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Mama and Papa Movie Review: Breaking Dawn Part 2

23 Nov

Star Rating: 4 stars
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Ok ya’ll.  I saw it.  That’s right.  The Twilight Saga is complete.  Dunzo.  If you are a Twilight fan, most likely you are going to leave the movie completely satisfied — yes, even with the TWIST ending (which for the sake of anyone who has not seen it, I WILL NOT be discussing specifically what happens in the TWIST ending… only because I know some of my closest pals have not seen it and I personally would have HATED if someone told me before I saw it the first time).

Here are a few short points of what I liked and didn’t like:

  • Michael Sheen COMPLETELY makes this movie for me.  He is awesome. So quirky and so evil. PERFECT for Aro.  He’s one of my favorite actors.  I loved him in the Underworld franchise and I love him in this.  My only complaint is that I wish we could have seen more of him throughout the last couple of films. He’s so cool.

  • The little girl who plays Renesmee is GORGEOUS.  Seriously.  She’s so beautiful.  She did a wonderful acting job.  Her name is Mackenzie Foy.

  • However, in my opinion, you could totally tell that they were using CGI on the baby version of Renesmee.

  • Sure, in the pic above it looks like a pretty little baby. At times though, the baby kind of looked like Chucky the doll.  Which maybe that’s the way the director intended… however, it didn’t have a “good creepy” kind of effect on me.   Eeesh. I have a deep hatred for Chucky.  Gave me nightmares for YEARS.  Made me never want to own a doll.
  • Kstew will obviously not win an Oscar for her role as Bella. However, this now being the finale, I can honestly say that she grew and got better with each film.  She looks good as a vampire and I don’t think she bit her lip the entire time. Proud of you Kstew.

  • Besides the creepy toddler, I was a little nervous going in that the “shield” Bella produces was going to suck… but I was really happy with the way they portrayed it.  Very much the way I envisioned it from the book. With all this said, I will say the twist will make you CRINGE and say “WHHHHHAAAATT!?!?!?” However,  don’t pass judgement and forge on through the film… it will be SO worth it in the end.  I actually like THIS ending better than the original in the book.  For me the book kinda petered out in the end.  This little twist idea, whoever thought it up, was a good idea.  That guy/girl needs a bonus.  Makes the movie end — the FRANCHISE end — PERFECTLY in my opinion.

Obviously if you don’t like the Twilight books/movies, you aren’t going to like this movie.  However, I truly feel if you enjoyed the books, you will be completely and utterly satisfied with the movie version.

Quote from Papa:  HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH there ain’t NO WAY Papa would willingly watch this movie.  Ever.

EVER.
Quote from Mama:  “It could have been the pregnancy hormones talking, but I totally got choked up in parts of this movie. True story.”

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Mama and Papa Movie Review: Gone

1 Jun

Star Rating:  2 stars

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Amanda Seyfried.  I like her.  She has that “Like-ability” factor about her.  Kind of the same way I like Kristen Bell.  I think she and Kristen have the potential to do something great.

This movie ain’t it.  I’ll admit I was intrigued by the story preview.  A girl (Amanda Seyfried =Mandy) gets kidnapped.  She’s trapped in a hole dug deep into the ground.  She escapes but no one believes her that she was abducted.  So much so they admit her to a mental facility.  Well, skip forward to present day,  Mandy’s sister is all of a sudden gone when Mandy gets home from work.  She is SURE it’s the dude who kidnapped her. The whole movie is about fighting/running with/from the police regarding the truth of the matter—which no one believes her in the first place.

I think the movie could have been good.  But honestly, it was lacking in a lot of departments.  The mystery of the dude?  He’s just some random dude?  Really?  Not a lot into the back story which if had been told correctly could have been effective for the rest of the movie. The escape from the police scenes were sometimes too much and unbelievable.  Then the cop that actually “believes” her and helps a little bit just fades away.  I was kinda hoping he was involved in someway with her capture… but he was another side character that just faded away. Side characters are important movie makers!! They can make or break a movie!!!

Also, this is on a side note.  Have you ever seen this chick?  Here name is Katherine Moennig.

She’s in this flick and it annoys me to NO end.

1)   She has NO range.  She plays the SAME character in every movie (kinda like Angie Jolie—except for in the Changeling and A Mighty Heart, both of which I liked– although those two characters were similar..hmmmm)

2)   She likes to play androgynous characters.  Ok.  We get it. Woopty Doo.

3)   I keep waiting for this chick to actually do something good, but she disappoints me EVERY time. Sure, I see potential.  Do something with it!  Being Gwynnie’s cousin won’t automatically get you that Oscar!

4)   Please, please can we see a different haircut?  For once? I want to buy you a hairband.  (I say this with love because I, too, am in SERIOUS need of a haircut and a fresh look.  How about we go together?)

This movie is forgettable, thankfully.  Don’t watch it.

Quote from me:  “Which movie was this again?”

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Mama and Papa Movie Review: Paranormal Activity 3

31 May

Star Rating:  3 stars

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Has the shine of the “unknown” in the Paranormal Activity (P.A.) world finally diminished?   After watching the latest in the franchise, I believe so.  Look, I totally believe in spirits, I totally believe in paranormal activity.. I even believe in aliens!  We are not alone fo’ sho’!  Naturally, I gravitate towards these kinds of movies.  I ESPECIALLY love exorcism movies but I love a good ghost/horror/thriller flick.

This movie is the third movie in this franchise and it takes you back to the beginning where the sisters first experience the paranormal activity.  They live with their mother and stepfather.  Right from the start, Katie is seen talking to an invisible friend, Toby.  (presumably a demon entity attached to the kiddos) Toby is at first playful and friendly with the girls and then turns aggressive and harasses the girls.  The ending was weird and confusing to say the least.  I won’t give it away—make your own opinions when you see it.

This movie was slow from the get go.  It took FOREVER to get to the good parts.  I will say this, about the last 30 minutes was pretty cool and thrilling.  The white sheet part was f’n CREEEEEEEPY!!!! I’ll hand it to the P.A. peeps, they really know how to draw out the suspense. However, with all “found footage” movies, it’s hard to keep the interest because everything is SOOOO drawn out if it doesn’t move quick enough.  I won’t lie though, it’s creepy, and it’s way better than Haywire, or Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol!   If you like this kind of movie, it’s worth renting — you might get a tingle out of it.

I hear they are making a Paranormal Activity 4.  I’m not sure how much further they can go with this story.  Hopefully, they can bring the shine back with much more creepy instances sooner in the movie to hold the attention of the viewers.  One can hope!

Quote from me:  “Eh, it’s good flick.  Not the best, but certainly not the worst.”

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Mama and Papa’s first movie review! Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol = Movie Vomit

22 Apr

Star Rating:    NO STARS.

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My husband and I are huge Mission Impossible fans. We’ve enjoyed most of the franchise.  Most of the time with these movies, if there are holes, I can usually forgive them.  But this time . . . THAT is the impossible mission.

This movie is so slow and full of holes it can barely stay afloat. Even the beginning feels forced and fake, like they’re re-enacting something that worked one time before, trying to recreate that success. The movie moves at a snail’s pace that is hard to watch because it drags on and on and on.  Also, with the slow pace, it’s hard to get attached to the characters.  Simon Pegg is just about the only saving grace in this film.  And every five minutes the characters all sit down to “fill us in” on stuff that has already happened, or in some cases stuff that JUST happened.  It’s like the script went through so many hands and rewrites the only thing they ended up with was a patchwork group of scenes that had to be pasted together by having the actors give us an exposition after every action sequence, just to keep the “story” moving.

Now, about that story . . .

1)   Storyline was one dimensional.  Did the bad guy ever really say anything? (Which is too bad because he was pretty darn awesome in the Girl With The Dragon Tattoo — Swedish Version)  We only know anything about him or his threat due to –you guessed it—what the other actors sat down and told us about him.

2)   Too much of the story is just told (with terrible acting) without actually being shown.

3)   Light stick + river = one of the dumbest things ever in any movie, ever.  Ever.

4)   Established threat, complicated mission, fast moving sequences = Mission Impossible formula for success …  you will find none of that here.

5)   The climbing the tallest building in the world stunt was a great idea—however, little Tommy is making an awful lot of ruckus on the windows.  It’s a hotel right?  Or a least a very busy building… so if he is climbing up 10 stories on the outside on the windows themselves, wouldn’t someone see him and be curious as to why this petite man is climbing the building?

6)   Sandstorm fail.  Cheap way to film the chase scene in L. A. without having to film it in Dubai.  Lame.

7)   There’s a limited number of cool gadgets (that number is pretty close to zero) in this film.

8)   His wife is dead.  No, she’s not.  Wait, maybe she is.  Oh look, there she is.  Hi! The End. Dumb.

9)   The Mission Impossible theme song is hardly played. Only hints at the main riff during movie if at all – making it feel like some kind of random “lets see Tom Cruise run – a lot – and then say cheesy lines …..

With a fist in the air, Ethan grabs the briefcase controlling the nuclear missile and manages to slam his fist down on the briefcase stopping the missile, therefore averting catastrophe and actually says “Mission Accomplished.”    ……. HORRIBLE.  THEN, two minutes later, there they are again telling us about what just happened.

10)   WTF is up with Ving Rhames?  Did he HAVE to make an appearance? I mean, I would have rather seen him, little Tommy (only because he is Ethan Hunt after all) and Mr. Pegg thru the whole movie.

11)  This movie ends with a big round of laughs with everyone sitting around the table.  Yay, we can get on with our careers!  Bleh, no thanks.

I HATED this movie.

One of my imaginary BFFs is JJ Abrams. He helped produce the movie. JJ  … call me.  We should talk.

A quote from my husband.  “Garbage.”

A quote from me:    “Suck.”

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