April 2009 Archives

2008

Plot: A broken-down professional wrestler doesn’t know when to quit.

Eric: This was a sad, gritty movie—but good. I didn’t know the wrestlers planned everything before the match: “you do this, and then I’ll do that” sort of thing. Are the matches fake? I don’t get it.

Kelly: Yes, sweetie, those wrestling matches are fake. Sorry to rock your world. The blood looks pretty real, though. Ick. This was a pretty rough movie, but the acting was well worth sticking it out. Great performances all around!

2007

Plot: Bury the bloody body already!

Eric: I don’t get British humor. I was dying for this movie to be over.

Kelly: Aren’t you the same guy who loves Mr. Bean?

2007

Plot: “I’m a Mac” geek saves the world from Bruce Willis.

Eric: Only John McClane could knock out a helicopter with a water stream from a fire hydrant. Yawn.

Kelly: I got lots of knitting done that night.

1973

Plot: The Big Con done right (take note, Ocean’s Thirteen).

Eric: I hope I redeemed myself for sleeping through Butch Cassidy and the Sundace Kid by requesting that we watch this other Newman/Redford collaboration. But now I can’t get the song, The Entertainer, out of my head. Help!

Kelly: I’m on board with any movie that combines Newman and Redford. They make me happy.

2006

Plot: Idealistic Scottish doctor impresses Ugandan dictator Idi Amin by stealing his gun and shooting an ox with it, thus becoming his chief medical advisor.

Eric: I had some African friends in college that talked about Idi Amin all the time. This movie was fiction, but it helped me understand why the man was so infamous. Forrest Whitaker’s performance was superb.

Kelly: Forrest Whitaker was amazing. It was a very interesting movie about a time in history I admit I know very little about. The specific story may have been fiction, but the overall mood of the country was fascinating.

2002

Plot: A movie to forget.

Eric: The best way to fall asleep before bedtime is watch a movie based on a Nicholas Sparks novel.

Kelly: Was this a real movie or an after-school special? I'm confused.

2008

Plot: A man made out of vegetables helps a rat who loves soup save a mouse with dumbo-sized ears and can magically read books.

Eric: Cute mouse; dumb story. His name is impossibly hard to spell.

Kelly: I liked Ratatouille better. ("I keel a man...with deez thumb!")

2005

Plot: Love finds a home at Christmas.

Eric: This is one of my favorite ensemble-cast movies; I should find room for it on my top 23. Watching the Sarah Jessica Parker character try to fit in with this loving, open-minded family is painful to see, but has some very poignant moments.

Kelly: We watched this shortly after some dysfunctional- apathetic-family movie, and it was refreshing to feel the love. I enjoyed the ensemble cast, too. Every single character was interesting and believable.

2009

Plot: Widow with special needs son falls for a younger man in a chicken suit.

Eric: I am perplexed how we got a hold of this movie, since it’s not officially released to theatres or DVD, yet. Maybe they shouldn’t.

Kelly: I seriously did not need to see Ashton Kutcher’s butt in this film. Maybe this explains why he has 1,200,000 followers on Twitter.

2006

Plot: Overachieving architect escapes responsibility to his family by fast-forwarding through life.

Eric: Creepy. Not funny. Click.

Kelly: Click.

2008

Plot: A guilt-ridden man goes to the ultimate lengths to make amends, gets electrocuted by a deadly jellyfish.

Eric: I was confused and unsympathetic about this movie until almost the very end, and convinced I wasn’t going to like it. I haven’t been blindsided by a movie like this since The Sixth Sense.

Kelly: I agree! I thought the movie was totally overrated until the conclusion. Don’t give up on this one! You will be rewarded if you stick it out to the end. Don't worry about the jellyfish...yet.

2008

Plot: LA Cops lock up a frantic woman for seeking the truth about her kidnapped son.

Eric: I had an intense visceral reaction to this movie that kept me awake for hours. Righteous indignation will do that.

Kelly: We could hardly believe this was based on a real-life event. The injustice of the whole thing was overwhelming. (Nevertheless, I slept like a rock.) What a great movie!