2009
Plot: The best billion-dollar James Cameron film since Titanic.
Eric: I agree that the story was an old plot a new planet. But the visual creation was magical and worth seeing. Oh, wait! Everybody has seen it…in 3D of course.
(5 paws)
Kelly: I don’t think I blinked in two and a half hours.
(4 paws)
2007
Plot: This movie doesn't add up.
Eric: I think the producers of this movie must have flunked algebra.
(1 paws)
Kelly: Eric and I got married on the 23rd of February. OH MY GOD!!!!!
(1 paws)
1999
Plot: Eric gives Kelly the red pill.
Eric: I can’t believe Kelly had never seen this movie before.
Kelly: I can see why this movie is a cult classic, but I am so making Eric watch Pretty Woman next.
2009
Plot: Harry, Ron, and Hermione better hurry up and graduate from Hogwarts before they reach middle age.
Eric: Best of the Harry Potter movies up to the point Dumbledore bit the dust; I think I’m scarred for life.
Kelly: I love that these movies get darker as the kids get older. The Harry Potter movies (this one in particular) do a wonderful job of making J.K. Rowling’s world even more magical than I imagined it when I read those fantastic books.
2009
Plot: Spock goes back in time to reset the Star Trek franchise.
Eric:
I enjoyed this newest incarnation of Star Trek immensely and gushed about it when I got home. However, the day after I also felt a tinge of mourning for the lost campiness and morality-laced screenplays of the original series and movies. It’s all about action and loud noises, now. It’s not bad, just different. I had a similar reaction when I saw the last James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace. Not bad, just different, and a radical departure from what we are used to. Change is good, however, especially in the Star Trek universe.
Kelly:
I am definitely not a Trekkie. One of my roommates in college was, and she taught me a thing or two (first lesson: “It’s not Star Track, Kelly! It’s Star Trek! Ugh.”) Nevertheless, I totally loved this movie. It stands on its own as a wild and entertaining ride. You don’t have to know anything about the characters or their previous story lines to enjoy this flick. So live long and prosper…and get to the theatre to see this one.
2009
Plot: Ambitious priest covets the papacy and plans to get it by blowing up Vatican City. Obviously.
Eric: I know Robert Langdon could not solve all those clues and race around Rome with only an hour to spare in between four murder attempts. So what! I had the same sense of wonder I experienced when watching The Da Vinci Code. I had fun asking myself “what if” all those mysterious things really are true—very enjoyable experience. I wish the theater would have been more generous with their jalapeno peppers.
Kelly: This movie was so fun! I read the book a couple of years ago, but I had forgotten about the twists and turns—especially at the end of the story. You will get your money’s worth in this impossible, implausible, visually overloading, action-packed story with some fun Vatican facts a few spiritual mind teasers thrown in. I loved it, even though Eric took most of the jalapeno peppers, and I almost spilled nacho cheese down the front of my shirt.
2008
Plot: This movie caused our DVD player to stand still.
Eric: Some movies should just never be remade.
Kelly: I prefer the tin-man-robot-alien dude from the original.
2009
Plot: Two immortal brothers with retractable claws cause a Three Mile Island meltdown.
Eric: I liked the Wolverine better when his back-story was a mystery. I didn’t buy into the scene on how he lost his memory, and the Fat Bastard rip-off scene was ridiculous. Still, it was a fun movie for guys night out.
Kelly: I let Eric go to the theatre to see this with one of his friends. I am so glad.
No vote.
2008
Plot: Sssshhh, the plants might be listening.
Eric: I encourage all Jeep owners to patch any holes in their soft tops and make them airtight, because you never know when you might be caught leaving town trying to escape airborne neurotoxins emitted from angry, vindictive vegetation. Seriously—this is for real. Get out the duct tape immediately, it’s only a matter of time before a trillion blades of grass get pissed and take over the world.
Kelly: One of these days, my ficus is going to exact revenge on the cats . . . .
2004
Plot: The baby from hell grows up and saves the world’s kitties from giant squids.
Eric: I’m removing Hellboy II from my queue right now.
Kelly: We took The Tudors out of the DVD player for this?
