Lovely Bones

Michelle's Review

I have never read the book that goes a long with this movie, so I didn't really know what to expect going into it.  I knew the basic plot line though, and knew it would kind of be a creepy movie.  And indeed it was.  The way the movie was directed and written was a little odd, but the story line just made me sick to my stomach.  I did not really like this movie, and would not recommend it to anyone who has children.  (The thought of losing a child in this way just makes me sick.)

Entertainment: 2 stars

Message: 2.5 stars

Acting: 3.5 stars

Cleanliness: 4 stars
(There wasn't any bad language or immoral stuff that I can remember, but what happens to the girl in this movie is really creepy.)

Originality: 4.5 stars

Overall: 3.3 stars

Greg's Review

This movie was disturbing just due to the story line itself.  It deals with a serial killer that murders young women and gets away with it until the end.  It was interesting if you like this type of movie.  To the review:

Message:  4 stars
(although horrible things happen to us there is a silver lining.)

Originality:  3.8 stars
(The story was told through the eyes of the daughter that gets murdered and that point of view was interesting.)

Acting:  3.5

Entertainment:  4 stars

Cleanliness:  3.5 stars

Overall:  3.8 stars 

Oceans

Michelle's Review

Greg has been in between semesters for the past week or so now, and one day we were trying to find something to do.  Going to movie seemed like fun, and it just so happened that this movie was playing.  We don't normally go to the movie with kids anymore because well now that is just crazy.  But we made an exception with this one hoping that Deagan would really like it and it would go really well.  It must have been fate because we were the only ones there that day to see it and Deagan did infact like it! Two perfect combinations!
The movie was actually pretty good with a TON of amazing photage of a ton of amazing sea animals.  I have a pretty big fear of water since for some reason I have convinced myself that there is a shark in every body of water (lame I know), but I am always fasinated with reading about or watching stuff about the ocean and sharks. 
Towards the end of the movie, Kayden was getting restless and Deagan was getting a little too crazy with all the freedom, so I was anxious to get out there and the movie just wasn't ending soon enough.  But overall, it was a great movie and I would reccomend it to anyone with kids or anyone who just wants to watch a movie about oceans:)

Entertainment: 4.5 stars

Originality: 5 stars

Acting: n/a

Message: 5 stars
(The underlying message was obviously to protect the ocean, and you gotta admit; that is a pretty good message:)

Cleanliness: 5 stars
(Gotta love rated G movies!)

Overall: 4.8 stars

The Time Traveler's Wife

Michelle's Review


I am a sucker for romance movies obviously, so that was my reason for wanting to see this movie.  We actually went to see it in theaters a while back, but had a bad experience at the theater with Deagan and didn't stay for more than 20 minutes of it.  We finally rented it, and I am glad that we got to finish it finally.  We felt like some of the parts felt too close to home, so it was really emotional for us.  But we liked the movie overall.  Definitely worth watching if you are into romance movies:)

Entertainment: 4 stars

Acting: 3.5 stars
(I think that Rachel McAdams is a good actress, but I am not that impressed with Eric Bana in this movie.  I have seen him in other roles, and like him, but he was definitely not my favorite in this one.)

Originality: 4.5 stars

Cleanliness: 3.5 stars
(There was some language, and a few risque parts)

Message: 4 stars


Overall: 3.9 stars

Greg's Review

We went to see this movie a few months ago when it was in the theater but we got "shhh"ed by some lady that was not having a good day apparently.  We went to a matinee and we brought Deagan with us.  He was playing around us and we didn't think anything of it.  Anyway, so I had only seen the beginning and I wasn't too impressed so when we rented it I did not have high expectations.  I was very surprised and I will admit I shed a few tears!  For anyone that knows me that is very uncharacteristic of me.  Anyway, it was very sad in the end and it had to do with death and kids were invovled and I guess it just hit home.  So with that to the review:

Entertainment:  4.5 stars

Originality:  4.5 stars
(You could have predicted the ending but it was not obvious and he travels through time! That is pretty unique.)

Message:  4 stars
(tragedy happens and we need to move on)

Acting:  4 stars

Cleanliness: 3.5 stars
(There was one scene)

Overall:  4.1 stars

Avatar

Michelle's Review


First off, when I first heard that this movie was coming out, I had absolutely no desire to see it.  I am not into the whole sci-fi scene.  People kept telling us how good it was, but I just wasn't convinces.  Then I was at Target last week, and it was on sale for $14, or something like that, and I almost bought it just because it was a pretty good deal for a new release.  I decided that we should see it first though just incase we didn't like it.  Well, we rented it this past weekend, and I REALLY liked it.  I was converted:) Really, all skeptics should see it.

Entertainment: 5 stars

Acting: 4 stars
(Most of it was really great, but Sam Covington had a few moments that were a little awkward sounding to me.)

Originality: 4.5 stars
(The story line was pretty predictable.  It felt a lot like a cowboy vs indian type of plot.  But James Cameron created this whole new world with a new language, and I consider that to be pretty original!)

Cleanliness: 3.5 stars
(There was a lot of bad language)

Message: 4 stars

Overall: 4.2 stars

Greg's Review

Well, I do not normally like sci-fi-type movies but I have to say that Avatar was pretty cool!  I thought that it was amazing how they were able to create this new world and the computer animation was amazing.  I think that pretty much the whole movie was eye-candy and refreshing.  To the review:

Entertainment:  5 stars

Originality:  3 stars
(Like Michelle said it was a futuristic story of cowboys and indians)

Acting:  4.5 stars

Message:  4 stars
(Good can triumph over evil)

Cleanliness:  2.8 stars
(There was quite a bit of foul language)

Overall:  3.9 stars