Title: Mud
Jan's Rating: A-
Time: 2 Hours 10 Minutes
Jan's Opinion: Cousin Bonnie and I saw this movie today in Kenwood and both of us enjoyed it very much. Matthew McConaughey plays "Mudd", a guy who is hiding out on an island because he killed a man for beating up his girlfriend, "Juniper", played by Reese Witherspoon. These two love each other but are poison together. She cheats on him and he beats up the guys she cheats with, except for the one he killed. He is discovered living in an abandoned boat on an island by two teenage boys, around 14 years old. The boys stole my heart because they are my grandson's age, but these boys have a hard life, living on a boat on a swampy river in Arkansas. "Ellis" is played by Tye Sheridan and is upset because his parents are getting a divorce; his mother wants to move to the city and Ellis only knows living on the river. "Neckbone" is played by Jacob Lofland, also lives on the river but never knew his parents, and is being raised by his uncle. When these boys discover Mud living in an abandoned boat, they befriend him and find they are in deep trouble. I'll stop there. See it, you'll enjoy it too!
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Friday, May 10, 2013
THE GREAT GATSBY
Movie: The Great Gatsby
Jan's Rating: B
Time: 2 Hours 23 Minutes
Jan's Opinion: Cousin Bonnie and I saw this movie today and it was good. I don't normally like period pieces but this was pretty good. Bonnie had seen the one from the 70's with Robert Redford, who played Gatsby and gave that one an "A" and this one a "B". I did not see the one with Robert Redford so cannot compare. In this movie, Leonardo DiCaprio played Gatsby and Tobey Maguire played his next-door neighbor. I did not know any of the other actors. Gatsby is possessed by a young woman named Daisy and nothing will stop him from winning her love, even though she is married to another man. This movie is available as a regular movie or in 3-D. We saw the 3-D version and do not feel it was worth the extra $4 to see Gatsby throw his shirts over the bannister and have a couple look like they were going to land in the audience. Just my opinion. Did enjoy the movie itself though.
Jan's Rating: B
Time: 2 Hours 23 Minutes
Jan's Opinion: Cousin Bonnie and I saw this movie today and it was good. I don't normally like period pieces but this was pretty good. Bonnie had seen the one from the 70's with Robert Redford, who played Gatsby and gave that one an "A" and this one a "B". I did not see the one with Robert Redford so cannot compare. In this movie, Leonardo DiCaprio played Gatsby and Tobey Maguire played his next-door neighbor. I did not know any of the other actors. Gatsby is possessed by a young woman named Daisy and nothing will stop him from winning her love, even though she is married to another man. This movie is available as a regular movie or in 3-D. We saw the 3-D version and do not feel it was worth the extra $4 to see Gatsby throw his shirts over the bannister and have a couple look like they were going to land in the audience. Just my opinion. Did enjoy the movie itself though.
Friday, May 3, 2013
GINGER AND ROSA
Movie: Ginger and Rosa
Jan's Rating: C
Time: 1 Hour 35 Minutes
Jan's Opinion: Cousin Bonnie and I went to see this movie today and we were both disappointed. It was a very dark movie, took place in war-torn London in 1945 (I think) so most of the movie was very grey. It starts with 2 mothers giving birth about the same time and they remain long-time friends, as do their daughters who were born at the same time. I am guessing that the daughters are around 15 years old during most of this movie. They are fairly typical teenagers in that they are trying life out for the first time. One of the girls (Ginger) is played by Elle Fanning who does a good job with her role. She is worried about the world ending and joins a group who demonstrate and do sit-ins. A lady in the group who befriends her is Annette Benning, who still looks pretty good without makeup. The story jumps around a lot and people come and go in the movie and you have no idea who they are. We should have known when the Enquirer gave it an "A" that it wouldn't be our kind of movie. I don't want to tell you anymore about it in case you want to see it. This is just my humble opinion.
Jan's Rating: C
Time: 1 Hour 35 Minutes
Jan's Opinion: Cousin Bonnie and I went to see this movie today and we were both disappointed. It was a very dark movie, took place in war-torn London in 1945 (I think) so most of the movie was very grey. It starts with 2 mothers giving birth about the same time and they remain long-time friends, as do their daughters who were born at the same time. I am guessing that the daughters are around 15 years old during most of this movie. They are fairly typical teenagers in that they are trying life out for the first time. One of the girls (Ginger) is played by Elle Fanning who does a good job with her role. She is worried about the world ending and joins a group who demonstrate and do sit-ins. A lady in the group who befriends her is Annette Benning, who still looks pretty good without makeup. The story jumps around a lot and people come and go in the movie and you have no idea who they are. We should have known when the Enquirer gave it an "A" that it wouldn't be our kind of movie. I don't want to tell you anymore about it in case you want to see it. This is just my humble opinion.
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