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Mamma Mia  

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Mamma Mia

Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried, Pierce Brosnan, etc.

We watched this movie last Saturday at the suggestion of a friend. I was looking forward to the movie, simply cuz of all the ABBA songs on it. However, from the very beginning, DH was laughing and making jokes and comments about the story and how silly it was. I just glared at him, of course, but ignored him. However, the more the movie went on, the more I had to agree with him. LOL When Meryl Streep started singing....oh my. Not good. She and Pierce Brosnan should NOT be singers. Sorry. I like Amanda Seyfried, but the rest left alot to be desired. And the storyline was so hokey, it was laughable.

Sorry, Ruth! I just couldn't like this one! Perhaps I've been around my boys too long and they have corrupted me! ROFL!

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Fool's Gold  

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Fool's Gold

with Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson

Rated PG-13

(Personal Rating: R)

Tess and Finnigan are a young married couple who are in the process of getting divorced. Finn is a treasure hunter who is looking for a lost Spanish treasure and Tess has gotten involved as well. After their divorce if final, they are able to get connected with a wealthy older man who is also interested in finding this treasure...but they must do it before the competition, who is only interested in the monetary value of the treasure, not the history. Of course they fall back in love in the process! Chick-flick!

We watched this movie last night and were totally flabbergasted by the language that was involved! (Hence my "personal rating" of R!) This movie should have been rated R due to the language alone. The violence and the nature of the movie (treasure hunting) was nothing to steer kids away from. But the language was. We were truly bothered by it. McConaughey and Hudson, however, were wonderful in this movie. They make a great pair! My kids didn't particularly like the part at the end with the 'kissing' LOL but I've determined that ALL movies are chick-flicks, regardless of how much bang-em-up is in it. (And no, the boys weren't in the room for all of the movie...they didn't pick up on the foul language, they just knew there were some bad words in it.)

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Collateral  

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With Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx
120 minutes
Rated R

Cab driver, Max (Foxx), is making his rounds when he picks up Vincent (Cruise), and his whole night changes. Vincent is a hired killer, in town to take care of some 'bad people' by his morning flight. He pays Max to be his driver for the night...and Max finds himself in a situation beyond anything he could ever want. Witnessing murders is bad enough, but when he discovers who the final target it, Max does everything possible to stop Vincent.

Terry and I watched this the other night and it was first, so full of language that it was hard to watch. Second, it was pretty boring for the first hour and a half. It didn't get good until the last half hour, but by then we were just wanting it to be over. So much of it was unrealistic, it was hard to get through. The ending espeically. There is NO WAY a person can physically do the things that Cruise did at the end of that movie if he was really shot in the head. (Sorry, spoiler....) It was stupid, to be honest. Not one we'll watch again.

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The Spiderwick Chronicles  

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Freddie Highmore
Rated: PG
Arthur Spiderwick has figured out that there is another realm of creatures living amonst us, but are invisible to us (unless they allow us to see them). He has all the secrets chronicled in a book. But there are some bad creatures who want to have control over the world and he discovers what he must do: protect the book. The book much never leave the circle. Fast forward many years and descendants of Arthur's come to live in the abandoned house and soon discover the hidden creatures. Can they protect the book? Can they get the answers needed? Can they keep the Ogre from getting ahold of the book?
Full of cool special effects and a good story line, this movie offers some intensity while some fun parts too. Clayton didn't like it...he was too scared. But the rest of us really enjoyed it!

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Indiana Jones and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull  

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Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Shia LeBouf
Rated: PG-13
Another installment of the famous Indian Jones. Well, it's obvious he's old now and they don't hide it...they actually make fun of it a bit! Many things come back to you as you watch this new movie...things from the other 3. You're sitting there watching and all of a sudden you think, "Oh, I wonder if they'll show... " and they do! It's really a creative twist on bringing all three movies together for one final hurrah, while at the same time having a whole new plot to mix in.
The crystal skull is said to have special powers over the brain...and the one who can gain that power can have power over the world. Can Indy help find his friend and break the powers that the crystal skull has over him? Full of action but also full of many things that leave you saying, "Okay, that's really soooo not possible!" or "There's no way anyone can really do that!"...so you know all along that it's all just make believe. It's not one of those movies that makes you think how cool the special effects are or lead you to feel like the person who just got whacked really got whacked! It's very blatantly obvious that it's a movie!
We were a bit disappointed in the language. The other Indiana movies didn't have quite as much language and it was mild when it was there. From out of nowhere, LeBouf shouts "BS!" which is really uncalled for...both in real life and in the script. There was no reason for it to be there. I just thought since so much of the movie was obviously goofy, they could have left out the language and really made it a family movie.

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The Bee Movie  

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The Bee Movie
Jerry Seinfeld, Matthew Broderick, Renee Zellweger
Rated: PG

What an awesome and funny movie!!! We laughed all the way through this movie...

Barry (Seinfeld) is 'graduating' and is getting his first job. Only in the process, he does something that is against Bee Law: he talks to a human! They form a friendship and he discovers that humans are using honey to make money!! He sets out to put a stop to this injustice and in the end puts all the bees out of work. Can he fix what he messed up??

Full of hilarious 'bug' things, an insight is offered into what life might be like for bees. You have to listen carefully to some of the comments and quips made in order to really catch what they are saying, but when you do it's funny.

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The Lake House  

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The Lake House
with Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves
A good movie with a PG rating, but very slow!
Kate leaves the Lake House and puts a letter in the mailbox for the next renter. Alex retrieves the letter and reads it, but gets confused by her statements. Writes her back basically telling her she's daft. Kate then informs him it is 2006 and gives her address...which in his time (2004) hasn't even been built yet. They continue their correspondence and even 'take a walk' together through Chicago. The end of the movie offers a twist that makes the movie worth the wait! Do they end up together? OF COURSE! It's a movie after all!

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Eragon  

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Eragon
Rated PG
My rating: 4 out of 5 Stars
Here is the blurb on the movie from Plugged-In Online:
Based on Christopher Paolini's huge bestseller, begun when he was just 15 years old, the film version of Eragon tells a familiar fantasy story. The title character is a 17-year-old boy raised by his uncle in the small town of Carvahall in the kingdom of Alagaesia. When he stumbles upon a remarkable blue stone that turns out to be a dragon's egg—and its winged occupant suddenly hatches right in front of him—Eragon quickly realizes he and she (Saphira) share a telepathic connection.
Eragon seeks answers from a local storyteller and soon-to-be mentor named Brom. But before he can get very many of them, the two humans and their dragon pal must run for their lives when Galbatorix, the evil and wrongful king of the land, sends powerful and maggot-faced Ra'zacs to kill the newly discovered dragon rider.
On their journey to join forces with the Varden, one of the last remaining groups still resisting the king from its hidden mountain fortress, Brom trains Eragon in the history of the dragon riders, sword fighting, and the magical words of incantation from the ancient language of the elves. Then Eragon takes a detour to rescue Arya, a beautiful elf connected to him through his dreams and held captive by an evil sorcerer, or "shade," named Durza, a servant of Galbatorix. Before it's all over, there's a massive, underground battle between the Varden and the king's army of Urgals—and a final face-off between Eragon and Durza.
*****
I watched this with the boys last night and was actually finding myself enjoying the movie! :) I was pleasantly surprised with the features and Saphira (the dragon) is really cute! (I know, I know...such a girly thing to say!) The boys espeically liked it and I figure it is one we will purchase in years to come. I don't remember any language that was offensive, although the content may be too much for some kids. We figure since the boys have watched (and loved) all the Star Wars movies, Eragon can't be too much worse for them! LOL

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Happy Feet  

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Happy Feet
Starring: Robin Williams, Nicole Kidman, and Elijah Wood
Amazon.com

After reading all of the reviews I could find, both good and bad, we finally had a chance to watch Happy Feet. We had originally said we wouldn't let the boys watch it at all, but then decided they could watch it after us, and only if we thought it was okay. I had heard so many negatives about the movie from Plugged In Online and really didn't want my boys watching that. They see these things on cartoon movies and think it's okay and that it's 'cute'. That is what the movie people WANT us to believe...they are trying to trick our children, and I will not let them trick mine. Plus, I had heard so many friends and relatives say how cute the movie was and encouraged me to let my children watch it. I didn't want to be bullied, though, and stood my ground. Many people thought I was being a prude in not allowing my children to watch it. Oh well.

We finally decided that we would watch it with the boys so that we could immediately address anything that came up. Well, let me just tell you: it was one of the stupidest movies I have ever seen. The dancing was cool, yes. But the music was TOO MUCH...sexual inuendos and sexual songs included. But there were just too many songs for our liking, and frankly for our boys' liking. C fell asleep half way through it. That's how bored he was! LOL

It teaches a good moral about acceptance and being nice to those who are different from us, but the "aliens are taking all our fish" got on my nerves after a while. I got sorta sick of the agenda that was being forced on us.

What I was really suprised about was that B was able to pick out the bad stuff for himself. He kept asking, "Is that bad?" "Oh, they shouldn't say that!" Or, "That wasn't nice." I was proud that he knew the difference.

All in all, it wasn't a BAD movie...just not one we want in our house. It was dumb and we don't want to subject ourselves to it again. If the boys watch it at someone's house, I have no problems with it. We just won't be watching it at ours anymore.

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The Break Up  

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The Break-Up
Starring Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn

This movie was rated PG-13, and I personally would have rated it R, simply for use of language. Vaughn's character had a horrible potty mouth and used profanity constantly where it was not needed. (But let's face it...when is profanity really needed?) The story was wonderful and truly funny at times, but it made me mad at the end....no true love, romantic ending here! Only break-up and moving on. How unromantic! LOL I know they have to make movies in Hollywood where the story doesn't come out nicely, but the majority of us in life see enough sadness and heartache that we want the movie to have a happily-ever-after ending.

I like Jennifer Aniston, but I wouldn't watch this movie again.

Rating: 2 1/2 stars out of 5

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The Illusionist  

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The Illusionist
starring Edward Norton and Jessica Biel

WOW! This was an awesome movie. And not one I would probably have picked for myself to watch! (A good friend brought movies over.) It started out a bit slow and took a while to get going. And although we did figure out the ending before we actually got to the end, it was still a fascinating story. And the good guys win in the end, which makes it even better! LOL

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars

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Lady in the Water  

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The Lady in the Water

This movie if SOOOO stupid! We really thought when watching it that it would be a sort of spooky/thriller type of movie and we actually laughed through most of it! There were parts that made us jump simply because it startled us, but for the most part, we predicted what was going to happen. And the little wolf/dog creature? Reminded me of the wolf creature from The Neverending Story when I was a kid...they even had some of the same type of scenes, with the creature having red eyes and breathing on a pane of glass. Dumb!

Very poor score: Waste of money, 1/2 star out of 5

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