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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Becky and I went to see the movie, Act of Valor two weeks ago at the AMC Theaters in Highlands Ranch, CO with our running buddy Mark.  The MovieFone website at Act of Valor describes the movie as follows…

” An unprecedented blend of real-life heroism and original filmmaking, ‘Act of Valor’ stars a group of active-duty U.S. Navy SEALs in a film like no other in Hollywood’s history.”

The Review
Act of Valor is being sold as the first movie that has ever used “active-duty” U.S. Navy SEALs to film the movie.  Unfortunately, U.S. Navy SEALs are not trained actors.  You could almost see them reading cue cards at times, half expecting them to pull out notes.  That didn’t help the movie by any stretch, even if we are all thankful for their courage and service.

On the other hand the story had plenty of action and some amazing scenes like a fire-fight in a river that was pretty incredible.  However, the movie jumps around quite a bit showing tactical moves of how our military takes out the bad guys to protect our citizens.  It also shows the dangers that our men of valor are taking to keep another 911 from happening.  They also showed at the end how many men have died protecting our country with the movie being a tribute to them.

For that reason, I thought the movie was pretty good and it’s definitely a good rental.  I can’t recommend it as a good film though at the box office.  Becky didn’t like this movie at all and thought it was a don’t bother.

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

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Becky is out of town this Weekend, so I took the kids to see Gone at the Regal Cinemas in Lone Tree, CO.  The MovieFone website at Gone describes the movie as follows…

“In the chilling suspense thriller ‘Gone,’ Jill Parrish (Amanda Seyfried) comes home from a night shift to discover her sister Molly has been abducted. Jill, having escaped from a kidnapping a year before, is convinced that the same serial killer has come back and taken Molly. Since the killer leaves no trace, the police don’t have any evidence and can’t help her. Afraid that Molly will be dead by sunrise, Jill sets out alone on a nail-biting chase to come face-to-face with the killer. Will she have enough time to find and outwit him, expose his secrets and save her sister?”

The Review
Gone was a movie that definitely has made me believe that the movie reviews at www.rottentomatoes.com are worthless.  They gave this movie a rating of 14% rotten and in the meantime they loved the flick Chronicle that was terrible.  Gone was a very good thriller and kept us on the edge of our seat with the story and the characters.  It has excitement, suspense and action with lots of drama from beginning to end.  The movie is very well done and delivers on just what it promises as an exciting thriller with a surprise ending.

Amanda Seyfried was good in this film and her character was believable, but she did seem a bit nuts and lied way too much throughout the movie.  The story is disturbing because it is about a serial killer and the girl who gets away from his clutches, but nobody believes her story.  Even though there are missing girls all over Portland, OR where the story takes place and the police are not doing anything to find them.

Anyway, she’s committed to a hospital as being crazy and when she is released her sister moves in with her to help her stop re-creating her nightmare.  Then her sister turns up gone one day when she comes home from working a night shift, hence the name of the film.

The biggest flaw of this film is that it didn’t spend enough time showing enough of her past, beyond her actual abduction, but kind of glossed over her time in the hospital and dealing with the event.  The Director used dialogue from a police officer in the film discussing her past to let you know what happened with a quick flashback.  I think they should have started the film in the hospital with her being pumped with drugs as a crazy person and built from her being released from the hospital to make it a much more powerful film.  The audience would have wondered then if she was actually abducted or a total nut.

In spite of the short comings, we all liked the movie and thought it was worth seeing.  It’s definitely PG-13 though, so be aware of that fact when you go to see it.

John – *** Worth The Trip

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

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My son Conroy and I went to see the movie The Woman in Black last week at the AMC Theater in Castle Rock, CO.  The Fandango website at The Woman in Black describes the movie as follows…

“Arthur Kipps (Daniel Radcliffe), a lawyer, is recently widowed and grieving the loss of his wife when he is sent to a remote village to put a deceased eccentric’s affairs in order. Soon after his arrival, it becomes clear that the villagers are hiding a terrible secret. Kipps discovers that his late client’s house is haunted by the spirit of a woman who is trying to find someone and something she lost, and that no one — not even the children — is safe from her terrible wrath…”

The Review
The Woman in Black was a creepy flick about a guy who gets sent to a town to investigate the death of a widow for a law office he’s working for and go through her papers.  Little does he know that the widow’s home is haunted by a ghost that is out for revenge.  Children are mysteriously dying in the town whenever someone sees the ghost.

The movie is a bit spooky with some startling parts in the film that will make you jump.  The children dying was disturbing and the ghosts of the children were creepy, but the story was pretty cool.  It’s definitely a ghost story, but I didn’t like the ending.  Still we thought it was good.  Conroy thought it was a Don’t Miss It and I thought it was worth the trip.

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

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