Becky and I went to see DeJa Vu at the Century Park Place Mall 20 theaters in Tucson, AZ on Wednesday night. The Fandango website at DeJa Vu describes the movie as follows:

“Everyone has experienced the unsettling mystery of deja vu – that flash of memory when you meet someone new you feel you’ve known all your life or recognize a place even though you’ve never been there before. But what if the feelings were actually warnings sent from the past or clues to the future? In the captivating new action-thriller from producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Tony Scott, written by Terry Rossio and Bill Marsilii, it is deja vu that unexpectedly guides ATF agent Doug Carlin (Denzel Washington) through an investigation into a shattering crime. Called in to recover evidence after a bomb sets off a cataclysmic explosion on a New Orleans Ferry, Carlin is about to discover that what most people believe is only in their heads is actually something far more powerful – and will lead him on a mind-bending race to save hundreds of innocent people.”

The Review
Deja Vu was much anticipated, but wasn’t that great of a film. The acting, directing and action in the movie was fantastic, but the story was confusing and kind of lame.

The story is about Denzel Washington’s character, Doug Carlin, an ATF officer, who is recruited by the FBI to help solve a terrorist. Once recruited, Doug is introduced to a new technology that will allow him to see the past, 4.5 days ago, and find the terrorist.

The movie has very little to do with the Deja Vu as the hype of the trailer and the posters would indicate. It’s more of a science fiction, mystery thriller using strange technology.

Becky liked it less than I did. I thought it was almost worth the trip, but she definitely thought it was a rental.

John – ** Rental
Becky – ** Rental

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Auto Broker – John Boyd “The Cool Car Guy”
John is an automotive consultant with JFR & Associates in Denver, Colorado. He can help you save time and money on any make or model, new or used, lease or purchase – nationwide! Call or email John about your next vehicle! jboyd@coolcarguy.com

Becky and I took the kids to see Happy Feet on opening day over the Thanksgiving holiday. The Yahoo website at Happy Feet describes the movie as follows:

“In the great nation of Emperor Penguins, deep in Antarctica, you’re nobody unless you can sing–which is unfortunate for Mumble, who is the worst singer in the world. He is born dancing to his own tune–tap dancing. Though Mumble’s mom, Norma Jean, thinks this little habit is cute, his dad, Memphis, says it “just ain’t penguin.” Besides, they both know that, without a Heartsong, Mumble may…”

The Review
Happy Feet has to be the worst animated cartoon that we’ve seen in a really long time. The animation is great, the characters are cute, the story is even entertaining at times, but it’s a film directed to children and parents with a political agenda.

Hollywood has hit a new low to target five year olds about the problems facing the planet such as pollution and global warming. I was amazed that they would actually target children with political issues simply because they knew that their parents would be in the audience watching it with them. I wasn’t alone with this view of the film and as much as we all liked the animation and the characters, the message was not fitting for a young audience.

Our kids liked the movie, but our 8 year old thought that it was a bit heavy. Our advice is to wait for it to come out on the rental rack before paying to get a lecture on the problems facing our world through a black and white furry character.

John – ** Rental
Becky – ** Rental

The Kids Review
Corban – *** Worth The Trip
Bianca – ** Rental
Conroy – ** Rental
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Auto Broker – John Boyd “The Cool Car Guy”
John is an automotive consultant with JFR & Associates in Denver, Colorado. He can help you save time and money on any make or model, new or used, lease or purchase – nationwide! Call or email John about your next vehicle! jboyd@coolcarguy.com

Becky and I took the kids to see Flushed Away last month and I’m finally getting around to writing the review after a few weeks. The Yahoo website at Flushed Away describes the movie as follows:

“Beneath the streets of London, Roddy St. James is a pampered pet mouse who thinks he’s got it made. But when a sewer rat named Sid–the definition of “low life”–comes spewing out of the sink and decides it’s his turn to enjoy the lap of luxury, Roddy schemes to rid himself of the pest by luring him into the loo for a dip in the “whirlpool.” Roddy’s plan backfires when he inadvertently winds up being…”

The Review
Flushed Away was a very strange love story about two rats from different parts of rat society who find themselves on a crazy adventure. The characters are pretty funny, but we didn’t really make a connection with them. It could be that it’s tough to make a connection with a rat, but I don’t think so since Shrek is about an Ogre and that’s a great animated film.

Our kids didn’t really make a connection with the characters either, except for Corban who thought the rat being in the sewer and flushed down the toilet was pretty funny. Other than that, it was just another animated kids movie and wasn’t much funnier than an episode of Sponge Bob, Square Pants that you could watch on television for free.

This film fell short in every area, from the characters to the animation to the storyline. It just wasn’t very good. We would recommend waiting for the Rental for this one and hopefully that’s what you decided to do since it’s already starting to disappear from movie theaters.

John – ** Rental
Becky – ** Rental

The Kids Review
Corban – *** Worth The Trip
Bianca – ** Rental
Conroy – ** Rental
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Auto Broker – John Boyd “The Cool Car Guy”
John is an automotive consultant with JFR & Associates in Denver, Colorado. He can help you save time and money on any make or model, new or used, lease or purchase – nationwide! Call or email John about your next vehicle! jboyd@coolcarguy.com

Becky and I went to see Running with Scissors at the AMC theaters in Highlands Ranch, CO on opening night and what a huge mistake that was. The Fandango website at Running with Scissors describes the movie as follows:

“A man looks back on his unusual childhood, his mentally ill mother and her unorthodox therapist. Based on the book by Augusten Burroughs.”

The Review
Running with Scissors is officially the worst movie we have seen this year!  It stars Annette Bening and she is completely whacked in this movie.  She’s married to Alec Baldwin and decides that her life stinks and that she wants to be a poet, but it’s her husbands fault that she isn’t happy, so she starts seeing a shrink to solve her problems.

The next thing you know she’s giving her son up for adoption to her shrink, divorcing her husband, becoming a lesbian and falling out of relationship with her son.  Eventually, she goes into the looney bin (which is where this film belongs), and her son becomes a homosexual who starts having sex with the shrink’s dysfunctional son.

This movie was so bad that people were walking out left and right and we should have joined them.  We sure wanted to, but we decided to stay and see if it would end as bad as it started.  It did!  Running with Scissors was not even worth the film it was printed on and there wasn’t anything good about this movie. 

There were a few laughs, but the joke was really on the audience since everyone should have been compensated for having to endure the agony of this movie. If you see Running with Scissors on the rental rack, run the other way or just leave it there.

John – * Don’t Bother
Becky – * Don’t Bother

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Auto Broker – John Boyd “The Cool Car Guy”
John is an automotive consultant with JFR & Associates in Denver, Colorado. He can help you save time and money on any make or model, new or used, lease or purchase – nationwide! Call or email John about your next vehicle! jboyd@coolcarguy.com

Becky and I went to see Marie Antoinette at the AMC theaters in Highlands Ranch, CO last week.  The Fandango website at Marie Antoinette describes the movie as follows:

“When betrothed to King Louis XVI (Jason Schwartzman), the naïve Marie Antoinette (Kirsten Dunst) enters the opulent French court which is steeped in conspiracy and scandal. Without guidance, adrift in a dangerous world, the young girl rebels against the isolated atmosphere at Versailles and becomes France’s most misunderstood monarch.”

The Review
Marie Antoinette was one of the worst movies of the year.  This movie was so boring that we almost left numerous times.  There wasn’t really a point to this film other than to apparently make a period film with big foo foo dresses about a famous woman played by Kirsten Dunst.

If you go to watch this movie you will see the strange story about Marie Antoinette, which the audience had no idea is actually true or not.  According to this version of her life, she didn’t consumate her marriage bed for years and that was hardly interesting, but took up a great deal of the flick. 

Because her husband the king was such a dork, she had an affair with some American war hero and then she indulged in continual excessive parties, pastries and chocolates while the country fell apart.  It was like watching a reality show about a modern day Hollywood movie star dressed in outdated apparel. I kid you not, this was the entire movie.

There is absolutely no substance to this film and it won’t even make a good rental.  Our advice is to skip it all together.

John – * Don’t Bother
Becky – * Don’t Bother

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Auto Broker – John Boyd “The Cool Car Guy”
John is an automotive consultant with JFR & Associates in Denver, Colorado. He can help you save time and money on any make or model, new or used, lease or purchase – nationwide! Call or email John about your next vehicle! jboyd@coolcarguy.com