Precious

IMDB - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0929632/

If you haven't heard about this movie, you probably live under a rock...

This movie is obviously depressing, we have an overweight young girl living with her alcoholic/abusive mother, who has been raped by her father and then having two of his kids. Teachers just pass her so that no one has to deal with her. She starts going to another school and meets a teacher that has faith in her and the rest of the delinquent girls in her class.... slightly Dangerous Minds-esqe.

Although this movie is winning tons of awards and highly acclaimed, I didn't come away with feeling that this movie would make my top ten of the year.

After seeing Precious, I don't feel like I ever need to see it again, it sorta knocks the wind out of you, kicks you in the shin and spits in your face... and that's how Mariah Carey looks in the movie.

I would recommend you to see this movie if you're looking to be depressed

Brothers

IMDB - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0765010/

I expected this movie to be super intense and I was sadly disappointed. Now I understand that movies about war are suppose to be very depressing and this surely did that, but it was predictable..

We've got high school sweethearts who are married and have 2 kids, he's the perfect son and she's the beautiful wife. He's leaving for another tour of Iraq and just before he leaves his delinquent older brother gets out of jail. It's the classic story of their father holding a grudge against the rebellious son who tried to rob a bank and holds his other son who is following in his footsteps in very high regard. Some obvious tension there. Good son leaves, is MIA in Iraq and labeled as dead, the marines (I think thats them) tell the wife and family that he's been killed. The "shitty" brother starts stepping up to the plate and helping around the house. this is a red flag, we all know what's coming... lonely housewife, missing her husband, obviously starts to fall for his brother.

Well guess what, the husband comes home after some fucked up time in Iraq, and has lost his mind.

I felt as though this movie had a good story, but took a long time to get to the intense moment between brothers and then abruptly ended.

I didn't hate it, and I didn't love it. I'd say it was decent.