published by Jonathan on Fri, 03/12/2010 - 23:31
A few weeks back I took the kids and a couple of their friends to see Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010,PG). From ScreenIt!:
A teen must not only contend with discovering that he's the son of a mythological god, but also that he must find Zeus' stolen thunderbolt before a devastating battle takes place among the gods that could destroy Earth.
I'd heard good things about the film but was disappointed. I heard the book is better. The boys loved the film.
I give it 2 out of 5.
published by Jonathan on Thu, 07/12/2007 - 22:04
Tonight we finished watching The Devil Wears Prada (2006,PG-13) (ScreenIt! Review). From Wikipedia:
The Devil Wears Prada is an Academy Award-nominated 2006 comedy-drama film, a loose screen adaptation of Lauren Weisberger's 2003 novel of the same name. It stars Anne Hathaway as Andrea "Andy" Sachs, a recent college graduate who comes to New York City and gets a job as a co-assistant to powerful and demanding fashion magazine editor Miranda Priestly, played by Meryl Streep.
My wife seemed to enjoy it, but I didn't like it at all. Of course, I'm not exactly in to fashion. And though I realize there probably are people who act like Streep's character and employees that fawn over them, but I don't want to watch it. The whole thing just didn't seem genuine to me. I give it 2 out of 5. I'm also not thrilled that it may turn into a TV series.
published by Jonathan on Mon, 01/01/2007 - 08:59
We rung in the New Year with donuts and Flightplan (2005, PG-13) (Screen It! review). From Wikipedia:
A variation on the locked room mystery, the movie depicts what happens after Kyle Pratt (Jodie Foster) boards a fictional Aalto Airlines flight from Berlin to New York with her daughter Julia (Marlene Lawston). After falling asleep and waking up about three hours into the flight, Kyle learns that her daughter is missing. She searches the plane for her daughter, but according to the passenger manifest her daughter never boarded the flight. Also, no one remembers having seen her.
I think Lisa liked it fine, but I didn't care for it. Too farfetched. I give it 2 out of 5.
published by Jonathan on Sat, 10/21/2006 - 21:53
This afternoon the boys watched The Wild (2006, G, Screen It! Review) for movie night. It was OK I guess but had way too much violence and conflict and killer wildebeests. I never would have guessed that's how you spell wildebeest. I give it 2 out of 5.
published by Jonathan on Sat, 11/26/2005 - 21:13
