Becky and I took the kids to see the new Toy Story 3 movie at the AMC theater in Castle Rock, CO last week. The Fandango website at Toy Story 3 describes the movie as follows:

“The creators of the beloved “Toy Story” films re-open the toy box and bring moviegoers back to the delightful world of Woody, Buzz and our favorite gang of toy characters in TOY STORY 3. Woody and Buzz had accepted that their owner Andy would grow up someday, but what happens when that day arrives? In the third installment, Andy is preparing to depart for college, leaving his loyal toys troubled about their uncertain future. Lee Unkrich (co-director of “Toy Story 2” and “Finding Nemo”) directs this highly anticipated film, and Michael Arndt, the Academy Award®-winning screenwriter of “Little Miss Sunshine,” brings his unique talents and comedic sensibilities to the proceedings. TOY STORY 3 will be presented in Disney Digital 3D™ in select theaters.”

The Review
Toy Story 3 is the third installment of the famous Toy Story movie with Woody and his band of toys. This time their boy is going off to college and they are trying to figure out what their future holds, whether they will ever be played with again. The story was really well done.

I honestly wasn’t looking forward to this movie and thought it would be fun to see with the kids, but pretty much a waste of time. I wasn’t sure how they could make it entertaining after all these years, but they tied it into the original movie and the sequel extremely well. It was really funny, with plenty of adult humor and the kids really liked it. In fact, we all thought it was definitely worth the trip to the box office and the characters were a riot.

John – *** Worth The Trip
Becky – *** Worth The Trip

Conroy – **** Don’t Miss It
Corban – **** Don’t Miss It
Bianca – **** Don’t Miss It
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Auto Consultant – John Boyd: The Cool Car Guy

John is an auto consultant with his license at a car dealership 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 or Twitter @coolcarguy

Becky and I took the kids to see the new Karate Kid movie at the AMC theater in Castle Rock, CO. The Fandango website at The Karate Kid describes the movie as follows:

“Twelve-year-old Dre Parker could’ve been the most popular kid in Detroit, but his mother’s latest career move has landed him in China. Dre immediately falls for his classmate Mei Ying — and the feeling is mutual — but cultural differences make such a friendship impossible. Even worse, Dre’s feelings make an enemy of the class bully, and kung fu prodigy, Cheng. With no friends in a strange land, Dre has nowhere to turn but maintenance man Mr. Han, who is secretly a master of kung fu. As Han teaches Dre that kung fu is not about punches and parries, but maturity and calm, Dre realizes that facing down the bullies will be the fight of his life.”

The Review
The Karate Kid is a remake of the original Karate Kid movie starring Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith. This time it takes place in China and rather than Karate, the main character learns Kung Fu from a Kung Fu Master to defend himself. It’s very well done and an exciting film to watch.

The movie is pretty cool with some great action and a good storyline. Jaden is a really good actor and I guess he did all his own stunts in this movie. It was a very entertaining and we all really like it. Corban and his cousin Aidan were pretty funny when they were talking to each other and said, “Who wouldn’t be good at Kung Fu if Jackie Chan was your teacher?”, which was a really good point.

John – **** Don’t Miss It
Becky – **** Don’t Miss It

Conroy – **** Don’t Miss It
Corban – **** Don’t Miss It
Bianca – **** Don’t Miss It
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Auto Consultant – John Boyd: The Cool Car Guy

John is an auto consultant with his license at a car dealership 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 or Twitter @coolcarguy

Becky and I went to see the new Ashton Kutcher movie Killers at the AMC theater in Castle Rock, CO. The Fandango website at Killers describes the movie as follows:

“KILLERS, starring Katherine Heigl and Ashton Kutcher, and directed by Robert Luketic, is a hilarious, unpredictable action comedy about love, marriage and serious firepower.”

The Review
Killers starts out as a pretty cute romantic comedy about a contract killer working for the CIA who meets the girl of his dreams. Unfortunately, by the middle of the movie they must have started running out of cash because it started to get kind of lame.

There is a $20 million contract put on Ashton Kutcher’s head and everyone is trying to kill him, including his neighbors, which made absolutely no sense. The police never appear in the entire movie with things blowing up, people being killed and all kinds of mayhem, so it was extremely ridiculous.

Other than these issues the movie is kind of entertaining with good chemistry between the characters. It’s just really far fetched, but it had plenty of romance, some great lines and lots of action, even if it was silly at times. I think it will make for a great rental when it comes out on DVD.

John – ** Rental
Becky – *** Worth The Trip
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Auto Consultant – John Boyd: The Cool Car Guy

John is an auto consultant with his license at a car dealership 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 or Twitter @coolcarguy

Becky and I took the kids to see the new movie Shrek Forever After last week. The Fandango website at Shrek Forever After describes the movie as follows:

“After challenging an evil dragon, rescuing a beautiful princess and saving your in-laws’ kingdom, what’s an ogre to do? Well, if you’re Shrek, you suddenly wind up a domesticated family man. Instead of scaring villagers away like he used to, a reluctant Shrek now agrees to autograph pitch forks. What’s happened to this ogre’s roar? Longing for the days when he felt like a “real ogre,” Shrek is duped into signing a pact with the smooth-talking dealmaker, Rumpelstiltskin…”

The Review
Shrek Forever After is the final installment of the Shrek movies and this one was pretty darn good. Shrek is going out with a bang. The film has plenty of action, new characters, along with the old characters everyone is familiar with and a cute story about Rumpelstiltskin pulling one over on the big green guy.

The kids all liked it and we thought it was pretty fun. It has some good laughs as you would expect. It’s a good movie and we would recommend it. You shouldn’t be disappointed, especially if your kids are fans of Shrek.

John – *** Worth The Trip
Becky – *** Worth The Trip

Bianca – **** Don’t Miss It
Corban – *** Worth The Trip
Conroy – **** Don’t Miss It
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Auto Consultant – John Boyd: The Cool Car Guy

John is an auto consultant with his license at a car dealership 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 or Twitter @coolcarguy