Becky and I went to see the movie, Safe at the Hollywood Cinemas in Littleton, CO a couple weeks ago with our friends Mark & Maria.  The Fandango website at Safe describes the movie as follows…

“A second-rate cage fighter on the mixed martial arts circuit, Luke Wright lives a numbing life of routine beatings and chump change…until the day he blows a rigged fight. Wanting to make an example of him, the Russian Mafia murders his family and banishes him from his life forever, leaving Luke to wander the streets of New York destitute, haunted by guilt, and tormented by the knowledge that he will always be watched, and anyone he develops a relationship with will also be killed…”

The Review
Safe is an action movie starring Jason Statham that we all thought would be an exciting and fun movie to watch together.  We all like Jason Statham and his action type flicks and this movie sounded like a pretty good plot about a young genius girl who needs to be protected from evil gangsters who want to use her talents.

Unfortunately, this movie was terrible.  Once the body count starting going upward, it never stopped.  It got to the point of being totally ridiculous and annoying.

In fact, after the movie we left the theater and Mark said “Bam, Bam, Bam” and everyone leaving the theater started laughing.  It was non-stop shooting and killing to the point that we should have all just got up and left, instead of painfully staying to the end.

All of us rated it a Don’t Bother.

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

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Becky and I took the kids to see the movie, Chimpanzee at the Regal Cinemas in Lone Tree, CO a couple weeks ago.  The Fandango website at Chimpanzee describes the movie as follows…

“Disneynature takes moviegoers deep into the forests of Africa with ‘Chimpanzee,’ a new True Life Adventure introducing an adorable baby chimp named Oscar and his entertaining approach to life in a remarkable story of family bonds and individual triumph. Oscar’s playful curiosity and zest for discovery showcase the intelligence and ingenuity of some of the most extraordinary personalities in the animal kingdom. Working together, Oscar’s chimpanzee family—including his mom and the group’s savvy leader — navigates the complex territory of the forest…”

The Review
Chimpanzee is a Disneynature documentary that took a number of year to make and it has some very fascinating elements to it.  However, you spend the entire movie following the life of one chimp named Oscar through the forest.

What makes the movie pretty cool is also what made it boring.  The film was shot in the Rain Forest and rather than showing some of the other animals that live there, they only showed the baby chimpanzee and his family.  It’s not a bad movie, but it could have been and should have been much better than it was for sure.

Becky liked it more than the kids and I did.

John – ** Rental
Becky – *** Worth The Trip
Conroy – ** Rental
Bianca – ** Rental
Corban – * Don’t Bother 

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Becky and I went to see the movie, The Lucky One at the AMC Theaters in Castle Rock, CO a  week ago.  The MovieFone website at The Lucky One describes the movie as follows…

“Zac Efron stars as a soldier whose obsession with a photograph leads him on a lucky streak and unlikely romance. Scott Hicks directs the adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’ novel. Taylor Schilling co-stars….”

The Review
The Lucky One is a major chick flick starring Zac Efron and it’s written by the same guy who wrote The Notebook and Message In A Bottle.  If you remember how slow those movies were, this one is just as slow.  It moves really slow and the guy in the movie is way too perfect, so it’s completely ridiculous.

The story starts out pretty good with this Marine who survives his Tours in Iraq and Afghanistan when he finds a photo of a beautiful girl, only to have his buddies get killed.  He decides that if he makes it back from the battlefield that he’s going to track this woman down and thank her.  It turns out that he meets her and starts working for her, then becomes her Hero.

The movie has all kinds of problems with it.  It’s boring, it’s slow, it’s contrived and ridiculous.  The people in the film are good looking and have good chemistry, the acting is good, but there are plots within the plot, like the jealous ex-husband and their son who is a geek.  Then you have the ex-husband being a cop, only because his Daddy is the Mayor.  The movie is just kind of goofy.

I thought Becky would like it, but she didn’t either and thought it was dull.  It’s not often we agree with the Critics on films, but they got this one right.  It’s a rental at best and I would rate it a Don’t Bother.

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

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Becky and I went to see the movie, The Hunger Games at the AMC Theaters in Castle Rock, CO a couple weeks ago with our son Conroy.  The Fandango website at The Hunger Games describes the movie as follows…

“Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the Capitol of the nation of Panem forces each of its twelve districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. A twisted punishment for a past uprising and an ongoing government intimidation tactic, The Hunger Games are a nationally televised event in which “Tributes” must fight with one another until one survivor remains…”

The Review
The Hunger Games is a movie based on the best selling book series by the same name.  Our son Conroy has read the book, so he was really excited to see the movie.  Becky and I had no idea what this movie was about and I was pretty shocked by it.

In fairness, I missed the ending of this film, but I saw all of it, except about a half hour.  I didn’t like what I saw of this movie though.  It takes place in the future and it reminded me of the film Rollerball, where people compete to the death, only in this installment it’s children facing each other in a death match.

I had a problem with the plot of this film since it’s a story about a world gone nuts after a nuclear war that has decided to sacrifice children in a game to the death based on a drawing.  I have no idea how this could be so well received?  It’s a pretty sick concept, but it’s getting rave reviews.  The story centers around a girl who takes the place of her younger sister who is selected in the drawing because she knows her sister will for sure die in the event.

The other thing that is disturbing is that this who event like Rollerball is entertainment, to watch children kill one another.  The saving part of the film is that the girl who is the heroin of the film, has a conscious and doesn’t want to kill anyone, but is instead simply trying to stay alive and make the best of a bad situation she’s found herself.

This movie didn’t do it for me, but Becky and Conroy both enjoyed it.

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

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Becky and I went to see the movie, The Cabin in the Woods at the AMC Theaters in Castle Rock, CO.  The Fandango website at The Cabin in the Woods describes the movie as follows…

“Five friends go to a remote cabin in the woods. Bad things happen. If you think you know this story, think again. From fan favorites Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard comes THE CABIN IN THE WOODS, a mind blowing horror film that turns the genre inside out…”

The Review
The Cabin in the Woods is the second remake that we got to see this Weekend, the first being Lockout that I wrote a review about that is basically a remake of Escape from New York and now the campy 80’s flick Evil Dead in The Cabin in the Woods.

Evil Dead was a terrible movie the first time and it was even worse in this rendition.  The Cabin in the Woods can be summed up in one simple word – “terrible”.  We should have walked out on this one for sure.  The movie is really bad and yet so many fans love it and it has had great reviews.  Why?  We do not know.

I’m always up for a good spooky supernatural type horror film, like the Ring, Drag Me To Hell or Paranormal Activity and I even thought the film Scream was original and spooky.  This film is just a total gore, slasher type movie with a really stupid plot that apparently horror fans thought was really creative.  It’s a bit like Hunger Games meets Evil Dead, where there is a sub-plot of scientists, controlling the cabin in the woods where the five guests will be sacrificed to the ancient gods.  There is even a cameo appearance by Sigourney Weaver, but that couldn’t save this movie.

Becky and I both hated this film and it turned out to be a complete waste of time. We can’t recommend this even as a good rental.  It’s definitely in the category of Don’t Bother, like really don’t bother.

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

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Becky and I went to see the movie, Lockout this Saturday at the AMC Theaters in Highlands Ranch, CO.  The Fandango website at Lockout describes the movie as follows…

“A man is wrongly convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage against the U.S. He’s offered his freedom if he can rescue the president’s daughter from an outer space prison taken over by violent inmates…”

The Review
Lockout stars Guy Pearce and Maggie Grace in what I would call a remake of “Escape from New York” with a few twists.  The first twist is that the maximum security prison is in space, the second twist is that the President’s daughter is being held by the prisoners instead of the President and she is a hot babe with a chance to get involved with the lead character.

The final twist is that the prison is now owned and subsidized by a corporation, which will probably happen in the future because the Government has the most incompetent people in charge and really can’t do anything right.  In this case though, the corporations have been doing experiments on prisoners, but this is more of a side note though because this movie is all over the place.

Lockout is a terrible action movie that has senseless violence, makes no sense. zero chemistry between the main characters and tries to combine comedy with a thriller action film that doesn’t work very well.  There are a few good laughs, but it’s very odd given the situation taking place in the film.

The main character is borderline super hero, much like the Schwarzenegger and Stallone movies of the 1980’s and 1990’s that were totally absurd.  Judge Dredd would be a good example of this type of movie, so if you liked that strange kind of action movie this may be for you.  It’s definitely a remake of Escape from New York with Snake Plissken, only the main character is called “Snow” this time around.  Escape from New York is a much better cult classic than this one.

Becky hated this film and I had to wake her up and get her to go buy some extra popcorn.  I thought it was okay, but it’s definitely a rental and not worth the price of admission.  It’s one of those guy films where your wife is out of town and you’re bored, so you decide to go rent Lockout or you’re up late one night and it’s on Demand.

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

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Becky and I went to see the movie, 21 Jump Street this Friday at the AMC Theaters in Castle Rock, CO.  The MovieFone website at 21 Jump Street describes the movie as follows…

” In the action-comedy ’21 Jump Street,’ Schmidt (Jonah Hill) and Jenko (Channing Tatum) are more than ready to leave their adolescent problems behind. Joining the police force and the secret Jump Street unit, they use their youthful appearances to go… “

The Review
21 Jump Street stars Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum, which is a rather odd partnership for a comedy.  Especially for Channing Tatum since he typically does more serious roles like Dear John and The Vow that he recently did with Rachel McAdams.

They are actually very funny together though in this movie and have good chemistry as friends with nothing really in common.  The characters are a crack-up together and they obviously had pretty good Screenwriters.  This movie has plenty of laughs, but it is definitely rated R for some of the crude humor, the language and some of the violence in the film.  Even the way they did the violence though was funny.

The biggest complaint about the movie is that is totally insane at times with the humor, but it’s still funny.   Channing’s character is a bit too stupid at the beginning of the film, to the level of being totally clueless, but this does make the film funny.  Jonah’s character is the super smart “nerd”, who was picked on in High School and when they go back he views it as a second chance.  The challenge for both of them is they are undercover cops now and the dynamics of High School have changed since they were there last.

Becky and I really liked this movie, but as I mentioned already be prepared for some crude humor at times and foul language, a bit like American Pie, if you’ve seen that film.  It delivered as a goofy comedy, but it’s not a film for everyone, so be forewarned that the bad language, some violence and crude humor may bother you, so you may want to pass on this movie.

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

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Becky and I went to see the movie, John Carter this weekend at the AMC Theaters in Castle Rock, CO.  The MovieFone website at John Carter describes the movie as follows…

“From Academy Award-winning filmmaker Andrew Stanton comes ‘John Carter’–a sweeping action-adventure set on the mysterious and exotic planet of Barsoom (Mars.”

The Review
John Carter is a new flick by Disney about a former Confederate soldier living in the late 1800’s, who gets transported to Mars while searching for gold and accidentally killing an alien being.  Once he’s on the Red Planet called Barsoom, he discovers that he’s in the middle of an alien civil war.  He also soon learns that gravity doesn’t have the same effect on him and he has what amounts to super human strength and the ability to jump great distance.

This movie had action from start to finish and two beautiful actors, but it’s a bit like a modern day Star Wars with the war and the aliens, the evil Empire, etc.  I half expected to see Darth Vader appear on the screen.  It had a pretty good story and was somewhat entertaining, but it was way too long.  Becky ended up falling asleep and she actually left the movie to go see part of the new Eddie Murphy movie, she disliked John Carter that much.

Becky didn’t like this movie at all and I thought it was pretty good, but not enough to rate it worth the trip, unless you’re a big time science fiction fan otherwise you may not like this movie.

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

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Becky and I went to see the movie, The Artist last week ago at the AMC Theaters in Highlands Ranch, CO.  The MovieFone website at The Artist describes the movie as follows…

“Hollywood 1927. George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) is a silent movie superstar. The advent of the talkies will sound the death knell for his career and see him fall into oblivion.”

The Review
The Artist won the Oscar for Best Picture this year, so Becky and I figured we had better go see it.  We were not interested in seeing a silent film, let alone a black and white silent film, but we had to go in with an open mind.

The story was very well done.  It’s about a silent movie film star who finds himself being cast aside when talking films start becoming popular.  However, there’s a woman who he helps break into the movies, while he’s still a big star and famous.  She ends up become a major movie star and he ends up losing everything.  This creates a great deal of drama, that you can appreciate even though the film is silent.

Becky and I both really liked this movie, which surprised both of us since we both had low expectations.  It was definitely worth the price of admission and a great experience.

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

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Becky and I took the kids to see the new movie Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax at the AMC Theater in Castle Rock, CO last week.  The MovieFone website at Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax describes the movie as follows…

“From the creators of ‘Despicable Me’ and the imagination of Dr. Seuss comes the 3D-CG feature ‘Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax,’ an adaptation of the classic tale of a forest creature who shares the enduring power of hope.”

The Review
The Lorax is a new Dr. Suess film about his character The Lorax, who protects the trees and the adventures that ensue related to saving the trees.  The characters in this movie are really good, the animation is great and the story is very good.

The Lorax is a story that deals with what happens when you destroy your resources for profit, until there are not any resources left.  In this case, the resources are trees and one man has built a business from destroying them, while another man has created an empire selling people clean air since there are no trees to make clean air.  In between the two of them are a young girl who wants to see a tree and a boy who has a crush on her, who will find her one.

This was a great movie.  We all really liked it and thought it was a fun film for the whole family with a good message and quite a few laughs.

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

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

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