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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Becky and I went to see the movie Stolen earlier this month at the Regal Cinema in Lone Tree, CO.  I’m really behind on writing movie reviews, 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, but it’s almost finished.  The Fandango website describes the movie as follows…

Will Montgomery (Nicolas Cage) is a master thief who after being double-crossed in a heist gone awry is sent to prison for 8 years. Upon his release he’s ready to leave his criminal past behind and try to rebuild a relationship with his estranged daughter Allison. The FBI and his old cohorts believe that he hid the loot from the last heist 8 years ago, $10 Million in Bonds. To get his hands on it, his old partner Vincent (Josh Lucas) kidnaps Allison and demands the entire $ 10 Million as ransom. Keeping her in the soundproofed trunk of a Taxi Cab, he’s able to stay mobile amongst the throngs of taxis out during Mardi Gras day making it nearly impossible to find. He must trust his instincts and his old partner in crime, the beautiful, sexy and smart Riley (Malin Ackerman), to do one more clever heist to get his daughter back alive before it’s too late…”

The Review  Stolen was a movie that we went into with very low expectations.  Nicolas Cage has been doing a bunch of low budget films lately and we figured this one would be along the same lines as his previous movies.  This movie was actually pretty entertaining.  It’s one of those, “been there, done that” type films, but it’s done pretty well nevertheless.

It’s about a couple of bank robbers, one with a conscience and one without one.  The one bank robber has no problem taking money from banks, but he’s not a murderer, while the other guy will do whatever it takes for self preservation.  When they get caught after a massive take and the lead character goes to the jail, his partner makes plans for a different future for when he gets out.  A future that includes taking his daughter.

The movie moves slow, but it’s still an exciting story and will make for a good rental.  We both liked it, but it’s somewhere between Worth The Trip and a Rental.

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

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Becky and I went to see the movie 2016: Obama’s America at the AMC Theater in Castle Rock, CO.  I’m really 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 2016: Obama’s America describes the movie as follows…

“‘2016: Obama’s America’ takes audiences on a gripping visual journey into the heart of the world’s most powerful office to reveal whether the struggle of one man’s past will redefine America over the next four years. The film examines the question, “If Obama wins a second term, where will we be in 2016?”

Across the globe and in America, people in 2008 hungered for a leader who would unite and lift us from economic turmoil and war. True to America’s ideals, they invested their hope in a new kind of president, Barack Obama. What they didn’t know was that Obama is a man with a past, and in powerful ways that past defines him–who he is, how he thinks, and where he intends to take America and the world.

Immersed in exotic locales across four continents, best selling author Dinesh D’Souza races against time to find answers to Obama’s past and reveal where America will be in 2016. During this journey he discovers how Hope and Change became radically misunderstood, and identifies new flashpoints for hot wars in mankind’s greatest struggle. The journey moves quickly over the arc of the old colonial empires and into America’s empire of liberty, and we see the unfolding realignment of nations and the shape of the global future.

Emotionally engaging, ‘2016: Obama’s America’ will make you cheer and leave you confounded as you discover the mysteries and answers to your greatest aspirations and worst fears….”

The Review 2016: Obama’s America is a documentary by Dinesh D’ Souza that is a very controversial film because it asks questions about the current President Barrack Hussein Obama II that many people have about what his mission is for the United States of America and his past history.  The President has sealed his college records, he distanced himself from Jeremiah Wright, after hanging out in his church for years and created many other questions about his first term as President.

What I find fascinating is how many liberals are having a problem with this film, but they never questioned Michael Moore’s film Fahrenheit 9/11 about President George Bush.  The difference between the two films is prety huge.  I saw both of them and I liked them both, but Michael Moore’s film was much more sensationalistic with a great deal of speculation and far fewer facts.  This movie is based largely on President Obama’s own book that was first published in 1995, Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance, which was long before he ever came on the scene as President.  How can you deny facts that The President of the United States wrote about himself?

Dinesh connects the dots between Barrack’s upbringing in Indonesia and Hawaii away from his birth father Barrack Sr., who had anti-colonial views, and President Obama’s own political views that are also anti-colonial as well.  He is not a fan of Israel and sees America as a bully to the rest of the World, which if true, is crazy for a President of the United States of America.  It would be like the CEO of Disney having a problem with Mickey Mouse; He wouldn’t last long as the CEO.  He makes a very interesting and compelling case in this film about why America has already and is going to change even more drastically under his continued leadership.  I got the impression from the film that the poor of America are  rich compared to the rest of the world, so in President Obama’s view, America needs to give back to the rest of the world and pay for our sins of being involved in colonizing the world and protecing Israel.  It’s a scary future for America, if it’s true.

Dinesh is being criticized though that parts of his film is not true, but I would say that if half of what he’s shared is true that it’s disconcerting.  He has responded to an Associated Press article that you can read at this link – fact check.  I thought the movie was definitely Worth The Trip, and a Don’t Miss It if you’re a History buff.  Becky was bored and fell asleep a few times, but she doesn’t like documentaries or history.

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

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Becky and I went to see the movie The Words last night at the AMC Theater in Castle Rock, CO.  I’m really behind on writing movies, so Im’ writing them as I have time right now.  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 The Words describes the movie as follows…

“‘Struggling writer Rory Johnson (Bradley Cooper) rockets to fame after passing off a brilliant found manuscript as his own, but experiences an acute crisis of conscience after his stint in the spotlight changes him in ways he never expected. Jeremy Irons, Dennis Quaid, and Olivia Wilde co-star…”

The Review The Words is not a movie for everyone, it has a bit of suspense and a great deal of drama, but it’s very well done.  The acting is great, the story is pretty wild since it’s about an author, who writes a book, about an author who is trying to write a book and he finds a manuscript while on his Honeymoon with the love of his life.  It’s not a fast moving film, it makes you think about what’s going on with the characters.  The film asks some moral questions, such as what would you do if you found an unpublished book, you were a struggling writer and the book could become a best seller and launch your career.  It’s rather fascinating, especially in our day when we live in a world of compromise and few have integrity.

The film takes you into the lives of three different men, all of whom are writers and you get to see their struggles, failures and successes.  The Critics didn’t like this movie for the most part, but the fans really liked it and we’re with the fans on this one.  I thought the movie was extremely well done and we found ourselves talking about it again today.  It will definitely make you think.  Becky and I both liked it and thought it was Worth The Trip.

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

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Becky and I went to see the movie Lawless last night with our friend Michelle at the AMC Theater in Castle Rock, CO.  I’m really far behind on writing movies, so Im’ writing them backwards right now.  The Moviefone website at Lawless describes the movie as follows…

“‘Lawless’ is the true story of the infamous Bondurant Brothers: bootlegging siblings who made a run for the American Dream in Prohibition-era Virginia. In this epic gangster tale, inspired by true-life tales of author Matt Bondurant’s family in his novel “The Wettest County In The World,” the loyalty of three brothers is put to the test against the backdrop of the nation’s most notorious crime wave…”

The Review Lawless is a different kind of gangster movie that takes place in the 1930’s, in the back woods of Virginia.  It’s about these three brothers and their father and how their lives revolved around running moonshine during Prohibition and how they didn’t allow the Chicago mobsters to come in and tell them how to run things.

My grandfather actually ran moonshine during Prohibition and was one of the first guys granted a liquor license after Prohibition, so I found it entertaining.  It’s very graphic at times and clearly the people during that time were much tougher in dealing with hardships than we are today.  I don’t think it was a great movie, the acting was very good, the Directing was also pretty well done, but the story was a little dull after a while.

The Critics haven’t been overly excited about this film, but the fans seem to like it.  I liked it, but I would probably wait for the rental on this one.  Becky and Michelle thought the same thing.

John – ** Rental
Becky – ** Rental

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Becky and I took the kids to see the movie The Bourne Legacy a few weeks ago at the AMC Theater in Castle Rock, CO.  The Moviefone website at The Bourne Legacy describes the movie as follows…

“The fourth installment of the highly successful Bourne series sees the return of the franchise’s screenwriter, Tony Gilroy, this time stepping into the director’s seat for an entry which sidelines main character Jason Bourne in order to focus on a fellow estranged assassin (Jeremy Renner). Edward Norton and Rachel Weisz co-star, with Joan Allen and Albert Finney reprising their roles from the previous films…”

The Bourne Legacy is a new version of the Bourne series with a new star and character, who was the step beyond Jason Bourne, which is hard to imagine.  In this case, our government has altered his body, so that he has genetic mutations to improve his mad skills at being able to seek and destroy.

As you would expect from The Bourne Legacy, there is plenty of action in this film.  There is a major car (motorcycle) chase, that probably went on for too long because the movie is a long movie.  It’s over 2 hours in length, so for some people, including some of my family members, it was too long.

It’s not a kid’s film, it’s definitely PG-13, so be aware of that if you decide to watch the film.  Our children are old enough that they liked it, but there is definitely some violence in the movie, including a very disturbing part that hit a little too close to home with the recent movie theater shooting.

Overall, it’s very well done for what is a sequel to the Jason Bourne Trilogy and if you liked the first Bourne movies you should like this one.  You don’t have to have seen the previous films to understand this one, but they did tie them into this movie.

I thought it was a Don’t Miss It, but I really enjoy the Bourne series.

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

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

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Becky and I took the kids to see the movie The Dark Knight Rises last week at the AMC Theater in Highlands Ranch, CO.  The Moviefone website at The Dark Knight Rises describes the movie as follows…

“Christopher Nolan’s Batman franchise continues with this Warner Bros. release, the third in the series. The story will pick up after the events of The Dark Knight, with Christian Bale returning as the Caped Crusader — this time pitted against the deadly Bane (Tom Hardy) and Selina Kyle, aka Catwoman (Anne Hathaway). Nolan directs from a script he co-wrote with his brother, Jonathan, working off the story by David Goyer. Joseph Gordon-Levitt co-stars…”

The Review
The Dark Knight Rises is the final installment of the Batman series that is now clouded in real-life horror, after a madman went to the Midnight showing in the Cinemark 16 theater here in Aurora, Colorado and murdered and injured people in Theater 9.  The absolute senseless killing of innocent people committed by the monster on that evening is unbelievable and we pray that God will have mercy on all the souls and the injured of that night, while helping their families.  If you would like to make a donation to help with the victims medical expenses, please visit GivingFirst.org.

The movie was actually fantastic for the last installment of the Batman trilogy.  There is plenty of action, it’s a bit too violent at times as the villain is diabolical.  I thought it was amazing and extremely well done.  However, it’s very long and you really need to be a Batman fan to like this film.  Anne Hathaway as Cat Woman was great.  Becky thought it was way too long and didn’t like it that much.  Conroy, Corban and Bianca liked it more than Becky, but Becky and Bianca both thought it was a rental.

I thought it was a Don’t Miss It.

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

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

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Becky and I took the kids to see the movie Katy Perry: Part of Me last week at the AMC Theater in Highlands Ranch, CO.  The Moviefone website at Katy Perry: Part of Me describes the movie as follows…

“Get to know the woman behind the pop icon as singer Katy Perry brings fans behind the scenes of her California Dreams Tour in this colorful, intimate musical documentary…”

The Review
Katy Perry: Part of Me is a rockumentary about the life of the famous rock star Katy Perry and how she rose to fame, along with showcasing her whirlwind global tour.  It is very revealing about her life and takes you on quite a journey of her life, with her music along the way.

The film shows her challenges in rising to stardom, her failed marriage, her family and growing up in a Pentecostal Christian home.  As a believer in Christ that was painful to watch, since her brother pointed out that her parents were so strict they couldn’t eat Lucky Charms cereal as a kid since luck was not from God.  It’s whacky beliefs like that, which give Christians a bad name and can really mess people up.  Her family life also helped shape her into the woman she came to be.

I didn’t have high expectations for this film, but the movie was actually very well done.  We all liked this movie and thought it was worth the price of admission.  It was interesting to see the struggles she went through before becoming a famous musician and it shows how perseverance can pay off, but if you don’t give yourself a chance or quit you won’t win.

This is definitely a movie that you will want to go check out.

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

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

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Becky and I went to see the new movie Savages last week at the AMC Theaters in Highlands Ranch, CO.  The Moviefone Website at Savages describes the movie as follows…

“Three-time Oscar-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone returns to the screen with the ferocious thriller ‘Savages,’ featuring the all-star ensemble cast of Taylor Kitsch, Blake Lively, Aaron Johnson, John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Benicio Del Tor, Salma Hayek, Emile Hirsch and Demian Bichir. The film is based on Don Winslow’s best-selling crime novel that was named one of The New York Times’ Top 10 Books of 2010.

Laguna Beach entrepreneurs Ben (Johnson), a peaceful and charitable Buddhist, and his closest friend Chon (Kitsch), a former Navy SEAL and ex-mercenary, run a lucrative, homegrown industry–raising some of the best marijuana ever developed. They also share a one-of-a-kind love with the extraordinary beauty Ophelia (Lively). Life is idyllic in their Southern California town…until the Mexican Baja Cartel decides to move in and demands that the trio partners with them…”

The Review
Savages is a brutal action film about the Mexican Drug Cartel that is probably more true to life than we would all like to believe.  It deals with the issue that even if drugs are legalized, they can still be controlled and influenced by the criminal crime networks since they are willing to steal, kill and destroy to stay in business.

The movie is very graphic, with some very distorted and evil characters.  It reminded me of modern day Scarface with the Mexicans instead of the Columbians.  The blatant disregard for human life was very disturbing, along with the drugs, language, strange sexual content was a bit too much in this movie.  We saw it with our friends Mark and Maria and Mark liked it more than the rest of us.  The story was actually pretty interesting and the acting was good too, but these other elements wrecked the movie for us.

I’m going to have to rate it a Rental, borderline Don’t Bother and Becky definitely thought it was a Don’t Bother.

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

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Becky, Conroy and I went to see the new movie Moonrise Kingdom last night at the AMC Theaters in Highlands Ranch, CO.  The Moviefone Website at Moonrise Kingdom describes the movie as follows…

“Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore — and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in more ways than anyone can handle. Bruce Willis plays the local sheriff. Edward Norton is a Khaki Scout troop leader. Bill Murray and Frances McDormand portray the young girl’s parents….”

The Review
Moonrise Kingdom is a quirky movie that we had no idea what was about when we went into the theater.  It was probably good that we didn’t know what it was about or we may not have seen it.  This movie is a trip.  It’s one of the whackiest movies we’ve ever seen.  Conroy said it was the strangest movie he had ever watched, but it was very well done.

The acting in this movie is great and it stars a number of popular actors, including Bruce Willis, Bill Murray and Edward Norton.  The story is so bizarre and I don’t want to give it away.  My friend Caren went and saw it before we did and she just said, “It’s quirky and I really liked it” and I’m glad that was about all she said because we had no idea what to expect.  It’s very funny.

We all liked this movie and thought it was Worth The Trip, so put this one on the list, if you’re in the mood for something that is out of the ordinary.

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

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