Current Movies - Thumbs UP or Thumbs DOWN

[The BlanchRanch]

I am really surprised so many liked it. It was so Disney to us. But as long as it entertains. That is good.

 

[drumstick diva]

I think people liked it because it wasn't another car chase movie- seems like every movie I attend has someone driving over stairs, coming out of windows, bullets, more bullets, etc. This was somewhat less frantic. Plus I really don't worry about dinosaurs coming to get us. Just the usual - under the bed creepies.

 

[The BlanchRanch]

I have been watching a few shows lately. MR Robot seems really good but has a depressing edge to it so we can only take it in small doses.

Extant I would say is a little better than average. Seems to get a little overboard on certain things once in a while, but for the most part it is good.

I am finishing up Game of Thrones so I will be up to date soon. That is always absolutely fantastic.

Then Walking Dead. I never thought I would like a zombie show so much. Very fun show and it just started again.

 

[sourland]

Today we saw "A Walk in the Woods". Great book! Entertaining movie. 2.5/3 on our scale of 4. The movie did not quite capture the humor of the book. When I read that Nick Nolte was to play the part of 'Katz', I was like

. He was good. A movie worth the charge to get in. Redford is getting old.

 

[Michael OShay]

My son and I went to see Memories of the Sword this at the movie theater this past weekend. If you don't mind English subtitles and martial arts wire work, it was quite an entertaining movie.

 

[drumstick diva]

Waiting to see "Grandma," only out in very limited release so far. I really like Lilly Tomlin. Next week "Black Mass," comes out with Johnny Depp and Benedict Cumberbatch..

Love Ben, I would pay just to see him comb his hair. Was going to say 'floss his teeth' but, thought better of that.(

)And just around the turn (Oct.) Matt Damon in" Martian." I'm still holding a grudge against him for "Interstellar." I get funny like that.

 

[3goodeggs]

I loved Lilly Tomlin in the Netflix series Grace and Frankie.
She is the best one in the show.

 

[Beer can]

Anyone else watching 'Zoo' on CBS?
Wow, super freaky!

 

[Peep_Show]

MINIONS:
Lots of little thumbs up!
Good mindless fun with some popular culture homage references and lampoons if you're paying attention.
I don't usually enjoy prequels -- which this movie is one to Despicable Me -- but this one had an amusing story line.
And I don't really enjoy animated-style movies, but all is forgiven with this delightful amusment.
Waaaaaaaaaaay better than any Alvin & The Chipmunks movie (automatic thumbs down, even if child begs to see it)

 

[Peep_Show]

SAN ANDREAS
Sometimes you just have to view an action-packed special effects movie on the big screen...and this is one of them. I had been lobbying my Monday Dollar Matinee movie group to go see it, but they're a bunch of elderly ladies who usually opt for a sappy teen angst movie, Helen Mirren's latest or -- ugh -- anything by Nicholas Sparks. During my lobbying I heard such pithy comments as "Oh, I don't want to be scared" or "I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area and it would shatter my memory." Really? I was in Oakland during Loma Prieta and almost had a 3-story brick chimney collapse on me, BUT I WANNA SEE THIS FILM! So I grabbed my hubby on Labor Day and off we went as I couldn't predict when it will exit the theaters.

The special effects are spectacular, and anyone familiar with Los Angeles, Hoover Dam or San Francisco will enjoy picking out familiar ill-fated landmarks. My favorite bit in the movie was a split-second (literally one second of screen time) where a BART train unearthed in the background. Some things are not quite accurate and if you think on it too hard pretty unplausible, but that's cinematic license. Bakersfield, alas, got no real landmark tribute, just a bunch of white trash looters.

Anyway, the dialogue is simple and I doubt they'll ever close-caption this film because everyone is pretty much shouting their lines, so lip reading is easy. The plot is pretty simple, too. "The Rock" -- of course -- gets to save the day multiple times...not a big surprise as they even give him a hero-image career.

I give it two thumbs up for the special effects. And, ladies (if you're reading this) it is not a scary movie. Grab some popcorn and enjoy.