I went to see the movie Clash of the Titans last week at the Kerasotes theater in Castle Rock, CO with Conroy and Corban. The Yahoo movie website at Clash of the Titans describes the movie as follows:

“The ultimate struggle for power pits men against kings and kings against gods. But the war between the gods themselves could destroy the world. Born of a god but raised as a man, Perseus is helpless to save his family from Hades, vengeful god of the underworld. With nothing left to lose, Perseus volunteers to lead a dangerous mission to defeat Hades before he can seize power from Zeus and unleash hell on earth. Leading a daring band of warriors, Perseus sets off on a perilous journey deep into forbidden worlds. Battling unholy demons and fearsome beasts, he will only survive if he can accept his power as a god, defy his fate and create his own destiny…”

The Review
Clash of the Titans was much like Percy Jackson & the Olympians, since it was the same story of a demi god, who this time is the son of Zeus. Clash of the Titans is much better with crazy special effects, but it’s not designed as a children’s movie.

We didn’t see it in 3D and from what I’ve heard from people who saw it in 3D, they didn’t like it and thought it was lame. I think this is one of the reasons why it’s not doing that well in the movie review department. The three of us liked it though and thought it was a pretty fun film. It’s somewhat violent as you might expect for a movie about Greek Gods and ancient warriors.

In the end, we liked this movie and thought it was worth the price of admission. It’s a little corny, but it’s wild.

John – *** Worth The Trip
Conroy – *** Worth The Trip
Corban – *** Worth The Trip
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Auto Consultant – John Boyd: The Cool Car Guy

John is an auto consultant with his license at a car dealership in Denver, Colorado. He can help you save time and money on any make or model, new or used, lease or purchase – nationwide! Call or email John about your next vehicle! jboyd@coolcarguy.com or Twitter @coolcarguy

Becky and I took the kids to see the new movie How to Train Your Dragon on opening week at the AMC theaters in Highlands Ranch, CO. The Fandango website at How To Train Your Dragon describes the movie as follows:

“Set in the mythical world of burly Vikings and wild dragons, and based on the book by Cressida Cowell, this action comedy tells the story of Hiccup, a Viking teenager who doesn’t exactly fit in with his tribe’s longstanding tradition of heroic dragon slayers. Hiccup’s world is turned upside down when he encounters a dragon that challenges him and his fellow Vikings to see the world from an entirely different point of view…”

The Review
How to Train Your Dragon is a new animated film about a young Viking who is trying to figure out why he’s such a misfit in his tribe. He discovers that he’s not a dragon killer like his Father, but different in his approach toward dragons.

This movie is awesome! The animation is great, the story is fantastic and very funny. The characters are super cool, the dragons are really neat and very well done, each with different powers. By the time you leave this movie you’re going to want to have your own pet dragon.

All of us really loved this movie and it’s done extremely well. It’s just such a fun story and we didn’t even see it in 3D, so it’s probably over the top in 3D. This is one you can see at the box office, especially if you have children and you won’t be disappointed.

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

Conroy – **** Don’t Miss It
Bianca – **** Don’t Miss It
Corban – **** Don’t Miss It
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Auto Consultant – John Boyd: The Cool Car Guy

John is an auto consultant with his license at a car dealership in Denver, Colorado. He can help you save time and money on any make or model, new or used, lease or purchase – nationwide! Call or email John about your next vehicle! jboyd@coolcarguy.com or Twitter @coolcarguy

Becky and I took the kids to see the new movie Diary of a Wimpy Kid on opening week at the AMC theaters in Highlands Ranch, CO, a couple weeks ago. The Fandango website at Diary of a Wimpy Kid describes the movie as follows:

“Hapless preteen Greg Heffley (Zachary Gordon) endures bullies, swirlies, morons, and wedgies while navigating the treacherous world of middle school and recording his traumas in his personal journal in this family-oriented comedy inspired by author Jeff Kinney’s best-selling series of illustrated novels. Try as he might, Greg just can’t understand who thought it was a good idea to place kids who haven’t even hit their first growth spurt in the same school as kids who get a five-o’clock shadow by lunch time…”

The Review
Diary of a Wimpy Kid like Alice In Wonderland is based on a children’s book, but in this case it’s a modern book series about a child who is Middle School surrounded by “morons”. Our son Corban has read all of the books and he couldn’t wait to see this movie. Bianca and Conroy each read one of the books and I had read about half of one of the books with Corban, so I knew what was going on with the film.

The film is fun and funny at times, but it also moves kind of slow at times. It’s definitely a children’s movie and many of the jokes are directed toward being a 4th to 6th grader, but there are also lessons to be learned about throwing your friends under the bus. The story is a little disturbing at times as you watch the young boy make some very bad decisions, but in the end there is a redeeming lesson to be learned about friendship.

I liked it, but I would probably wait for the rental. Corban loved it, Bianca liked it, Becky thought it was okay and Conroy didn’t think it was that great.

John – ** Rental
Becky – ** Rental

Conroy – ** Rental
Bianca – *** Worth The Trip
Corban – **** Don’t Miss It
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Auto Consultant – John Boyd: The Cool Car Guy

John is an auto consultant with his license at a car dealership in Denver, Colorado. He can help you save time and money on any make or model, new or used, lease or purchase – nationwide! Call or email John about your next vehicle! jboyd@coolcarguy.com or Twitter @coolcarguy

Becky and I went to see the movie Remember Me last week at the Kerasotes theater in Castle Rock, CO. The Fandango website at Remember Me describes the movie as follows:

“In the romantic drama Remember Me, Robert Pattinson plays Tyler, a rebellious young man in New York City who has a strained relationship with his father (Pierce Brosnan) ever since tragedy separated their family. Tyler didn’t think anyone could possibly understand what he was going through until the day he met Ally (Emilie de Ravin) through an unusual twist of fate. Love was the last thing on his mind, but as her spirit unexpectedly heals and inspires him, he begins to fall for her. Through their love, he begins to find happiness and meaning in his life. But soon, hidden secrets are revealed, and the circumstances that brought them together slowly threaten to tear them apart. Remember Me is an unforgettable story about the power of love, the strength of family, and the importance of living passionately and treasuring every day of one’s life…”

The Review
Remember Me was not a movie that I was overly excited about seeing. I thought the Previews for it kind of sucked. It looked like it was going to be a predictable Drama with the guy from the Twilight saga playing a leading role to draw young moviegoers.

Becky wanted to see it for some reason and I decided to tag along and eat her popcorn. She was willing to let me join her in watching this movie instead of bumping me for one of her girl friends, which was nice.

It wasn’t at all what I expected it to be with a very good story, solid acting and even good directing. This is a film that will pull at your heart strings, especially with a very surprising ending that will bring home the point that we need to remember people.

We both would agree that Remember Me was definitely Worth The Trip.

John – *** Worth The Trip
Becky – *** Worth The Trip
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Auto Consultant – John Boyd: The Cool Car Guy

John is an auto consultant with his license at a car dealership in Denver, Colorado. He can help you save time and money on any make or model, new or used, lease or purchase – nationwide! Call or email John about your next vehicle! jboyd@coolcarguy.com or Twitter @coolcarguy

Becky and I went to see the new Jennifer Aniston movie The Bounty Hunter on Friday night at the Kerasotes theaters in Castle Rock, CO. The Yahoo website at The Bounty Hunter describes the movie as follows:

“Milo Boyd, a down-on-his-luck bounty hunter, gets his dream job when he is assigned to track down his bail-jumping ex-wife, reporter Nicole Hurly. He thinks all that’s ahead is an easy payday, but when Nicole gives him the slip so she can chase a lead on a murder cover-up, Milo realizes that nothing ever goes simply with him and Nicole. The exes continually one-up each other — until they find themselves on the run for their lives. They thought their promise to love, honor and obey was tough — staying alive is going to be a whole lot tougher…”

The Review
The Bounty Hunter main character, Milo Boyd, has a great last name, but it is still a very predictable romantic comedy that is at best “cute”. It’s Jennifer Aniston playing the same person she always plays, only with a different co-star and plot. In this case, it’s Gerard Butler and I think they had some romantic escapade supposedly off the screen, but who cares.

The story should be really funny, since it’s about a bounty hunter who is given the assignment to arrest his ex-wife that he really can’t stand. Unfortunately, almost all of the funny scenes are in the Previews with nothing really new that comes out in the film. There are a few plot twists, but nothing that really grabs you and makes you want to keep watching. On the contrary, it drags on and on and is quite boring.

It’s a nice first date flick at best and should be coming to a rental rack or RedBox near you very soon. Granted there were a few people who liked it, but we thought it was definitely a rental and not worth spending the high prices at the box office for this one.

John – ** Rental
Becky – ** Rental
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Auto Consultant – John Boyd: The Cool Car Guy

John is an auto consultant with his license at a car dealership in Denver, Colorado. He can help you save time and money on any make or model, new or used, lease or purchase – nationwide! Call or email John about your next vehicle! jboyd@coolcarguy.com or Twitter @coolcarguy

Becky and I went to see the new Matt Damon movie Green Zone on Friday night at the AMC theaters in Highlands Ranch, CO. The Yahoo website at Green Zone describes the movie as follows:

“During the U.S.-led occupation of Baghdad in 2003, Chief Warrant Officer Roy Miller and his team of Army inspectors were dispatched to find weapons of mass destruction believed to be stockpiled in the Iraqi desert. Rocketing from one bobby-trapped and treacherous site to the next, the men search for deadly chemical agents but stumble instead upon an elaborate cover-up that inverts the purpose of their…”

The Review
Green Zone is not at all like the Jason Bourne series by any stretch, so don’t be fooled by the Previews of this movie. The story is about what happened to start the Iraq War. Supposedly Matt Damon’s character, who was in the U.S. Army and looking for WMD’s, figured out that there was a massive cover-up by the White House and alerted the world by going to war with the CIA and the current Administration.

I thought we were watching Hollywood re-write history with Matt Damon playing the main character, which I guess is no surprise based on his political views. Remember him commenting on Sarah Palin during the election, well apparently he wanted to say a little more with this movie.

I’m not a fan of the Bush Administration or the amount of money we have spent on the Iraq War while our nation is going broke, but this movie was totally lame. It was so boring that Becky fell asleep and we should have got up and left. Green Zone was about as fun watching as a documentary on ozone while having the air slowly sucked out of the room.

Our advice is don’t waste your money on this one or wait for the rental.

John – ** Rental
Becky – * Don’t Bother
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Auto Consultant – John Boyd: The Cool Car Guy

John is an auto consultant with his license at a car dealership in Denver, Colorado. He can help you save time and money on any make or model, new or used, lease or purchase – nationwide! Call or email John about your next vehicle! jboyd@coolcarguy.com or Twitter @coolcarguy

Becky and I took the kids to see the new movie Alice in Wonderland on opening week at the AMC theaters in Highlands Ranch, CO. The Fandango website at Alice in Wonderland describes the movie as follows:

“From Walt Disney Pictures and visionary director Tim Burton comes an epic 3D fantasy adventure “Alice in Wonderland”, a magical and imaginative twist on some of the most beloved stories of all time. Johnny Depp stars as the Mad Hatter and Mia Wasikowska as 19-year-old Alice, who returns to the whimsical world she first encountered as a young girl, reuniting with her childhood friends: the White Rabbit, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, the Dormouse, the Caterpillar, the Cheshire Cat, and of course, the Mad Hatter. Alice embarks on a fantastical journey to find her true destiny and end the Red Queen’s reign of terror. The all-star cast also includes Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, and Crispin Glover…”

The Review
Alice in Wonderland is totally amazing! It’s no surprise that this film did over $100 million on opening weekend. Tim Burton has done it again by creating an enchanted world and in this version Alice has grown-up and found herself falling down the rabbit hole once again. She doesn’t realize that the dreams she has been having since she was a child were about a land she had been to previously. It’s really cool the way they tied it all together and she was able to discover six impossible things.

All of our kids really liked this movie, except Bianca who is 9 years old thought it was a little too scary compared to the original cartoon, but she still liked it. The special effects in this movie are fantastic and the story is really good, along with the costumes being super cool too. Johnny Depp as The Mad Hatter was really wild. Kind of like Wonka in the Willy Wonka flick, he’s even more nuts. The acting is very good in this movie too with great characters.

On thing of interest to me was that the White Queen needed a champion to defeat the dragon on her behalf and from a Christian perspective I thought this movie had some parallels to the Christian faith. In the same way, God is looking for His champions to slay the dragons in this world, which is really cool.

We all really liked Alice in Wonderland and definitely recommend this as a Don’t Miss It.

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

Conroy – **** Don’t Miss It
Bianca – **** Don’t Miss It
Corban – **** Don’t Miss It
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Auto Consultant – John Boyd: The Cool Car Guy

John is an auto consultant with his license at a car dealership in Denver, Colorado. He can help you save time and money on any make or model, new or used, lease or purchase – nationwide! Call or email John about your next vehicle! jboyd@coolcarguy.com or Twitter @coolcarguy

Becky and I went to see the new Bruce Willis movie Cop Out about a week ago at the AMC theaters in Highlands Ranch, CO. The Fandango website at Cop Out describes the movie as follows:

“Two longtime NYPD partners on the trail of a stolen, rare, mint-condition baseball card find themselves up against a merciless, memorabilia-obsessed gangster. Jimmy the veteran detective whose missing collectible is his only hope to pay for his daughter’s upcoming wedding, and Paul is his “partner-against-crime” whose preoccupation with his wife’s alleged infidelity makes it hard for him to keep his eye on the ball…”

The Review
Cop Out is one of the worst movies we’ve seen so far this year. Bruce Willis has got to be desperate to do this film, which makes no sense. There wasn’t anything good about this movie. It wasn’t funny, it was crude and the characters were completely stupid. What made it even worse is that you could tell that Bruce Willis didn’t even want to be on the set when they were making this movie.

Cop Out was trying to be like Beverly Hills Cop only without the right cast members and with a story that was really lame. You had the good cops who were trying to solve a crime and the other cops who they didn’t get along with and we’ve never seen that before. There wasn’t anything original about this movie and it’s just a rehash of a number of other films that have been done before with fresh cast members.

There were a number of people who liked this movie and what they could possibly see in this film that was entertaining we do not know. Our advice would be to skip this flick all together.

John – * Don’t Bother
Becky – * Don’t Bother
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Auto Consultant – John Boyd: The Cool Car Guy

John is an auto consultant with his license at a car dealership in Denver, Colorado. He can help you save time and money on any make or model, new or used, lease or purchase – nationwide! Call or email John about your next vehicle! jboyd@coolcarguy.com or Twitter @coolcarguy