Fantastic Mr. Fox

More like the Craptastic Mr. Fox. We had heard good things about this movie, but still waited to see it in the dollar theater. We were not impressed at all. The stop motion animation was worse than Gumby. Being able to see different expressions on the character's faces is a big part of comedy that is missing from this movie. We were also expecting a kids movie, but it was way too adult. The director of this movie before this had only directed rated R live action comedies. This movie would have been rated R too except that every cuss word was replaced with the word "cuss" and there was no blood when characters got shot. I felt like half the jokes went over my head, but really they just weren't very funny. We saw this in a packed theater, and no one was laughing. There were a few token funny parts, but not enough to save the movie. We just thought it did not live up to the hype. The worst thing about this movie is the main character is a complete evil tool/jerk/douchebag and he never gets better. The moral of this movie is keep stealing, keep ignoring your wife, and keep doing whatever is pleasurable to yourself even if it's ruining everyone's life because eventually everything will fix itself and be just fine. We give it a 3/10

How to Train Your Dragon

How to Train Your Dragon might be the best movie that has come out this year so far. It has a really good story that keeps you interested. Its pretty funny, and it is also heartwarming. Its exciting and not completely predictable. The voice actors are excellent, and they fit the characters well. Gerard Butler voices the main character's dad, and it is probably his best role ever. Craig Ferguson voices another one of the Vikings, and he did a really awesome job. It was just a really solid movie that's great for everyone. Garr and I both agree that the title is kinda lame, but the movie is pretty awesome. We saw it in 3D, and we're really glad we did because the flying scenes are amazing. We give it a 9/10.

Clash of The Titans

So we went and saw Clash of The Titans opening weekend, and we really enjoyed it. It has gotten some pretty bad reviews from critics, but we thought it was pretty cool. If you have seen the old Clash of the Titans, this is absolutely amazing compared to that. But if your in love with the old one, you may not like this one. You shouldn't go into it expecting the greatest movie of all time. What you should expect is some awesome monster killing action, and that's what you get. The fight scenes were pretty spectacular, so if you like a movie with a lot of action that is pretty clean other than a lot of violence then this is the movie is for you. We happen to be those kind of people. We give it a 7.5/10.

Alice in Wonderland

We saw Alice in Wonderland in Imax 3D. It was pretty weird. Not that I didn't expect it to be a little bazaar but wow. It was just a little hard to follow, and there was a lot to take in. The story was ok, but I started to get a little bored. Johnny Depp was decent, but he switched between two different accents throughout the movie for no apparent reason and it got a little old. The best part of the movie was definitely the Red Queen played by Helena Bonham Carter. She was really funny and perfect for the role. Overall we thought the movie was decent and maybe worth seeing from redbox. We give it a 6/10.

Sherlock Holmes

We saw Sherlock Holmes a few months after it came out in th Dollar Theater. We had heard good things, but I'm glad we didn't full price. It was a pretty big disappointment. It seemed really long, and that is never a good thing for a movie. We just felt that it didn't live up to all of the hype. There where a lot of unresolved issues, and the plot seemed way too similar to the movie Young Sherlock Holmes which is also really horrible. We don't recommend it and give it a 4/10.

The Blind Side

We ended up seeing The Blind Side in the dollar theater after everyone else had already seen it and Sandra Bullock had won Best Actress for her role. So we already knew that it was a really solid movie that everyone loved. Fortunately, We really enjoyed it too. It's just a really awesome story, and it's really hard not to get invested in it and love it. I would suggest this movie to anybody. We give it a 9.5/10.

Extraordinary Measures

Extraordinary Measures was a solid feel good movie. It doesn't blow your mind, but it leaves you feeling uplifted. Both Brenden Frasier and Harrison Ford did an awesome job and played off each other well. The only criticism of the movie that we heard was that it was like a really good made for TV movie. For me a movie is a movie and if it's good it's good. We really enjoyed it and think anyone who does not like this movie must hate terminally ill children. Get it from redbox its pretty good. We give it a 7.5/10.

Twilight New Moon

We went and saw New Moon in the dollar theater, and it was hilarious. Before the movie started we decided to count the number of guys that were shirtless for pretty much no apparent reason. We were not disappointed. The grand total was 25. You could pretty much look at the picture above and you have seen 2/3 of the movie. Half way through we realized we should have been counting the number of "slow motion walk toward the camera shots" there were as well. Maybe next time. But lets face it, we won't be seeing this movie again. If you want a good laugh, go and see New Moon. We give it a 1/10.

The Princess and the Frog

We went and saw The Princess and the Frog over Chistmas break and thought it was ok. The beginning was good and the ending was too, but the stuff in the middle seemed to drag on and seemed fairly pointless. It would have been much better as a 20 minute short than as a feature length film. Avatar was almost 3 hours, and this movie seemed twice as long as Avatar did. There just isn't much to the story of The Princess and the Frog, and the way they lengthened it wasn't exciting or interesting to us. Little girls will probably love it, but it just didn't seem as good as past Disney movies. If you want to see a good Disney movie rewatch Snow White or Robin Hood. We give it a 6.5/10.

Avatar

We went and saw Avatar this past Friday in Imax 3-D, and it was amazing. We had heard that it was a really long movie (almost 3 hours), so we were a little apprehensive about whether it would hold our interest the whole time. We didn't have to worry about not being entertained at all. It was an exciting ride the whole time. I honestly cannot think of a part I would want them to cut out. Other than having too much language, there wasn't anything that wasn't relevant to the story. The movie makes you feel like you actually go to this amazing planet of Pandora. It almost seems like a National Geographic film of this place that doesn't even exist. The effects are absolutely breathtaking. We walked out of it not knowing which parts where CGI and which were actually there. We assume that pretty much all of it is computer generated, but it is amazing that it was so well done that we didn't know for sure. Some critics said that the story was lacking, but I felt that the story was really good. It had a good message. Although it is hard to miss the liberal agenda in this film, I didn't feel like it was shoved in my face. I felt like I knew it was there, but I didn't have to see the whole movie in that light. The action blended perfectly with the story. The more quite moments were nicely balanced with awesome action. We really enjoyed this movie, and as we were walking out all we could think of is when we can go back and see it again. We give it a 9.5/10

Thanksgiving in LA

We recently took a trip to California for Thanksgiving. We saw Conan live, went to 6 Flags, and visited friends. It was a really great trip, and it was Sally's first time making Thanksgiving dinner. Luckily it turned our pretty well.

Here we are waiting in line for Conan. These are our excited faces. We made Andy and Conan t-shirts.

Here is Sally and Sarah waiting in line. Sally is trying to recreate Andy's face.... unsuccessfully. Sarah has LaBamba's face on her shirt.

Here is Garr with some of the guys on the show. They were doing a bit with Pierre Bernard in the 5 million dollar jock strap. It was on of Garr's finest hours.

Sally posing with "Wonder Woman". This "Wonder Woman" is obviously a fake, since Sally is actually Wonder Woman.

Here we are posing with Bugs Bunny, Garr wanted a picture with The Flash...next time.

This is Garr embracing the Families of Gotham City at Six Flags, I guess he just got carried away in the moment.

Thanksgiving at Denny's, for our Slamapaloosa. It was almost worth the pointless 45 min wait.

Here is a second picture that was taken when Sally went a little crazy and Garr really liked the food.

Sally about to open the best Secret Santa gift ever.

Melissa in a phone booth in Solvang a little Dutch town, it felt just like home.

Garr and I sitting outside some mission in Solvang after walking all the crap long day.

Summer Sequels

We thought we'd give you a quick rundown of the summer sequels we saw. So in no particular order, here it goes.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen had everything in the original, just MORE. So that's both good and bad. The good: more transformers, more action, more explosions, more cool special and visual effects. The Bad: more stupid annoying pointless characters, more language, more sex and raunchy jokes. It was one of those movies where you walk out of the theater blown away by how awesome it was, and then later as you think about it and you realize that it wasn't that great. I'd give it a 6.5 out of 10.

We actually liked Madagascar 2 way better than the 1st one. The 1st one didn't have that great of a story, but what it did have is some great characters. Add that with the great story of 2nd one along with some great new characters and some fantastic music makes for one heck of a movie. I'd give it a 8.5 out of 10.

Terminator Salvation was great. We've since gone back watched all the Terminator movies edited and they are all good. For some reason there are a lot of people that were disappointed with T3 or TS or both and I can't understand why. I'll agree that T2 was the biggest jump in quality from its predecessor, but they're all good. We recommend them all and TS is probably the best because you don't have to watch it edited.

The 1st reboot of Pink Panther with Steve Martin was surprising at how hilarious it was. We totally recommend you see the 1st one if you haven't seen it, but unfortunately we can't recommend the 2nd one. The 1st one stuck to a certain realism that this one did not and that ruined the overall comedy. Also the 1st one was what you'd expect: a spy comedy. This one was more of a romantic comedy. I'd give it a 6 out of 10.

And finally and quickly I'll just say the Night of the Museum was surprisingly just about as good as the 1st one.