELY, however, make a point of seeing the first.  You won't regret it.