As
promised and getting back on track we have my latest movie marathon. It's from Valentine's Day but still. That's right I treated myself and was my own
Valentine at the movies for A Good Day to
Die Hard, Identify Theft, and Safe Haven. Yep we have John McClane, whom I adore, a
comedy, and a total V-day chick flick to cover, something for everyone.
First
and most importantly for me, A Good Day
to Die Hard. I've seen all the John
McClane movies and frankly he is no questions about it awesome. I love each one. I just found out though before this one was
released that the original Die Hard was released the same year I was born…I
have not been watching that long for obvious reasons but have spend at least a
decade enjoying and that is love. So as
you can imagine I had high hopes.
There
isn't too much to say about the movie really, it was Die Hard. There was haha funnies, action, McClane being
McClane, explosions and the like. This
time though he was out of the country though as he goes to check on his son and
in typical John fashion finds himself in the center of chaos. He really does have atrocious timing if you
think about it. Now there was more
chasing and guns and less hand to hand combat but I didn’t mind. I always roll my eyes when they set the guns
down to fight in movies then the bad guy cheats somehow and I think, 'if you
had just shot them' so I didn’t have to do that at all. Overall and to the point its Die Hard so if
you've watched the others you must see this if you haven't…where have you been?
5 Stars…because it's McClane.
After
some fun loveable action I decided to go for a full fledged comedy with Jason
Bateman and Melissa McCarthy. First this
movie is not a family comedy if you somehow thought otherwise think again. Small children be warned.
Identity Theft, is the hilarious comedy
about a woman who steals others identities and her latest victim is Sandy, a
nice guy who doesn't hurt anyone and is more of a pushover. That is until this incident comes close to
costing him his new job, then Sandy decides to go get her and bring her homes
to clear his good name and his record.
Anything you can think of to go wrong does with this duo and their road
trip. Bounty Hunters, angry gang
members, and their fighting against one another leaves no room for anything but
craziness, with a few life lessons in there along the way.
Predictable
yes. Though it is a good laugh. Plus it does shed light on how easy someone
can fall prey to identity theft and how the all mighty authorities have their
hands tied when it comes to helping you.
4 Credit Cards
Now
for Valentine's Day I decided to go ahead and see the girlie movie Safe Haven as well to round off my
night. I admit with sadness that this
movie was almost full, much more so than Die Hard, which I'm attributing to the
show time being later in the evening. I
like girl movies, and to my knowledge have watched all the Nicholas Sparks
movies, I dig them. I like pretty much any kind of movie really. So I never understood the reason why some
people shunned 'chick flicks'. Well I think
this movie was the first I'd come to understanding. This is the first one I'd seen in a packed
theatre (minus my Twilight movies), or surrounded by females I didn’t know.
The
movie itself is about a girl who runs from her life, literally, and tries to
get away. She gets out and she finds her
safe haven in a small town. She finds
herself drown to a widower and it forces her to confront her dark and haunting
past.
Don't
get me wrong I liked the movie. I did it
was cute and fluffy and I enjoyed the performances by Julianne Hough, Josh
Duhamel, and David Lyons. What I did
find slightly detracted from my enjoyment was my viewing companions as every
single time something happened about 80% of the audience would 'awe' at
anything remotely cute or sweet or
'gasp' or 'shriek' out of shock or horror.
I don’t mean to be rude about it but after 20 minutes and 15 minutes of
it had an added soundtrack around me it did get annoying.
So
I do suggest that if you see it in a smaller grouping to fully enjoy the movie
itself I still recommend seeing it. I
give it:
4 Bicycles
I just finished rereading The Host for the movie and am debating if I want to review the book
now or wait for the movie. Thoughts on
that as well as the above movies put them below.
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