'Dance Flick' is a spoof of that inspirational dance movie... It's a creation of some of the Wayans' guys.
You know I love a good stupid movie. This isn't it. It's too ridiculous from the start. There's absolutely nothing believable happening. No lead in, but all shock value. All silliness.
Granted, there were a few moments that I laughed out loud, and I'm grateful for that. But there were more moments where I just wasn't amused.
There were also moments very inappropriate for the kids. I would keep this one away from them. It has some pretty raunchy moments that you don't want your creeepy 14yo son to be watching. No need giving them any ideas.
Ok, so maybe on a different day I would have felt differently, but today, I didn't love 'Dance Flick'.
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Thursday, September 10, 2009
Friday, September 4, 2009
State of Play ***
'State of Play', starring Russell Crowe and Ben Affleck turned out to be a pretty good political thriller. I hadn't heard a lot about it, so I wasn't very excited.
It's one of those stories about the newspaper guy whose best friend is a Congressman, and there's a story to blow! There are lots of twists and turns, and a rapidly evolving plot. I like that when it's well done, and here, it is. It's not the greatest story I've ever heard, but at least everything made sense!
'State of Play' also stars Robin Wright Penn, Rachel McAdams and Jason Bateman. They all do a really good job, but I must say that Jason Bateman plays a great sleaze bag! I would hate for him to get type-cast here, but I think he may become the rich guy with too much hair gel in a lot more movies.
This one is totally OK for the kids. There is discussion of marital infidelity, but that's about it. I doubt, however, that most kids would hang on to this story.
'State of Play' was a good watch!
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It's one of those stories about the newspaper guy whose best friend is a Congressman, and there's a story to blow! There are lots of twists and turns, and a rapidly evolving plot. I like that when it's well done, and here, it is. It's not the greatest story I've ever heard, but at least everything made sense!
'State of Play' also stars Robin Wright Penn, Rachel McAdams and Jason Bateman. They all do a really good job, but I must say that Jason Bateman plays a great sleaze bag! I would hate for him to get type-cast here, but I think he may become the rich guy with too much hair gel in a lot more movies.
This one is totally OK for the kids. There is discussion of marital infidelity, but that's about it. I doubt, however, that most kids would hang on to this story.
'State of Play' was a good watch!
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Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Life As A House ***1/2 (almost 4)
'Life As a House'... have I mentioned I'm a huge Kevin Kline fan?? I don't think he's made one that I've hated, and I can't say that for many!
I really wasn't excited about this one though and in fact, almost took it off of my queue several times. The sleeve sounds horribly sad... about a guy dying. In case you didn't know, I'm not a fan of the really sad kind of drama. I can appreciate it, but most times I wish I'd just skipped it. This one was a very rare exception.
'Life As A House' tells a beautiful story of a guy dying, and his very dysfunctional family. From the start, there were several things that disturbed me about the characters in the movie. But as I continued to watch, the story unfolded absolutely beautifully! It was like a Hemingway novel. Every twisted piece of information tied back in later. I love it when all of the pieces fit!!
There were a few disturbing bits of Americana in 'Life As A House' that I think could have been left out, but we probably need the intrigue. These things are the ones NOT appropriate for the kids... including a teenage 'hot' shower scene and some statutory rape thrown in for effect to name a couple! Let your kids watch this when they're much older!
Despite the inappropriateness, 'Life As A House' is a beautiful story about love, forgiveness and human frailty. I teared up a little at the end, but it made me more happy than sad. Absolutely amazing given the movie description!
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I really wasn't excited about this one though and in fact, almost took it off of my queue several times. The sleeve sounds horribly sad... about a guy dying. In case you didn't know, I'm not a fan of the really sad kind of drama. I can appreciate it, but most times I wish I'd just skipped it. This one was a very rare exception.
'Life As A House' tells a beautiful story of a guy dying, and his very dysfunctional family. From the start, there were several things that disturbed me about the characters in the movie. But as I continued to watch, the story unfolded absolutely beautifully! It was like a Hemingway novel. Every twisted piece of information tied back in later. I love it when all of the pieces fit!!
There were a few disturbing bits of Americana in 'Life As A House' that I think could have been left out, but we probably need the intrigue. These things are the ones NOT appropriate for the kids... including a teenage 'hot' shower scene and some statutory rape thrown in for effect to name a couple! Let your kids watch this when they're much older!
Despite the inappropriateness, 'Life As A House' is a beautiful story about love, forgiveness and human frailty. I teared up a little at the end, but it made me more happy than sad. Absolutely amazing given the movie description!
'Life As A House' was a great watch and once again, I love Kevin Kline! (He also had an amazing cast behind him including Kristen Scott Thomas, Hayden Christenson, Mary Steenburgen and Scott Bakula -- I loved 'Quantum Leap' as a kid!)
Really well done!!
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