Becky talked me into seeing the new movie One Day today at the AMC Theater in Castle Rock, CO. The Fandango website at One Day describes the movie as follows:

“For 20 years, an idealist (Anne Hathaway) and a wealthy playboy (Jim Sturgess) reunite on the 15th day of July.”

The Review 
One Day was a movie that I wasn’t sure I wanted to see, but I decided that since it starred Anne Hathaway I would go check it out.  I’m glad I did, I liked it.  It’s definitely an adult show, so teenagers are not going to be too fond of this one.  It’s a serious love story about a couple that should be together, but the guy can’t seem to figure it out for twenty years.

It’s a little boring at times as you go through twenty years of following the two people, but it’s an interesting look at relationships and how people can miss it.  Guys be forewarned, this is definitely a Chic flick and it’s a bit serious at times.  It’s pretty sad, but is a good film.

Becky liked it more than I did, but we both thought it was worth the price of admission.

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

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Becky and I went to see the new movie Fright Night on Friday night at the AMC Theater in Highlands Ranch, CO with our friends Rod & Kimberly. The Fandango website at Fright Night describes the movie as follows:

“Senior Charlie Brewster (Anton Yelchin) finally has it all—he’s running with the popular crowd and dating the hottest girl in high school. In fact, he’s so cool he’s even dissing his best friend Ed (Christopher Mintz-Plasse). But trouble arrives when an intriguing stranger Jerry (Colin Farrell) moves in next door. He seems like a great guy at first, but there’s something not quite right—and everyone, including Charlie’s mom (Toni Collette), doesn’t notice. After witnessing some very unusual activity, Charlie comes to an unmistakable conclusion: Jerry is a vampire preying on his neighborhood. Unable to convince anyone that he’s telling the truth, Charlie has to find a way to get rid of the monster himself in this Craig Gillespie-helmed revamp of the comedy-horror classic.”

The Review 
Fright Night was an adaptation of the original 1980’s cult classic about a teenage boy who has a vampire move in next store to him.  He watches out his window as the vampire is feeding on his neighbors, but unfortunately the vampire knows that he’s watching him and he doesn’t like it.

This new version of Fright Night is not much of a comedy-horror like the first one.  There are a few jokes here and there, like a comment about the Twilight book series, which was pretty funny, but it’s definitely a horror flick.  It is more like watching a serial killer movie or a smart version of JAWS with a Land Shark and it was spooky at times.  Colin Farrell is great as Jerry the vampire and the other characters and actors are great too.

The language is way worse than the first time around, but the characters and vampires are not anything like the Twilight series.  When these vampires get into the sunlight they explode, like traditional vampire movies and they are not friendly.

I liked this movie and so did Rod & Kimberly, but Becky didn’t like it that much.  If you like vampire movies and are in the mood for a fright night, this is a creepy one.

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

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Becky and I went to see the new Marvel comic movie Captain America: The First Avenger on Sunday at the Regal Theater in Lone Tree. The Fandango website at Captain America describes the movie as follows:

“After being deemed unfit for military service, Steve Rogers volunteers for a top secret research project that turns him into Captain America, a superhero dedicated to defending America’s ideals.”

The Review 
Captain America: The First Avenger was really well done.  The story is wild and exciting, the characters are great and it’s really a fun film. Becky wasn’t a big fan because she doesn’t really like Super Hero movies too much.  Corban, Bianca and I really liked it, but Conroy wasn’t happy that the film had super advanced weapon technology during World War II.  I thought it was pretty cool because the villain in the movie was a total whack job, a bit like the insane characters found in Hell Boy.

If you’re into comic book movies you should like Captain America, but if you’re not you should probably skip this one.  It will be interesting to see how they do The Avengers film that is coming out in 2012 along with the characters of Thor, Iron Man and Black Widow.  At the end of the credits they have a Preview of the coming Avengers movie for next year.

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

Bianca – *** Worth The Trip
Corban – *** Worth The Trip
Conroy – ** Rental

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Becky and I went to see the new Transformers movie today at the AMC Theater in Highlands Ranch.  The Fandango website at Transformers: Dark of the Moon describes the movie as follows:

“Sam Witwicky (LaBeouf) taking his first tenuous steps into adulthood while remaining a reluctant human ally of Optimus Prime. The film centers around the space race between the U.S.S.R. and the USA, suggesting there was a hidden Transformers role in it all that remains one of the planet’s most dangerous secrets. The villain of the third film will be Shockwave.”

The Review
Transformers: Dark of the Moon is the third and hopefully the final installment of the Transformer movies.  It’s has a good story that is different than the other two films with plenty of action and twists to keep the story moving forward and interesting.  The Director went out of his way to explain how the hero lost his gorgeous girlfriend Megan Fox from the previous two movies and replaced her with the underwear model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley.  The guy has to be a hero to keep getting these beautiful women on his arm.

Unfortunately, the movie is extremely long, over two and a half hours and we could only take so much of the special effects of cars turning into giant robots to blow things up.  The acting is pretty good in the film, but I have to say the best thing about the movie to me was definitely the cars.

They have some amazing rides in this flick, including the Bumble Bee yellow and black fifth-generation Chevy Camaro.  An autobot turns into a great looking silver Chevrolet Corvette Stingray convertible.  A stunning red Ferrari 458 Italia that was definitely one of my favorites in the movie.  They also had a Dale Earnhardt, Jr. #88 AMP Energy/National Guard car, a Juan Pablo Montoya #42 Target car and a Jimmie Johnson #48 Lowe’s/Kobalt car, which was totally ridiculous I thought.  A blue Mercedes-Benz W212 was a robot inventor, whose design was supposed to resemble Albert Einstein and again was really goofy.  Finally, they featured a silver Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG that was really great on the big screen.

Becky didn’t like this movie at all and fell asleep several times.  I liked it much better than she did, but it wasn’t fantastic by any stretch.  You may want to wait for the rental, so that you can pause it and watch it over a two day period, unless you’re under 15 years old.  I’m sure our boys will really like it, but they are 11 and 13 years of age.  I thought it was in between a rental and worth the trip, but I’ll give it a rating of Worth The Trip only if you like Sci-Fi and Transformer movies.

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

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Becky and I went to see the new Tom Hanks movie Larry Crowne on Friday night in Castle Rock at the AMC Theater.  The Fandango website at Larry Crowne describes the movie as follows:

“Once well-respected at his company, Larry Crowne (Tom Hanks) finds himself on the unemployment line after a wave of corporate downsizing. Drowning in debt and unsure of what to do with his life, Larry enrolls in college, where he becomes part of a community of misfits who are all trying to carve out a better future. The possibility of romance enters the picture when Larry meets Mercedes Tainot (Julia Roberts), an instructor who has lost her passion for both teaching and her marriage.”

The Review
Larry Crowne is a well done film that deals with real life situations that are facing millions of people today. It focuses on a man, Larry Crowne, who loses his job for no rational reason other than he didn’t go to college.

The plot thickens when he goes back to school and meets his new teacher played by Julia Roberts.  She just happens to be unhappily married and going down the path of becoming an alcoholic because her life is miserable.  It makes for some interesting dynamics with a number of different characters that show up in Larry’s life and at times it’s a somewhat serious drama while still light-hearted for the most part.

It’s not a great movie, but it was pretty entertaining for the most part.  It’s between being a good rental and worth the price of admission.  We both leaned toward it being worth the trip because it is very relevant for today and was entertaining.

John – *** Worth The trip
Becky – *** Worth The Trip Sponsored By:

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Becky and I went to see the new Steven Spielberg movie Super 8 last night in Castle Rock at the AMC Theater.  The Fandango website at Super 8 describes the movie as follows:

“In 1979 Ohio, several youngsters (Elle Fanning, Joel Courtney, Gabriel Basso) are making a zombie movie with a Super-8 camera. In the midst of filming, the friends witness a horrifying train derailment and are lucky to escape with their lives. They soon discover that the catastrophe was no accident, as a series of unexplained events and disappearances soon follows. Deputy Jackson Lamb (Kyle Chandler), the father of one of the kids, searches for the terrifying truth behind the crash.“

The Review
Super 8 takes place in the 1970’s with a group of young kids making a movie when a train wreck takes place and there is something on the train that effects the entire town in which the boys live.   The film is pretty exiting with lots of action and suspense, but it reminded me of a remake of E.T., which was also a Spielberg film.  However, this movie was written and Directed by J.J. Abrams and produced by Spielberg.  And this time the alien isn’t friendly like E.T., but a monster that is terrorizing the town.

The story is good, the Directing is quality, but it’s a little boring at times.  It has a few scary parts and some funny parts as well, but it jumps around a ton with the focus on a family and the challenges they face after the boy’s Mother dies.  There is quite a bit going on in the film and there is a cast of characters like something out of Goonies or The Sandlot.

We didn’t think it was a great film, but it was entertaining and worth the trip to the theater.  I’m sure that Spielberg grabbed the script because some of the characters in the film probably reminded him of himself as a kid with their passion for movie making.  It has the sci-fi element that may not appeal to everyone, with somewhat of a horror movie going on as well.

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

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Becky and I went to see the new comic book super hero movie X-Men: First Class last weekend with the kids.  The Fandango website at X-Men:First Class describes the movie as follows:

“Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were archenemies, they were closest of friends, working together, with other Mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known. In the process, a rift between them opened, which began the eternal war between Magneto’s Brotherhood and Professor X’s X-MEN.“

The Review
X-Men: First Class is a great story that takes the viewer back to the origins of the X-Men and how it all started. It’s really about the villain Magneto and Professor X and how they were at one time friends on the same mission to destroy another evil mutant who was more powerful than both of them.  It’s a pretty exciting movie with plenty of action.

The whole mutant super power thing based on accelerated Evolution is a bit ridiculous, which is why it’s a comic book.  Mutations within a species as a general rule ends up in something harmful to the individual and potentially the species and not “super powers” by any stretch, but it’s still entertaining as a sci-fi movie nevertheless.  If you’re interested in the problems with mutations related to Evolution, you can read an article written by a guy much smarter than I am on the subject by clicking here.

Becky and I both liked it, but I think I liked it more and so did the kids.  We all thought it was worth the price of admission, if you like fantasy movies and super hero flicks, especially the X-Men. There is one use of the “F” word in the movie, so be aware of that if you’re bringing children.  If you don’t like these type of films, you’ll want to skip this one because you definitely won’t like it unless you like this genre.

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

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Becky and I went to see the new The Hangover 2 movie at the AMC Theater in Castle Rock, CO on Friday.  The MovieFone website at The Hangover 2 describes the movie as follows:

“In the follow-up to the record-breaking hit comedy ‘The Hangover,’ Phil (Bradley Cooper), Stu (Ed Helms), Alan (Zach Galifianakis) and Doug (Justin Bartha) travel to exotic Thailand for Stu’s wedding. After the unforgettable bachelor party in Las Vegas, Stu is taking no chances and has opted for a safe, subdued pre-wedding brunch. However, things don’t always go as planned. What happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas, but what happens in Bangkok can’t even be imagined.“

The Review
The Hangover 2 is the sequel to the hit comedy The Hangover with a whole new installment of “The Wolf Pack”.  In this story, the three guys find themselves in an almost identical situation to the first one, only one of the other characters is getting married in Thailand to his dream girl.

This movie is over-the-top and totally crazy.  The story is very similar to the first one, which is one of the reasons why the critics didn’t like it.  However, it’s very funny.  It’s very crude and disturbing at times, but you can’t help but laugh at these three idiots as they get themselves into more mischief and mayhem.

This is one of those movies where you hate to admit to people that you liked it because it’s totally wrong on so many levels.  It shows how insane people can be at times when they are not in their right minds, but it is pretty far fetched as well.  If you liked the first Hangover movie you should like this one, but it’s definitely way more wild than the first one, which I didn’t think would be possible.

If your teenagers watched the first film, you’re going to definitely want to watch this movie before you let them watch this one.

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

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