Where Are the Eye Balls? Movie Reviews

Since I see a lot of movies(being a amateur critic) I notice right before the movie starts they have a plea message for everyone to turn off their cell phones.  The words are kind of like this:   “There are too many electronic things in this world today, and the movies are not a place for them!”  So, if you don’t turn them off we WILL remove you from the theater.  Well I see phones on all the time and never have I seen anyone removed.  So, while the fact is there is too much electronics the removal of people from the movie theaters just doesn’t happen.  But, while I am on the point of electronics and the over abundance of electronic stuff to amuse, entertain, inform, and frustrate us I must say it will only get worse.  Yes I know, I am from the I remember when the fax machine was invented and I remember getting our first television set, and I remember when giant mobile phones were installed in automobiles and cost an arm and a leg to use them.  So, I have been through all this advanced electronics stuff and as I watch people walk up to each other in public the first thing they do is reach for their cell phone.  Then the group are all standing around checking their e-mail, text’s, games they play, or bets they have placed, or whatever.  When I was doing marketing work with Honey Milk I recall doing a product demo field project in Colorado and at the end of each days work we would meet for dinner.  While all of the people involved were at least 40 years younger than me I astutely noticed that the first thing they did when they sat down in a restaurant was pull out their cell phone.  So, I am sitting there like a bump on a log while they check their messages for the day.  I remember when we use to review our daily activities by talking to each other eye ball to eye ball.  Now the eye balls are directed into the screen of the almighty cell phone.  I could also be accused of wishing for the good “old” days which was exemplified by exchanging hand shakes, looking at someone in the eye ball, and then conversing in verbal direct communication.  While I know we never go back in time I just wish we could take a break and enjoy old time commo and stuff those cell phones in a box some where.  Wonder if I could create a cause like, “Save Real Eye Ball Eye Ball Communication” 5K crawl, naked, $1,000.00 entry fee.  Possibly this would show the world how stupid all of this commo has gotten!

Movie Reviews:

“Delivery Man”, ****, This was a good movie with a different twist.  Vince Vaughn plays an underachiever that finds out he has fathered 533 children through anonymous donations to a fertility clinic 20 years ago.  Now he must decide whether or not to come forward when 142 of them file a lawsuit to reveal his identity.  Worth the time to see.  Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, sexual content, some drug material, brief violence and language.

“Jackass Presents:  Bad Grandpa”, (Really Bad-0 as in Zero), This is one of those hidden camera type movies that is beyond gross!  The sad story is that is has grossed over $89M at the box office, and with home camera’s it cost around $15M.  Rated R for strong crude and sexual content throughout, language, some graphic nudity and brief drug use.(this rating was a good description of this terrible movie)!

“Captain Phillips”, *****, Tom Hanks, playing Captain Phillips of the freighter MV Maersk Alabama, is truly one of the great actors of our time.  This is a true story about the hijacking by Somali pirates of the freighter transporting goods through a very dangerous hijacking high seas zone.  Rated PG-13 for some violence with bloody images and for substance use.  

“Enough Said”, **, A slow moving love story that was the last performance by James Gandolfini.  This a sharp insightful comedy(almost black) that humorously explores the mess that often comes with getting involved again(after divorce or loss of a spouse).  Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual content, comic violence, language and partial nudity.  

“Hunger Games:  Catching Fire”, ****, This is a sequel to the original with a new twist, called rebellion.  Jennifer Lawrence returns as one of the two heroes after winning the 74th annual Hunger Games along with Josh Hutcherson.  They are pitted as boy and girl friend to appease the powers of the Capitol.  President Snow is sitting on uneasy ground now with a possible rebellion.  So, the drama continues with a second sequel.  Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some frightening images, thematic elements, a suggestive situation and language. 

“Last Vegas), ****, While I admit I wondered how any film maker could design an entertaining story around four old men, I was pleasantly surprised.  For an all star cast how about, Michael Douglas, Morgan Freeman, Robert De Niro, and Kevin Kline who have been life time friends.  Billy(played by Douglas) never married decides to get married to a woman 32 years younger than him.  So he wants his childhood buddies to be there for it in Las Vegas.  The movie gives us a view inside each of their life times up to this point and then gets them to Vegas, and the fun begins.  It is a go see movie.  Rated PG-13 on appeal for sexual content and language.

“Thor: The Dark World”, ***, Faced with an enemy that even Odin and Asgard(followers of Thor know these characters), cannot withstand, Thor(Chris Hemsworth) must embark on his most perilous and personal journey yet, one that will reunite him with Jane Foster(Natalie Portman) and force him to sacrifice everything to save us all.  A good movie for this type of sci fi!  Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense sci-fi action and violence, and some suggestive content.

EA, SH..........:)!

greerman