Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011)

6 bucks well spent. Thoroughly enjoyed the ride. It was good to see Brad Bird do well with live actors. We already know he can do well with stories (The Incredibles - The Iron Giant - Ratatouille). I think the biggest turn for 4 is making Cruise work with a team, in the sense it's not all about him. The other characters held equal balance here and made this a very engaging flick.

A must see.

Wow. Just...wow. I had very little expectations for MI4.

Well hopefully that make it an unexpected surprise and that much more fun for you to watch.

I'll give this a shot when it hits DVD.

Prometheus



Finally.... worth waiting for... like I had a choice 

I believe it lives up to the hype. I wasn't disappointed in any way. Not perfect, but dayum near. I won't give away any spoilers but this spin control of trying to say it's not a prequel to Alien... well, I guess we need to discuss what prequel means.

Many scary and disturbing scenes. Lots of surprises as well. We did see the 3D version. That was done well, but honestly there's only a few scenes where it truly becomes immersive. The sets were spectacular. The characters.... well some were outstanding, but several were completely background noise.

Excellent use of sound. I'm sure Ridley Scott made sure that was all part of what he wanted to bring to the screen.

It's interesting to see how the movie get to the image above. I believe that was the core seed of thought for Ridley Scott. Who, why, when and what were the space jockey's doing?

See it on the big screen. And then buy it when it comes out on DVD. I'm sure it will still be just as effective on the small screen.

Noon show.... about 20-30 people. I still think our B&B is a hidden treasure. If though it's been there awhile, it's not the go to place... yet.

The Guilt Trip

Despite not fond of paying theater money to go see drama or comedy, this was a fun movie to watch. Get out of the cold, away from the crowds. Barbara and Seth have chemistry as the strained out son and the over-bearing Jewish mother. What really made this was the consistent comedy throughout. It didn't bolt out of the gate and then lose steam. It just stayed funny.

I know the movie deliberately pulls at the heart strings, but that's OK. The end is a beautiful little twist I didn't see coming and just wrapped things up nicely.

Definitely recommend. It will appeal to all ages, men and women.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FMQLzOq1i4

World War Z 3-1/2 stars

Let’s say I was hesitant going into World War Z for many reasons. Mainly because it was PG-13 and that it would be a watered down version of what I should expect from a zombie flick. I was pleasantly surprised to be presented a fun entertaining, and at times, a tense film. This movie is really chopped up and which is not a big deal. It does involve locations all around the world, so there’s little time to spend time with the transisitons in scene changes. The pace was very good. It pretty much starts off with a bang and doesn’t let up.

World War Z pretty much follows the 28 Days Later zombies. It’s more of infection than a return of the slow lumbering living dead. Some transitioning into zombies in about 12 seconds. I did have one issue. In their enthusiasm to present fast hordes of zombies, zombies somehow developed better than human actions. Leaping and running like superhuman. Having superhuman strength, etc. While it was subtle, it stood out to me.

The characters were all good, despite most of them being in the background. Brad Pitt and his wife stand out, the rest come and go.

There were plenty of tense scenes, but most we have seen before. I did roll my eyes at the cliché scene of protagonist who HAVE to sneak through and be super quiet to not alert the zombie horde. Well guess what… yep, not once but 4 times accidentally make loud sounds. I get that’s little bit of script generates a lot of tense action, but it’s been done time and time again.

Again, all minor annoyances, in the context of it all. At the end of the day, I was entertained. I wanted to see lots of wild action on the big screen and I got it. There really is no end to this movie, thus highly suggesting sequels. I will probably not go to the theater to see the sequels. Pitt has suggested there will be sequels and some folks think, they will incorporate more things from the book. Apparently very little was brought from the book for this flick. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPGUtytMUk8