Movie Review: Bridge to Terabithia

Friday night I decided to skip the 7:10 showing of Bridge to Terabithia and I’m so incredibly glad I did. I have never seen our little movie theater so packed full of children.

And every single one of them was crying. This did not bode well.

I should have known I would end up in tears because of all the tissue boxes scattered around the theater. The manager of the theater indicated it was for those seeing Terabithia. Great – spoilers right from the start.

I had never even heard of this story before I saw the preview for the movie. I was expecting another Narnia-like tale, and was looking forward to losing myself in fantasy for a while. What I got was a hard dose of reality instead – like drinking milk when you were expecting it to be soda – not a pleasant surprise.

Had I gone into the movie with no expectations (built on watching the previews) then I’m sure I would have liked the movie more than I actually did. The kids were cute – the story was good, but it was just a little too real for my taste.

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Movie Review: Because I Said So

All I can say about Because I Said So is.. wow? I don’t get embarrassed easily by sexual innuendos but holy cow, did this movie cross the line a few times. I think the older folks around me were enjoying it more than I did. Granted there were some funny parts, but goodness – what an eye opener this movie was. It just goes to show you there are all sorts of parent/child relationships out there.

Other than that, I really don’t have a lot to say. I enjoy Lauren Graham’s acting more in Gilmore Girls then I did in this movie, and Mandy Moore has gone a long way from her innocent girlish roles. Piper just played another part similar to her role in Coyote Ugly. Diane Keaton stole the show in parts of the movie, but normally in these sort of chic flicks I don’t want them to end, and this one I was shifting around waiting for the end to come.

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Movie Review: Dreamgirls

Once a week I make it a point to have a “Date Night” with myself and trudge across the street (in the snow if needs be!) to go to our local theater. I’ve been pretty lucky that every week the theater has at least one movie that I want to see (it can show two at once, whoopee) and this past weekend my choices were Dreamgirls or The Hitcher. Well, after watching the trailers of each – my choice was obvious.

I did not expect this movie to hit me like it did. At first I was mildly interested because I’m an American Idol fan, and I knew Jennifer Hudson because of her performances on the show (although she was far from my favorite – she had an attitude that rubbed me the wrong way but played well for her in her part in Dreamgirls). She gave an incredibly emotional performance in the movie through her singing though and they did do a great job of showing the difference between a soulful voice and Beyonce’s “pop” voice.

It was worth the $4.00 for me to see the movie, for sure. I was even moved to tears quite a few times over the injustice shown to Jennifer’s character repeatedly – and the music really was quite good – worth the price of a ticket in itself.

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