Jean, This is a grim and gritty and
sometimes gruesome movie. It shows Clint Eastwood's respect for the
military and their mission in Irag. The story is about a Navy Seal who
became an American sniper with 4 tours of duty in Irag. He is credited
with over 160 kills in those tours of duty. This is 2 hours and 14
minutes of fire fights in Irag with really a minimum of family scenes in
the "states". Bradley Cooper plays the role of the sniper in an
excellent understated manner. He shows the affects of the killings on a
human in so many small but effective ways. There are no bands playing,
and soldiers marching here, but a realistic and thought provoking look
at a military man's life. Dad
The previews were:
Kingsman
Love Has No Color
Chappie
Mad Max: Fury Road
Jean, This is film version of Sondheim's musical. It has a number of stars in cameo and full roles including
Johnny Depp. Meryl Streep, Chris Pine, Tracey Ullmann, Anna Kendrick,
Emily Blunt and others. I went to see it as the musical is to a great
part sung with little speaking. The lyrics are so clever and rhymes on
top of rhymes. You can sit there and just listen to the words and enjoy
music and sing-song story unfold. I was surprised how many parents
brought their children and this was way over their heads. Many of the
Grimm fairy tale characters are in the same wood, from Cinderella,
Rapunzel to Jack and the Bean Stalk and the Giant and Red Riding Hood.
It looks great up on the screen with visual effects and elaborate sets.
It is an enjoyable film if long at 125 minutes. Dad
The previews were:
Selma
Longest Ride
Little Boy
Age of Adaline
Cinderella
Jean,
Since I saw the first two, I had to see the third. The first was quite
entertaining, but the second was poor and all about about running up
and down narrow alleys in Turkey. This third one is not even as good as
the second one. You never leave Los Angeles. There some run-of-the-mill
car chases and the automatic weapons shooting up a lot of windows and
bars full of liquor bottles. But the story about Liam Neeson saving his
wife or ex-wife or his daughter is getting so old. Even those "bad guy
Russians" are so yesterday. This is not that entertaining. Dad
P.S. The previews were:
Chappie
Mordecai
Terminator: Genisys
Unfinished Business
Kingsman
Run All Night
