Our recent movie reviews

While these comments are those of the blogger, bear that in mind, you might have really bizarre taste compared to mine. Five movie reviews from our last two weeks -

YES MAN ~ was just what you'd expect from Jim Carey, his funny faces, his funny comments, jokes, and the plot is very somewhat shallow in parts and than again hits some depth in others... but overall it is an enjoyable movie that we give a thumbs up. good one to rent...

SEVEN POUNDS - Will Smith - UGH... went in expecting that it would at least be entertaining in spite of knowing it had somewhat of a dark premise to the plot.. but it mooooovvvveeeeddd sooooo veeerrrrrryyyyy slllloooowwwwlllyyy in the beginining 30 minutes that it was actually torturous to keep up with the plot of who he was (never figured it out) why he was doing this (came to you in itsy bitsy glimpses until the end) and than it just really didn't make much sense.. felt like it was filmed in segments with huge gaps and than just edited all together.
The next day Greg and I were trying to explain it to Ashley and still we both saw it completely differently and he was confused as to who got what and when... a complete and total THUMBS DOWN, don't even rent it. Will Smith has made to many good movies to take in this one

MARLEY AND ME with all of our Van Essen clan this wknd in Madera. Owen Wilson and Jennifer Anniston. I give this movie a great family rating. Heard that they used 21 dogs for Marley to make this. It was funny, funny, and than again.... advance warning - bring kleenex. I give this a major Thumbs up. Great movie change for Owen Wilson as a family man who does responsibility really well, who knew he had it in him!

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTONS; Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett. It has a plot that you have to not think to deeply into and just go with it as it unfolds, it is a good movie with a peculiar premise of an OLD man born into a newborn's OLD looking body and than he is thrust into a life of some bumps with those around him after some unfortunate beginnings with his own family. Wont give away anymore than that, but it is not your usual plot. a thumbs up from both of us.

GRAN TORINO; Clint Eastwood. Now this is an actor that has a long and infamous career. Heard this was going to be his last movie and it is somewhat of a "dirty Harry" "unforgiven" style that he has done in his younger years. Truly there is probably a generation that has no idea who he is (unlike those of us with the western movie station for flashbacks) But just imagine that he is now playing a very older man (probably his own age) and saying that he has got some issues is an understatement of major magnitude. With his cantankerous personality and lack of affection for anyone but the wife he is burying at the very beginning, this leads you through some basics of the plot and how it progresses to the end. But Greg and I both looked at each other during the movie and said the same name of the actual person we know that he reminded us of and laughed! Now we do have a disclaimer that the "f" word is used somewhat liberally in the movie because of the way it unfolds of culture youth and a contankerous war veteran speaking. He also uses somewhat a ton of verbage of slang to describe the minority neighbors and such... but he has somewhat of a learning curve in the movie as well. We both liked this movie and give it a thumbs up.