Becky and I went to see the new movie Chasing Mavericks on opening night at the AMC Theaters in Highlands Ranch, CO.  The Fandango website at Chasing Mavericks describes the movie as follows…

“When 15-year-old surfing phenomenon Jay Moriarty (Jonny Weston) discovers that the mythic Mavericks surf break, one of the biggest waves on Earth, actually exists near his California home, he becomes determined to conquer it. Jay enlists the aid of local surfing legend Frosty Hesson (Gerard Butler) to train him to ride the Mavericks and live to tell about it. As Jay and Frosty carry on their quest to achieve the impossible, they develop a unique friendship that transforms both their lives…”

The Review: Chasing Mavericks is about a 15 year old kid living in California who lives with his single Mom and has a passion for surfing.  This movie is based on a true story, which makes it very interesting and exciting to watch.  He has a neighbor take him under his wing to train him how to become a better surfer and he learns that his Mentor is one of the few people in the world surfing Mavericks.  Mavericks is a mythical place that nobody believes exists in California, until the kid learns that it’s for real.

This is a great movie!  I’m amazed it hasn’t done very well at the box office, but it’s a really entertaining and moving story.  The training and danger that this young kid had to go through to surf these giant bone crushing waves was incredible.  This is a very inspiring film about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, while living life to the fullest and pursuing your dreams.  It also shows the challenges and obstacles that we face in life and how we respond to life when it hits us like a ton of bricks with circumstances that our out of our control.  It proves once again that is attitude is truly everything!

Becky and I both really enjoyed this movie and it’s definitely a Don’t Miss It.

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

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Becky and I went to see the new Ben Affleck movie Argo on opening night at the AMC Theaters in Castle Rock, CO.  The Fandango website at Argo describes the movie as follows…

“On Nov. 4, 1979, militants storm the U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran, taking 66 American hostages. Amid the chaos, six Americans manage to slip away and find refuge with the Canadian ambassador. Knowing that it’s just a matter of time before the refugees are found and likely executed, the U.S. government calls on extractor Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck) to rescue them. Mendez’s plan is to pose as a Hollywood producer scouting locations in Iran and train the refugees to act as his “film” crew…”

The Review: Argo is one of the best movies of the year!  This movie was extremely well done and exciting from start of finish.  The fact that it’s a true story and based on declassified information from the 1979 hostage crisis made it even more entertaining and interesting to watch.  Ben Affleck did a great job starring in this movie and being the Director.  The acting is great and the story is truly amazing, which makes it a great flick.

It was also neat to see the differences between life in 1979 compared to today, where we have instant communications, cell phones, the Internet, etc.  Simple things like being able to smoke on an airplane that you would never think about being possible today.  The clothes and haircuts were a crackup too.

I have talked to many people who have seen this movie and I haven’t met anyone who didn’t like it.  It’s definitely going to be one of those movies that people will be talking about for years to come.  It’s not that it has a great deal of action, but it’s a bit like a spy thriller as the CIA operative goes to great lengths, to the very brink of failure, to try to rescue the six Americans, who most certainly would be put to death in Iran.

The plan to rescue the trapped Americans is super cool, posing as Hollywood personalities making a movie.  It’s really cool and definitely worth seeing this film.  I don’t think you’ll be disappointed and we’re both rating it a Don’t Miss It.

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

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Becky and I took Conroy, Corban and Bianca to see the cartoon Hotel Transylvania at the Regal Cinemas in Lone Tree, CO last week.  The Fandango website at Hotel Transylvania describes the movie as follows…

“Welcome to the Hotel Transylvania, Dracula’s (Adam Sandler) lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up, free to be the monsters they are without humans to bother them. On one special weekend, Dracula has invited some of the world’s most famous monsters – Frankenstein and his bride, the Mummy, the Invisible Man, a family of werewolves, and more – to celebrate his daughter Mavis’s 118th birthday. For Drac, catering to all of these legendary monsters is no problem – but his world could come crashing down when one ordinary guy stumbles on the hotel and takes a shine to Mavis…”

The Review
Hotel Transylvania is a new a new quirky comedy about a hotel that is started by Dracula to keep all monsters away from humans.  He builds this story that humans are dangerous creatures for monsters, so that he can protect his daughter from ever having contact with the human population.  It’s definitely a strange little flick, but kind of fun for the Halloween season.

The characters are the classic monsters, including skeletons and Frankenstein and the Wolf Man, along with many characters that younger kids will not recognize like The Blob, but it’s pretty well done.  It’s not a film you’re going to go to for the intellectual content, but it’s a fun children’s movie for sure.  Conroy who is now 14 thought it was stupid, but Corban and Bianca liked it.  Becky thought it was a rental, but the kid in me thought it was funny and Worth The Trip.

It’s doing very well at the box office, I saw that it did $42.5 million according to Net Flix, which is pretty amazing how well these children’s movies do compared to traditional films. With those types of revenues, I’m surprised Hollywood doesn’t put more money into kids’ films than adult films.  If you miss it at the box office, check it out when it comes on DVD.  It’s an entertaining movie.

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

Conroy – ** Rental
Corban – *** Worth The Trip
Bianca – **** Don’t Miss It

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Becky and I went to see the movie Taken 2 at the Hollywood Theater at SouthGlenn Mall in Littleton, CO last night with our friends Mark & Maria. I’m still behind on writing movies, so I’m writing them as I have time. I’ve been working on my new book for ShareMerchant.com, which has taken a great deal of time, so that I can get it launched. The Moviefone website at Taken 2 describes the movie as follows…

“Liam Neeson returns as the heroic dad/ex-government agent from 2008’s smash-hit success Taken in this EuropaCorp sequel from Transporter 3’s director, Olivier Megaton…”

The Review: Taken 2 is the second installment of the Liam Neeson flick where he’s an ex-government agent that has to protect his family from evil men, who are trying to kill them.  Becky was funny and said, “How many times can you get stolen?”  Well apparently the answer is twice.

In the first movie Taken, his daugher is abducted by an Albian gang and he has to go and save her life.  After killing these wicked men, their relatives, are now coming back for revenge and they are determined to take the family and torture them for killing their family.

The movie is too much like a repeat of the first one with a slightly different twist since the bad guys are now after him, instead of his daughter.  It’s an exciting movie, but it’s not overly entertaining.  At least Becky and I were not overly thrilled about it.  It’s an okay action movie, but I would wait for the rental on this one.

John – ** Rental
Becky – ** Rental

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Becky and I went to see the movie Looper at the AMC Theater in Highlands Ranch, CO.  I’m still behind on writing movies, so Im’ writing them as I have time.  I’ve been working on my new book for ShareMerchant.com, which has been taking a great deal of time, so that I can get it launched very soon.  The Moviefone website at Looper describes the movie as follows…

“‘Filmmaker Rian Johnson (The Brothers Bloom) presents his newest spin on a familiar genre with Looper, a thriller in which time travel is utilized by hired killers. Johnson writes and directs the Endgame Entertainment picture, with collaborator Ram Bergman once again handling producing duties. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, and Piper Perabo head up the starring cast…”

The Review: Looper is a strange movie that takes place in the future when people can time travel, but it’s outlawed.  The crime syndicate has taken over the ability to time travel and they are using it to eliminate people that get in their way by jumping back in time and having them whacked.  The people who do the elimination are the Loopers and the main character is one, until he discovers that his time is coming to an end and they are going to send his 30 year old self back in time to be killed by himself.

That last part in itself is pretty stupid.  Why wouldn’t you have a Looper kill another older Looper, instead of killing themselves, which would create a problem for most people?  The movie jumps around quite a bit with stories going on within stories and characters that you meet briefly.  You never get emotionally attached to these people before they are gone, so they are more like “filler” for the film.

The Preview for this movie looked pretty good, but the Preview is definitely better than the movie.  Bruce Willis looks too old and doesn’t match the younger character of himself very well.  It reminded me of that stupid movie that Mel Gibson did years ago, “Signs” that sounded interesting, but went nowhere.  This film is disturbing on a number of levels, not the least of which is when they go back in time to kill children, who someday may grow up to be the bad guy of the future.  It’s pretty twisted.

We didn’t like this movie and I would have to say it’s between a Rental and Don’t Bother.  Becky definitely opted for the Don’t Bother and I’m pretty much there with her, but I’ll give it a Rental.

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

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