Movie Review

January 22, 2011

Two movies in one night - unheard of:

Inception

A movie with a twist.  Ben and Brea brought this over because they wanted to "watch it with Dad".  A story about dreamscapes.  Interesting twists.  Very interesting cinematography.  Really interesting effects.  Extremely hard story to follow, but it did have a twist. At the end, Ben and I were at odds about if it was or if it wasn't real.  I said no.  Ben said yes.  It is all in the minds of the beholder on this one because the story doesn't say.

I liked it more that Mar, so it only gets a 2.5 on the scale.  Not for kids because they wouldn't get it.  Not for casual watching by adults, or they wouldn't get it either.

Salt

Mar and her Mom went into a Blockbuster that was going out of business to see if they could buy some cheap movies.  They found some that looked promising and when they went to check them out they got a deal they couldn't refuse.  Take the movies for free if you just sign up for a free month of the Blockbuster movie subscription service (like Netflix - only Blockbuster).  So they did.

Salt was the first movie they rented.  A CIA - secret agent movie.  What man wouldn't want to see Angelina Jolie kicking and shooting her way out of a lot of tight spots - especially after she covers a surveillance camera in the first ten minutes by using her underwear (its all just for fantasy purposes).  Well it wasn't exactly like that - I mean just kicking and shooting, how be it there was a goodly share of that.  It was a far fetched plot, full of cold war left over angst and the fact that the good guys and the bad guys are changing from good guys to bad guys or bad guys to good guys so much it is a little bit hard to know where you are going or who you are going home with.  In the end she either does or doesn't get caught, depending on which good guy or which bad guy you are following or liking at that specific time.  Not a bad action movie, but that is all.  Nothing great on the all time list.

Not high on my recommend list.  Definitely not for kids, just because.