A couple of comments on movies I have seen lately
***^"We Bought a Zoo" Sheri and I went with Tony to the Marketplace $3 theater. This movie is about a Quixotic attempt by a father to restore his family as they are dealing with the grief of losing his wife, and mother of his two children. To do this he buys a property, which happens to include a zoo. The zoo is previously condemned, and so it includes the efforts to overcome inspection, so they can reopen.
An enjoyable subplot is the relationship between the father (Matt Damon) and his son. The find a way to heal wounds in the son's art. The father uses one of his drawings of a lion to advertise the reopening of the zoo. Scarlett Johansen plays the game keeper. This movie was pretty fun--but the Tony scale wasn't that great. He had to go out at least three times during the movie, for a drink, for candy and for the potty.
****"The Journey of Natty Gann" I watched this movie through Netflix DVD. This is one of our family's favorite movies, but I couldn't interest everyone else in watching it with me; so watched it alone. It is an enjoyable movie, with the struggle of the depression era, the railroad tramps and camps. The grief of the father thinking he had lost his daughter, and then the classic restoration at the end. This movie launched the career of John Cusack as he portrayed a drifter that befriends Natty.
***"The Brothers Grimm" This movie has a nice premise, but then seems to loss itself by going overboard. heir It starts with the premise of the Brothers Grimm being con men, who sell their services of eliminating ghosts and witches, and first creating them, and then overcoming coconspirators who portray the evil beings using pulley and subterfuge. Then the become enmeshed in a real fantasy. A queen is kept alive in a tower while a plague kills the entire kingdom. However turns out, she extends her life inside a mirror. The evil queen has been kidnapping children, which she is going to use to make herself came back to life. It just goes a bit overboard with this. This movie stars Heath Ledger and Matt Damon.
***^"The 300 Spartans" This is the movie I enjoyed as a boy. The drama of the Spartans standing against incredible odds, and then only being defeated when they are overwhelmed. The underdog, beating back the Persian hordes is a classic. My only complaint was the narration. Too pompous for me, but in those days was what made movies.
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