Tuesday, November 21, 2006
I've finally feel that I've really gotten the hang of my Word Press blog and most of it's ins and outs, so I am thinking that I am going to move this blog over there as well. The movie reviews will be a new page which you can find in the right hand side bar.
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
The Wild

Typical of most Disney flicks, it had it's little embedded lesson, which wasn't that bad or in your face.
All in all, I liked it and would watch it again, which as I said, really surprized me about this film.
Open Season

We took Savanah to see this one this past weekend when the weather was bad. She really seemed to enjoy it, but at 5, pretty much anything with animated animals is a good movie. Based on her reactions to the movie, however, I can say without a doubt that it wasn't one of her favorites. When we left Over the Hedge, that was all we heard about for a week. When she watched The Wild, she watched it over and over again until I took the DVD away for a much needed break. When she watched The Little Mermaid, she kept rewinding the songs to sing over and over and came up to tell me when Neptune was turned into a weed and Ursala took over, then again when Ursala was stopped. I haven't heard a peep from her about Open Season, which to me, means she enjoyed it, but it wasn't anything special.
I'd say I have to agree with her. It was cute, entertaining and funny at parts, but after leaving the theater you were left with a feeling of "so what." I don't feel we wasted our time, especially considering the rainy day, but it also isn't something I'm going to rush out and buy either. It was just OK.
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The Little Mermaid - Disney

X3: The Last Stand

Lucky # Slevin

Scary Movie 4

Curious George

I, personally, however, wouldn't know how to rank this as a movie for adults. My daughter on the other hand, gives is all the thumbs up you can! If you have kids, or if you were a fan of Curious George in your youth I think you will enjoy this movie. If you don't meet with either of those two conditions, I'd have to say it'd be hit or miss for you.
Take The Lead

I think it would have been better had we been able to see more of what brought them around to the dance instructors way of thinking. The kids, for trouble making, the school has given up on them, detention every day, type of kids, they seemed kind of harmless and came over from the dark side just a wee bit too easily. Especially when compared to a more realistic and truthful portrayal of inner city youth in shows like the Wire.
All in all, though, it was an enjoyable movie.
Sunday, September 03, 2006
The Boondock Saints

In case you've never heard of it or aren't sure what it's about it's basically an action flick (minus car chases and such, but with some of the best shooting scenes I've come across) about two Irish brothers who begin a vigilanti quest against evil men (mainly mafia and russian mafia types). You don't really need to know anymore about it. Just go and get it and watch it!
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Silent Hill

The lady at Blockbuster told me that this one was really scary. I have to disagree with her on that, but it was good. It takes a lot to scare me (I can't remember the last time a movie scared me). I was impressed with the story line's originality (was a new one for me at least), which I didn't know when I sat down to watch it. The special effects were cool and it was well acted considering the type of movie it is. In general, up until recently, I've never been impressed by the acting ability you see in most horror flicks and slasher films.
I also liked the point it made about fanatical extremist religious nut jobs.
Bring It On: All Or Nothing

Just My Luck

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Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Ultimate Avengers 2

I will say that I was happy to see the demise of one character who just irritated me. I didn't like him in the first movie and I really didn't like him in this one.
The Inside Man

I really enjoyed this one. It's not often that I like the cops and robbers type movies as much as I liked this one. The cast is phenomenal. Jodi Foster and Denzel do fantastic work, as expected. It was a step up from your typical bank robbery type movie. Like it says on the cover, "A Heist Thriller Like You've Never Seen." All in all a pleasent viewing experience.
Monday, August 07, 2006
The Shaggy Dog

I got this one mainly for Savanah. After seeing the commercial about a million times, if I had come back from Blockbuster without it I would never hear the end of it. All in all it was cute. Pretty much what you've come to expect from Tim Allen and his Disney movies. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't anything special either. When it comes to Disney, I'm a fan of the originals and when they remake one of the "Classics" I tend to be more dissapointed than not. The Nutty Professor (a few funny jokes, but not that great), Flubber (again, some funniness, but not the original by far), etc. In this one, it's a genetic mutation that causes the switch rather than a curse. It was a bit better than most of the remakes and cute for the kids and I didn't fall asleep watching it so all in all, not too bad, just nothing to write home about either.