Movie Reviews

The Skeleton Twins (2014)

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The Skeleton Twins (2014)

Director:

Craig Johnson

Starring:

Kristen Wiig

Bill Hader

Luke Wilson

Plot:

Having both coincidentally cheated death on the same day, estranged twins reunite with the possibility of mending their relationship.

Review:

I don’t know why I try and watch these movies. I knew going in it was going to be one of those depressing “real life” indie movies, but I wanted to watch it anyway. Some review somewhere said it had a lot of dark comedy and that’s all it took.

It was by no means as horrible as August: Osage County, it just wasn’t my cup of tea. There were funny moments and it was definitely a darker humor, but they were minor blips in a film about suicidal twins with self-destructive tendencies.

It wasn’t my kind of movie but it wasn’t a bad one. It ended on a hopeful note which was nice. Everything had burned down around them, basically, but they were finally learning some coping skills.

3/5

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)

Director:

Jonathan Liebesman

Starring:

Megan Fox

Will Arnett

William Fichtner

Alan Ritchson

Noel Fisher

Pete Ploszek

Jeremy Howard

Plot:

When a kingpin threatens New York City, a group of mutated turtle warriors must emerge from the shadows to protect their home.

Review:

I do not have the nostalgia attached to the teenage mutant ninja turtles that my husband does. So while he never had a desire to see this movie I was curious.

I do not like the turtles voices and thought they were pretty god awful looking. How do each of them have different accents? Who in production looked at them and thought, “Yeah that looks good.”

Maybe I had more nostalgia attached to them than I thought?

I liked no aspect of this movie. From the turtles, CGI, story, acting, and directing, it did nothing for me and I pretty much hated it.

Also, this should really be re-titled the April O’Neal story since it spent most of the time on her.

1/5

 

In all honesty, I did not watch the last twenty minutes. I couldn’t, I lost all interest, and just didn’t want to waste my time.

Belle (2013)

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Belle (2013)

Director:

Amma Asante

Starring:

Gugu Mbatha-Raw

Matthew Goode

Emily Watson

Plot:

The mixed race daughter of a Royal Navy Admiral is raised by her aristocratic great-uncle in 18th century England.

Review:

There’s really not much, more romantic than 18th century England. Love the clothing and the decor. It’s all so pretty and Belle has an original twist.

Dido, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, is a mixed race daughter being raised by her great-uncle who is the highest court in the land. I know next to nothing about slavery in England and the way the aristocracy acts is confusing and unnatural to me. However, I still love to watch movies set in this era and read the occasional historical romance.

I enjoyed the romance combined with the uncertainty surrounding the case being tried. The movie is not historically accurate, so says wikipedia, but I wasn’t expecting it to be. It was a nice way to end my romance movie month and I would definitely recommend it.

4/5

Double Wedding (2010)

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Double Wedding (2010)

Director:

Craig Pryce

Starring:

Tia Mowry-Hardrict

Tamera Mowry-Housley

O.T. Fagbenle

Chad Connell

Plot:

Two sisters, no love lives. Both end up dating the same man, and inviting him to meet the family on December 17th. He doesn’t know there are two sisters or that he committed to two different dates on the same day.

Review:

It should really be called Triple Wedding, but I guess they didn’t count the grandparents renewing their vows.

The poster really ruins the “twist” and if you can somehow miss seeing it then it might be better. That actually pissed me off, a movie poster or movie trailer should not ruin a movie. Shouldn’t that be common knowledge?

I’m not a twin, but do they often end up unknowingly dating the same man? I thought the premise was contrived, they’re supposed to be close but it was over a month before they realized what was going on and then the way they dealt with it was a bit stupid.

All that being said, I didn’t hate the movie. It was cute and had its moments.

3/5

Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)

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Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)

Director:

Matthew Vaughn

Starring:

Colin Firth

Taron Egerton

Samuel L. Jackson

Mark Strong

Plot:

A spy organization recruits an unrefined, but promising street kid into the agency’s ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.

Review:

I really liked this movie and I’m so glad I was able to see it in theaters. There were some minor issues, but overall I enjoyed myself.

Colin Firth was amazing as Galahad. Never imagined him as an action star, and honestly it looked like a stunt double might be doing some of the fighting, but his scene in the church was the best part of the movie. I laughed so hard when he told that church lady off, of course I was the only person in the theater laughing that hard.

Taron Egerton, Eggsy, played the perfect looking chav. My husband had a hard time believing that he could do all he did by the end of the movie, but because of his military experience and the fact that he was in training for what seemed like a few intense months, I was willing to let it slide.

Samuel L. Jackson made the perfect villain. He couldn’t stand the sight of blood and had a lisp, plus he still had the normal Samuel L. Jackson flair. His henchwoman was also really awesome.

The scene were everyone’s head blows up is awesome.

I didn’t understand why they were happy with the outcome of the end battle. By the time they disabled the machine, I’m sure, a fair amount of the world’s population was dead and/or seriously wounded.

Still we did get to see the ass of a princess.

4/5