No Spoilers.....
I'm sure if you have seen the previews before that you know the basis. A girl is killed and she narates the movie from the "in between" I guess like a purgatory of sorts. Now I have not belief in purgatory but that is neither here nor there. I read this book years ago and loved it and I equally love the movie. Peter Jackson got a lot of flack for portraying the "in between" in the fanciful way he did but I found that aspect of the movie quite fantastic. I think he did a great job!
Saoirse Ronan did a wonderful job as the main character as did Mark Wahlberg as the grieving father trying to find the guilty man. Stanley Tucci was downright terrifying as the creepy neighbor in the movie.
It is a tear jerker and it will wrench your emotions in parts. I balled for a LONG time!
However, given the nature of the movie it was done as tastefully as possible with no disgusting parts and no unnecessary gore. Given movies nowadays that was quite impressive!
So give it a go - it is a great great movie! Oh and my husband liked it too so this is NOT a chick click!
“These were the lovely bones that had grown around my absence: the connections - sometimes tenuous, sometimes made at great cost, but often magnificent - that happened after I was gone. And I began to see things in a way that let me hold the world without me in it. The events that my death wrought were merely the bones of a body that would become whole at some unpredictable time in the future. The price of what I came to see as this miraculous body had been my life.”
I'm sure if you have seen the previews before that you know the basis. A girl is killed and she narates the movie from the "in between" I guess like a purgatory of sorts. Now I have not belief in purgatory but that is neither here nor there. I read this book years ago and loved it and I equally love the movie. Peter Jackson got a lot of flack for portraying the "in between" in the fanciful way he did but I found that aspect of the movie quite fantastic. I think he did a great job!
Saoirse Ronan did a wonderful job as the main character as did Mark Wahlberg as the grieving father trying to find the guilty man. Stanley Tucci was downright terrifying as the creepy neighbor in the movie.
It is a tear jerker and it will wrench your emotions in parts. I balled for a LONG time!
However, given the nature of the movie it was done as tastefully as possible with no disgusting parts and no unnecessary gore. Given movies nowadays that was quite impressive!
So give it a go - it is a great great movie! Oh and my husband liked it too so this is NOT a chick click!
“These were the lovely bones that had grown around my absence: the connections - sometimes tenuous, sometimes made at great cost, but often magnificent - that happened after I was gone. And I began to see things in a way that let me hold the world without me in it. The events that my death wrought were merely the bones of a body that would become whole at some unpredictable time in the future. The price of what I came to see as this miraculous body had been my life.”
No Spoilers......
So here's the DL on this movie....... if you like guns - watch this. If you like lots and lots of shooting scenes - watch this. If you like Travolta as a bad guy (with a bald head and an earring) - watch this.
This is a shoot em up kinda movie. It does have a story line which is good too. My husband LOVED this movie. I watched it while painting. LOL! Given there is more shooting than speaking I advise actually watching it while laying on the couch! (Like I used to do!)
Enjoy!
So here's the DL on this movie....... if you like guns - watch this. If you like lots and lots of shooting scenes - watch this. If you like Travolta as a bad guy (with a bald head and an earring) - watch this.
This is a shoot em up kinda movie. It does have a story line which is good too. My husband LOVED this movie. I watched it while painting. LOL! Given there is more shooting than speaking I advise actually watching it while laying on the couch! (Like I used to do!)
Enjoy!
No Spoilers....
This movie was pretty hilarious. If you have a good sense of humor I think you should watch it!
It was a funny movie with a pretty hilarious cast!
Mind you there are some raunchy jokes and scenes but that is to be expected in most films unfortunately though I have to say that theose aspects did NOT overshadow the majority of the none offensive nature of the movie.
Nonetheless I say check it out :)
This movie was pretty hilarious. If you have a good sense of humor I think you should watch it!
It was a funny movie with a pretty hilarious cast!
Mind you there are some raunchy jokes and scenes but that is to be expected in most films unfortunately though I have to say that theose aspects did NOT overshadow the majority of the none offensive nature of the movie.
Nonetheless I say check it out :)
No spoilers....
This will be a fast review. First off no I am not embarrassed that I watched this movie. I have no life LOL and it was one of the few in Redbox I had not seen. So I watched it.
Now that being said I still would be a bit embarrassed if I was Dwayne Johnson LOL - pink fairy outfit REALLY! Geesh! Hope he made a lot of money for that movie!
Either way it is a cutesie kids movie. Typically what one would expect. So if you want to watch a family friendly movie that will make your kids giggle and you will enjoy too then I say give it a try!
This will be a fast review. First off no I am not embarrassed that I watched this movie. I have no life LOL and it was one of the few in Redbox I had not seen. So I watched it.
Now that being said I still would be a bit embarrassed if I was Dwayne Johnson LOL - pink fairy outfit REALLY! Geesh! Hope he made a lot of money for that movie!
Either way it is a cutesie kids movie. Typically what one would expect. So if you want to watch a family friendly movie that will make your kids giggle and you will enjoy too then I say give it a try!
No Spoilers......
Now fair warning here - this is not a normal drama type movie as it is based on real events. It's also not an extremely boring documentary. It's a nice mix of both in a way.
All in all I would say that this was an incredibly inspiring story! If everyone in the world could have the forgiving positive attitude that Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman plays him in the movie) had after induring such hardships then the world would be better for it!
I suggest you check this out! Short review but there's not much more to say other than that - if you want to be inspired check it out!
Now fair warning here - this is not a normal drama type movie as it is based on real events. It's also not an extremely boring documentary. It's a nice mix of both in a way.
All in all I would say that this was an incredibly inspiring story! If everyone in the world could have the forgiving positive attitude that Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman plays him in the movie) had after induring such hardships then the world would be better for it!
I suggest you check this out! Short review but there's not much more to say other than that - if you want to be inspired check it out!
No spoilers....
This is a Tim Burton movie but even those who are not fans of his movies should check this one out! Now be warned this is not the cheerful Alice from your childhood think of this as a sequel of sorts kind of like Return to Oz was for Wizard of Oz. It is Alice's trip BACK to Wonderland after the red queen went and screwed it all up, hence the dark Tim Burton-esque quality of the movie. It's not just because of Tim Burton - it did make sense with the story.
Johnny Depp is fantastic as the mad hatter. I mean he's pretty good at mad. And for those that will find it weird his changing to a scottish accent (kind of sounds like Jack Sparrow a bit in parts) was NOT a mistake. He would talk normal in 'lucid' moments and sort of scottish when he was 'mad' - this was completely on purpose on his part :)
Anne Hathaway and her hand movements as the white queen and mannerisms in general were quite amusing. Helena Bonham Carter as the big headed red queen was pretty great. The CGI was pretty awesome and I have to admit I saw it in 3-D and it was amazing! Though I watched in on DVD too - still great!
The tea party scene with the mad hatter and the march hare was pretty great. So my point here is Tim Burton fan or not, Johnny Depp fan or not, Alice in Wonderland fan or not.... Check it out. You may not like it but I'd say it's worth shot :)
Oh and.... "Why is a raven like a writing desk?"
We may never know....
This is a Tim Burton movie but even those who are not fans of his movies should check this one out! Now be warned this is not the cheerful Alice from your childhood think of this as a sequel of sorts kind of like Return to Oz was for Wizard of Oz. It is Alice's trip BACK to Wonderland after the red queen went and screwed it all up, hence the dark Tim Burton-esque quality of the movie. It's not just because of Tim Burton - it did make sense with the story.
Johnny Depp is fantastic as the mad hatter. I mean he's pretty good at mad. And for those that will find it weird his changing to a scottish accent (kind of sounds like Jack Sparrow a bit in parts) was NOT a mistake. He would talk normal in 'lucid' moments and sort of scottish when he was 'mad' - this was completely on purpose on his part :)
Anne Hathaway and her hand movements as the white queen and mannerisms in general were quite amusing. Helena Bonham Carter as the big headed red queen was pretty great. The CGI was pretty awesome and I have to admit I saw it in 3-D and it was amazing! Though I watched in on DVD too - still great!
The tea party scene with the mad hatter and the march hare was pretty great. So my point here is Tim Burton fan or not, Johnny Depp fan or not, Alice in Wonderland fan or not.... Check it out. You may not like it but I'd say it's worth shot :)
Oh and.... "Why is a raven like a writing desk?"
We may never know....
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