Friday, December 28, 2007

THE LOCH NESS MONSTER LIVES!

Movie: The Water Horse (Legend of the Deep)
Jan's Rating: 9
Time: 105 Minutes

Jan's Opinion: My grandson and I LOVED this movie! It was a sweet and interesting story, funny, and exciting. What more could you ask for? A little boy finds a large egg, breaks it open and a baby Water Horse (Loch Ness Monster) is inside. He's so ugly he's cute as a baby, then he grows up but still loves the boy and protects him from harm. I honestly didn't think I would like this movie and it turned out to be one of my favorites. My advice is....don't miss it!

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

CHIPMONKS ARE ADORABLE!

Movie: Alvin and the Chipmunks
Jan's Rating: 7
Time: 92 Minutes

Jan's Opinion: I took my 9-year old grandson to see this one and we both enjoyed it. The chipmunks are so cute you want to take them home. Jason Lee plays "Dave" who discovers the chipmunks and learns that they can sing. He gives them a home and they practice a song he can take to his long-time friend David Cross (Ian) to have recorded. Dave loves the chipmunks but though Ian is nice to them at first, he only sees them as a way to make money for himself. There of course is a happy ending and the chipmunks even help Dave get back his lost love.

Sunday, December 16, 2007

BE THANKFUL FOR THE HUSBAND YOU HAVE!

Movie: Mr. Brooks
Jan's Rating: 8
Time: ~2 hrs.

Jan's Opinion: Since I didn't get a chance to see this movie when it was playing at the theaters, I rented it last night. Kevin Costner plays a successful husband and father who is addicted to murdering people on the side. It is scary to think that a loving successful person can have such a dark side. His evil conscience is played by William Hurt who won't let him stop killing people. Still not sure if I liked the ending???

Saturday, December 15, 2007

A FAIRY TALE FOR ADULTS

Movie: August Rush
Jan's Rating: 5
Time: 113 Minutes

Jan's Opinion: OK, where do I start? I liked the story line of this movie but not the way it was told. I don't know about you, but I don't like movies that switch back and forth from the present to the past, over and over again, too confusing. I also like happy endings but this wasn't realistic, too much like a fairy tale. The story starts out with Keri Russell who is an accomplished musician having a one-night affair with Jonathan Ries Meyers, falls in love, wants to be with him but her father won't allow it. She ends up pregnant, has the baby, her father tells her the baby died so for the next 12 years her heart aches for her baby boy. On her father's death bed, he tells her the boy did not die, thus starts her search for her son. As I said earlier, I liked the story line but I would have told it differently.