Becky and I went to see the new Marvel comic movie Captain America: The First Avenger on Sunday at the Regal Theater in Lone Tree. The Fandango website at Captain America describes the movie as follows:

“After being deemed unfit for military service, Steve Rogers volunteers for a top secret research project that turns him into Captain America, a superhero dedicated to defending America’s ideals.”

The Review 
Captain America: The First Avenger was really well done.  The story is wild and exciting, the characters are great and it’s really a fun film. Becky wasn’t a big fan because she doesn’t really like Super Hero movies too much.  Corban, Bianca and I really liked it, but Conroy wasn’t happy that the film had super advanced weapon technology during World War II.  I thought it was pretty cool because the villain in the movie was a total whack job, a bit like the insane characters found in Hell Boy.

If you’re into comic book movies you should like Captain America, but if you’re not you should probably skip this one.  It will be interesting to see how they do The Avengers film that is coming out in 2012 along with the characters of Thor, Iron Man and Black Widow.  At the end of the credits they have a Preview of the coming Avengers movie for next year.

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

Bianca – *** Worth The Trip
Corban – *** Worth The Trip
Conroy – ** Rental

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Becky and I went to see the new Transformers movie today at the AMC Theater in Highlands Ranch.  The Fandango website at Transformers: Dark of the Moon describes the movie as follows:

“Sam Witwicky (LaBeouf) taking his first tenuous steps into adulthood while remaining a reluctant human ally of Optimus Prime. The film centers around the space race between the U.S.S.R. and the USA, suggesting there was a hidden Transformers role in it all that remains one of the planet’s most dangerous secrets. The villain of the third film will be Shockwave.”

The Review
Transformers: Dark of the Moon is the third and hopefully the final installment of the Transformer movies.  It’s has a good story that is different than the other two films with plenty of action and twists to keep the story moving forward and interesting.  The Director went out of his way to explain how the hero lost his gorgeous girlfriend Megan Fox from the previous two movies and replaced her with the underwear model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley.  The guy has to be a hero to keep getting these beautiful women on his arm.

Unfortunately, the movie is extremely long, over two and a half hours and we could only take so much of the special effects of cars turning into giant robots to blow things up.  The acting is pretty good in the film, but I have to say the best thing about the movie to me was definitely the cars.

They have some amazing rides in this flick, including the Bumble Bee yellow and black fifth-generation Chevy Camaro.  An autobot turns into a great looking silver Chevrolet Corvette Stingray convertible.  A stunning red Ferrari 458 Italia that was definitely one of my favorites in the movie.  They also had a Dale Earnhardt, Jr. #88 AMP Energy/National Guard car, a Juan Pablo Montoya #42 Target car and a Jimmie Johnson #48 Lowe’s/Kobalt car, which was totally ridiculous I thought.  A blue Mercedes-Benz W212 was a robot inventor, whose design was supposed to resemble Albert Einstein and again was really goofy.  Finally, they featured a silver Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG that was really great on the big screen.

Becky didn’t like this movie at all and fell asleep several times.  I liked it much better than she did, but it wasn’t fantastic by any stretch.  You may want to wait for the rental, so that you can pause it and watch it over a two day period, unless you’re under 15 years old.  I’m sure our boys will really like it, but they are 11 and 13 years of age.  I thought it was in between a rental and worth the trip, but I’ll give it a rating of Worth The Trip only if you like Sci-Fi and Transformer movies.

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

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Becky and I went to see the new Tom Hanks movie Larry Crowne on Friday night in Castle Rock at the AMC Theater.  The Fandango website at Larry Crowne describes the movie as follows:

“Once well-respected at his company, Larry Crowne (Tom Hanks) finds himself on the unemployment line after a wave of corporate downsizing. Drowning in debt and unsure of what to do with his life, Larry enrolls in college, where he becomes part of a community of misfits who are all trying to carve out a better future. The possibility of romance enters the picture when Larry meets Mercedes Tainot (Julia Roberts), an instructor who has lost her passion for both teaching and her marriage.”

The Review
Larry Crowne is a well done film that deals with real life situations that are facing millions of people today. It focuses on a man, Larry Crowne, who loses his job for no rational reason other than he didn’t go to college.

The plot thickens when he goes back to school and meets his new teacher played by Julia Roberts.  She just happens to be unhappily married and going down the path of becoming an alcoholic because her life is miserable.  It makes for some interesting dynamics with a number of different characters that show up in Larry’s life and at times it’s a somewhat serious drama while still light-hearted for the most part.

It’s not a great movie, but it was pretty entertaining for the most part.  It’s between being a good rental and worth the price of admission.  We both leaned toward it being worth the trip because it is very relevant for today and was entertaining.

John – *** Worth The trip
Becky – *** Worth The Trip Sponsored By:

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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