If you’re hoping for an intense thriller – you won’t find
it in this movie! This movie was “sssooo” clichéd and I knew within 5
minutes of the movie where it was going and how it was going to end. It seemed like they took several movie plot
lines from Disturbia, Fatal Attraction and other movies and jammed them
all together to make this laughable movie!
Jennifer Lopez plays a mom with a high school son going through a separation
from her husband. A young, handsome kid
moves in next door and they start making googly-eyes at each other. Well before you know it – Jennifer is making
out with him, among other things (and these scenes just make you uncomfortable
to watch). He is instantly in love with
her and when she won’t return his affections, he goes berserk and tries to kill
her and her family for the rest of the movie.
It was cheesy and horrible and even though they tried to save the movie with
sex (because nothing else would save this movie) – it still didn’t work. I give it an F for failure,
farfetched and featherbrained!
American Sniper
Posted by
Christy
Eric and I feel the same way about this movie and have
written the following review:
By now, Chris Kyle is a name that many people have come
to know. “American Sniper” is the
story of being the U.S. Navy Seals most lethal sniper and earning the name
“Legend.” This is Chris’ story, (who is
played by Bradley Cooper), of his 4 rotations of serving in Iraq. The movie makes you feel like you are there with
him behind the scope as we watch him protect the men who are on the
ground. As with other recent true war
stories such as, Lone Survivor and Zero Dark Thirty – you walk away
with a new sense of patriotism and total respect and awe for the men and women
of our country. Chris’ story took a
tragic turn when he and a friend were killed by another veteran on American
soil on February 2, 2013. You can read
more of his story through his books, the movie or his wife’s new book, “American
Wife” by Taya Kyle and Jim DeFelice.
Still Alice
Posted by
Eric
This
wasn’t an easy movie to watch. Julianne
Moore does an incredible job playing Alice, a linguistics professor who starts
forgetting things and gets concerned when it starts happening to her more and
more. After getting lost on a run, she
decides to go to a doctor and see what’s going on. She’s only 50, but is diagnosed with
Early-Onset Alzheimer’s disease, and there is really nothing that can be done
to stop its progression. Watching the
movie, I felt like I was able to experience her decline through her eyes and
know what she was thinking and feeling the entire time. She would have good days and bad days, but
knew exactly what was happening to her. I
also enjoyed Alec Baldwin, Kristen Stewart, and Kate Bosworth in their
supporting roles. Everything about this
movie seemed to capture what it might be like to either have Alzheimer’s or
have someone close to you dealing with this terrible disease. It’s not a fun movie, but is well worth
watching.
Black or White
Posted by
Eric
I enjoyed this movie. I like films that
deal with real-life situations and problems.
This one had a lot of emotions that felt "real" to me - and
nobody was perfect - far from it! Who's
to say what's right, really? Should a
little girl who lost her mother and now her grandmother be with her drinking
grandfather who has helped raise her since birth, or with her real father who
is fighting his own demons, or even with her grandmother on the other side just
so she can be raised by a black family, since she is half black? Also, how much of a say should the girl have
in who raises her? The movie was
definitely about race in many aspects, but I felt like it was actually more
about trying to get past all of that and doing what is right for everyone
involved. It got pretty real when
everyone started looking at themselves in the mirror and facing up to their own
thoughts and prejudices, even if they felt like they had reason to feel that
way. Some may not be impressed with this
movie, but I sure was.
Black or White
Posted by
Christy
The premise of this movie is Kevin Costner has primary custody
over his granddaughter after his daughter dies during child birth. A family custody battle ensues when his wife
dies and the other grandmother decides she has more to offer the girl now that
it’s just the grandpa. I know this movie
was trying to make a statement about race and color, (the girl is half white
and half black), but I think it should’ve made sure we were attached to the
characters first! Because of the lack of
character development, the story gets all muddled. There were a lot of clichéd characters in the
movie and it seemed almost suffocating
at times when the crux of the story was about race when in fact, the storyline
of two grandparents who loved the child and wanted only what was best for her would’ve made it more compelling and heart
felt.
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