Movie Reviews!

Marlena and I had a double-feature movie night last week and we watched two very good, very different from one another, movies. The first one was 'Adam'. The plot summary is this: Soon after moving in, Beth, a brainy, beautiful writer damaged from a past relationship encounters Adam, the handsome, but odd, fellow in the downstairs apartment whose awkwardness is perplexing. Beth and Adam's ultimate connection leads to a tricky relationship that exemplifies something universal: truly reaching another person means bravely stretching into uncomfortable territory and the resulting shake-up can be liberating.

This movie was moving. Adam as Asperger's Syndrome and he slowly develops a relationship and a love connection with his neighbor, Beth. The two are an unconventional couple, they have a hard time sharing feelings and understanding one another in the beginning. But overall, Beth helps Adam learn many things and he becomes a more well-rounded person because of her. This was a man who had never left NYC alone before in his entire life. He's twenty-nine and was still living in a small apartment with his Father, until he passed away. It was really moving to see how he couldn't understand the basic feelings that normal people have. He wasn't very good at knowing what people are thinking, and he made some situations very awkward because of it. The movie doesn't end happily, but it doesn't end on a really sad note either.

The second movie we watched was Robert Pattison's 'Remember Me'. This was a story that centered on two new lovers: Tyler, whose parents have split in the wake of his brother's suicide, and Ally, who lives each day to the fullest since witnessing her mother's murder.

The drama in this movie was very intriguing to me... granted Tyler only introduced himself to Ally because of her Father being the cop that arrested him, but I think that only added depth to the situation. I never saw the end coming to this movie, there was no way I could have predicted it and I liked that a lot, even though this was the most depressing movie I have seen in a LONG TIME! I would recommend this movie to any of my friends because even though the end of this movie made me cry, I still loved it and would watch it again. (Not anytime soon, but one day).