Tag: movies
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Tony Stark, James T. Kirk & Mr. Spock
Over Memorial Day weekend, we took advantage of the downtime to see two movies, “Iron Man 3” and “Star Trek: Into Darkness.” All of us have enjoyed the Iron Man franchise, which we came to late, after seeing “The Avengers.” Sarcasm plays a prominent role in our lives, and we appreciate seeing it well done…
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Abraham & Alfred
I’m not sure that movies watched on an airplane should actually ever count as movies watched but having had the opportunity to watch both “Lincoln” and “Hitchcock” on a recent flight, I did want to take the opportunity to express opinions about both of them. I actually don’t have that much to say about “Lincoln”…
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Zero Dark Thirty
Jim and I played hookey Tuesday morning and went to see Zero Dark Thirty, partially because we had heard good things about the movie and partially because we wanted to see what all the fuss was about. (Slight digression: Dear Senators who don’t believe in the First Amendment: please understand that the more fuss you…
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William, Victor (sort of), Charles and Peter
This past holiday break has allowed us to do some things that we don’t normally have time to do (like seeing 3-hour movies, but I digress). There were several productions that we saw that we very much liked. The first is the Shakespeare Theatre’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The Harman Hall stage resulted in a…
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Movie Trifecta
We don’t usually manage to get to movies much, as they require we be at a specific place at a specific time for two plus hours, and that is usually too much for our schedule to accommodate. Even when we get to the movie theatre, we rarely see anything that is not PG-13 or below. …
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Frankenweenie (the movie)
Okay, I realize this isn’t an earth-shattering observation, but that Tim Burton guy is one creepy dude. We liked his “The Nightmare Before Christmas” for its offbeat humor, but there were some really disturbing parts to the movie as well. His newest movie, “Frankenweenie,” is both more and less disturbing but, on the whole, is…
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The Bourne Legacy
I am a huge fan of the Bourne movies, and Jeremy Renner is my latest candidate for hunk-of-the-year, and so while I was disappointed that Matt Damon didn’t return to the franchise, I was predisposed to like this movie. I did really enjoy the movie, but there are some major differences compared to the Matt…
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Brave (the movie not the adjective)
We saw Brave, the latest Disney/Pixar movie yesterday. In general, we are predisposed to like Disney/Pixar movies, and Brave was no exception. To begin with, the animation was visually stunning. From the panoramas of the Scottish highlands to each individual strand of Merida’s (the heroine’s) hair, everything was beautifully rendered and surprisingly realistic. It was…
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The Avengers (the movie)
We saw The Avengers over the Memorial Day weekend. Before I say anything more about it, I just want to make sure that everyone understands that we are a family who likes cartoonishly violent movies (with the possible exception of Jim, who, at least, tolerates cartoonishly violent movies). That being said, we enjoyed The Avengers…
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Hunger Games (book & movie)
On Saturday, we gave into our children’s pleadings (whinings?) and took them to see the movie, Hunger Games, since everyone in their grades had seen it already. After getting home from the movie, I then promptly read the book to see how true to the book the movie was. Book first (priorities are priorities). Hunger…