Becky and I went to see the new Leonardo DiCaprio movieInception last night at the AMC theater in Castle Rock, CO. The Fandango website at Inception describes the movie as follows:

“Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a skilled thief, the absolute best in the dangerous art of extraction, stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during the dream state when the mind is at its most vulnerable. Cobb’s rare ability has made him a coveted player in this treacherous new world of corporate espionage, but it has also made him an international fugitive and cost him everything he has ever loved. Now Cobb is being offered a chance at redemption. One last job could give him his life back but only if he can accomplish the impossible—inception…”

The Review
Inception is a very bizarre movie about a crew that can get inside your mind by entering your dreams and steal your thoughts or ideas. It’s quite a bit like The Matrix, since it’s dealing with alternate realities, but it was a story within a story within a story. It’s extremely confusing with a great deal going on all the time and you don’t know what’s real and what’s in the dream state.

The acting in this film is incredible, but that’s what you expect when you have DiCaprio. However, kind of like Shutter Island the movie is totally whacked. There are plenty of special effects and the cinematography was superb in a variety of locations, but at time the movie goes really slow and it’s almost two and a half hours long. Parts of the movie they show in slow motion, over and over again and it’s a bit annoying.

It has a strange ending and Becky really didn’t like this movie. She was pretty bored with it. I liked it more than she did since it’s a science fiction flick and had some cool elements to the story. However, I can’t recommend it for going to the theaters. I think it’s a better rental than seeing it on the big screen. You can pause it then or fast forward through at least a half hour of it.

I don’t think we’re in the minority here. The theater was packed and when we came out of the film some people asked us if we liked it. Several people shook their heads and said, “It was too weird.” I think I would rather take have taken a nap and created my own dreams.

John – ** Rental
Becky – ** Rental
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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 Bianca and her friend Kaley to see the new movie The Sorcerer’s Apprentice today. I guess my brother took our two boys Conroy and Corban and his son’s Brendan and Aidan to go see it as well. We’ll have to find out how they liked it when they get back home tomorrow night.

The Fandango website at The Sorcerer’s Apprentice describes the movie as follows:

“Balthazar Blake (Nicolas Cage) is a master sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan trying to defend the city from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath (Alfred Molina). Balthazar can’t do it alone, so he recruits Dave Stutler (Jay Baruchel), a seemingly average guy who demonstrates hidden potential, as his reluctant protégé. The sorcerer gives his unwilling accomplice a crash course in the art and science of magic, and together, these unlikely partners work to stop the forces of darkness. It’ll take all the courage Dave can muster to survive his training, save the city and get the girl as he becomes The Sorcerer’s Apprentice…”

The Review
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice is a very well done fantasy movie starring Nicholas Cage and Jay Baruchel as his apprentice. Cage’s character is a master sorcerer who trained under Merlin, along with two other sorcerer’s and they’ve found themselves in New York City about to battle for the fate of mankind.

There are some great special effects with this movie and I thought it was cast extremely well. I liked the characters and the young apprentice is hysterical as a total physics nerd trying to get a girlfriend that he lost when he was 10 years old. There are some very funny parts in the film, with plenty of action and suspense.

Don’t get me wrong, parts of this flick are super cheesy, but it’s a fun movie for the Summer and the kids really liked it. I don’t think Becky like it as much as we did, but she didn’t like Star Wars either or most other fantasy movies.

By the way, this is not the movie for the book The Last Apprentice, which is a totally different story and a great book series.

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

Bianca – *** Worth The Trip
Kaley – *** 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 Bianca and Corban to see the new kid’s movieDespicable Me today. The Fandango website at Despicable Me describes the movie as follows:

“A man (voiced by Steve Carell) who’s in the midst of making plans to steal the moon is sidetracked when he’s put in charge of three orphans in this computer-generated 3-D animated film by directors Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin. Jason Segel, Kristen Wiig, Will Arnett, Danny McBride, Russell Brand, and Julie Andrews also lend their voices to the Universal Pictures production. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide…”

The Review
Descipable Me is a fantastic movie with a great story and awesome characters. Steve Carell does the voice of the master villian Gru and you will not know it is Steve because he does the character so well. The movie is exciting with plenty of action, adventure and laughs regardless of your age. In fact, I delivered a vehicle to a client the other day who also went to see it with his wife, no kids, and they loved it too.

There is another character who competes with Gru known as Vector and he is like a young Bill Gates, if he were a villain, and the character is hilarious. This movie has plenty of adult humor and it is funny from start to finish.

We loved this flick and definitely recommend it for every age.

John – **** Don’t Miss It
Becky – **** 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 Tom Cruise movieKnight and Day last week. The Fandango website at Knight and Day describes the movie as follows:

“A wholesome, Midwestern woman accidentally gets involved with an international super spy and is forced to flee the country with him while he protects a dangerous new piece of technology…”

The Review
Knight and Day is a pretty fun movie with Cameron Diaz and Tom Cruise that has plenty of excitement. It’s a bit like a light-hearted version of the Mission Impossible movies. Tom Cruise is really good in this role and he’s not a total whack job. Actually his character is a bit of a whack job, but he plays the part really well. It was the perfect role for him. The movie is action packed with some crazy scenarios and a few wild scenes between the two actors.

Cameron Diaz was really good in this movie and you could tell she was having fun with the role. There was a great 1960’s Pontiac GTO in the flick too and that’s worth something in itself.

The bottom line is that Becky and I both really liked this movie.

John – *** Worth The Trip
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 Corban, Bianca and our nephew Aidan to see the new The Twilight Saga: Eclipse movie at the AMC theater in Castle Rock, CO last week. The Fandango website at The Twilight Saga: Eclipse describes the movie as follows:

“Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger as Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob — knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation quickly approaching, Bella is confronted with the most important decision of her life.”

The Review
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse continues with more vampires and werewolves battling over the young girl Bella.  Aidan’s brother Brendan had seen the first movie and read all the Twilight books and he didn’t want to see this movie because he thought it would wreck the books.  Corban and Aidan didn’t care and decided to go with us to see this flick.  Unfortunately for them, there was much more kissing than action.

Becky and I both thought Eclipse was the best of the three in the series so far, but the film is still pretty lame.  It’s a love story about a teenage girl who is torn between loving a werewolf and a vampire.  She’s also extremely stupid, which is one of the problems with this movie series in general.  The vampires in the first film were very difficult to kill, but by the second film they were much easier for other vampires to whack and now they are not that difficult to kill at all, which makes no sense.  Becky didn’t care about such details, but was focused on the love story.  She liked the movie much more than I did, along with Bianca.

Corban summed up his and Aidan’s take on the film pretty well when he said, “I thought it was going to be a movie about a war between vampires and werewolves and it turned out to be a stupid love story about a girl wanting to marry a vampire.”.  Needless to say, Aidan and Corban didn’t like it at all.  I didn’t think it was that bad, but it wasn’t a great flick by any stretch and is probably at best a rental.

If you’re a Twilight fan you’ll either love it or hate it.

John – ** Rental
Becky – *** Worth The Trip
Aidan – * Don’t Bother
Corban – * Don’t Bother
Bianca – *** 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