Becky and I went to see Arthurtoday at the AMC Theaters in Castle Rock, CO with our family and friends who were visiting today. The Fandango website at Arthur describes the movie as follows:

“Irresponsible charmer Arthur Bach (Russell Brand) has always relied on two things to get by: his limitless fortune and the good sense of lifelong nanny Hobson (Helen Mirren) to keep him out of trouble. Now he faces his biggest challenge–choosing between an arranged marriage that will ensure his lavish lifestyle or an uncertain future with the one thing money can’t buy, Naomi (Greta Gerwig), the only woman he has ever loved. With Naomi’s inspiration and some unconventional help from Hobson, Arthur will take the most expensive risk of his life and finally learn what it means to become a man, in this re-imagining of the classic romantic comedy “Arthur…”

The Review
Arthur is the remake of the 1980’s film with Dudley Moore about a spoiled young rich guy who never grew up. The story is funny at times, but it was too serious for a comedy and much too crude to the point that you would feel uncomfortable watching it. Jennifer Garner should not have been cast as the woman he was supposed to marry, she just didn’t fit the part of the socialite out for his wealth. Helen Mirren was great as his Nanny and gave a spectacular performance. I think she made the film, along with Arthur.

It’s still very difficult to feel too sorry for this character Arthur who has everything, but is a complete drunk and a moron. The movie is hard to believe, unless you follow the life of Lindsay Lohan, but it really wasn’t very entertaining. There were some good lines and the acting was good, but the script and the film were weak overall.

I didn’t get everyone’s review on the film, but most of us didn’t like it that much. We were hoping to see a light-hearted comedy together and it turned out to be, for the most part, a waste of time that was a rental at best. Soul Surfer was a way better movie that we should have paid to see a second time instead of going to see this one.

John – ** Rental
Becky – ** Rental

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

Val – * Don’t Bother
Emily – ** Rental

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Becky and I went to see Source Code last week at the AMC Theaters in Highlands Ranch, CO.   The Fandango website at Source Code describes the movie as follows:

“When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he’s part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train. In an assignment unlike any he’s ever known, he learns he’s part of a government experiment called the “Source Code,” a program that enables him to cross over into another man’s identity in the last 8 minutes of his life. With a second, much larger target threatening to kill millions in downtown Chicago, Colter re-lives the incident over and over again, gathering clues each time, until he can solve the mystery of who is behind the bombs and prevent the next attack…”

The Review
Source Code is a movie that Becky and I had been looking forward to seeing and thought it was going to be a great flick.  It didn’t really deliver for us though.  It was like watching a high-tech Groundhog Day only instead of getting a full day, the main character had 8 minutes to repeat his task of saving the world over and over again.  After a while, it got a little boring.

The story was kind of neat at first, but it was too long to watch the same scene over and over again.  It dealt with some human and ethical issues, government abuse, such as keeping a soldier alive to use his mind and spirit for saving the world, instead of letting him die.  I think that is why people liked this film because it has some serious and shocking moral issues within the film.  It didn’t do it for us though.  I think it’s a rental at best and Becky didn’t like this flick at all.

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

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Becky and I went to see Red Riding Hood last week at the AMC Theaters in Castle Rock, CO with our friends Rod & Kimberly. I got called out of the movie because of a series of crazy events and missed most of the film. While we were in Keystone this week, we went and saw it again with Conroy, Corban and Bianca, so I got to give it a second go around. The Fandango website at Red Riding Hood describes the movie as follows:

“Young Valerie (Amanda Seyfried) feels torn between two men. She loves Peter, but her parents intend that she marry wealthy Henry. Valerie and Peter plan to run away together, but before they can put the plan into action, her sister is killed by a werewolf. The villagers call in Father Solomon (Gary Oldman), a famous monster hunter, to help, but when Solomon warns that the beast takes human form by day, Valerie begins to suspect that the werewolf is someone she loves…”

The Review
Red Riding Hood is an adaptation of the original short story, Little Red Riding Hood or Red Riding Cap in Grimm’s Fairy Tales. If you’re ever read the original story it is very short, about seven pages long, but this rendition takes quite a few liberties with the story to create a pretty wild movie

The critics didn’t like this movie very much and I think that’s because it’s more like a Play than a movie at times. We all liked it and though it has some good action and suspense. It’s not a great film by any stretch, but it was worth the price of admission with some good plot twists and characters. Amanda Seyfried does a good job as Little Red Riding Hood and the fact that the Big Bad Wolf is a werewolf made it rather entertaining. The kids all liked it too and it wasn’t too scary for them with the PG-13 rating.

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

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

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Becky and I went to see Take Me Home Tonight last night at the AMC Theaters in Highlands Ranch, CO. The MovieFone website at Take Me Home Tonight describes the movie as follows:

“Recent MIT grad Matt Franklin (Topher Grace) should be working for a Fortune 500 company and starting his upward climb to full-fledged yuppie-hood. Instead, the directionless 23-year-old confounds family and friends by taking a part-time job behind the counter of a video store at the Sherman Oaks Galleria…”

The Review
Take Me Home Tonight is another comedy that looked like it could be pretty good from the Previews, however that was not the case. They showed almost all of the funny parts of the film in the Previews and they really were not that funny. The acting was pretty good, couple of the characters were interesting and the majority were totally ridiculous. The story itself was really lame about a guy who wants a girl from High School and for some reason after going to MIT has put his life on hold because he doesn’t know what he wants to do, except get the girl he had in High School who doesn’t know he exists.

Why this film had to take place in the 80’s we do not know? It didn’t make a great deal of sense, it was not very funny and was “strange” at best. They probably should have just made a movie about the boy wanting the girl and falling in love and kept all the other nonsense out of it. It tried to be a romantic comedy and failed at both. I would have to say this film is a rental at best. Becky really didn’t like it at all.

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

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Becky and I went to see Hall Pass last week at the AMC Theaters in Highlands Ranch, CO with our friend Brent who was visiting from Minnesota. The MovieFone website at Hall Pass describes the movie as follows:

“This buddy comedy from the Farrelly brothers stars Jason Sudakis and Owen Wilson as a couple of married guys who persuade their wives to give them the ultimate get-out-of-jail-free-card: a marriage Hall Pass. The agreement gives them free reign to behave like bachelors, free from the rules and confines of fidelity, responsibility, and married life, for one week. But soon the guys find the small town where everybody knows them – and their wives — isn’t very conducive to chasing tail…”

The Review
Hall Pass is a movie we thought would be pretty funny based on the Previews, but unfortunately they showed anything that was worth watching in the movie trailers. Once we got into the theater, spent our money to watch this film, we realized we had been duped into buying a ticket for a really stupid movie.

The jokes were totally crude, the story was lame, the acting was terrible. There wasn’t anything really good to say about Hall Pass, except that we were glad when it was over.

Don’t waste your time even renting this movie. It’s a complete waste of time.

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

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Becky and I went to see The Roommate a couple weeks ago at the AMC Theaters in Highlands Ranch, CO with our friends Rod & Kimberly. The Fandango website at The Roommate describes the movie as follows:

“An emotionally unstable college freshman (Leighton Meester) grows obsessed with her unsuspecting roommate in Danish director Christian E. Christiansen’s English-language debut…”

The Review
The Roommate is a film about a woman who goes to college and gets an insane roommate who is infatuated with her friendship. Before you know it the psychopath is murdering people and trying to control the life of the main character. There are a few parts that will make you jump.

However, this movie wasn’t done very well. The college girls were played by women who were too old for the parts. The characters were not very believable. The story was like a remake of the film “Single White Female” targeted to a new audience that wouldn’t have seen that film before.

It’s a good rental at best. We all felt that it just wasn’t that great of a flick.

John – ** Rental
Becky – ** Rental

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Becky and I took Bianca to see Justin Bieber: Never Say Never last week the AMC Theaters in Highlands Ranch, CO. The Fandango website at Justin Bieber: Never Say Never describes the movie as follows:

“Singing sensation Justin Bieber prepares to dazzle the crowd at a sold-out show at Madison Square Garden. Legions of adoring fans scream as he takes center stage for a memorable night of music. Concert footage mixes with home videos of Justin playing drums and showcasing his talent at a young age…”

The Review
Justin Bieber: Never Say Never is a documentary about the rise to fame of pop star Justin Bieber. Our daughter Bianca wanted to see this movie and I took her to go and see it. Becky wanted to see it and crashed our party.

This movie was really well done. I didn’t think we would like it, but it was really fascinating to see how Justin Bieber went from being a kid in Canada to a global superstar using the power of social media with Twitter and Facebook. The music was actually really good with stars like Miley Cyrus and others coming on the stage to perform with Justin. He’s a neat kid and if he stays out of trouble could be the next Michael Jackson based on the enormous fan base.

What was really fun about the film was watching the girls in the film and in the theater go unbelievably nuts. We all though it was a good time and very entertaining.

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

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Becky and I went to see The Eagle last night the AMC Theaters in Castle Rock, CO. The Fandango website at The Eagle describes the movie as follows:

“A Roman epic adventure, based on the classic novel of the same name, set in the dangerous world of second-century Britain. In 140 AD, twenty years after the unexplained disappearance of the entire Ninth Legion in the mountains of Scotland, young centurion Marcus Aquila (Channing Tatum) arrives from Rome to solve the mystery and restore the reputation of his father, the commander of the Ninth…”

The Review
The Eagle is an action flick starring Channing Tatum as the new Commander in the ancient Roman army. He has been assigned to the Northern territory of Scotland and the people there hate the Romans and want to kill them.   He is on a personal quest to reclaim a golden eagle that was lost by his father’s legion twenty years earlier.

The movie has plenty of action. There are a few disturbing parts in the movie, but overall it’s very well done. The cinematography is really good, but the story is really simple. There isn’t much to the movie, but the action is exciting.

Becky and I both liked The Eagle and 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 I Am Number Four this weekend at the AMC Theaters in Castle Rock, CO. The Fandango website at I Am Number Four describes the movie as follows:

“Three are dead. He is Number Four. D.J. Caruso (“Eagle Eye,” “Disturbia”) helms an action-packed thriller about an extraordinary young man, John Smith (Alex Pettyfer), who is a fugitive on the run from ruthless enemies sent to destroy him. Changing his identity, moving from town to town with his guardian Henri (Timothy Olyphant), John is always the new kid with no ties to his past. In the small Ohio town he now calls home, John encounters unexpected, life-changing events…”

The Review
I Am Number Four is a science fiction flick about space aliens that are looking to take over planet Earth, but there are other space aliens living among us, who are ready to defend our world. It’s kind of a fun movie, if you like science fiction and alien flicks, with some interesting characters and situations. Plenty of action as well.

Becky doesn’t like these movies at all, so she hated this one. In fact, we walked out of the movie and she spotted the Big Momma movie next door to our theater, she said, “I would have rather saw Big Momma.”. Needless to say, she wasn’t in the least bit entertained by I Am Number Four.

I thought it was a pretty good flick overall, but it’s a bit of a teenager film. It had some “SuperMan” type elements with an alien teenager, who is discovering his super powers and fighting against evil. I can’t say it was a great flick, but it’s a good rental for sure. Becky will be happy if she never sees it again.

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

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Becky and I went to see The Rite this weekend at the AMC Theaters in Highlands Ranch, CO. The MovieFone website at The Rite describes the movie as follows:

“Inspired by author Matt Baglio’s nonfiction book of the same name, director Mikael Håfström’s supernatural thriller traces the experiences of a young seminary student who discovers the true power of faith after being drafted into the Vatican’s Exorcism School and confronted by the forces of darkness. – Jason Buchanan, Rovi…”

The Review
The Rite is a disturbing film.  It stars Anthony Hopkins and a newcomer to the Big Screen, Colin O’Donoghue, as priests who perform the ritual of exorcising demons. The Rite is not super scary, don’t get me wrong it’s scary, but more disturbing than scary because it’s based on true events and a non-fiction book about real demon possessions. It’s not like The Exorcist, but it’s freaky because you see the power of the demonic and the Devil in creating deception and harming people.

Parts of this film are nuts. It’s fascinating and wild because you watch a young man struggle with his faith about whether he believes the Devil and the demonic, which therefore makes him question if God is real. The demons he is fighting capitalize on his lack of faith and that doubt nearly costs him his life. The acting in this film is fantastic. Anthony Hopkins delivers again like he did in Silence of the Lambs. The guy is just so good at playing really creepy characters.

We saw this film with our friends Rod and Kimberly and we all liked it. I think it’s a movie that everyone should see. It’s rated PG-13 and probably should have been rated R, so don’t take your kids to this one. However, for adults, I think that all too often we discount the supernatural and fail to realize that the Devil is a real fallen angel that is out to destroy God’s creation. You’ll get that message loud in clear in this film. You just might find yourself opening your Bible again, if you haven’t in a while and asking God to forgive your sins, so you can be make sure that you don’t end up in the dark – now or in the future.

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

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