Movie Reviews

Ok, so it has been a while since I last wrote, but between trips to Babies R Us and finishing up the babies room, we actually had time to see 2 movies. Now, we hardly ever go to the movies. Actually, I think the last time we went was to see Saw 3 and that was October of last year. So needless to say, us going to the movies 2 weekends in a row is a sign of the apocalypse, but there were 2 movies that I HAD to see. First, I am sure to no ones surprise was the Simpsons movie. Of course there was all the hoopla about that they made it too late and they should have done it in their prime and yada yada yada, but if you go into it expecting it to be like their prime, then of course you will not like it. I went in to it with no expectations and rather enjoyed it. The first half of the movie definitely carried it. the second half had some lulls, but overall it was pretty good. I haven't read any reviews on it so not sure if the fanboys are slamming it or not, but I would recommend seeing it, but as I said go with no expectations of what it used to be and i think you will enjoy it.

Now the second movie is an adaptation of a series of books by one of my favorite authors, the Tupac of authors (he's been dead for 6 or 7 years and still publishes books) Robert Ludlum. So if you haven't figured it out yet, the movie is the Bourne Ultimatum. Now I loved the first two, and was pretty sure i would love this one, and i was right. Just a great story. Great action scenes and realistic fight scenes (not the cheesy hollywood kung fu fighting, but the secret agent, i can kill you 800 different ways while using anything I can find and using it as a weapon kind). The question is, there is another book in the series, will they do a 4th? Either way, great movie, i would definitely recommend it. Good times.

Now on to another bit of information about movies that I figured out and must share with you. So Saturday morning we were sitting around being lazy and I was flipping through the channels and saw that The Lost Boys was on, so of course I stopped and watched it. then right after that on the same channel was The Princess Bride. Then I looked at the dates each movie was released and they were both released in 1987. So that got me thinking and then some internet research was needed to confirm my suspicion that 1987 might have been the greatest year for movies ever. Listen to these other movies that were release in '87 besides the 2 listed above: Can't Buy Me Love, Full metal Jacket, Lethal Weapon, Beverly Hills Cop 2, Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, Raising Arizona, Robocop, The Running Man, Spaceballs, Summer School, Throw Momma from the Train, The Untouchables, and Wall Street. Now that is only just some of the movies released that year, not even counting Over The Top. There is definitely a strong argument to be made for '87. Just thought I would share that with you.


15 days 'til baby.