All Is Lost
Posted by
Eric
I love movies like this! Robert Redford is
also one of my favorite actors, so it’s not really a surprise I liked this
one. Redford plays a sailor who is alone
at sea and has a rogue shipping container punch a hole in the side of his
boat. Obviously, that is not a good
situation. He needs to make a plan and
do whatever he can to get through this ordeal.
There were almost no spoken words the entire film, which I really
enjoyed! They didn’t explain every
little thing and it was like you were with him as he tried to figure out what
to do as each new challenge arose. You
can almost see his determination and spirit fading away as each day passes and
he starts to face his own mortality and realize how slim his chances of
surviving really are. Some
people may think it’s boring and is just a guy out on the water in a boat, but
it felt like so much more to me – a lot more!
Escape Plan
Posted by
Christy
I really wanted to be “wowed” by this movie but unfortunately
– I wasn’t. The premise itself looked
really interesting to me and it had Sly Stallone in it – another plus. But when I was watching it – I felt like it
was a movie I had seen many different times in different films. Stallone plays Ray Breslin, a man who gets
paid to break out of prison to highlight the weak areas of the prison. As the story goes, he’s asked to take on an
undercover, secret mission where none of his people know where he is. As it turns out – it’s a setup and he is now
forced to be a prisoner in an unescapable prison. To me, the prison and the storyline seemed to
border on being sci-fi. I really didn’t
believe the storyline and it felt so similar to other characters he has done in
the past. Even with Arnold Schwarzenegger
in it – I half expected him to say “I’ll be back.” It was ok to watch – but I just wanted more
and it just didn’t get past the starting block for me.
Dallas Buyers Club
Posted by
Eric
What
a powerful, emotional movie! This one
destroyed me! I can’t stop thinking
about it. Matthew McConaughey plays Ron
Woodroof, a straight man in 1985 that’s been diagnosed with HIV and told he has
30 days to live. During this time, HIV
and AIDS were still fairly new and scary and there were all kinds of
stereotypes and prejudices against those that were sick, which Ron gets to
experience firsthand. Those wanting
treatment were subjected to the FDA’s red tape and doctors & drug companies
wanting to make money when the people are just trying to survive. After improving by using experimental drug
“cocktails” created with meds from outside the United States, Ron works to find
ways to get these to the sick and dying – fighting with the system every step
of the way. Since it’s illegal to sell
them, he creates the Dallas Buyers Club – where you buy a membership and then get
the meds for free. This helps countless
people and makes what’s left of their lives more bearable instead of just
waiting to die in the hospitals. This
movie made me sad and angry, and just really makes you think about what’s right
and wrong and how our system works… Sometimes,
it’s such a hard thing to straddle that line of what’s legal and what’s RIGHT!
Rush
Posted by
Eric
I’ve
watched this one twice and I’m still not sure what I think of it. I liked the story, but just never felt a real
connection with the movie or the actors.
The film covers the true-life story about a legendary rivalry between
racers James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth) and Niki Lauda (Daniel Bruhl) during the
golden age of Formula 1 racing. Maybe
it’s because I watch a lot of racing, but it seriously just felt like I was
watching actors pretending to be racers in the 70s instead of really getting
sucked into the storylines and the movie.
There are some unexpected twists and turns that add to everything, but I
can’t see how they can say things like “Ron Howard’s best film ever” or “One of
the best movies ever made” and other quotes that I’ve read. Maybe I was expecting more racing
action. It’s not a bad movie by any
means, it just felt like it had all the elements of a good movie, but not all
of the pieces fell together quite like they should have.
Last Vegas
Posted by
Christy
Michael Douglas, Morgan Freeman, Robert De Niro and Kevin
Kline – if those four tremendous actors don’t get your attention – then you
have been missing out on some great films through the years! This movie takes these legendary
actors and for the first time in their careers, cast them together in Last
Vegas – a film about friendship that last through the years and always
being there for you no matter what!
Michael Douglas plays Billy, a high rolling bachelor (who’s 69 by the
way) who decides to marry his girlfriend who is 30 something. To top off his big day – he invites his three
best friends from elementary school to come and help in the only way he knows
how – the Vegas way. There is much
laughter and funny lines and some heart tugs moments where each character
learns the value of their own worth and what it means to come to terms with
grief, love, and growing old richly.
Last Vegas
Posted by
Eric
This
was a fun movie with some of the biggest name actors around. They’ve all been friends for 60 years and
when Billy is finally ready to settle down and get married, they get to throw
him the biggest party they can imagine! I
was glad it didn’t just turn into another Hangover movie – it was real and
funny, but had its serious moments, too.
Each of them are dealing with growing older and where their lives are
and this trip to Vegas really seems to help all of them get their lives back on
track, move on, and help them to find
their “passion” for life again. Along
the way, they also find out how important having true friendship is – and that
sometimes those friends know you better than anyone else! So get ready, it’s time to party like it’s
1959!
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