My wife and I decided to see the movie "RED" on Sunday. We went to an early show (1:20) and settled in to watch the movie.
Only a couple minutes into the movie you get some action, and it pretty much continues throughout the movie, but not rediculously so. Every few minutes. Bruce Willis was good in the movie, as was Morgan Freeman, and John Malkovitch was hilarious. Even my wife enjoyed the movie.
The movie wasn't simply an action film, either. There was just a touch of romance, and plenty of funny stuff, mixed in with the action.
Basically, Bruce Willis and the other main characters are all retired CIA agents, living their lives peacefully spread throughout the United States. Then they all come to realize that their lives are in danger, possibly by the same CIA that they worked for, so they team up in an effort to find out who's trying to kill them, why, and put an end to it.
Over all, the movie was extremely enjoyable, and I would recommend it to just about anyone. It was well worth the money, and I would not have been disappointed if we had paid the normal evening price.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Let Me In
My wife and I decided to see "Let Me In" today. We went to the 4:20 matinee and settled in for the movie.
The movie starts out okay, slightly suspenseful, but keeping my attention. It takes place during the early 80's so the hairstyles, clothing, and home decor took some getting used to. Trying not to give too many details, this preteen boy lives with his mother and when some new people move into the apartment next door, he tries to make friends with a girl near his age. He slowly comes to discover that something isn't right with her, but desperately needs a friend to help him deal with his school bullies, and the stress of his religious alcoholic mother divorcing his father.
Overall, the movie wasn't bad, especially for a matinee. I thought that several scenes were dragged out a little bit too long, but not rediculously so. Also, there were several smaller climaxes, instead of one major climax that turns the movie. This slightly disappointed me, because I kept asking myself, when is the movie going to peak? And it kind of never did. Not that it was bad. I still enjoyed the movie...it just never really reached one MAJOR climax. In the end, I felt mostly satisfied, but did have several questions.
So in conclusion, I would recommend this movie, but I would say go to the matinee. It was pretty good, not extremely scary, but had decent suspense. Not a bad movie to take a girl to if she likes scary (but not too scary) movies.
The movie starts out okay, slightly suspenseful, but keeping my attention. It takes place during the early 80's so the hairstyles, clothing, and home decor took some getting used to. Trying not to give too many details, this preteen boy lives with his mother and when some new people move into the apartment next door, he tries to make friends with a girl near his age. He slowly comes to discover that something isn't right with her, but desperately needs a friend to help him deal with his school bullies, and the stress of his religious alcoholic mother divorcing his father.
Overall, the movie wasn't bad, especially for a matinee. I thought that several scenes were dragged out a little bit too long, but not rediculously so. Also, there were several smaller climaxes, instead of one major climax that turns the movie. This slightly disappointed me, because I kept asking myself, when is the movie going to peak? And it kind of never did. Not that it was bad. I still enjoyed the movie...it just never really reached one MAJOR climax. In the end, I felt mostly satisfied, but did have several questions.
So in conclusion, I would recommend this movie, but I would say go to the matinee. It was pretty good, not extremely scary, but had decent suspense. Not a bad movie to take a girl to if she likes scary (but not too scary) movies.
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