Showing posts with label Alex Pettyfer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alex Pettyfer. Show all posts
Putting the Magic In Your Love Life
Stripping, it’s been a female game at the movies for many years, but not anymore. Magic Mike (Channing Tatum) is an entrepreneur. Really, he is! He’s more than just a male stripper. He has a couple other business ventures on the side including as part of a construction crew and his dream business creating unique furniture from pieces that wash up on the beach.
Stripping, it’s been a female game at the movies for many years, but not anymore. Magic Mike (Channing Tatum) is an entrepreneur. Really, he is! He’s more than just a male stripper. He has a couple other business ventures on the side including as part of a construction crew and his dream business creating unique furniture from pieces that wash up on the beach.
Dallas (Matthew McConaughey) is his boss and together they are running one of Tampa’s best male exotic dancing establishments. Of course there is drama to be had here as not everything goes the way that it should at this club for the ladies to have a wild night. But the dreams of Mike also include being an equity partner at a new club in Miami. Mike gets teamed up with a new kid at his construction job with Adam (Alex Pettyfer). Adam is a naïve 19 year old that follows Mike around, almost like a lost puppy. When he is exposed to the lifestyle that Mike lives outside of his day job; he is immediately hooked.
Now as they dance for their dinner and much more, will they be able to avoid the trappings of the stripper lifestyle and thrive? Or will they fall down and need help to find their way off the stage.
Director Steven Soderbergh brings his individual fell to a movie that we have seen before. The movie that we have seen before usually features women in the roles that are played by men here. Soderbergh’s visual style gives that look to the club like only he could.
I found myself enjoying the chemistry between Channing Tatum, Matthew McConaughey and Alex Pettyfer. Each actor took their character and became the individuals they were portraying. That and the supporting cast help make Magic Mike work on so many levels.
Now, of course, this movie will appeal to women more than men, but I have a suggestion for the men out there. If your lady wants to see this (and they don’t have a girls night planned) take her. It’s a win/win scenario as when the night is over…I gotta believe everyone will be happy. Magic Mike will put the magic in your love life.
B
Warner Brothers Pictures
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: Channing Tatum, Matthew McConaughey, Alex Pettyfer, Olivia Munn
Rating: R for pervasive sexual content, brief graphic nudity, language and some drug use.
Runtime: 1 hour 50 minutes
Beastly Is Just…Beastly
Beauty and the Beast is a...tale as old as time. Wait…am I singing a Disney song here?
In this journey through the classic tale we are treated to the stuck up Kyle (Alex Pettyfer) regard for who knows his looks are his calling card. His ego rubs many individuals the wrong way, unless of course they are trying to suck up to him. When he crosses the school “witch” Kendra (Mary-Kate Olsen) she places a curse on him. His looks are gone and now he must find someone to love him for what’s inside.
Lindy (Vanessa Hudgens) has been at the same school with Kyle for years, and yet she remained under the radar. While Kyle was rubbing most of the school the wrong way she remained unnoticed. A chance meeting before the change gave Kyle a chance to see that Lindy was a pretty decent person, and intrigued him.
Now he searches her out as he is in his own prison. Kyle’s news anchor father has put him in his own apartment to live out his time. It’s all about image. For Kyle to get released from this physical prison he must get someone to say they love him. And as he follows Lindy around an opportunity presents itself for him to convince her to love him. But will she?
Being a story that everyone knows, it would be great if the film set itself apart from what we know. In this case; it doesn’t. This film just feels disjointed and never really wraps itself around an identity. Even though it is a retelling for a new generation, the power of the story seemed muted, and Pettyfer’s Kyle felt too over the top. And while Vanessa Hudgens is an absolutely adorable young woman, she didn’t feel as troubled or upset with the scenario as the situation would warrant.
There are those that may disagree, but this was just a beastly film that could find the way to an, I love you, from me.
C-
Beastly
CBS Films
Director: Daniel Barnz
Cast: Vanessa Hudgens, Alex Pettyfer, Mary-Kate Olsen, Neal Patrick Harris
Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 95 minutes.
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Beauty and the Beast is a...tale as old as time. Wait…am I singing a Disney song here?
In this journey through the classic tale we are treated to the stuck up Kyle (Alex Pettyfer) regard for who knows his looks are his calling card. His ego rubs many individuals the wrong way, unless of course they are trying to suck up to him. When he crosses the school “witch” Kendra (Mary-Kate Olsen) she places a curse on him. His looks are gone and now he must find someone to love him for what’s inside.
Lindy (Vanessa Hudgens) has been at the same school with Kyle for years, and yet she remained under the radar. While Kyle was rubbing most of the school the wrong way she remained unnoticed. A chance meeting before the change gave Kyle a chance to see that Lindy was a pretty decent person, and intrigued him.
Now he searches her out as he is in his own prison. Kyle’s news anchor father has put him in his own apartment to live out his time. It’s all about image. For Kyle to get released from this physical prison he must get someone to say they love him. And as he follows Lindy around an opportunity presents itself for him to convince her to love him. But will she?
Being a story that everyone knows, it would be great if the film set itself apart from what we know. In this case; it doesn’t. This film just feels disjointed and never really wraps itself around an identity. Even though it is a retelling for a new generation, the power of the story seemed muted, and Pettyfer’s Kyle felt too over the top. And while Vanessa Hudgens is an absolutely adorable young woman, she didn’t feel as troubled or upset with the scenario as the situation would warrant.
There are those that may disagree, but this was just a beastly film that could find the way to an, I love you, from me.
C-
Beastly
CBS Films
Director: Daniel Barnz
Cast: Vanessa Hudgens, Alex Pettyfer, Mary-Kate Olsen, Neal Patrick Harris
Rating: PG-13
Runtime: 95 minutes.