The last weeks have been a bit frenzied, but loads of fun. Between a trip to Tennessee, the Beach and camping this past weekend, I haven't had the time to do the other things I had hoped for, but this week I'm starting to get into the swing of things. The next trip we have planned is an open date to go the Ky Highland Ren Festival in Eminence, Ky, and a trip to Gatlinburg. We may got to Kentucky Kingdom once this year, but that is still just a possibility at this point. But definitely nothing this weekend besides movies, reading and writing.
Since the movie reviews seem to be a good point of conversation, we'll keep them going as a regular installment. It also keeps me blogging more, so that's a plus. (Out of 4 stars)
Ocean's 13- I was pleasantly surprised by it. The second (12th?) was a bit of a disappointment, but this one actually had a 'raison d'etre.' ('reason to be' for the French impaired :) ) The plot was better, they got through the complicated exposition as quickly as possible, and get on with the characterizations which drive this movie. The clever twists and 'ah-ah' moments that we anticipate with the Ocean movies deliver this time around. The addition of Garcia's character to Ocean's crew worked. Basically, as an audience we know that the point of these movies is for Clooney, Pitt and Damon (and friends) to goof off together for a couple of hours. Their chemistry is very good; they play off each other well. I can picture that they came up to Al Pacino and asked 'Wanna do the next Ocean movie? It'll be fun.' And he said, 'Yeah, cool.' **1/2
In the next installment, Surf's Up.
3 comments:
I wish we went to the theatre as much as you and Ellice do. Now, our son is another story. He has actually seen this movie. We won't get to see it until it comes out on DVD. Oh, I STILL haven't seen Shrek 3.
That's okay, Tami...I haven't seen Shrek 2!
And yes, Brad, your reviews will generate much comment...if the movies have been seen. Otherwise, you'll get a lot of us blinking slowly and pretending to look knowledgeable, but really hoping someone else speaks first!
p.s. To both your wife and you: Small excitement in this corner of IL at the thought of writing night resuming down there! I shot off some confetti...and then went back to being sick and coughing a lot.
A regularly meeting writing group really helps keep me focused. I'm way more productive. On the reviews, I think they are fun, and perhaps a review or two will prove useful in deciding where to spend your movie dollars.
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