Movie Monday: Movies that Weren't What I was Expecting

So I didn't get to watch a movie this week- but I thought this might be an interesting idea... what movies were different than the trailers made them look... or they were just different than I was expecting.

1) Adventureland- I've heard this movie get a lot of praise lately- so I'm sorry if I'm about to insult your favorite movie but I did not like it and I think it's because of the marketing of it. They did everything they could to make this look like it was a comedy. They mentioned Superbad, it was about an amusement park that reminded me of some of the places I lived near... it seemed like it would be a fun movie...

But it was just sad. I don't remember all that much that happened but I remember just feeling uncomfortable watching it and... it just wasn't all that good. It was nothing like Superbad... it was just a really sad movie with a few laughs from Bill Hader and Kristin Wiig... but that was it.

This movie starred Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart. I think I've grown to like Kristen Stewart as a celebrity- I think she's a lot more mature than when she was cheating on Robert Pattinson and everything but... I can't say I've ever really been a fan of her acting. Jesse Eisenberg... I also don't think I've ever really liked a movie I've seen him in. Again- I'm sure he's a great actor but... this movie just wasn't for me.

2) Hitch- Alright now to a funnier movie that I actually really did like. Hitch starring Will Smith and Eva Mendes. The trailers made this movie look like it was just about a guy that helped men get dates with women and he meets the perfect woman for him and he just doesn't know how to act around her. That's kind of a disservice to what this movie is really about. Eva Mendes is a reporter trying to expose this "date doctor" that he believes is responsible for a beautiful heiress (or maybe she wasn't an heiress... but I think she was modeled after Paris Hilton.) getting together with Kevin James. And Smith and Mendes's characters both plat people who's jobs are based on communication- but there are so many miscommunications and misunderstandings that... it made for some good comedy. Weird movie- but I always watch this when it's on.

3) A Simple Favor- So this movie stars Anna Kenderick and Blake Lively- and I believe this is a badly reviewed movie...but I actually really liked it. I was kind of expecting it to be a bad movie... my boyfriend and I kind of only went to see it cause it seemed like something we could make out during... sorry not sorry lol... but we actually ended up really liking the movie! We had seen the movie Searching the week before and we kind of thought that movie was a bit overhyped and predictable. A Simple Favor was a little more suspenseful and surprising for us.

4) Her- I recently did a review on this movie and... idk I just thought it was kind of overhyped. It wasn't really a terrible movie- but I didn't really like it. It also had a lot of weird sex scenes that are the most awkward thing to watch. Not really a fan.

5) Scoob- Okay so for the new Scoob movie that is obviously Scooby Doo... I was expecting it to be a bit more... Scooby Doo... but it was very much a Hannah-Barbera Movie. I did not mind this at all! I Like Hanna Barbera and I don't know all that much about their other cartoons- but it was nice to see some of them together in the same universe. I'd like to see one that's a bit more Scooby Doo! But... this was a fun one. I liked it a lot.

Bye!

-Shannon

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