"The Wolfman" (2010)

I should first confess a couple things. I love classic horror/monster films and I love Emily Blunt. With that said, this movie already had a lot going for it in my opinion. Now, in watching this movie, I quite enjoyed it. The production design was great, the effects for the transformation into the Wolfman were pretty good considering they were CGI, the effects for the Wolfman fully transformed were great (gotta love practical effects and make-up, right?), and it was filled with strong acting performances. Overall, I would say that this was a good update of a classic movie. Where this movie lost me was in it's overuse of blood and gore. They did so good to build suspense by having the Wolfman concealed or moving quickly and blurred so as to feel the tension of this unknown terror, but then ruin it by splattering you with blood, which just ended up making it hokey at moments. Not that it didn't need some, but it's a sad generation we live in when horror is now synonymous with blood and gore. This movie did not need it, at least not so gratuitously, and was lessened by it. But that still did not take away from the fact that this was a fun movie that is now on my ever-expanding list of movies to watch during the month of October.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780653/

"Mean Girls"

I'm not going to lie; I love this movie. I laugh out loud when I watch it. I laugh out loud when I quote it. I laugh out loud because I don't think that my father, the inventor of Toaster Strudel, would be too pleased if I didn't laugh. And perhaps the single greatest strength of this movie is that it is the supporting cast that makes this movie so great and allows you to tolerate Lindsay Lohan. I repeat again; I love this movie.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0377092/