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John & Becky’s Movie Review Of The Conjuring

conjuringI went to see The Conjuring last week at a movie theater in Durango, CO with Corban and Conroy, who talked me into taking them to see it.  The Fandango website at The Conjuring describes the movie as follows…

”Before there was Amityville, there was Harrisville. Based on a true story, “The Conjuring” tells the horrifying tale of how world renowned paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren were called upon to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in a secluded farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful demonic entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives…”

The Review:  The Conjuring is a creepy horror movie that takes place in the 1970’s in an old farm house that a family purchases to start a new life only to encounter a demonic entity that wants to kill them.  It opens up by explaining that the story is based on true events from the case files of Ed and Lorraine Warren, who were probably the first paranormal investigators back when chasing ghosts was viewed as whacky.  Most of these movies are incredibly far-fetched, with liberties on what is really “true”, so I did some checking after seeing this flick and discovered an interesting website dedicated to horror movies.

The website owner was a guy who was wondering the same thing as me and put out a request to find out of how true this story really was or if it was just another Hollywood “conjuring”.  It turns out that he heard back from one of the girls, who actually lived this demonic nightmare and she said that it’s entirely true, other than a few small parts and that there were even more things that happened than what was in the movie.  You can read his article here.

Anyway, I’m always fascinated by these kind of supernatural horror movies that are based on a true story, having had my own supernatural encounters in the past.  I have probably mentioned this before, but I spent the night in a haunted cemetery in Hudson, Wisconsin on three different occasions and had some strange happenings.  I’m also a Christian and I know that as Verbal in The Usual Suspects said it best “The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist“.

This movie brings the Devil and his evil entourage of demons to light and moves them out of the darkness.  It really demonstrates how much these evil beings really want to steal, kill and destroy mankind.  When given the opportunity they will kill you.  I won’t share all the details here of a story about a friend of mine in High School who had a demon come right up out of the flame of a candle, look directly at him and say, “I’m going to bury you.“, but I can tell you that it definitely tried more than once and by now it may have succeeded.

This movie was done extremely well.  It’s scary, but also rather fascinating and sucks you into the family and the diabolical entity trying to destroy them.  The history of the farmhouse, the prior murders, hangings, ghosts and the evil that transpired is really crazy to watch on the big screen.  Corban was white knuckling his seat like an amusement park ride and I have to admit that I got sucked into the film as well.  Conroy wasn’t as freaked out by it, but he loved it and said it was the best scary movie he had ever seen.  The fact that it is based on a true story really made the film in my opinion.

I have to rate this a Don’t Miss It and Conroy and Corban agree, even if you’re not a fan of supernatural horror flicks, you should go see this one, it’s pretty wild.

John – **** Don’t Miss It
Conroy – **** Don’t Miss It
Corban – **** Don’t Miss It

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John & Becky’s Movie Review Of Pacific Rim

pacificrimI went to see Pacific Rim last week at the Regal Theater in Lone Tree, CO with Corban and his friend Noah.  The Fandango website at Pacific Rim describes the movie as follows…

”When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started rising from the sea, a war began that would take millions of lives and consume humanity’s resources for years on end. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of weapon was devised: massive robots, called Jaegers, which are controlled simultaneously by two pilots whose minds are locked in a neural bridge. But even the Jaegers are proving nearly defenseless in the face of the relentless Kaiju. On the verge of defeat, the forces defending mankind have no choice but to turn to two unlikely heroes—a washed up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi)—who are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. Together, they stand as mankind’s last hope against the mounting apocalypse…”

The Review:  Pacific Rim had a set of Previews that made me laugh the first time I saw them and I thought, “What is this movie Godzilla meets Transformers?  That movie looks terrible.”.

However, when I found out that Guillermo del Toro did the movie, the guy who Directed Hell Boy and Pan’s Labyrinth, I figured I would go and check it out.  So, I talked Conroy and his buddy Noah into going with me last week.  I asked Corban too but he said, “No way, it looks stupid.” and I wasn’t about to get Becky to go since she hates science fiction films, even with Tom Cruise in them.  Someone also told me that they spent close to $200 million on the film, which made me think that I could spend $5 to go see it and see what $200 million did.

Believe it or not, this movie was really cool.  I thought it was going to suck, as I already mentioned, but it was much more than Godzilla meets Transformers.  The robots were really amazing and they required two people to pilot them, by doing some kind of a “brain merge” that used half of the brain of each pilot to use the robot, which added another dynamic to the film.  The special effects were fantastic, the story was really good with alien creatures that had come through a portal deep in the ocean.  Each monster was rated like a Hurricane, Class 1 to Class 5 that was clever and they were adapting to the robots fighting skills.

Yeah I know, it still sounds kind of stupid, but there are not any big name actors in this movie and they do a great job pulling this movie off because the story and characters are very entertaining and fun. Conroy, Noah and I all liked it and thought it was definitely worth the trip.  Conroy and Noah said it was a Don’t Miss It and I was close to being there with them.

If you don’t like fantasy or sci-fi movies you probably won’t like this, but I’m not so sure about that because I think Becky would have liked it.  It’s definitely Worth The Trip to see Pacific Rim.  Check it out on the Big Screen before it leaves the theaters.

John – *** Worth The Trip
Conroy – **** Don’t Miss It
Noah – **** Don’t Miss It

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John & Becky’s Movie Review Of The Way, Way Back

waywaybackBecky and I went to see the new Independent film The Way, Way Back last week at the Mayan Theater in Denver, CO.  The Fandango website at The Way, Way Back describes the movie as follows…

”THE WAY, WAY BACK is the funny and poignant coming of age story of 14-year-old Duncan’s (Liam James) summer vacation with his mother, Pam (Toni Collette), her overbearing boyfriend, Trent (Steve Carell), and his daughter, Steph (Zoe Levin). Having a rough time fitting in, the introverted Duncan finds an unexpected friend in gregarious Owen (Sam Rockwell), manager of the Water Wizz water park. Through his funny, clandestine friendship with Owen, Duncan slowly opens up to and begins to finally find his place in the world – all during a summer he will never forget…”

The Review:  The Way, Way Back is one of those movies that are just fun to watch.  It’s a bit like The Sandlot, where the characters are a bit over-the-top and their personalities will suck you into the movie.  The opening scene with Steve Carell is very funny.  He plays a real jerk in this film, which he does surprisingly well.  Steve’s character Trent is the boyfriend of the main character’s recently divorced Mom, who thinks he’s really something and he and the teenager have nothing in common.

The characters in this movie are really good and the story is very entertaining.  I don’t want to tell too much about the film, other than what the Fandango description tells about it, but this movie was done extremely well.  The dialogue in the movie is really done well, with no big special effects, just great acting and a fantastic script.  You can’t help to like this kid and his buddies at the Water Wizz water park.  They are really fun to watch.  This film probably isn’t going to win any awards, but it’s a really good movie that was definitely worth the price of admission.

We went with our friends Mark and Maria and we all really liked this movie.  Becky and I could definitely see this one again when it comes out on the rental market, it’s very funny.  We’re giving it a Don’t Miss It.

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

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John & Becky’s Movie Review Of The Heat

theheatBecky and I went to see The Heat a few weeks ago at the AMC Theaters in Castle Rock, CO and I have to say that the popcorn at AMC sucks lately, compared to what they used to use.  The Fandango website at The Heat describes the movie as follows…

”Uptight and straight-laced, FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn (Sandra Bullock) is a methodical investigator with a reputation for excellence–and hyper-arrogance. Shannon Mullins (Melissa McCarthy), one of Boston P.D.’s “finest,” is foul-mouthed and has a very short fuse, and uses her gut instinct and street smarts to catch the most elusive criminals. Neither has ever had a partner, or a friend for that matter. When these two wildly incompatible law officers join forces to bring down a ruthless drug lord, they become the last thing anyone expected: buddies. From Paul Feig, the director of “Bridesmaids.”

The Review:  The Heat is a movie that I thought was going to really stink based on the Previews that I saw for it.  It just didn’t look like a very funny movie and I figured they burned all the jokes in the trailers, but what was funny is that most of the jokes in the Previews were not in the film.  Becky’s brother had also seen it and he said that it was terrible, so we had really low expectations going into this movie, but for some reason we decided to see it anyway.  Actually, the reason was because Becky still wanted to see it or I would have passed.

The story is actually entertaining and funny at times, but it reminded me of that movie where Sandra Bullock dresses up to be a beauty queen, Miss Congeniality.  It was extremely predictable and had some good laughs at times, but it was also ridiculous.  There were parts like Bridesmaids that were really funny and some of the characters will definitely make you laugh, but it wasn’t a great movie.  This is one of those movies that is going to show up on FX or some other television channel in a few years on Sandra Bullock tribute day.

It’s probably going to hit the rental racks pretty soon and I would suggest waiting for it to arrive at Redbox, unless you don’t have anything else to see at the box office and want to see a movie.  It’s not terrible, but it’s somewhere between worth the trip and a rental.  Becky really liked it and her brother and I thought it was “okay”.

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

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John & Becky’s Movie Review of Despicable Me 2

despicableme2Becky and I went to see Despicable Me 2 a couple of weeks ago at the Regal Cinemas in Lone Tree, CO with our kids.  The Fandango website at Despicable Me 2 describes the movie as follows…

”Now that Gru (Steve Carell) has forsaken a life of crime to raise Margo, Agnes and Edith, he’s trying to figure out how to provide for his new family. As he struggles with his responsibilities as a father, the Anti-Villain League — an organization dedicated to fighting evil — comes calling. The AVL sends Gru on a mission to capture the perpetrator of a spectacular heist, for who would be better than the world’s greatest ex-villain to capture the individual who seeks to usurp his power…”

The Review:  Despicable Me 2 is the second installment of the Despicable Me characters that were hilarious the first time around.  This time it’s just as funny as before only with a completely different story that works really well for the characters.  There are some really great cartoons that have come out over the years, ever since Shrek started this type of new animation, with characters that are far more life like than the Bugs Bunny type characters we grew up with as kids.  Many of these films are better than many of the big budget movies that Hollywood puts out on the market with live actors.

The story of Despicable Me 2 is pretty funny and I love these characters, especially the Minions, who are a crack-up.  The character Gru is really funny, Steve Carell does a great job with him and his Gru’s girlfriend in this movie is hilarious and a good fit for the film.

If you’ve never seen Despicable Me, you should rent it and watch it first and then go see this movie.  It will make it much more enjoyable and this is definitely one of the movies you should take your children to go see or your grand children. If for some reason you didn’t like the first one, which I can’t imagine how you wouldn’t, then you should skip this one since it’s pretty much the same characters as before in a different situation.

We all liked it and rated it a Don’t Miss It.  It’s definitely worth the price of admission.

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

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John & Becky’s Movie Review of The Lone Ranger

lonerangerBecky and I went to see The Lone Ranger on opening night at the AMC Theater in Castle Rock, CO with our kids and our friends Chris and Hope.  The Fandango website at The Lone Ranger describes the movie as follows…

”The Lone Ranger rides again with this big-budget Walt Disney Pictures production starring Johnny Depp as Tonto and Armie Hammer as the famed gunman. The story centers on Tonto’s recollection of the adventures that found lawman John Reid transformed into The Lone Ranger, legendary hero of the Old West…”

The Review:  The Lone Ranger is a character who I grew up watching as a kid on television.  It was usually on after Gilligan’s Island or Bewitched, so I understand Tonto and The Lone Ranger characters.  After all, “Even The Lone Ranger had Tonto.” is something that we often hear about how you need other people in your life.  However, this version was a bit strange.  Tonto is played by Johnny Depp and I’ll just come out and say that he sucks in this movie.  He’s actually pretty good as the “old” Tonto, who is telling the story of The Lone Ranger to a kid wearing a mask in 1933, but during the main scenes of the film, you think you’re watching Captain Jack Sparrow dressed up like an Indian.  His character made absolutely zero sense and he and The Lone Ranger do not really like each other for a good part of the film since The Lone Ranger is the evil white man.

The story isn’t very good and the movie is way too long.  The Lone Ranger goes from being a guy who refuses to shoot a gun to suddenly being a sharp shooter the minute he puts on the mask.  This made absolutely no sense whatsoever and too much of this movie didn’t make any sense, like the Earth being out of balance and flesh eating rabbits?  It was all over the place at times and a bit whacky.  The movie was filmed in Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona I believe, so the scenery is great.  There is quite a bit of senseless violence, including the main villain eating a guy’s heart that made no sense again in this film.

The movie isn’t terrible, but it’s not great either and it definitely is not The Lone Ranger that I remember as a kid.  Instead it’s some crazy character that the whacko department at Disney dreamed up.  A friend of ours, who we go to movies with quite a bit is in the film as an “extra”, but there are so many extras in this movie that we were unable to spot him during the film.  We’ll have to try again when it comes out on DVD and fast forward through the film looking for him because I don’t know if it’s worth watching a second time.

Corban and Bianca went with us and they thought it was Worth The Trip.  Becky and I are going to have to go with Rental on this one though since it was somewhere between being a rental and worth the price of admission.  Chris and Hope didn’t love it either, but thought it was “alright”, so that speaks rental to me.

John – ** Rental
Becky – ** Rental

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John & Becky’s Movie Review of White House Down

whitehousedownBecky and I went to see White House Down on opening night at the AMC Theater in Highlands Ranch, CO.  The MovieFone website at White House Down describes the movie as follows…

”’In Columbia Pictures’ ‘White House Down’, Capitol Policeman John Cale (Channing Tatum) has just been denied his dream job with the Secret Service of protecting President James Sawyer (Jamie Foxx). Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the White House, when the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed paramilitary group. Now, with the nation’s government falling into chaos and time running out, it’s up to Cale to save the president, his daughter, and the country…”

The Review:  White House Down is a movie that I could have swore I saw just a couple of months ago called Olympus Has Fallen, so I went and did a search at BoydFlix.com and low and behold I did write a review about that movie.  This is one of those “Who Wore It Best” films since it’s almost the exact same movie that we just saw back in April.  I guess Hollywood is out of ideas again!  The difference this time though is that the main character wants to be a Secret Service Agent where the last character already was a Secret Service Agent.  And instead of the White House being taken over by foreigners it’s now an inside job with disgruntled Americans.  Also, the President is more like President Obama than George Bush in this version too, he might even be a smoker.

White House Down is entertaining, but it’s also so far fetched and the Channing Tatum takes about the same amount of abuse as Superman did in his latest film.  He didn’t crash through buildings, but he does fall off of them and is like a Timex, where he “takes a licking and keeps on ticking”, which gets old after awhile.  If you get beat up and thrown through a plate glass window onto a table and jump out a building, you can’t just keep running like nothing has happened.  Life just doesn’t work that way, so be prepared for some ridiculous action scenes.  It does still have some entertainment value, but I don’t think it’s worth the price of admission.

Becky and I are going to have to go with Rental on this one the same that we did with the previous version.  We have to be fair to all the actors, so that we are politically correct.

John – ** Rental
Becky – ** Rental

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John & Becky’s Movie Review of Mud

MudBecky and I went to see Mud about a month or so ago with Conroy, Corban and Bianca at the AMC Theater in Highlands Ranch, CO and I finally got around to writing a review about this movie.  I couldn’t believe that I forgot to write a review about this movie.  The MovieFone website at MUD describes the movie as follows…

”’MUD’ is an adventure about two boys, Ellis (Tye Sheridan) and his friend Neckbone (Jacob Lofland), who find a man named Mud (Matthew McConnaughey) hiding out on an island in the Mississippi. Mud describes fantastic scenarios-he killed a man in Texas and vengeful bounty hunters are coming to get him. He says he is planning to meet and escape with the love of his life, Juniper (Reese Witherspoon), who is waiting for him in town. Skeptical but intrigued, Ellis and Neckbone agree to help him. It isn’t long until Mud’s visions come true and their small town is besieged by a beautiful girl with a line of bounty hunters in tow..”

The Review:  MUD is a movie that reminded me a great deal of how movies used to be made, where they had heart, they were realistic and about life, without all the fake action scenes and stupid scripts.  It reminded me of films like The Sandlot and Stand By Me where the characters and story can just suck you into their lives and make you want to watch what is going to happen next.  The ending of this film is great.

Matthew McConnaughey and Reese Witherspoon do a great job in this movie and so do the other main characters.  The acting is great!  It moves slow at times and not everyone will like this movie.  It’s not exactly a feel good film, but it’s extremely well done.  Becky and the kids didn’t like it as much as I did, except for Corban who thought it was a Don’t Miss It and thought it was fantastic.  Mud is probably one of my favorite films this year!  It’s very well done and shows you what life in America can be like for people outside the fast paced big city and into the backwoods of rural America.

I’m definitely saying this is a Don’t Miss It to put on your list even though Becky thought it was a Rental, which I didn’t get at all.  I really liked this movie and definitely think you should put it on the list of films to see this year.

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

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John & Becky’s Movie Review of Monsters University

monstersuniversityBecky and I went to see Monsters University last week with Corban and Bianca at the AMC Theater in Castle Rock, CO and a bus load of kids from Vacation Bible School.  I drove the school bus there for the kid’s night out and this was the film they had elected to see. The MovieFone website at Monsters University describes the movie as follows…

”Ever since college-bound Mike Wazowski (voice of Billy Crystal) was a little monster, he has dreamed of becoming a Scarer-and he knows better than anyone that the best Scarers come from Monsters University (MU). But during his first semester at MU, Mike’s plans are derailed when he crosses paths with hotshot James P. Sullivan, “Sulley” (voice of John Goodman), a natural-born Scarer. The pair’s out-of-control competitive spirit gets them both kicked out of the University’s elite Scare Program…”

The Review:  Monsters University is a movie that I had zero interest in seeing since our kids are older and I figured I would get out of seeing this one when I spotted the Preview.  Hey, I’m just being honest.  I thought that the movie looked stupid and I liked the first one.  Since I had to drive a bus load of kids to the movies I persuaded Becky into seeing it with me and to our surprise the movie had a better story than most of the expensive to produce action films we’ve been seeing lately.  It also had plenty of laughs.

That’s right, Monsters University was a big hit with the kids and with Becky and I.  We all enjoyed it and it was pretty well done with plenty of adult humor and showing some of the goofy decisions people make about going to college.  Granted, it’s really geared toward kids that are about 6 to 8 years of age, but who cares, there were plenty of adults in the movie when we were there and they all liked it.

It was definitely worth the price of admission and if you are fans or you have kids that are fans of the Monsters Inc. film than they should like this one too.  Billy Crystal and John Goodman can still make you laugh with these whacky characters.

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

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John & Becky’s Movie Review of Man of Steel

manofsteelBecky and I went to see Man of Steel on opening week with Corban and Bianca at the AMC Theater in Castle Rock, CO. The MovieFone website at Man of Steel describes the movie as follows…

”Superman flies back onto the big screen in this Warner Bros./Legendary Pictures production directed by Zack Snyder (Watchmen), produced by Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight), and featuring a screenplay by David Goyer (Blade, The Dark Knight)…”

The Review:  Man of Steel is one of those films that you’re going to really like or really dislike.  I had really been waiting for this one to see it and I really thought it would be an amazing movie.  After all, it’s Superman!  Corban and I liked the movie, but it wasn’t amazing as I was hoping it would be.

I have always enjoyed seeing Superman where he is Clark Kent, mild mannered reporter for the Daily Planet, with his hidden identity fighting crime and saving people, including Lois Lane, but this was too much like the Avengers where aliens have arrived to destroy the planet again.  We’ve been there and done that far too many times from the latest Star Trek to The Avengers to IronMan and Thor.  After a while, global annihilation from anti-superheros gets a bit worn down and the comic books are much more original than the movie scripts seem to be.

The movie is way too long and the story is okay, but at times we were all hoping that it just would end because of some of the flaws in the movie.  The evil characters are just as powerful as Superman, which didn’t make a great deal of sense since he had been on Earth his whole life and they just arrived.  You had to really read into the film that Superman was actually stronger because he had been on Earth longer and gained his incredible strength from the Sun, but it took almost the entire movie to figure that out.  The climactic ending was less than climactic, but if you like Superman you should still like the movie. It is as if Hollywood is gearing all of us up from some visit by superhero aliens in the future that will really be fallen angels, but that’s another topic all together.

Becky and Bianca didn’t like this movie at all.  Becky described it as “painful” when I asked her how she liked it.  It was too long, it was too boring, it was watching Superman throw his enemy into too many buildings and the list went on and on.  Corban and I still liked it, even with the shortcomings, but it wasn’t nearly as good as it could have been.  I wouldn’t bother seeing this unless you’re a Superman fan and I spoke with one Superman fan who loved it and had already seen it three times.

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

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John Boyd

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