Six Sentence Movie Thoughts

Welcome to Six Sentence Movie Thoughts.

Where I try to express my thoughts on recent movies

using only 6 sentences!!!!.
At the end of each review I will post a
rating scale of 1-5 .
Rating scale will be as follows:

5 Stars- You must watch this movie NOW!!
4 Stars- A great movie, put it on your TBW list.
3 Stars- Happy that I watched it...a good way to spend a few hours. 
2 Stars- Just O.K but nothing to write home about.

One Day
~Reason for watching it: I have the book but just haven't made the time to get to it. Saw this at the library for $1.50 and figured why not.

I loved the concept of getting together every year on the same day and also the emotional turmoil Emma and Dexter experienced as their relationship changed and evolved. Even though much of it played out quite predictably, I still enjoyed the movie. I really want to read the book because I'm sure it will add a bit more depth to the story.

Rating: 3 Stars

One For the Money
~ Reason for watching it: I have been reading Janet Evanovich's Stephanie Plum series forever. I had to see how it translated to film.

After watching this I can say that I accept Katherine Heigl as Stephanie and heck, I even liked who they picked for Joe Morelli. But, I totally can not accept who they cast as Ranger! Ranger needed to be larger than life, not a few inches taller than Stephanie. Other than that, I thought the movie was cute and not a terrible way to spend a couple of hours.

Rating: 3 Stars

The Vow
~ Reason for watching it: I thought it looked incredibly romantic and Channing Tatum is a hottie.

Who in the world wrote this piece of garbage??? OMG! I hated Paige after the accident...she was a cold-hearted person and treated Leo terribly. Yet, poor Leo kept hanging on and believing with time that she would love him again. I think the producers would have done better to stick with the true story instead of trying to put a modern (current time instead of the 1990's) twist on this stupid story. But I guess a couple with strong faith and values doesn't sell in Hollywood.
Rating: 0 Stars

The Hunger Games
~ Reason for watching it: I loved the book and missed the movie when it was in the theater!

Wow!! My husband and I watched this one together and I was pleasantly surprised at how much he enjoyed it. Have to tell you that it really stirred up a great conversation between us and we were talking about this one well after it finished. The costumes were amazing and I thought it stayed fairly true to the book. This one was worth the $3.00 I spent on all four of the movies!

Rating: 4.5 Stars

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Six Sentence Saturday - Movie Review Version

Mamma Mia! The Movie
I have never seen the Broadway version of this but rest assured that I plan to see it before I die! I absolutely loved this movie and was singing some of the songs right along with the characters!! What a fun story and the way they took those ABBA songs and built a story from them was incredible. The location of the movie was to die for...how I long to stay at the inn and swim in those blue/green waters!! I thought everyone did a great job of singing and yes, I'll admit that there were a few cheesy moments, but I didn't care. I cried some, laughed some, and did a lot of dancing!!! Now I want to download a bunch of ABBA songs to my iPod!!!
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Julie and Julia
It's no secret that I hated the book that Julie Powell wrote and frankly, I disliked Julie Powell immensely. The only reason I wanted to watch this movie was to see Meryl Streep bring Julia Child to life and she did not let me down!! Boy, did the movie producers sugarcoat Julie Powell in this movie...she's fairly nice, doesn't drop the F-bomb in every sentence, and it didn't hurt that they chose Amy Adams as Powell (she's someone most people like). I would like to see a movie based on Julia Child's book with Meryl Streep, now that is a movie I would see in the theater!! Meryl Streep makes this movie and I enjoyed it just for her portrayal of the fascinating Julia.  Overall, not a bad way to spend 2 hours!!
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Six Sentence Saturdy Movie Reviews

Leap Year
Released Jan 2010
Source: Checked out from my library for .75 cents
My husband watched this one before me and thought there was no chemistry between the leading man and woman, so I was prepared to be disappointed. Well, amazingly enough I thought this was a cute movie. I have this thing for Ireland so I'm sure that played a huge role in my enjoyment. I have to admit that I ended up with a bit of a crush on the Irish barkeeper. The love story was o.k. but not that believable to me. I would totally recommend that you rent this DVD..not worth the $$ to own.
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The Time Traveler's Wife

Released: 2009
Source: Checked out from my local library .75 cents
I have avoided watching this movie for a full year because I LOVED the book so much that I just did not want to be disappointed. Well, I was!!! The first part of the movie was incredibly slow and if you hadn't read the book, you would be wondering just what the heck was going on. I had to explain a few things to my husband as we watched this. The last 45 minutes were saved by the introduction of Alba....she made the movie for me. This movie didn't elicit very many emotions for me and that in my book makes it nothing to write home about!
My Rating:  Alba raised this from a 2 to a 3

It's Complicated
Released: 2009
Source: Checked out from my local library .75 cents
OMG.....I absolutely loved loved loved this movie!! Meryl Streep just gets better with age and for once I really enjoyed Alec Baldwin. I enjoyed watching how this story played out and thought there was real chemistry between all of the actors. I believed everyone. I cried right at the beginning of the movie where Meryl's character walks back into her empty house and wonders what she's going to do now that her children are grown and flying the coop. This is one movie that I would watch again!!!
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Six Sentence Saturday Movie Review

The Lovely Bones- The movie has to be STELLAR or highly anticipated before I'll plunk down 7 bucks to see it in the theater. Boy, am I glad that I didn't pay 7 dollars to see this one! Remove everything in your mind if you have read the book....start with a clean slate and try not to reference the book at all. It wasn't that I hated it but ,I really did despise the cheesy heaven scenes...just did not work for me at all. What did work, though, was Stanley Tucci- he scared the %^*@ out of me!!!!! So if you have been wanting to watch this movie, do what I did and rent it from your library for cheap!!! I don't feel too bad having spent 75 cents on this one!


* disclaimer- I rented this movie from my library. Therefore, I am entitled to say whatever I want. I am not a professional movie reviewer, just a normal every day person who likes to watch an occasional movie or two.


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Vlog Movie Review: Where the Wild Things Are

I told Debi that I would consider doing a vlog and lo, behold.....I was able to talk my son into doing this!! Please disregard all of my goofy facial expressions. We had no idea what we were doing as you will be able to tell while watching this. Actually, we had a blast!! We've decided that we're going to do our movie reviews this way!!

This movie review was brought to you by Marc and Mom's Cinematic Adventure.

Movie Review: Zombieland

Mom: Marc had been hasseling me ever since he knew Zombieland was coming out. I gave in to his incessant whining and took him to the movies on Saturday.

Marc: So after incessantly bugging mom to take me to see zombieland, I finally struck her good nature after asking with a sweet look on my face. After seeing the movie I think we can both say that we're happy we took an adventure to Zombieland!

Mom: I thought the movie would be scary and full of gore. Well, it was fairly gory. I mean we are talking about zombies after all. But it was not scary at all. In fact, it was very funny and there were times that everyone was laughing out loud in the audience. Woody Harrelson is a riot in this movie. He played his part perfectly and I believed him!!

Marc: The thing that I thought was funny and very important to the story were the rules. The main character in the story, Columbus, had a certain set of rules that he always went with.

1. Cardio- Stay fit! No offense meant to the huskier audience, but to stay alive you have to stay fit. Zombies get the fat ones first.
2. Avoid bathrooms- Zombies soon learned to get you at your most vulnerable, and would wait until you were sitting on the toilet, all relaxed to take a dookie.
3. Double tap- Don't be stingy with your ammo. If you shoot a zombie and it looks like it may be squirming, don't think about it, put another shot in its head.
   

Mom: Overall, I really enjoyed myself. I didn't think that Zombies would really interest me, but I was wrong. If you enjoyed "Shaun of the Dead" then I think you will really like this one. It has it all- humor, funny storyline, great actors, Bill Murray, romance, the geeky-awkward teenager, a great road trip, Twinkies, and an awesome Zombie killing roller coaster ride!! Sign me up for the next one!

Marc: I don't have much else to say except for the fact that I walked away with a smile on my face and a happy feeling in my heart. When it comes to movies, what else can you ask for? If you read this and you don't go to see Zombieland right away.... well, I just feel sad for you... 'cause it was awesome. P.S. Dear Santa, Please bring me this movie when it comes out on DVD. Love, Marc

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