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John & Becky's Movie Review Of He's Just Not That Into You

February 18, 2009 The Cool Car Guy Leave a comment

notthatintoyou Becky and I went to see He’s Just Not That Into You On the Doll rip Rapid Exchange video

on opening night, at the AMC theater in Highlands Ranch, CO. The Rotten Tomatoes website at He’s Just Not That Into You

describes the movie as follows:

“Based on the wildly popular bestseller from Sex and the City scribes Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo, He’s Just Not That Into You tells the stories of a group of interconnected, Baltimore-based…

Gigi just wants a man who says he’ll call–and does–while Alex advises her to stop sitting by the phone. Beth wonders if she should call it off after years of committed singlehood with her boyfriend, Neil, but he doesn’t think there’s a single thing wrong with their unmarried life. Janine’s not sure if she can trust her husband, Ben, who can’t quite trust himself around Anna. Anna can’t decide between the sexy married guy, or her straightforward, no-sparks standby, Conor, who can’t get over the fact that he can’t have her. And Mary, who’s found an entire network of loving, supportive men, just needs to find one who’s straight…”

The Review
He’s Just Not That Into You is more like an episode of the old sitcom Friends than a blockbuster, “gotta see it” movie. It’s a definite “girls night out” film with major female star power, including Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Scarlett Johansson and Jennifer Connelly, plus Ben Affleck is in the movie too. This is the big attraction to this film, much more than the story itself.

I guess it’s based on a book that came from a line in Sex In The City where one of the girls was waiting for a guy to call her back and some other girl said, “Maybe, he’s just not that into you?”. I apologize to fans of that show if I didn’t get it exactly right, but that’s what I heard.

This isn’t a bad movie, but it’s not a great movie either. However, it’s killing it at the box office with over $22 million in sales. It was cute and there are quite a few differences between the characters that keeps your interest and of course, they all know each other in a sixth degree of separation sort of way. It’s certainly not on my top ten list by any stretch and I wouldn’t ever take the time to watch it again. For that reason, I’m giving it a rating of wait for the Rental and Becky would agree.

John – ** Rental
Becky – ** Rental
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John & Becky's Movie Review Of New In Town

February 7, 2009 The Cool Car Guy Leave a comment

newintown Becky and I went to see New In Town last week, at the AMC theater in Highlands Ranch, CO. The Yahoo movie website at New In Town describes the movie as follows:

“A Miami businesswoman is transferred to rural Minnesota, and while she is there she re-evaluates her big-city values…”

The Review
New In Town

is a very funny movie that has plenty of laughs and a good clean story. The story takes you into challenges between corporate executives and small town factory workers as the company wants to go in a new direction that is going to cost workers their jobs.

Enter Lucy Hill, played by Renee Zellweger, who is on the fast track to becoming a Vice President with the company and is given the task of going from Miami to Minnesota to handle the layoffs. Anyone who has ever been to Minnesota in the Winter, let alone lived there will find this film pretty darn funny. It’s a romantic comedy, with a spark of romance between Renee Zellweger’s character and Harry Connick Jr’s character.

It isn’t going to win any Oscars, but we both found it very entertaining and that’s why you go to the movies. New In Town is a good date movie and Becky and I both agreed that it was Worth The Trip, along with some of our friends that ended up in the same theater.

John – *** Worth The Trip Midnight Express film
Becky – *** Worth The Trip

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John & Becky's Movie Review Of Taken

February 5, 2009 The Cool Car Guy Leave a comment

taken Becky and I went to see Taken this past weekend, after the Super Bowl, at the Kerasote theater in Castle Rock, CO. The Rotten Tomatoes movie website at Taken describes the movie as follows:

“Liam Neeson is an unstoppable force in this adrenaline-fueled thriller from director Pierre Morel. Bryan (Neeson) has taken early retirement from the CIA in order to live closer to his teenage… Liam Neeson is an unstoppable force in this adrenaline-fueled thriller from director Pierre Morel. Bryan (Neeson) has taken early retirement from the CIA in order to live closer to his teenage daughter, Kim (Maggie Grace). Bryan’s government work kept him away from Kim for much of her childhood, and he’s now trying to make up for lost time. When Kim announces that she’s taking a trip to Paris with her friend Amanda (Katie Cassidy), Bryan is apprehensive about her traveling on her own. His worst fear is soon realized, as Kim and Amanda are abducted upon their arrival in France…”

The Review
Taken has plenty of excitement and action. It’s far too violent and disturbing though. The story is captivating and pretty darn scary, given the fact that the sex trade is real and you could see the scenario that unfolds in this movie really happening. Two young girls go on vacation to Europe and the next thing you know they are kidnapped, pumped full of drugs and being sold to the highest bidder as sex toys. If they survive the drugs and the abuse.

Taken definitely shows how sick and perverse mankind really is, especially when you get into the underworld of scum. The next time you have some liberal college professor trying to brainwash your kids that people are basically good, there is no God, and that we are evolving to a higher level, just have them watch this film and ask why people in today’s “modern” world would sell other human beings for sex and profit? Doesn’t really match up with a creature that is supposed to be basically good, does it? Shouldn’t that sort of thing have gone out of style with the Roman Empire based on our 2000 years of Evolution? Guess not.

Taken does a good job of showing that men can be pretty wicked and that there are areas of society that we should avoid all together. Unfortunately, you have to wonder why we don’t stand up and crack down on this sort of injustice as well.

I can’t say it’s a great movie by any stretch, but it could make for a good rental if you’re really bored. There is way too much violence for most people, so be aware of that aspect of the film. Our friends Rod & Kimberly Tactaquin went and saw it earlier in the day and Rod called and said, “It’s like watching the Bourne Geriatric.” I would have to agree. Liam Neeson is a great actor, but this role is just too far fetched to pull off. Becky disagreed with me on this one though and thought it was a great flick and definitely worth the trip. Not often that she likes the action packed film more than I did.

John – ** Rental

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Becky – *** Worth The Trip
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John & Becky’s Movie Review Of Gran Torino

February 1, 2009 The Cool Car Guy Leave a comment

grantorino Becky and I went to see Gran Torino a few weeks ago at the AMC theater in Highlands Ranch, CO. The Rotten Tomatos movie website at Gran Torino describes the movie as follows.

“For his fourth directorial feature in the span of two years, Clint Eastwood tells the story of a grizzled Korean War vet’s reluctant friendship with a Hmong teenage boy and his immigrant family. Set in contemporary Detroit, GRAN TORINO tackles the shifting cultural and economic landscape of not only the Motor City, but America as well. Eastwood stars as Walt Kowalski, an unabashed bigot who never heard a racial insult he didn’t love…”

The Review
Gran Torino is Clint Eastwood’s latest flick that deals with a number of social issues. I didn’t know what to expect going into this movie, especially since Clint Eastwood is getting to be a pretty old and I’ve saw a few of his last movies that I didn’t like that much and I was expecting a film like that one he did quite a few years ago, Bridges of Madison County

that was like watching grass grow.

Gran Torino was a surprisingly great movie. There are many parts of this that will bother a number of people, especially if they are overly sensative, but the message and the story is fantastic. The characters are good, Eastwood is great and there is plenty of emotion in this film. Not to mention a very cool classic car and the way Clint Eastwood tied his character’s Gran Torino into the movie, even the name of the film, was quite brilliant.

We haven’t been to a movie in quite a long time where the audience clapped at the end of the movie, but that’s what happened with Gran Torino. Obviously, you’ve seen a good movie when the audience applauds and this movie is going to win some awards at the Oscars.

John – **** Don’t Miss It
Becky – **** Don’t Miss It Heart and Souls dvd
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John & Becky's Movie Review Of Hotel For Dogs

February 1, 2009 The Cool Car Guy Leave a comment

hotelfordogs Becky took the kids to see Hotel For Dogs

last week at the Kerasotes theaters in Castle Rock, CO. The Fandango movie website at Hotel For Dogs describes the movie as follows:

“When their new guardians forbid 16-year old Andi (Emma Roberts) and her younger brother, Bruce (Jake T. Austin) to have a pet, Andi has to use her quick wit to help find a new home for their dog, Friday. The resourceful kids stumble upon an abandoned hotel and using Bruce’s talents as a mechanical genius, transform it into a magical dog-paradise for Friday – and eventually for all Friday’s friends. When barking dogs make the neighbors suspicious, Andi and Bruce use every invention they have to avoid anyone discovering “who let the dogs in.”

The Review
Hotel For Dogs is a movie that I didn’t see, but our kids and Becky went and saw it, but they all really liked the flick. Bianca said that she really liked it and the characters were great. She said she liked the puppies and thought the story was really good.

Corban said that the movie was really funny and that there were some dogs that just cracked him up.

The bottom line is that our kids really liked it and so did Becky and they all thought it was a great flick.

Becky – *** Worth The Trip

The Kids
Conroy – **** Don’t Miss It
Corban- **** Don’t Miss It
Bianca – **** Don’t Miss It
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John is an auto consultant with JFR & Associates House of Sand and Fog full 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

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John & Becky’s Movie Review Of Revolutionary Road

January 26, 2009 The Cool Car Guy Leave a comment

revolutionaryroad Becky and I went to see the movie Revolutionary Road at the AMC theaters in Highlands Ranch, CO with our friends Rod and Kimberly Tactaquin on Friday Night. The Fandango movie website at Revolutionary Road describes the movie as follows:

“Frank and April Wheeler are a young couple trying to find fulfillment in an era of conformity. Trapped in a world of encoded convention, they dream without faith, as lies and self-deceptions build to explosive consequences.”

The Review
Revolutionary Road stars Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio in a movie about a young couple who are trying to find themselves after getting married, having children and not being able to pursue their dreams in the mid 1950’s. It’s one big “pity party” from start to finish with great acting and a very terrible storyline.

Kate Winslet is great in this movie and will probably win an Academy Award for her role in this movie, but so was DiCaprio. They both played their parts extremely well, but the problem with Revolutionary Road is that as Rod put it, “It’s a movie about being disconnected” and I responded with, “Yeah, they did such a great job that they disconnected with the audience and not just each other.”

There isn’t anything good about this flick. You don’t really care about these characters, the characters are a couple of spoiled brats that ignore their kids and are totally self absorbed. This movie has no heart whatsoever, in fact by the end of the film, you scratch your head and realize there was nothing there.

I couldn’t even recommend this as a good rental, but it’s definitely not worth the price of admission. Go and see Defiance instead.

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

Rod – ** Rental
Kimberly – ** Rental
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John & Becky's Movie Review of Paul Blart Mall Cop

January 18, 2009 The Cool Car Guy Leave a comment

bedtimestories On Friday, I took the kids to see Paul Blart: Mall Cop at the AMC theaters in Highlands Ranch, CO. The Fandango movie website at Paul Blart: Mall Cop describes the movie as follows:

“A single, suburban dad tries to make ends meet as a security officer at a New Jersey mall. It’s a job he takes very seriously, though no one else does. When Santa’s helpers at the mall stage a coup, shutting down the megaplex and taking hostages (Paul’s daughter and sweetheart among them), Jersey’s most formidable mall cop will have to become a real cop to save the day.”

The Review
Paul Blart: Mall Cop stars Kevin James who is a hypoglycemic security guard for a shopping mall who wants to be a full-time police officer, but can’t qualify based on his health issues. His character is a determined, overweight “mall cop” who takes his job very seriously. Unfortunately, he’s really not very good at his job. There is a cute woman at the mall that he is very interested in, who is not that impressed with him.

Paul Blart: Mall Cop is pretty entertaining, but although it’s geared toward kids there are quite a few swear words and adult situations for children. Just be aware of that if you’re thinking of taking little kids to the movie. The situations are very silly and thieves robbing the mall are pretty stupid, along with the police. It’s all pretty ridiculous, but that’s the theme of the movie.

Our kids really liked it and all thought it was a great flick. It reminded me quite a bit of Home Alone, only in a shopping mall with an adult security guard taking on bad guys in strange ways instead of a kid. It was funny, but I would have to rate it a rental.

John – ** Rental 666: The Beast psp Bad Apple

The Kids
Conroy – **** Don’t Miss It

Corban- **** Don’t Miss It
Bianca – **** Don’t Miss It
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John &amp;amp;amp;amp; Becky&amp;amp;amp;#039;s Movie Review of Bride Wars

January 16, 2009 The Cool Car Guy Leave a comment

bridewars Becky and I went to see the film Bride Wars the other day in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Rotten Tomatoes website at Bride Wars describes the movie as follows.

“Liv (Kate Hudson) and Emma (Anne Hathaway) are best friends who since childhood have planned every detail of their respective weddings. At the top of their bridal “must have” list: a ceremony at… Liv (Kate Hudson) and Emma (Anne Hathaway) are best friends who since childhood have planned every detail of their respective weddings. At the top of their bridal “must have” list: a ceremony at New York’s ultimate bridal destination, the Plaza Hotel…”

The Review

Bride Wars is not going to be Kate Hudson or Anne Hathaway’s crowning achievement for 2009. It’s a girlie flick, but I don’t think most women will like it or be impressed. It’s really ridiculous because these two best friends have their wedding dates fall on the same day at The Plaza and they are too stupid to have a double wedding and instead put their friendship on ice.

Goblin Network Ad There just isn’t much to this movie that isn’t in the movie’s trailer. Although it’s funny at times, it is really more goofy than anything. Bride Wars just didn’t do it for us. It was cute, but not worth the price of admission. The acting is marginal, the story is lame since after about a half hour of watching them battle it out with zany ideas of humiliation, you lose interest in all of these characters.

Our advice on this one is to wait for the rental rack. The star power and interesting title, just can’t pull it off.

John – ** Rental Balto ipod
Becky – ** Renal Murder in Three Acts download

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John &amp; Becky&#039;s Movie Review Of The Spirit

January 8, 2009 The Cool Car Guy Leave a comment

Becky and I reluctantly went to see the film The Spirit the other night at the Kerasote theaters in Castle Rock, CO. The Fandango website at The Spirit describes the movie as follows.

“A detective prevents an attempt to release a substance that will leave the citizens of Central City in suspended animation. He is exposed to the goo, which gives him the ability to withstand any beating. He battles crime and a slew of femme fatales…”

The Review
The Spirit is going to go down as one of the worst movies of 2008 and we were tortured to sit through it in 2009. This movie has some really great star power, including Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson, Sarah Paulson and Eva Mendes, but unfortunately it’s written and Directed by a huge hit or miss Director, Frank Miller, who’s on the same level of “buyer beware” as Quentin Tarantino.

Those two Directors are great at getting people into a seat to see a really crummy movie and The Spirit A Life Less Ordinary movie full is no exception. Remember that stupid flick by Tarantino about vampires in Texas or somewhere, I think it was called From Dusk Till Dawn, I tried to put it out of my mind, but it’s on about the same level as that absurd movie.

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This movie sucked so bad that the theater should have paid us to sit there and watch it. It was an hour and forty-three minutes of agony that felt like it was 3 hours long! We should have left, but we were amazed that the actors didn’t walk off the set. Did Samuel Jackson need the money or what? I know, tell you how I really feel? Okay, I could have written and Directed a better movie with my kids and our pet cats. I’ve seen better YouTube videos. Shall I continue?

Becky hated The Spirit more than I did and I couldn’t take it. I like comic book characters, but this was a clown show. It definitely will go down as Samuel L. Jackson’s worst movie ever. His character was stupid. Actually, every character in this film was stupid. Although, Eva Mendes and the lead guy Gabriel Macht tried to pull off their characters. All we could figure is that Frank Miller had an alien abduction when he wrote it.

I guess I don’t need to tell you anymore. This is a definite Don’t Bother, it’s not even worth renting on the dollar rack. If they include it with another movie for free – tell them no. It’s that bad.

John – * Don’t Bother
Becky – * Don’t Bother
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John is an auto consultant with JFR & Associates Chromophobia dvd 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

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John &amp; Becky&#039;s Movie Review Of The Reader

January 3, 2009 The Cool Car Guy Leave a comment

Becky and I went to see the much talked about film The Reader last night at the AMC theater in Highlands Ranch, CO. The Rotten Tomatoes website at The Reader describes the movie as follows.

“Though THE READER may boast the typical pedigree of a Holocaust film–acclaimed actors, a literary source, and an Oscar-baiting end-of-the-year release date–this drama has a significant difference: it focuses on a perpetrator, rather than the victims. Kate Winslet takes on the hefty supporting role of Hanna Schmitz, a woman who has an affair with Michael Berg (German actor David Kross), a 15-year-old boy in 1950s Germany. They spend their brief romance alternately making love and focusing on literature, with Michael reading everything from Chekov to Homer to his lover. Soon, Hanna abruptly disappears, and Michael returns to his normal life….”

The Review
The Reader

is a very provocative movie. Kate Winslet and her your boyfriend are naked and have way too much sex in this film, especially in the first half where for a while you think you’re watching a pornographic movie. However, as the plot thickens and the romance comes to an end the movie turns into an amazing film about post-war Germany, the Holocaust and how life changing decisions were made.

This movie is extremely powerful and was quite shocking. It is one of those movies where you question what each of the people in the film did and if they did the right thing or made terrible choices in their lives. Especially, for Kate Winslet’s character when you step back to think about how young she was in her role during the War.

You definitely have to get past the sex in the first part to enjoy this movie, but if you can make it through and put their relationship in context of the characters ages and what their life experiences were, then this film is incredible.

It’s very moving and has plenty of twists and surprises to keep your interest. We thought it was a great flick with a very strong message about moral decisions.

John – **** Don’t Miss It
Becky – **** Don’t Miss It
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John & Becky’s Movie Review Of Gran Torino

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John & Becky’s Movie Review Of Revolutionary Road

John & Becky's Movie Review of Paul Blart Mall Cop

John &amp;amp;amp;amp; Becky&amp;amp;amp;#039;s Movie Review of Bride Wars

John &amp; Becky&#039;s Movie Review Of The Spirit

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