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John & Becky’s Movie Review Of Duplicity

duplicityI still need to write a review for Escape to Witch Mountain that we saw last week, but in the meantime, Becky and I went to see Duplicity last night, at the AMC theater in Highlands Ranch, CO. The Rotten Tomatoes website at Duplicity describes the movie as follows.

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Duplicity Garden State download is an entertaining and smart drama that is a bit more like a romantic comedy with the chemistry between the two big stars. In some ways it’s like most other Julia Roberts films, since she tends to play the same character all the time. Duplicity reminded me a little bit like Ocean’s Eleven since the two main characters are trying to pull off a heist.

The biggest complaint that most people will have with Duplicity is that it jumps around a bunch. The acting is good, there is some swearing that wasn’t really necessary and plenty of romance in the bedroom, but those scenes are in good taste. The photography is good, but the editing does a number of those split screens with too many things going on at once. It’s a bit like being at a sports bar at times or having a bunch of windows open on your computer as you try to keep track off all the things happening.

Goblin Network AdBecky and I both liked it and we met our friend Angie Hotzfield and her sister Barbara, who were also there. They both liked it too, but be prepared to figure out what’s going on. Don’t leave to go to the bathroom or you may not figure this one out. It’s a fun flick that we thought was Worth The Trip. I’m trying to talk Becky into going to see “I Love You Man”, “Knowing” looks pretty stupid, so we’ll probably skip that one.

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

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John Boyd

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John is an auto consultant with JFR & Associates 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

John & Becky’s Movie Review Of The International

theinternationalIt’s The Academy Awards tonight, so I figured I had better catch up on our movie reviews before the show.   We’re probably going to go catch a flick tonight since we usually disagree with the snobs at The Academy.

Anyway, Becky and I went to see The International Riders release on opening night, at the AMC theater in Highlands Ranch, CO. The Rotten Tomatoes website at The International describes the movie as follows:

“In The International, a gripping thriller, Interpol Agent Louis Salinger (Clive Owen) and Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman (Naomi Watts) are determined to bring to justice one… In The International, a gripping thriller, Interpol Agent Louis Salinger (Clive Owen) and Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman (Naomi Watts) are determined to bring to justice one of the world’s most powerful banks. Uncovering myriad and reprehensible illegal activities, Salinger and Whitman follow the money from Berlin to Milan to New York to Istanbul. Finding themselves in a high-stakes chase across the globe, their relentless tenacity puts their own lives at risk as their targets will stop at nothing – even murder – to continue financing terror and war…”

The Review
The International is supposed to be an action packed thriller and there is some action, but the movie didn’t do it for us. Becky fell asleep because it jumped around so much and it was pretty boring. Part of the problem was that the story is probably more true than we realize. I mean, come on’, who doesn’t know that International bankers run the world. Hello, The Federal Reserve is privately owned and we just spent almost a trillion dollars bailing out 10 large banks that were doing everything but banking, out of about 10,800 banks in this country.

Goblin Network AdNeedless to say, the timing for this film was great, but it was kind of boring and hard to believe that four guys in a room were controlling the world. Even the biggest conspiracy’s have to be more complex than this film made this one out to be. The bankers were just way to disorganized to rule the world, but maybe they are and that’s how they lost so much money and required a bailout.   In this film, you wanted them to lose not just because they were terrible people, but because they were not very good at running things.

The International is not a horrible movie and the actors were good, but the directing or the screenplay or something was missing in this film. We can’t say that it was worth going to the box office by any stretch, but it will make for a good rental.

John – ** Rental
Becky – ** Rental
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John Boyd

Auto Consultant – John Boyd: The Cool Car Guy

John is an auto consultant with JFR & Associates 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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