Wednesday, October 5, 2016

SULLY

Movie:  Sully
Jan's Rating:  A
Time:  1 hour 36 mins.

Jan's Review:  Just got home from seeing "Sully" with my husband and sister and we all thoroughly enjoyed this movie.  I'm sure you remember back in January 2009 when a US Air passenger jet with 155 people aboard landed on the Hudson River, and all survived, thanks to the excellent pilot skills of "Sully" Sullenberger.  What the public didn't know at the time was the horrible ordeal he was put through because the NTSB wanted to call it pilot error, which would have ended Sully's career with no pension.  They said he could have made it to LaGuadia airport, when in actuality he had no choice but to land on the Hudson River, and is a hero to all those people aboard because miraculously no one was killed, only a few scrapes.  He was able to prove to them that it was impossible for him to make it to any airport.  The survivors all send him Christmas cards now.  It was a heart-warming sight watching New York's finest rescuing all those people from the plane, just like they did on 9-11.  This movie is definitely worth seeing!

BRIDGET JONES BABY

Movie:  Bridget Jones Baby
Jan's Rating:  B
Time:  2 hours 5 mins.

Jan's Review:  I am a fan of Renee Zellweger and happy to see she is making movies again.  I thoroughly enjoyed the other Bridget Jones movies and this one was no exception.  Bridgett finds herself over 40 and still single so decides to concentrate on her job as a top news producer.  A co-worker talks her into taking a vacation with her and convinces her that she just needs some sex in her life.  So, while on this little vacation, where they lived in tents, she meets Patrick Dempsey (every woman's dream man) and has a one-night stand with him, which was enjoyed by both.  She goes back to work and an old boyfriend (Colin Firth) comes back into her life and they have sex, but she decides it didn't work last time, so she doesn't want to try again.  Then she finds out she is pregnant and has to tell both men they might be the father.  The rest of the movie is the best part so I won't give away what happens.  You go see it and find out for yourself.  :-)

Saturday, October 1, 2016

DEEPWATER HORIZON

Movie:  Deepwater Horizon
Jan's Rating:  C-
Time:  1 hour 47 minutes

Jan's Review:  The previews of this movie looked really good on TV but I was very disappointed when I saw it yesterday.  It is the true story of a Gulf oil rig explosion which is one of the biggest man-made disasters ever to happen.  I can't even imagine how horrible it must have been for the workers on that rig, all because BP skipped some important steps to save money.  There was good acting in the movie, especially by Kurt Russell and Mark Wahlberg.  However, they spent way too much time showing you all the gauges, and how they worked, which would only be interesting to anyone who had worked on an oil rig.  My friend, Gloria, slept through most of the movie.  When the oil starting seeping onto the rig and then caught fire, it was very traumatic, but the fire scene lasted forever.  They were lucky that they only lost a few of their workers, which was bad enough, but with a fire like that, you would have thought they all would have died.  On a good note, I do plan to see two good movies next week, so stay tuned!