Dallas Buyers Club

I forgot to mention that I saw Dallas Buyers Club recently at the Strand Theater in Clinton Massachusetts.  Matthew McConaughey stars in this film as Ron Woodroof, a man who was diagnosed with AIDS and works around the United States medical system in order to get other AIDS patients the medication they need to live longer. It was very unnerving to see  Matthew McConaughey lose that much weight for this role after seeing him with a better physical features. Such change in weight can have some unfortunate side affects.

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Ron Woodroof starts off as a very unlikable character as he appears to be very prejudice against homosexuals, constantly gambles, sniffs cocaine, and partakes in sex with multiple participants. Even after he is diagnosed with AIDS, he starts the business to get other AIDS patients the medicine just to make a lot of money. He does go through some very impressive character developments.

The rest of the cast does very well too. Jennifer Garner and Jared Leto were very good. This is the only part I've seen Jennifer Garner perform in that I liked.

All in all, this was a good film. I highly recommend it.

The Great and Powerful Oz

I went to see The Great and Powerful Oz at the Strand Theater in Clinton the other day. I really enjoyed the movie.

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There were a lot of awesome, colorful visuals, there was a very strong story, had some interesting characters, and it had many funny moments. It was interesting how the movie began in black and white and the screen was contained in a square format much like the original Wizard of Oz. The Wicked Witch of the West was very well done, with some of the aspects of the Deadites from Sam Raimi's Evil Dead series incorporated into her character.

There were only a few things I would have to nitpick about. The Wicked Witch of the East could have been done a little better. James Franco was good in the movie except for a certain part where he should have been much more intimidating and grand. But those are just a few nitpicks.

I could tell this film would have been awesome in 3D, but I heard from a friend that it seemed a bit too long of a movie to have in 3D and caused her to have motion sickness.