30 Day Movie Challenge: Day #25

Day 25. Movie With the Most Beautiful Scenery

Sometimes, the main reason to see a film is all about how it looks. Some films are able to create these whole other worlds that are completely beautiful. Whether it’s from the locations or CGI or the cinematography, if a film looks beautiful, it’s going to be worth watching at least once. That’s the whole point of film–they tell stories in a visual way.

• Avatar (2009)–A paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home. Written and directed by James Cameron. Starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana and Sigourney Weaver. I couldn’t find any pictures that truly give this movie justice. I think it’s just beautiful. Too bad there is so much destruction throughout the movie.

• Marie Antoinette (2006)–The retelling of France’s iconic but ill-fated queen, Marie Antoinette. From her betrothal and marriage to Louis XVI at 15 to her reign as queen at 19 to the end of her reign as queen and ultimately the fall of Versailles. Written and directed by Sofia Coppola. Starring Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman and Rip Torn. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen this movie…I don’t think I cared too much for the story but the cinematography is amazing. The lavishness of the culture is exquisit. The costumes and decorations are the reason to see this movie!

• Inception (2010)–In a world where technology exists to enter the human mind through dream invasion, a highly skilled thief is given a final chance at redemption which involves executing his toughest job to date: Inception. Written and directed by Christopher Nolan. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy and Marion Cotillard. I just love the weirdness and craziness to how this movie was shot. This scene below is one of the best shot scenes–it’s just so cool! I also loved seeing these dream worlds being built and destroyed.

• Edward Scissorhands (1990)–An uncommonly gentle young man, who happens to have scissors for hands, falls in love with a beautiful teenage girl. Written and directed by Tim Burton. Starring Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder and Dianne Wiest. Seeing the dark and twisted juxtaposed with the pastel colored suburbia is a cool mixture. There is an eery beauty to the film. I just love things like this.

•  Shutter Island (2010)–Drama set in 1954, U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels is investigating the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane and is presumed to be hiding nearby. Directed by Martin Scorsese. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Emily Mortimer, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley and Michelle Williams. The mysterious nature of this movie leads to some really creepy and ominous scenes.

What movie do you think has the most beautiful scenery??

30 Day Movie Challenge: Day #18

Day 18. Film That Is Your Guilty Pleasure

Everyone has movies that they love to watch over and over again no matter how bad they are. Here are some of my favorites!

• Beautiful (2000)–Mona sacrifices everything, including family, in pursuit of a beauty pageant victory. Her friend Ruby helps her to an amazing degree. Directed by Sally Field. Starring Minnie Driver, Hallie Kate Eisenberg and Joey Lauren Adams. There is something so touching about this movie yet so powerful. Who doesn’t love a pageant movie?!

• Crossroads (2002)–Three childhood best friends, and a guy they just met, take a trip across the country, finding themselves and their friendship in the process. Written by Shonda Rimes. Starring Britney Spears, Zoe Saldana and Taryn Manning. Even though I was probably a little too young to see this when it originally came out, I think it really does adress some important issues that teens face in this rapidly grown up world. Britney looks so young in this!!

• Center Stage (2000)–A group of 12 teenagers from various backgrounds enroll at the American Ballet Academy in New York to make it as ballet dancers and each one deals with the problems and stress of training and getting ahead in the world of dance. Starring Amanda Schull, Zoe Saldana, Ethan Stiefel and Peter Gallagher. I absolutely love dance flicks and must admit that this is one of the best ones. The dance at the end always makes me wish I was a dancer.

• Heartbreakers (2001)–A mother and daughter con team seduce and scam wealthy men. Starring Sigourney Weaver, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Gene Hackman, Ray Liotta and Jason Lee. These two con-artists are inappropriate and yet hilarious! The situations that they find themselves in make it seem like they could earn money easier by getting a real job than what they are doing.

• Wild Child (2008)–A rebellious Malibu princess is shipped off to a strict English boarding school by her father. Starring Emma Roberts, Aidan Quinn, Natasha Richardson, Juno Temple and Alex Pettyfer. It’s the typical bad girl turned good story mixed with a fish out of water story. So good!!

What’s your favorite guilty pleasure movie??