Becky and I took the kids to see TMNT on Monday for Conroy’s 9th birthday. We went to the Regal Cinemas in Littleton, Colorado. The Yahoo website at TNMT describes the movie as follows:

“ After the defeat of their old arch nemesis, The Shredder, the Turtles have grown apart as a family. Struggling to keep them together, their rat sensei, Master Splinter, becomes worried when strange things begin to brew in New York City. Tech-industrialist Max Winters is amassing an army of ancient monsters to apparently take over the world. And only one super-ninja fighting team can stop them…”

The Review
TMNT (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) was originally a comic book series that has a very interesting beginning.  If you’re interested in the history of the TMNT story and how it all began, you should check out this Wikipedia article and read about it.  It’s really pretty cool.

The animation in this movie was fantastic and the story was definitely right out of a comic book.  All the kids really liked this flick and I thought it was good too.  With the exception of having the voice of the old Chinese dude from the movie “The Karate Kid” be the voice behind their sensei, Master Splinter, which didn’t really fit the mutant rat.  I found his character to be a bit annoying.  The other characters were “Kowabunga Dude”.

Becky didn’t like this movie, but was glad that Conroy and our other two enjoyed it.  I thought it was a blast and definitely Worth The Trip, but I like the X-Men and comic book characters, even when they are mutant ninja turtles.

John – *** Worth The Trip
Becky – * Don’t Bother

The Kids Review
Corban – **** Don’t Miss It
Bianca – *** Worth The Trip
Conroy – **** Don’t Miss It
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Becky and I took the kids to see The Last Mimzi this Sunday, after a crazy day of snowboarding at Loveland ski area. We went to the Colorado Cinemas in Castle Rock, Colorado. The Yahoo website at The Last Mimzi describes the movie as follows:

“Two children discover a mysterious box that contains some strange devices they think are toys. As the children play with these “toys,” they begin to display higher and higher intelligence levels. Their teacher tells their parents that they seem to have grown beyond genius. Their parents, too, realize something extraordinary is happening…”

The Review
The Last Mimzi was a very strange flick about a couple kids that find a strange doll that has arrived from the future and grants them supernatural powers. The kids find they have a mission to save the people in the future who are dying from pollution. It’s pretty whacked, but a cute story that has some adventure aspects to it and the acting is very good.

Becky didn’t connect with the movie at all and I thought she was going to fall asleep. I liked it, but wouldn’t spend more than the cost of a movie rental. It’s a kid’s movie though and Conroy who just turned 9 thought that it was Worth The Trip, Corban at age 7 thought it was good too, but Bianca thought it was a Rental.

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

The Kids Review
Corban – *** Worth The Trip
Bianca – * Rental
Conroy – *** Worth The Trip
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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 Premonition on Friday night at the AMC movie theater in Highlands Ranch. The Fandango website at Premonition describes the movie as follows:

“Linda Hanson (Sandra Bullock) has an idyllic life, until one day she receives word that her husband (Julian McMahon) has died in an auto accident. However, when Linda wakes up the next morning and finds Jim beside her, she assumes she has just had an unusually vivid dream. Soon she finds out that what she experienced was not a dream, and she must battle time and destiny to save her family.”

The Review
Becky and I were both excited about seeing Premonition since we’re both Sandra Bullock fans and this movie looked really interesting. It was pretty good for a while, but a bit like her last flick Lake House that we thought was a flop with the whole time traveling bit again.

It started to spiral down hill about the middle of the movie and then it got better for a little bit only to let us down with a terrible ending. It’s definitely not a feel good ending by any means and pretty lame. Becky and I both left the theater feeling like it was a total waste of time, along with most of the other people in the theater. However, there were a few people who thought it was great.

I’m giving this one a big don’t bother and Becky said to wait for the rental.

John – * Don’t Bother
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

I went to see 300 on opening night at the AMC movie theater in Highlands Ranch. Becky didn’t want to see this movie and it was a good thing since she would have hated it. The Yahoo website at 300 describes the movie as follows:

“In the ancient Battle of Thermopylae, King Leonidas and 300 Spartans fought to the death against Xerxes and his massive Persian army. Facing insurmountable odds, their valor and sacrifice inspire all of Greece to unite against their Persian enemy, drawing a line in the sand for democracy.”

The Review
300 was like the the movie Gladiator on steroids without as good of a story to go with it. The special effects were pretty amazing and with all the hype surrounding this film, it will probably do $100 million or more at the box office.

300 is definitely a guy flick with all the non-stop violence going on and should cure anyone who wants to see a war film for quite some time. I know it did that for me. It’s loaded with good looking men and women in fantastic shape and it’s based on a supposedly real event that took place, but the history isn’t reality.

However, if you read the Bible you’ll discover that Gideon actually did take on a number of Midianite men that was too many too number with only 300 and actually won the battle, which I think would have been a better story to tell. Of course, that would have really freaked out the Hollywood elite.

Judges 7:7
The LORD said to Gideon, “With the three hundred men that lapped I will save you and give the Midianites into your hands. Let all the other men go, each to his own place.”

By the way, Gideon and his men actually won and defeated the Midianites.

In spite of 300’s graphic violence and gore (heads definitely roll in this film) I liked it. For myself, it reminded me what King David killing a lion and a bear as a boy, in 300 the king kills a giant wolf, and David’s mighty men who killed giants. It’s a brutal film, but we often forget that we live in a very brutal and fallen world and if we don’t think so we need only to look at what is happening in Iraq today.

I thought it was Worth The Trip, but most people probably won’t like it much.

John – *** Worth The Trip

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Auto Broker – John Boyd: The Cool Car Guy
John is an auto broker 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!
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Becky and I went to see Zodiak on Friday night at the AMC movie theater in Westminster. The Fandango website at Zodiak describes the movie as follows:

“In the late 1960s and 1970s, fear grips the city of San Francisco as a serial killer called Zodiac stalks its residents. Investigators (Mark Ruffalo, Anthony Edwards) and reporters (Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey) become obsessed with learning the killer’s identity and bringing him to justice. Meanwhile, Zodiac claims victim after victim and taunts the authorities with cryptic messages, cyphers and menacing phone calls.”

The Review
Zodiak was a marathon three hour film with a variety of characters and situations that just dragged on and on. The acting was good, the story was insane, but interesting, however the directing of the film was terrible. Several parts of the movie were extremely graphic where the Zodiak killer murders several people, which was very disturbing. The fact that it is based on a true story and that there are actually demonic influenced psychopaths walking the streets willing to murder people for fun is even more alarming.

Of course, all you have to do is watch the evening or national news and learn about child molestors and murderers without going to a movie like Zodiak. This movie was definitely a rental and possibly not even worth watching since it took three hours of our time to learn that they never caught this diabolical madman until he had a heart attack in 2002.

I’m giving this one a big don’t bother.

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