Just Like Heaven is a 2005 Reese Witherspoon movie. It also features Mark Ruffalo as David Abbott. Jon Heder portrays someone with skills in talking to spirits, and adds some freshness to the movie. Witherspoon portrays Elizabeth Martinson who is separated from her body as the result of a car accident. Her body is in a coma, while her spirit haunts Abbott who is living in her apartment. This leads to David finally grieving his wife's death. A romance ensues, and they have to save Elizabeth's body who is going to be taken off life support. This movie has a nice theme, making us decide what is really important in life. Miranda got this movie through DVD Netflix.
John Carter is the big budget Disney scifi based on a book by Edgar Rice Burroughs written 100 years ago. The movie tells the story of the uncle of Burroughs, Civil War veteran John Carter, who is transported by accident to Mars. There he becomes involved in a war between four civilizations, two humanoid, one four armed and green and remind me of Avatar, and a sinister people who are behind the scenes. They manipulate the war, giving information when it suits them. They have superior technology, such as transporting between worlds, having ray guns etc. They remind me of something from Dr Who. This movie took a pounding from the critics, and the box office. It probably looks too much like other movies, Avatar, Star Wars. It has the fight between monster and prisoner in the arena. The monster looks like the snowman from Hoth. There are also traces of Stargate. However there are somethings new. The critter that is like a dog is cute. I also like to interaction between Burroughs and Carter and how this plays into the plot. Maybe the characters in these other movies are based on Burroughs. I give this movie four stars as I love most anything scifi. This is good, but not as good as some others. I saw this movie at Marketplace, $3 theater.
Twelve O'Clock High is from Netflix DVD. This is an old Gregory Peck classic about the stress of war. It gets to the best of them. Dean Jagger (who also played Brigham Young and later converted to Mormonism) portrays the commander who has to get all he can from his men. He won the best supporting actor.
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Movie Night: ***Matchstick Men, **^Howls Moving Castle, ***^Water for Elephants
Matchstick Men we watched through Netflix DVD. This is a Nicholas Cage movie. It is a con man movie, and has the twist at the end, that although not turning out the way you think, in the end turns out well. Nicholas Cage's character has a nervous disorder, as a result of his business. In the end he discovers he cannot be a con man and feel good about himself. I think you have to like the genre to enjoy this movie.
Howls Moving Castle. This is available through Instant Netflix. It is Japanese Animie. The story is somewhat strange, but it does portray a love story. I have always wonder about Japanese animation and the way the add significant highlights to the eyes. This animation has that characteristic. The story is of a woman who is cursed with being old, and how she overcomes this curse. This movie I don't think will appeal to those except those who like anything animated.
Water for Elephants we watched through Netflix DVD. This is a classic circus film, but of a minor circus struggling to keep going. It has Reese Witherspoon, the star of the circus who performs with an elephant, and Robert Pattinson, from the Twilight series and the company veterinarian . They have a love affair, even though Witherspoon is married. Her husband is the antagonist who abuses the animals, has circus performers or staff thrown off the train when he can't pay them. Sometimes this results in death. The climax is when some who have been thrown off, catch up with the circus and let the animals out. The elephant ends up killing the circus boss, who is killing his wife. This leaves his wife free to marry and the run of to Ringling Brothers and raise a family. This movie doe have general appeal I I mildly recommend it.
Howls Moving Castle. This is available through Instant Netflix. It is Japanese Animie. The story is somewhat strange, but it does portray a love story. I have always wonder about Japanese animation and the way the add significant highlights to the eyes. This animation has that characteristic. The story is of a woman who is cursed with being old, and how she overcomes this curse. This movie I don't think will appeal to those except those who like anything animated.
Water for Elephants we watched through Netflix DVD. This is a classic circus film, but of a minor circus struggling to keep going. It has Reese Witherspoon, the star of the circus who performs with an elephant, and Robert Pattinson, from the Twilight series and the company veterinarian . They have a love affair, even though Witherspoon is married. Her husband is the antagonist who abuses the animals, has circus performers or staff thrown off the train when he can't pay them. Sometimes this results in death. The climax is when some who have been thrown off, catch up with the circus and let the animals out. The elephant ends up killing the circus boss, who is killing his wife. This leaves his wife free to marry and the run of to Ringling Brothers and raise a family. This movie doe have general appeal I I mildly recommend it.
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