THE IMPOSSIBLE

THE IMPOSSIBLE – WHAT A REALITY

Pick up a prime time ticket or two. This one is worth it.

How often have you seen the results of a horrible natural disaster on the news and said, “I can’t imagine what it would be like to experience that”. With the sheer number of disasters the world has seen lately, we are sure its been once or twice.

A true story is told surrounding the survival of a family of five who are caught in a Tsunami while on vacation.

We aren’t going to waste your time with a review, but we will say that if you want to know what its like to be caught in a Tsunami, go see this film. You will leave no-longer wondering whats that experience is like.

DJANGO

DJANGO – LITTLE TROUBLE MAKER

Prime Time Ticket Movie Here Folks

If you have listened to Jamie Foxx’s satellite radio show or read interviews given by either Jamie Foxx or Quentin Tarantino, you know that they both think highly of this complicated film. We wondered if it would be worth all the hype.

Django played by Jamie Foxx is a slave who was sold to a bounty hunter to assist in finding some wanted slave handlers. In exchange for Django’s assistance, the bounty hunter (Christopher Waltz), gave Django his freedom and offered to help him find his wife (Kerry Washington) who also was also sold as a slave.

We’ll once you get past the language and difficult scenes depicting enslaved black people, you will begin to notice why this film and its actors have received the accolades that they have. In true Quentin Tarantino fashion, he films this movie in a unique way, drawing your eye to scenes that other directors just wouldn’t do. We mentioned getting past the language used in the film, so if your familiar with Tarantino’s films (Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill), you already know the kids probably should stay home. Jamie Foxx does an excellent job selling the fact that he is a slave and the other actors such as Leonardo DiCaprio who plays Calvin Candie almost steals the show with his performance as a slave owner.

This film is definitely worth a prime time ticket and worth all the trouble of finding a baby sitter.

LINCOLN

LINCOLN – THE STORY TELLER

Definitely worthy of a FULL price ticket

OK everyone, get your pin and paper out because your getting ready to be told a historic story that changed the United States forever.

As President Lincoln struggles to deal with the reality of the Civil War, he pushes his political party and a few others to approve the 13th amendment so that slavery can be abolished.

Bravo! Bravo! Daniel Day-Lewis who played Abraham Lincoln, did an outstanding job portraying who some believe to be one of the greatest presidents the United States has ever had. We thought we knew a lot about this era from our studies throughout life, but either we weren’t paying attention or sometimes a visual picture is better than words.

Its a little long and there aren’t any sex scenes or car chases to keep your heart pumping, but the actors were outstanding and the storyline was intriguing and informative. You won’t be dissapointed and if you have some kids who need a study session in history this is the film to take them too.

CLOUD ATLAS

CLOUD ATLAS – YOUR GONNA NEED ONE

If you read the book, prime ticket earner. If not, matinee ticket might be better.

When we review a film, we love to be taken on a journey. That’s definitely what we got with this film.

Halle Berry and Tom Hanks star in this movie as they chronicle the actions of individual lives, detailing the impact that they each have on one another through the journeys of past, present and future.

Directors  Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski, and Lana Wachowski certainly took on a heck of a project, because this was not an easy film to create. If you read the novel, you already know what to expect, but if you didn’t, you just might be confused and possibly disappointed.

Why might you ask? We’ll they are trying to tell the story of many characters across many different settings and time periods. This can easily be done in a book, but when you try to cram it into a 3 hour movie, the task gets much more difficult.

As we have stated, if you read the book, you’re going to love this film. Don’t expect it to be an exact replica, but you will follow the points the directors were trying to present and enjoy it just the same. If you didn’t, well your in for a heck of a ride and you better get your Atlas out so you can follow.