Movie Review...Ocean's 13

Well, just saw Ocean's 13 tonight (after our try last night) and we got through it with no problems.

Well, it was true to the Las Vegas feel of the 11 and the unorganized (yet organized) plot of 12. It made sense and it was original in the storyline. But lets be honest how many things that "can't be done" can there be? You have to reinvent the wheel, you can't just make the same thing work over and over again. The crazy thing is that I loved it. The same things work for me. I like it! It was entertaining! I watched 2:20:00 worth of a movie and was entertained from beginning to end. I was excited for Linus and loved watching Brad Pitt eat (thanks for that one Jacob).

4 out of 5 stars.

Leslie's Movies V

It is interesting that movie number "V" was V for Vendetta. This was an interesting little flick. I think I'll need to watch it again to get everything I can out of it. What I liked about it was the anitbrickworld themes in the movie. I loved the push against extreme religion. Being a pastor it sounds a little weird for me to say that I liked a movie against organized religion, but what really stood out were the themes of justice and choice as opposed to fear and dictatorship.

I think I'll give it a 3.5 out of 5 stars.

Leslie's Movies IV - Fever Pitch

So, what half-way decent baseball fan will forget the year the Red Sox won the WS? This was an amazing year! I hate the Red Sox, and a true Tigers' fan, but who in there right mind could forget about coming back form 3 games down in game 4 of the ALCS and then winning the series? I did like the love story as it intertwined throughout the season. That was very enjoyable. Overall I'd have to say that I was more entranced with the story of the Red Sox more that I was with the Guy and Girl. Maybe its the inner sports guy, but that's where I am.

3 out of 5 stars

Three more movies from Leslie
The Guardian
V for Vendetta
Mr. and Mrs. Smith

Leslie's Movies III - Take the Lead

Again I'm not the biggest fan of Antonio Bandaris. In fact I really didn't like Puss in Boots from Shrek.

I liked this one, it was a wonderful picture of redemption and grace. I really enjoyed it.

3.5 out of 5 stars

Leslie's Movies II - Music and Lyrics

For all of you Hugh Grant fans...finally something to compare to Notting Hill. Beautful and engaging and amzingly funny romantic comedy. I must say that when Shari showed me that she had picked out this movie to watch I wasn't really that impressed by it. I wasn't looking forward to it and I really didn't want to watch it when she picked it up last night. I was completely surprised when we started to watch it. It was awesome!

4.5 out of 5 stars.

Its nice to have you back Hugh!

Leslie's Movies - The Holiday

So, our friend Leslie let us borrow several of her movies, some that I have always want to see or didn't want to see in the theatres. So I thought that I would give them the honor of writing about them. Here we go...

The first Leslie movie we saw was The Holiday. Kate Winslett and Cameron Diaz switch houses for the Christmas season to get away from negative relationships and wind up finding new ones. It was cute and friendly but not all that believable. But I think that is the point, writers say, "let make a story that is just outside of reality", because I think that's where American audiences live, just outside of reality.

Overall The Holiday get 2 out of 5 stars from me. I wouldn't buy it.

Spider-Man 4

Hey, Shari just found this. Spider-Man 4 villians will be Lizard and Carnage. Very cool!

Spider-Man 3

So, its been a week, I feel that I can let my honest opinion about the movie out without feeling guilty about spoiling the movie to you faithful readers, (caution: spoilers ahead!)

I liked it. I didn't love it, but I liked it. I feel as though they packed too much into this one film. Plotline summery:

• Peter Parker and Mary Jane fight
• Ben Parker's true killer, Flint Marko, is revielled and escapes to find that his daughter's sick.
• He winds up caught in the middle of the Particle Physics Experiment and his DNA becomes infused with sand - Sandman.
• Peter Parker starts to wear the Black suit of the Marsian Symbiote.
• Peter becomes dark - vengful
• He then creates a competitor of Eddie Brock at the paper.
• A lot of revenge situations take place.
• There is a lot about the Mary Jane/Peter Parker relationship (they get married eventually - and divorsed).
• Peter loses the symbiote and it comes to Eddie Brock - who now hates Peter Parker - Eddie then becomes Venom (even though the name Venom only appears in the ending credits.
• A lot happens with Harry Osborn
• Mary Jane gets kidnapped by Venom and Sandman (who have now teamed up - possible sinister six reference)
• Peter and Harry fight Venom and Sandman
• Peter kills the symbiote and Eddie kills himself by running towards the symbiote when Peter blows it up.
• Peter lets Sandman go - Forgives him for killing his uncle Ben.

Ok, here we go. I don't think they should have killed Venom. I felt that it would have been better to set up Venom in Spider-Man 4 so as to develop the character. I felt as though the ending should have been the fight with Sandman. And when everything is over there be a scene of Venom webslinging. I felt as though by killing Venom that the possible storylines of Carnage and Toxin have disappeared from all hopes of becoming a movie.

All in all though, I thought it was better than most people are saying it was. I definately thought that you couldn't do 7 Spider-Man movies without doing the Venom storyline. What I like about Spider-Man is the inner conflict that Peter has. Struggling with what is right and what is easy. Using his new found ability to help others, and taking care of people. I love that real aspect to the character, and I love that they brought it to the movies.

Movie Rating: B-