FUN AND FABULOUS MOVIES VIA MY HUBBY

The month would not be complete it I did not ask my hubby the question, "What are your favorite movies?" I am a gal and this month has been from my perspective so it is nice to have a man's point of view. I do agree that most these movies are fabulous. In fact the Bourne movies where movies I asked for our collection. So here are a few of HIS favorites in no particular order!

Top Gun

Dumb and Dumber

The original 3 Star Wars

The Wedding Singer

The Bourne Trilogy

The first 3, original, Indiana Jones' movies

Percy Jackson & the Olympians The Lightening Thief

I remember in high school reading and learning of the mythical gods. The stories of Zeus, Hercules and Athena. I am a Christian and believe in only one God but these myths are interesting. This movie was fun for our whole family. My 6 and 8 year old enjoyed it greatly and were stunned to silence for pretty much the entire time. I can't say that about the "redneck" family behind us that spent the ENTIRE movie smacking, slurping, ripping and woot-hollering at the screen. OK, that is off topic but seriously annoying when a group of people ruin it for others. This movie is rated PG and not for really young kids. It isn't as scary as the Narnia movies so if they have seen those they will be OK with this one.

Law Abiding Citizen

I wasn't quite sure what to expect from this movie. I like both the main actors Jamie Foxx and Gerald Butler, and I heard it was pretty good. So hubby and I watched it last night and I was on the edge of my seat the whole movie. I was upset at the beginning, jumping and scared in the middle, and bewildered and amazed at the end. There are a few surprises. This is definitely a movie for the hubby too, so no chick flick this time. Not a kid friendly movie wait until yours are sound asleep and if you don't like violence don't watch this there are a few scenes that could make you squirm.

I Hate Valentine's Day

OK, guys if you are reading this then run from this movie, this is a "chick flick!" I am a chick so I thought it was cute! Ladies if you want a little romance then get your guy to watch this movie, maybe they will learn a thing or two!

Everybody's Fine

Robert De Niro plays a father to four grown adults, who are spread all over the country. His wife has just passed on and he is trying desperately to have a reunion with all his children. They can't come to him so he travels the country by bus, train and a little help from a trucker to visit his kids. He discovers a few things on the way, a little joy and tragedy. The title says it all when describing his relationship with his kids. His late wife never told him bad news and just said that the kids were fine. He discovers along the way that he was "in the dark" and learns more about his children then he ever knew. This story was sweet and brought a tear to my eye. I think Robert De Niro did a fabulous job and reminded me a lot of my relationship with my own father; for example, calling home only to say, "Hi Dad, is mom there."

Hurt Locker

This movie deals with the Iraq war. I watched this movie with my husband who just returned from a year deployment in Iraq. The beginning of the movie reminded him a lot of Baghdad and to be honest I was worried the movie was going to cause some PTSD. I kept checking on him the whole movie, he was fine, in fact he was quiet at times and the rest he was picking it apart. This movie dealt mainly with the war it did not have any other story line. The whole movie it followed mainly 3 soldiers as they disabled bombs. So i was pretty bored the whole time. There were a few scenes that made my heart sink and I looked at my husband just to make sure he was OK. But to be honest I was paying bills, fluttering around during the movie. This is a "man" movie and yes I do enjoy a lot of action flicks this really didn't do it for me.

Surrogates

Surrogates was a very interesting movie. The idea was robots that looked any way you wanted them and they were you, they thought like you, did what you wanted without any harm to you or disease to you. You were home in your pjs hooked to a machine controlling your surrogate with your mind. Well the creator of surrogates decided that maybe this was not a way to live and set out to destroy all the surrogates. Murder happens and there is Bruce Willis to save the day. OK, so I was a little enthralled with this movie, it was an interesting idea. I will say I will not watch it again it was not one of those and definitely not the best movie Bruce Willis has made but overall not bad.