Becky and I went to see the new George Clooney flick The Descendants a couple of weeks ago at the AMC theater in Highlands Ranch, CO with a few friends.  The Fandango website at The Descendants, describes the movie as follows.

“Native islander Matt King (George Clooney) lives with his family in Hawaii. Their world shatters when a tragic accident leaves his wife in a coma. Not only must Matt struggle with the stipulation in his wife’s will that she be allowed to die with dignity, but he also faces pressure from relatives to sell their family’s enormous land trust. Angry and terrified at the same time, Matt tries to be a good father to his young daughters as they too try to cope with their mother’s possible death.“

The Review 
The Descendants has been getting rave reviews as one of the best films of the year.  This is hardly the case.  The best thing about this film is the movie poster and that it’s set in Hawaii.  It’s a clever story with a few interesting characters, but just because it’s clever doesn’t make it entertaining.  There are a couple funny scenes, but overall this movie is pretty depressing.

The film is not terrible, but it’s just not very good.  The best way to describe it is that it’s boring.  Clooney is running down the road again, which is something that has been happening frequently in his previous Independent Films.  The Descendants came across like it was going to be more of a comedy, but it’s a long, drawn out, dramatic film that was far too serious.  We all left the film feeling let down.

When the movie was over I turned to one of our friends and I said, “Did you like this movie?” and she responded very matter of fact, “No, I did not like that movie.”.  We would both rate this movie as a Don’t Bother, unless you’re in the mood to be depressed.

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

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Becky and I went to see the new Clint Eastwood flick J. Edgar on opening night at the AMC theaters in Highlands Ranch, CO.  The Fandango website at J. Edgar, describes the movie as follows.

“As head of the FBI for nearly 50 years, J. Edgar Hoover (Leonardo DiCaprio) becomes one of America’s most-powerful men. Serving through eight presidents and three wars, Hoover utilizes methods both ruthless and heroic to keep his country safe. Projecting a guarded persona in public and in private, he lets few into his inner circle. Among those closest to him are his protege and constant companion, Clyde Tolson (Armie Hammer), and Helen Gandy (Naomi Watts), his loyal secretary.“

The Review 
J. Edgar is a very well done film about the life of J. Edgar Hoover starring Leonardo DiCaprio and he is amazing in this flick.  In fact, Becky and I will be amazed if he doesn’t get nominated and probably win Best Actor for this role in this film.  The movie though is directed by Clint Eastwood and his age is showing in this movie.  It’s not just this film, but every film that I’ve seen him involved in over the past decade moves extremely slow and J. Edgar moves like a snail across the screen.

The character and the story are quite fascinating.  The amount of power and the things that J. Edgar accomplished was incredible.  The guy was really an unbelievable icon in American history and he had dirt on everybody, including the Presidents of the United States.  Nobody messed with J. Edgar Hoover that’s for sure.  Like Becky said when we left the film, “Well, I just had my history lesson for the year.” and that’s a good way to sum up this movie.  It’s too long though with too much emphasis on J. Edgar’s secret life as a homosexual.

The biggest problem though is really how slow this film moves while being as long as it is, so I wouldn’t give it high marks for the Directing.  On the contrary, I think Eastwood wrecked the film because he spends so much time having Leonardo walk down a hallway, get in a car, watch a horserace with his companion, get his Mom a glass or water or do other things that are just not that relevant to the film.  The bottom line is the flick is boring, which is too bad.

It’s a good film to watch for a history lesson and just to watch DiCaprio play on the Big Screen because he was amazing.  Beyond that it’s too difficult to sit that long with little going on and the acting just can’t save it.

John – ** Rental
Becky – ** Rental

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Becky and I took the kids to see the new Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn last Sunday at the Regal Cinema in Lone Tree, CO.  The Fandango website at Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1, describes the movie as follows.

“At last, Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Edward (Robert Pattinson) are getting married. When Jacob (Taylor Lautner) finds out that Bella wants to spend her honeymoon as a human, he is horrified — for Edward’s passion could accidentally kill her. Bella does indeed survive her honeymoon, but a new complication arises when she discovers that she’s pregnant — and the child is growing at an alarming rate. The pregnancy sets the wolves against Bella and Edward, but Jacob vows to protect his friend.“

The Review 
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn is part one of the final film in the Twilight Saga series, thank goodness, about Edward the vampire, Bella his lover and Jacob the werewolf.  The books were amazing best sellers and it’s kind of funny that they were written by a Mormon because the genre is totally whacked out, including having a giant cross lying on the floor on the way up the stairs of the vampires home.

I’m not a fan of the films, they are too much like a soap opera.  This one has much more blood than the previous ones and the story is totally whacked with Bella getting pregnant and having a vampire baby. The special effects were kind of cool, but this vampire flick simply cannot compete with Lost Boys, Fright Night or the Underworld series where vampires and werewolves are not on the same level as the Captain Crunch character and Tony The Tiger.

The whole concept of this movie series is really silly and reminds me of the soap opera in the 1970’s called Dark Shadows with the 200 year old vampire Barnabas Collins in search of his lost love that my sisters made me watch every day as a kid.  We continue to get sucked into it because I have to write a review about it and they seem to release it when nothing else is playing.  It’s definitely the better of the series, with the exception of the first one that was the best of the bunch in my opinion where you actually had evil blood sucking vampires.

We were not huge fans of this film, it was better than Becky and I expected it to be and the kids didn’t like it at all.  Conroy who is 13, really thought it was stupid and it definitely took a turn for the worse compared to the first film.  I rarely side with the critics, but on this one I’m with them.

John – ** Rental
Becky – ** Rental

Conroy – ** Rental
Corban – * Don’t Bother
Bianca – * Don’t Bother 

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Becky and I went to see Jack & Jill at the AMC Theater in Castle Rock, CO tonight.  The Fandango website at Jack & Jill, describes the movie as follows.

“Thanksgiving is usually a happy time, but ad executive Jack (Adam Sandler) dreads the holiday because his twin sister, Jill (also Sandler), makes her annual visit. When Jack and his sister get off on the wrong foot, the only way to make it right is to invite her to stay through Hanukkah. But, when actor Al Pacino (Al Pacino), whom Jack desperately needs to star in a commercial, takes a shine to Jill, Jack may be forced to extend his sister’s visit even longer.“

The Review 
Jack & Jill is the latest Adam Sandler flick where Adam Sandler plays two characters, Jack and his sister Jill.  Jack cannot stand his sister Jill who drives him nuts.  It’s a comedy that is totally goofy and beyond ridiculous with Al Pacino, Johnny Depp and a number of high profile actors thrown in for good measure.  The film is really crazy and there are some funny parts for sure.

One thing that was really cool too was the special effects in making Adam Sandler and Adam Sandler show up together, like when they were jumping rope and giving each other high fives.  There were some really funny parts of this film too, that were hysterical.

Becky and the kids really liked this movie and thought it was hilarious.  I didn’t like it as much as they did and thought it was a bit too nuts, but that it would make a good rental flick.  If you have children from 8 to 14 years of age, they should like this movie.

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

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Yesterday, Becky and I went to see the Independent film Sarah’s Key at the Regal Cinema at Greenwood Plaza on Arapahoe Road in Englewood, CO that has been at the box office for a while now.  The Fandango website at Sarah’s Key, describes the movie as follows.

“ Based on Tatiana de Rosnay’s best-selling novel, Sarah’s Key tells the story of an American Journalist on the brink of making big life decisions regarding her marriage and her unborn child. What starts off as a reseach article about the Vel’d’Hiv Roundup in 1942 in France ends up as a journey toward self-discovery as she stumbles upon a terrible secret and discovers the heartbreaking story of a Jewish family forced out of their home, a home that is now their own. “

The Review 
Sarah’s Key is a powerful movie about the Holocaust and how the French treated the Jews when they knew the Nazi’s were coming into Europe.  It’s an interesting and incredibly well done film.  The viewer jumps between present day and 1942 as the main character researches the life of a young family that was removed from the home that her in-laws own.

This movie will pull at your heart strings and clearly shows what happens with evil men rise to power and good men do nothing.  It is a great story about the triumph and devastation of war and how it affects people differently.  It shows how depraved and selfish humanity can be when they only look out for their own best interest and it’s a very sad film as well.

I hope that doesn’t deter you from seeing this movie though because it is amazing!  It’s one of the best movies I’ve seen this year and Becky and I were both blown away by how good the movie really is and how fascinating they made this movie.  The acting is superb, the directing is great, there really isn’t anything bad about this movie other than the content is disturbing because it shows first hand the annihilation of the Jewish people during World War II by the Nazi regime by focusing on one family, a little girl and her brother.  Don’t miss this flick.

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

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Yesterday, I went to see the new flick Immortals at the Regal Cinema in Lone Tree, CO that ended up being number one at the box office with 32 million in sales.  It’s only $5 to catch a movie at the Regal Cinema on Sunday, so I figured I would go see this film.  The Fandango website at Immortals, describes the movie as follows.

“ Power-hungry King Hyperion (Mickey Rourke) and his ruthless army march across Greece, leaving burned-out villages and the corpses of the innocent in their wake. Hyperion’s goal is to find the long-lost Bow of Epirus; with this invincible weapon, he can cast the gods out of Mount Olympus and become master of the world. A stonemason named Theseus (Henry Cavill) heeds the words of the sibylline oracle (Freida Pinto), who convinces him that he is the key to stopping the bloodthirsty king. “

The Review 
Immortals was a movie that Becky had zero interest in seeing and I should have listened to her.  The critics said it was terrible and I usually don’t agree with them, but in this case they were right on the money.  Surprisingly, the viewers that I read reviews from liked this movie, which was why I thought I would give it a chance.  That was a big mistake.

It was produced by the same guy who did 300, which is another graphic war movie and extremely violent.  This film stars Mickey Rourke and a few other less well known actors, who all got in great shape for the film.  The acting is good and the story even has some interesting aspects to it, with the Greek gods and in search of a magical bow to unleash the Titans.  However, the acting can’t save this movie because it’s beyond disturbing in the use of violence.  If you enjoy seeing people cut their tongues off with a pair of scissors, other people getting their heads cut off, throats slit, murder, people being burned alive and all sorts of other brutality than this is your kind of movie.  It was disturbing and there wasn’t much more to this film beyond the non-stop violence.

It reminded me of why God destroyed the Earth with a Flood the first time around because men only did and thought of evil continually and there was so much violence on Earth.  I don’t think this one is worth your time.

John – * Don’t Bother

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Last week, Becky and I went to see the new movie Machine Gun Preacher in Denver at the Mayan Theater. The Fandango website at Machine Gun Preacher, describes the movie as follows:

“ In this inspirational true story, Machine Gun Preacher is about Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing criminal who undergoes an astonishing transformation and finds an unexpected calling as the savior of hundreds of kidnapped and orphaned children. Gerard Butler (300) delivers a searing performance as Childers, the impassioned founder of the Angels of East Africa rescue organization in Golden Globe-nominated director Marc Forster’s (Monster’s Ball, Finding Neverland) moving story of violence and redemption… “

The Review 
Machine Gun Preacher is an amazing true story about Sam Childers and his amazing wife.  She put up with his insane antics as a thug, after she became a Christian and stuck with him through thick and thin.

The movie is a very powerful.  It’s an incredible story about love, hate, redemption and taking charge of a situation when nobody else wants to do anything.  The film also shows that one person with God really can make a difference.  The movie is based on the book – Another Man’s War: The True Story of One Man’s Battle to Save Children in the Sudan, which is an incredible story.

Becky and I had a chance to see and meet Sam and his wife at TheRock.org church in Castle Rock, CO when he came to visit recently.  His testimonial is really incredible and he pointed out that once he accepted Christ, he never went back to drinking like they showed he did in the movie.  He said, “That was Hollywood trying to make the movie more exciting, but it wasn’t true.”.

The critics didn’t like this movie because the Media in America cannot stand anything to do with Christianity, but it is definitely a Don’t Miss It in our book.  It’s not for kids though, even though it’s a Christian movie, so be aware that it is rated R for a reason.

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

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Last week, I went to see the new movie Paranormal Activity 3 in Castle Rock at the AMC Theater with my friend Rod. The Fandango website at Paranormal Activity 3, describes the movie as follows:

“ In 1988 sisters Katie (Chloe Csengery) and Kristi (Jessica Tyler Brown) seem to be enjoying a normal, happy childhood at home. But when strange things start going bump in the night, their father, a wedding videographer, decides to use his cameras to discover the source, especially since Kristi appears to having conversations with an imaginary friend. While the cameras do indeed reveal a flurry of supernatural occurrences, the family is unprepared for the terror that awaits… “

The Review 
Paranormal Activity 3 is the third installment of the Paranormal Activity series.  The first two were creepy, but this one has them beat.  It’s a spooky show that takes you back to show what originally happened to the young girls and how they became familiar with the demon that is terrorizing their lives.

What’s crazy is how accurate this film is about how people can become influenced by the demonic, usually at a very young age.  What’s interesting about this movie franchise is that it’s very low budget, with hardly any special effects graphics.  You never see the monster, but you see the results of the monster.  It uses the imagination of the audience to conjure up what the spooky creature is that has violated the home of this young family.

It’s definitely creepy and the scariest of the three films.  There is a very wild twist at the end of the film.  This movie isn’t for everyone for sure.  If you like scary movies, you should get spooked by this flick, but if you don’t like the fear factor you should skip this one.

John – *** Worth The Trip 

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