I know you all look forward to this (and even if you don’t, just feign excitement for my ego’s sake): our movie reviews! It’s been six months since our last similar post, so here we go!
MUST SEE
Tangled: We absolutely LOVED this movie. It’s got it all: great story, excellent characters, large dosages of humor, romance, and 45,000 lanterns! The girls and I saw it in a theater and it’s already getting well used this week. One of the best Disney movies in recent history!
Secretariat: Again, inspiring story made all that more inspiring because it’s true. Just a very well done movie that was poignant and well worth the watch.
The Social Network: Whatever your thoughts on Facebook, this was a riveting depiction. It may not be fully accurate, but we found it fascinating. Excellent acting. Probably not worth being nominated for best picture, though.
Inception: Don’t ask us if we fully get it, but we sure liked it! Breathtaking visuals and special effects and a riveting storyline. Good characters.
WORTH THE TIME (or at least somewhat worth the time)
The Tourist: Not exactly what we were expected, but enjoyable enough. Johnny Depp = always entertaining; Angelina Jolie = never entertaining and totally overrated.
Salt: Despite the aforementioned, this was a decent CIA thriller.
The Switch: Mediocre at best. Really not the best storyline.
It’s Kind of a Funny Story: A troubled boy admits himself into a psychiatric ward and finds love and meaning. Pretty sweet story and the young actors do a fine job.
Morning Glory: Interesting take on producing a morning show. Rachel McAdams and Harrison Ford are quite good. Diane Keaton is an amazing actress.
Life as We Know It: Two people are thrust together when they are charged to raise a baby whose parents are killed. Fairly predictable (as are a lot of movies these days!), but quirky, fun romantic comedy.
Get Low: dark drama about a man who wishes to be witness to his funeral service. Extremely slow, but nice period piece.
You Again: Another of the predictable kind, but had some genuinely funny parts.
Catfish: Didn’t know anything about this documentary, but was intriguing. It deals with the deceiving nature behind social networks.
Knight and Day: An amusing tongue-in-cheek action film that was just enough of this and that to make it enjoyable…even with Tom Cruise!
Red: Highly improbable, but a fun action/comedy.
The Special Relationship: Detailing the relationship between George W. Bush and Tony Blair. I enjoy biopics and this was pretty interesting.
The Other Guys: Hmmm….worth renting.
Charlie St. Cloud: Plays at the emotional heart strings. Anything but a Zac Efron fan, but it was alright.
Shrek Forever After: Love, love, love Shrek, but this wasn’t up to the normal snuff. Still a lot of laughs.
AVOID AT ALL COSTS
How Do You Know: Great actors (Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson, Paul Rudd) with zippo chemistry. And the plot, or lack thereof, is ridiculous. To make matters worse, we saw this in the theater. At least the popcorn was good!
The Romantics: Nothing remotely redeeming at all about this waste of movieness.
Cyrus: We watched this on the flight back from Hawaii and wanted a refund.
Dinner for Schmucks: Don’t bother. I won’t even bother commenting on how lame this was.
City Island: Haven’t heard of this? There are definitely reasons why!
Eat Pray Love: Avoid Ignore Hate.
Any thoughts on these movies, or any others you’ve seen? Feel free to leave a comment. And happy watching!
2 comments:
I love your movie lists David! I started reading the book Eat Pray Love and threw it away after about 50 pages. I couldn't stand her selfishness and the whole premise of the story. So glad to hear the movie was horrible too!
Now I know who to ask about movies. I just altered a few of my selections on our Netflix queue. Thanks!
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