Zoom

Zoom. . .just ZOOM right past this movie, unless you have a 5 year old, maybe 8, 11 if your lucky. *sigh*

Tim Allen plays a washed up super hero and he should have stayed put. The acting is two-bit, the dialog poor, and the effects dismal. This was the movie my daughter, who is 11 wanted to see. Did she like it. Yes, but this is Red's Reviews, not Little Red's Reviews. ohhh wait, damn that is the title isn't it. . . okay this isn't Red's Red's Little Red Reviews.

I felt sorry for the young actors and actresses that looked up to the older men and women in this movie, the kids were smarter than the adults, thank god, or who knows if the world would have been saved!

They children are misfits, their parents give them up, we never see that happen, they just sorta show up (the kids - not the parents, they do at the end, so at we least we know they have some). . . They are "trained" by washed up Zoom and then work as a team to save the world, they could have saved me 11.00, but I do thank them for the time spent with my daughter, I just wish it had been in front of the silver screen watching Ant Bully.

Devil Wears Prada

Anne Hathaway and Merle Streep. . .two lovely ladies, who act their age in this teenie show.


The Devil Wears Prada was the movie I watched last Friday. I know I'm supposed to do the reviews as soon as I watch them, but I've been tired and worn out, for reasons why you'll have to go to this blog Essence of Red, because this is my movie review blog. :-D


Anyway. . .this is a chick flick, teenie bopper movie. This is NOT a guy film and barely is a grown up, adult female film. It is good. If you like Princess Diaries 1 and 2 as well as Ella Enchanted, Cinderella. . .you'll like this movie. My daughter is 12 and loved it.

Anne Hathaway plays a journalist that strives to make her place in as a Magazine's Editors Assistant. The question is how much is too much. From what I heard in the ladies room, after this movie was over, the book was better than the movie and they leave A LOT of stuff out, but since I didn't read the book. . . I don't know. For what I saw, it was your typical teen beat love story where the grass always looks greener on the other side of the fence, but in this case we're in New York, not Granddad's farm. ;-)

Click

Click was excellent. Two great movies at the Drive-In this weekend. Click takes Adam Sandler on a rollercoaster of emotions, from speeding through arguements, family dinners, job fiascos and eventually... he learns a few things about himself and the path he is on, that will set his and his families life down roads no one wishes to travel. Again... my kids watched this one with me and one of the most heart wrenching scenes even touches the heart of my son. Amazing work and if you like Jim Carrey in Truman Show... Sandler does that in Click. . .emotion from the heart in several scenes. . .though I'll admit... his crying needs some work. ;)

Monster House

Monster House...

This movie was great. I enjoyed it. The house is possessed by someone... or something... you'll have to watch and find out, but I'll let my kids' reaction to it be my review. My son is seven. The first 20 minutes he spent hiding under the dashboard of the van and on occasion would pop up just enough so his eyes could see the movie. (Drive-In theatre in my area)... He eventually made it back to the seat, where he teetered between curled up and scared to watching it openingly.

He voiced concern that he'd have a nightmare and I told him... he'd be okay, we were watching the second movie which wouldn't be scary and he'd forget about how frightened he was with Monster House... it worked. Also what set his mind at ease was reminding him he had seen the commercials for many of scariest parts of the movie. The "frights" start fast. My eldest, age 12, enjoyed it too, but she often analyzes movies as they flow, once she decided she wasn't going to "freak" out, she settled and enjoyed it as did the middle child, age 11.

I doubt I'll purchase this movie, but I am glad I watched it. It ha a Tim Burton feel, but it is done by Steven Spielberg and another person.

Nacho Libre

Nacho Libre. See the picture on the left? That is the best part about this movie. The scenery behind the man in tights. Hell a still shot of the man in tights Jack Black is better than the movie. The dirt in the picture that the actor is standing on is better than the movie. . .

Okay. I know this wasn't supposed to be a good movie. I mean come on. It has Jack Black in it. It is the story of a Monk that wants to be a wrestler. I started watching it. I really had every intention of watching it. I really did. What I did watch put me to sleep, thus the end of my review.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.

Hmm. . . Did I like this movie? Yes, a little. Will I buy it? Yes after it has been out for a few years and goes on sale. Was I satisfied with it and recommend it to others . . .hmm. . .yes, but. . .<<< You knew that was coming didn't you.

I liked the acting. I thought it was well done. Johnny Depp comes back and plays Jack Sparrow again, just as seductive, naughty, crooked and smart ass, as he had last time.

The pirates are smarter than the Captain, just like before, but they are smart enough to let Depp upstage them, which is their job.

Davy Jones. . .ewwww. . .everything about him and his crew is yucky, but that is the way of the story. Right.

What didn't I like? The scene where Jack is thought to be a "God" ????? Maybe I was asleep or something, because that just kinda happened. One moment they were on the ship, next they are on an island, captured, men in cages, Jack a God, that is going to be eaten. . .I was like huh??? Did I disappear for a minute? My head buried in the sand??? So maybe I missed how they got to the island. I don't think so. I mean. . .I was at the drive-in and I never got out of the van. . . but maybe I was teleported during the time they made it to the island of Cannibals.

Any whooooo... the scene where Jack runs away from the natives. OMG . . it is so stupid. I don't remember if I laughed or not. I think I chuckled during the beginning of it, and then it got more silly, I just wanted the scene to end.

Everything seems rushed. They don't take the time to explain things. One minute you are here, the next your there. If you blink you'll miss where you were a minute ago and wonder where your map is so you can follow the sea. There is a guy in the movie painting a map. . .maybe we were supposed to read it, while watching the movie???

The end. . . OMG . . . I don't even want to tell you how I couldn't believe how they ended this flick. A sequeal??? Yes, we'll need one, but the way they filmed it, we'll have everyone back and happy in one minute and wonder how they got there the next.

Cars

Cars by Pixar. Excellent. I went to watch this with my seven year old son. It was wonderful. The cars rule!!!! There are no meddlesome humans. This little race car learns what it means to care about something other than himself. I encourage everyone to watch this cute tale. MOST of all don't leave till the credits are done!!!!

X-Men III

I heard this movie had no plot, but was all action. I grossly DISAGREE! I enjoyed the film and heck yea, there is action!

X-Men III. I think there was more action in this film than in any I have ever seen. There is a lot of death and a loss of some very important players... or is there. WATCH this FILM.

BTW... Stay in your seats and watch the end of the credits or you'll miss some important information in the end. . .grrr..... I hate missing the important stuff!

Poseidon

Poseidon... A great film. Rating 5.

There is action within 10 min. if even that long. They take a quick run through the characters and let you quickly see them as well rounded folks with their own sets of quirks and problems and then WHAM the action starts and doesn't stop. You don't know who will live or die out of this group... Amazing work in my opinion and I loved it.

I watched that and thought... I never would have lived through something like this. One ... I can't swim underwater at all. Two... I can't hold my breath for long... NOW... that is the only thing I found VERY unrealistic, they hold their breath for VERY long times. As a mechanic and gadget man, my husband found a few things unrealistic, but overall I don't think any of that deflects from the film.

The relationship between these characters is wonderful and the bond between and mother and her son... is unshakeable and heartwrenching at times.

RV

This is a funny movie. RV starring Robin Williams will make you laugh and scratch your head wondering if you ever want to attempt to rent an RV and go cross-country. A business man tries to mix business with pleasure and that is a recipe for disaster... especially when you don't tell the wife! (and you cancel a trip to an much BETTER place too!)

I did look over to my husband and say... "I'd still like to do something like that...rent and go cross-country."

This movie pokes fun at not only the business business man, but the RV parks across America and the folks you see there. :-) Rating 4. 5.

I didn't know this... but it is a remake of a film called "Tourist Trap". . .

Over The Hedge

This rates right up there with Ice Age 2. Over the Hedge was excellent! I loved it. My kids loved it. My husband loved it... and the old man sitting two rows behind us... LOVED IT!!!!!! There was so much laughter in the theater I couldn't help but be drawn into this movie just like everyone else. One draw back... hmmm it ended. :-( ;-)

The Raccoon cons the forest creatures into helping him gather food and not just any kind... OUR kind. It is a satire of how we humans are focused on food... and he's right... we are.

Rating a big bold 5!

Mission Impossible 3

Mission Impossible III - I liked. My husband didn't think it was all that special. I thought the "evil" villian could have been played better by a more known actor, but if we didn't see nobodies in something they'd always be nobodies... I enjoyed Tom's performance, but would have liked to see more of the conflict the "fiance" endures, but you don't see any of that, like you did with MI 2. I'd give this one a 3. 5 out of a possible 5. I liked it more than 2, but like I said, it could have been better.

Nanny McPhee

This was a top notch film in my opinion. It is being called the "new" Mary Poppins. It is. It has the same edgie magic, but with the 21st or is that 22nd .. ;-) quality or feel to it. I enjoyed the young actors and actresses and think the story line was excellent. I believe all ages will enjoy this, even those that grew up with the reliable oldie but goodie. My rating for Nanny McPhee a 5 for all ages.

She's The Man

She's The Man Thi is diffinitly for the Nickelodeon Kid and their younger siblings. It is a female teenie bopper movie. It has a young girl who enjoys playing soccer but can't play on her school's team so she disguises herself as her brother and plays for his school. . . then develops a crush on his/her roommate... yes that's a story all in itself.

Rating 1-5 , for ages 11 - 15 - 5; for ages 16 and up a 3.

Failure to Launch

Failure to launch to me was a failure. I think Sarah Jessica Parker needs to stay on TV and not do films. I found this lacking a lot. I felt that there could have been a movie here if the acting was better. I think it says a lot about a movie when the best thing I can remember is the CPR performed on a Mockingbird and I would rather have watched the co-stars act than the actors. It is a story about a man that just can't seem to leave his parents home, even then he behaves like a child when he realizes what is up... but he is over 30 and living at home with mom and dad. It isn't because he's inept, or jobless, or having an emotional crisis... he's lazy. A waste of my time and Matthew's talent and what little Parker has was wasted here too. Rating 1-5 ... 1 (and that's being nice)

Ice Age 2

I can't say enough about this movie. Ice Age 2 was a blast. I loved every minute of it and so did my kids. It was full of laughter, scarcasm and that nutty squirrel thing... :-D If you have to see an animated movie with your kids, heck if you have to "rent" a kid as an excuse to see an animated movie... Make it this one. You have to!!

If You have never seen the first one! Do it!! Ice Age 1 was just as much fun as the sequeal is.

From the opening with Scamp to the ending, this is none stop laughter with a touch of romance for the Mammoths. There is danger as prehistoric ocean fish stalk the herd and if you never thought a Mammoth could hang suspended from a tree by its tail - - YOU are WRONG!!

The Wild

The Wild - I watched this back in April and I was disappointed with it. It is cute, but not cute enough for the price I paid at the Matinee. I was disappointed in it really. The animation is great, but nowadays if animation isn't top notch there has to be some really good explanation for it even being allowed on the movie screen.

There was so much potential for this story. I thought the young cub could have done so much in the city. To me that was the wild... for him. Then when they arrive at "the wild" it just gets more lame and pathetic, not to mention silly and not in a good way.

On a 1 to 5 rating... I'd say for ages 2-7 (5), ages 7 and up 2 (and that is being generous).

Who am I?

My name is Dee and you are more than welcome to call me that as well as Red or RHF. I write Erotica as a hobby right now, but hope one day to make it a profession or at least make a little $$ from it, but it isn't necessary. I will keep writing whether I do or not.

Why a Movie Review Thread? Because I have been watching quite a few lately and have decided I wanted a place to talk about them. I encourage comments and opinions on these reviews and hope perhaps one day I'll see them. I will post some from my Essence of Red Blog and then the new ones from this weekends Movie extravaganza I was on.

In the meantime there is a bit about me in my profile.

~ Dee/Red