Becky and I went to see the film Maze Runner on Friday at the AMC theaters in Castle Rock, CO.  The Fandango website at The Maze Runner describes the movie as follows…

“Based on the bestselling novel by James Dashner, this adventure thriller for young adults follows a young boy named Thomas (Dylan O’Brien) who finds himself trapped within a giant, deadly maze with a group of other kids. While he has no memories of his life prior to being in the maze, he is plagued by nightmares about a shadowy organization known only as W.C.K.D., and hopes that these fragments of dreams will help him discover the secrets of his past and a way to escape..”

The Review:  This was a strange science fiction film about a young man who wakes up in a maze and has to get out of the maze with a group of other people who are being picked off by monsters.  The story is pretty good and the acting is good, but the ending kind of bothered all of us, since it could have been much better.  There is quite a bit of senseless killing in the movie, but for the content you would expect that I guess.  It has a little bit of a horror, suspense element to it and it is hard to figure out what is going on for quite a while because of the way the film is handled.  You’re not really sure why they are in this maze and there are flashbacks by the hero of the film to before he gets into the maze.

This wasn’t a great movie, but it wasn’t terrible.  I think it was worth the price of admission and Becky thought it was more of a rental.  I think I liked it because of the science fiction element to it.

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

Sponsored By: SHAREMERCHANT.com:  Get paid to share!  Find out how you can earn $1,500 a month using and recommending products with a low cost business.  Become a Share Merchant!

Click here!

________________________________________________________________

Auto Consultant – John Boyd: The Cool Car Guy

John is an auto consultant and owner of CoolCarGuy.com 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 or consign your vehicle – nationwide! Call or email John about your next vehicle! jboyd@coolcarguy.com or Twitter@coolcarguy

Becky and I went to see The Identical on Friday at the AMC theaters in Castle Rock, CO.  The Fandango website at The Identical describes the movie as follows…

“One man’s passion for music leads him to question his faith and his identity following a shocking revelation about the family past in this musical drama set in the 1950, just as rock ‘n’ roll began to dominate the airwaves. All Ryan Wade (Blake Rayne) ever wanted was to make music. Ryan’s dreams of performing on the stage before thousands of screaming fans are seemingly dashed, however, when his preacher father (Ray Liotta) and devout mother (Ashley Judd) pressure him to join the ministry. Later, with the support of his wife (Erin Cottrell), his best friend (Seth Green), and his manager (Joe Pantoliano), Ryan finds fame as “The Identical” a rock ‘n’ roll singer who looks and sounds just like the legendary Drexel Hemsley…”

The Review:  I was not exceed about seeing this movie on Friday.  It sounded pretty stupid to me when Becky told me it was about a rock and roll singer and another guy who sang songs as an impersonator.  The movie has Blake Rayne, who I had never seen in a starring role before, along with Ray Liotta and Ashley Judd.  It has a Christian element to it as Ray Liotta plays the main character’s father who is an old school preacher and he played the part extremely well.  I have to say that I think this is one of the best roles I’ve seen Ray play in a long time and he was really good in this movie.  Usually, Liotta plays a bad guy, but this character has heart and so does the movie.

The story is really good, the music is good too and it has a feel like it is a true story.  If there is one complaint, the main character was a bit too much like Johnny Cash or Elvis.   It probably could be a true story the way the script was written and I think that is what made it entertaining to watch.  I don’t want to give away too much of the film, but it is a really good Drama that we both liked.  It’s a very clean cut movie too without any foul language and was very well done.  We both liked it and thought it was worth the price of admission.  It’s more of an adult film about relationships and the choices that we make in life and how our choices can affect the lives of others and following our passions.

John – *** Worth The Trip
Becky – **** Don’t Miss It

Sponsored By: SHAREMERCHANT.com:  Get paid to share!  Find out how you can earn $1,500 a month using and recommending products with a low cost business.  Become a Share Merchant!

Click here!

________________________________________________________________

Auto Consultant – John Boyd: The Cool Car Guy

John is an auto consultant and owner of CoolCarGuy.com 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 or consign your vehicle – nationwide! Call or email John about your next vehicle! jboyd@coolcarguy.com or Twitter@coolcarguy

Becky and I took Bianca to go see Expendables 3 today at the AMC theaters in Castle Rock, CO.  The Fandango website at Expendables 3 describes the movie as follows…

“Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone) and his band of aging mercenaries recruit a younger crew to battle the one man capable of exterminating the Expendables in this sequel directed by Red Hill’s Patrick Hughes. When Barney and Conrad Stonebanks (Mel Gibson) co-founded the Expendables, they were positively unstoppable. Years later, Stonebanks abandoned the team to become a cutthroat arms dealer, and Barney was forced to kill the man he once called a brother….“

The Review:  After running the ADT Marathon today with Becky and our friend Mark, it was easy to talk Becky into going and sitting in a movie.  Bianca came along and the only movie we hadn’t seen was Expendables 3, so we decided to go and see it.  First it was just over 2 hours long and as Bianca said, “It felt like it was 4 hours long.”.  We had low expectations going into this movie and it met or exceeded our expectations.  It was terrible.  I’m glad I missed the first two versions of this film, which seemed like something that was thrown together with a bunch of old action hero’s to get a paycheck at the expense of the audience.  Sorry, but we tried to watch it and enjoy it, but it is painful to watch.  It’s on the same level as watching professional wrestling.

This movie is really bad.  They try to make it serious, but it shouldn’t be called The Expendables, but The Invincibles as these ten old guys take on an entire army.  It was less believable than the Rambo series or any of Sylvester Stalone movies.  Most super hero movies are more believable than this movie.  This film might be a good rental, but Becky and Bianca totally hated it.  I thought it was pretty lame and I’ll give it a cheesy rental rating.

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

Bianca – * Don’t Bother

Sponsored By: SHAREMERCHANT.com:  Get paid to share!  Find out how you can earn $1,500 a month using and recommending products with a low cost business.  Become a Share Merchant!

Click here!

________________________________________________________________

Auto Consultant – John Boyd: The Cool Car Guy

John is an auto consultant and owner of CoolCarGuy.com 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 or consign your vehicle – nationwide! Call or email John about your next vehicle! jboyd@coolcarguy.com or Twitter@coolcarguy