Movie: Blind Side
Jan's Rating: 10
Time: 2 hours 8 minutes
Jan's Opinion: Hollywood should make more movies like this! Of course this being a true story makes you love it even more. My daughter, Michele, and grandson, Danny, went with me to see this movie and we all gave it a "10"! It is so heartwarming, and it is funny too. It is about a black homeless teenage boy who is offered a home by a southern white family (Sandra Bullock plays the Mother and Tim McGraw plays the Father) and how they help him to become a football star. You probably already know that this is the first year this same black teenage boy will be playing football for the Baltimore Ravens. Watch for him. His name is Michael Ohr. Not sure if I spelled Ohr correctly. Anyway, it is one of the best movies I've seen in a long time so if you haven't seen it, please put it on your list. I would think that women and men alike would enjoy it. Sandra Bullock did an excellent job of portraying a sophisticated, stern, spunky and caring woman all at the same time.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Monday, November 9, 2009
A SERIOUS MAN
Movie: A Serious Man
Jan's Rating: 6
Time: 1 hour 45 Minutes
Jan's Opinion: Cousin Bonnie and I went to see this movie today and it is a dark comedy so we had a few laughs but we both agreed that you have to be either Jewish or have lived around Jewish people to understand a lot of the movie. For starters, it is directed by the Cohen Brothers so that tells you right there it's going to be a little different. It is set in 1967 but as the movie starts, it looks more like 1900 and this woman stabs this man in the chest with an ice pick in a log cabin. We thought we were in the wrong movie at first so I went outside to check to make sure we didn't go in the wrong movie. Then it switched to 1967 and the movie we were expecting and I have to tell you, we never did figure out what the first part of the movie had to do with the rest of the movie. Very strange. It stars Michael Stuhlbarg as a Jewish man married to a bitchy wife and they have 2 teenage children. His brother (Richard Kind) lives with them and has a lot of problems of his own. Adam Arkin plays Michael's attorney, and believe me, poor Michael needs a good attorney. The ending leaves you hanging, which I don't like. The Enquirer gave it an A- rating and I understand why, but it just isn't my type of movie. You will have to see it and judge for yourself.........or not.
Jan's Rating: 6
Time: 1 hour 45 Minutes
Jan's Opinion: Cousin Bonnie and I went to see this movie today and it is a dark comedy so we had a few laughs but we both agreed that you have to be either Jewish or have lived around Jewish people to understand a lot of the movie. For starters, it is directed by the Cohen Brothers so that tells you right there it's going to be a little different. It is set in 1967 but as the movie starts, it looks more like 1900 and this woman stabs this man in the chest with an ice pick in a log cabin. We thought we were in the wrong movie at first so I went outside to check to make sure we didn't go in the wrong movie. Then it switched to 1967 and the movie we were expecting and I have to tell you, we never did figure out what the first part of the movie had to do with the rest of the movie. Very strange. It stars Michael Stuhlbarg as a Jewish man married to a bitchy wife and they have 2 teenage children. His brother (Richard Kind) lives with them and has a lot of problems of his own. Adam Arkin plays Michael's attorney, and believe me, poor Michael needs a good attorney. The ending leaves you hanging, which I don't like. The Enquirer gave it an A- rating and I understand why, but it just isn't my type of movie. You will have to see it and judge for yourself.........or not.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
COUPLES RETREAT
Movie: Couples Retreat
Jan's Rating: 6-1/2
Time: 1 Hour 47 Minutes
Jan's Opinion: From the reviews I had read about this movie I thought I would probably sleep through it but quite to the contrary, it was funny and entertaining. Not an Oscar winner but these types of movies seldom are. My friend Laura and I saw it yesterday and had quite a few laughs. It stars Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Kristin Davis and Kristen Bell, the only stars with which I was familiar. The movie is about four couples who go to a tropical island resort. One couple is there to work on their marriage. The other three couples planned to have a good time seeing the sights and enjoying water sports. They did not realize it was the kind of resort where you had to participate in classes to work on your marriage. It was a fun movie but Laura and I agreed that we don't know many 40-year old women with bodies as perfect as these women, but...........it was just a movie. We were glad we saw it and we do recommend it.
Jan's Rating: 6-1/2
Time: 1 Hour 47 Minutes
Jan's Opinion: From the reviews I had read about this movie I thought I would probably sleep through it but quite to the contrary, it was funny and entertaining. Not an Oscar winner but these types of movies seldom are. My friend Laura and I saw it yesterday and had quite a few laughs. It stars Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman, Kristin Davis and Kristen Bell, the only stars with which I was familiar. The movie is about four couples who go to a tropical island resort. One couple is there to work on their marriage. The other three couples planned to have a good time seeing the sights and enjoying water sports. They did not realize it was the kind of resort where you had to participate in classes to work on your marriage. It was a fun movie but Laura and I agreed that we don't know many 40-year old women with bodies as perfect as these women, but...........it was just a movie. We were glad we saw it and we do recommend it.
Monday, October 26, 2009
AMELIA
Movie: "Amelia"
Jan's Rating: 7
Time: 2 hours
Cousin Bonnie and I saw this movie today and liked it but didn't "love" it. Hilary Swank plays Amelia Earhart, whom everybody knows loved to fly and died in 1937 trying to fly around the world. Her adoring husband was played by Richard Gere. Yum. It's worth seeing the movie just to sit and watch him for two hours. (sigh) The movie did portray just how much Amelia loved to fly, which she inherited from her father. There was just something missing and I can't put my finger on it yet..... Go see it anyway. You'll like it too.
Jan's Rating: 7
Time: 2 hours
Cousin Bonnie and I saw this movie today and liked it but didn't "love" it. Hilary Swank plays Amelia Earhart, whom everybody knows loved to fly and died in 1937 trying to fly around the world. Her adoring husband was played by Richard Gere. Yum. It's worth seeing the movie just to sit and watch him for two hours. (sigh) The movie did portray just how much Amelia loved to fly, which she inherited from her father. There was just something missing and I can't put my finger on it yet..... Go see it anyway. You'll like it too.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
PLAY THE GAME
Movie: Play the Game
Jan's Rating: 9
Time: 1 hour 45 minutes
Jan's Opinion: Cousin Bonnie and I absolutely loved this movie! It was laugh-out-loud funny and that's what we did all through the movie. Andy Griffith plays "Joe" and lives in a retirement home. He is bored with life and would like a lady friend, just for companionship. Paul Campbell plays "David", Joe's Grandson, and he decides to show Grandpa how to "Play the Game" and get a woman. Joe is particularly interested in Doris Roberts but she already has a boyfriend there at the nursing home so he starts dating Liz Sheridan (temporarily). I could tell you funny things that happen but you need to see this movie for yourselves, and I hope you enjoy it as much as we did.
Jan's Rating: 9
Time: 1 hour 45 minutes
Jan's Opinion: Cousin Bonnie and I absolutely loved this movie! It was laugh-out-loud funny and that's what we did all through the movie. Andy Griffith plays "Joe" and lives in a retirement home. He is bored with life and would like a lady friend, just for companionship. Paul Campbell plays "David", Joe's Grandson, and he decides to show Grandpa how to "Play the Game" and get a woman. Joe is particularly interested in Doris Roberts but she already has a boyfriend there at the nursing home so he starts dating Liz Sheridan (temporarily). I could tell you funny things that happen but you need to see this movie for yourselves, and I hope you enjoy it as much as we did.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
WHIP IT
Movie: Whip It
Jan's Rating: 8
Time: 1 Hour 51 Minutes
Jan's Opinion: I really enjoyed this movie and the Enquirer gave it a B+ so we agreed for a change. However, cousin Bonnie and my sister Judy went with me and they both gave it a 5-1/2. Maybe they were too old for this movie. (Just kidding girls!) The movie stars Ellen Page as Bliss Cavendar and Marcia Gay Harden as her Mother. Well, Marcia spends a lot of money putting poor Bliss in beauty pageants, which she doesn't enjoy. Then Bliss discovers the "Hurl Scouts" Roller Derby (all girls) and she falls in love with the sport. She tries out for the team and makes it, then has to lie to her parents about where she is going but of course they find out in the end. I don't want to tell you how the movie ends so go see it and I bet you'll enjoy it too, that is unless you're too old. ;-)
Jan's Rating: 8
Time: 1 Hour 51 Minutes
Jan's Opinion: I really enjoyed this movie and the Enquirer gave it a B+ so we agreed for a change. However, cousin Bonnie and my sister Judy went with me and they both gave it a 5-1/2. Maybe they were too old for this movie. (Just kidding girls!) The movie stars Ellen Page as Bliss Cavendar and Marcia Gay Harden as her Mother. Well, Marcia spends a lot of money putting poor Bliss in beauty pageants, which she doesn't enjoy. Then Bliss discovers the "Hurl Scouts" Roller Derby (all girls) and she falls in love with the sport. She tries out for the team and makes it, then has to lie to her parents about where she is going but of course they find out in the end. I don't want to tell you how the movie ends so go see it and I bet you'll enjoy it too, that is unless you're too old. ;-)
Monday, September 28, 2009
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS
Movie: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Jan's Rating: 9
Time: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
Jan's Opinion: How could a movie be bad with that clever title? My Grandson and I loved this movie so I let him rate it and he gave it a "9". This usually isn't my kind of movie but I have to say, I was very impressed by the ingenuity and imagination it took to come up with a movie where a young man wants very badly to become an inventor and make the world a better place so he figures out how to make it rain food from the sky. Danny's comment was "that's my idea of Heaven". Take your kids and grandkids to see it; they will love it too.
Jan's Rating: 9
Time: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
Jan's Opinion: How could a movie be bad with that clever title? My Grandson and I loved this movie so I let him rate it and he gave it a "9". This usually isn't my kind of movie but I have to say, I was very impressed by the ingenuity and imagination it took to come up with a movie where a young man wants very badly to become an inventor and make the world a better place so he figures out how to make it rain food from the sky. Danny's comment was "that's my idea of Heaven". Take your kids and grandkids to see it; they will love it too.
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