Dance Flick

As much as I liked this movie, the rating of PG-13 really bothered me. In this movie, we see a guy relieve himself while dancing and a woman's vagina perform a beat-box. While it is funny, I don't think kids who are 13 should be ready for this. I say this knowing that my 6 year old and 4 year old watched it, but we went into this movie thinking that the humor wouldn't be that crude. As far as the story, it picks apart Save the Last Dance as well as a few other movies. The Wayan's brothers are genius' when it comes to movies like this, and I thought Damon Wayan's Jr, was a spitting image of his dad. If you want a good laugh with no kids around, watch this movie!

Crash (2004)

I remember watching this movie, shortly after it won best picture in 2004. As much as I enjoyed it then, I had a hard time remembering the chain of events in this movie before I rewatched it a few nights ago. While I don't remember the other movies that were nominated that year, which the exception of Brokeback Mountain, I do remember thinking that this movie was probably the best movie of that year. After watching it again a few nights ago, I still agree with that thought! This movie was great! I loved the story about the locksmith who tells his daughter about an invisible scarf that protects him from being shot and how that nearly played itself out in the movie with his daughter. I liked Don Cheadle's part of the story, and Trevor Howard is very underrated as an actor. I thought Matt Dillion did a great job of a cop who is tired of living in the polictical world of affirmative action. All in all, a must see!

American Pie: Beta House

A few nights ago, I thought I saw the worst movie ever made, American Pie: The Naked Mile. Boy was I wrong! As bad as that movie was, it's sequel, American Pie: Beta House would be worse. Just like The Naked Mile, the only funny part of the movie was in the beginning of the film. Throughout the rest of the movie, you will fight like hell to find another laugh. Once again, Eugene Levy appears in this film, but even he can't save this film. Stay away from the this film, hopefully the madness of lesser American Pies can stop!

G-Force

Let me tell you about the greatness of the dollar theater. Melissa and I took Dakota and Cadence to the movie theater to go see G-Force. On 50 cent Tuesday, we paid $2 to get in, and almost $6 for the popcorn. How often can you take a family of four out to see a movie for almost $8? Granted we brought our own drinks and candy, but that's beside the point! Of course, when going to see a Disney film, you get stuck with the kid previews before the movie. Just once, I'd like to see a trailer for Saw 16 right before Cinderella. Anyway, as we all got settled in, the movie began.

I really wanted to pan this movie! I thought I'd be bored with it, and that I would be rolling my eyes for every cheesy one-liner. Instead, I actually enjoyed the movie. Granted guinea pigs were top secret agents, and that alone would be enough for me to pass judgement on the movie, the story was pretty good! Both kids really enjoyed the movie, and in all honesty, that's who should love this movie, your kids! If you're a parent with kids and you need to get out of the house, go see this movie. While you at it, take advantage of the dollar theater, it will be worth it!

Halloween (2007)

A few months back, I was in my truck, listening to the Stern show. His guest was heavy metal singer turned director Rob Zombie and his wife. They were promoting the sequel to the reboot of the classic horror movie, Halloween. Having never seen the original Halloween movie, I really had no interest seeing the newest version. However, as Rob Zombie was going into detail with Stern about his vision of the series, I became more intrigued. After watching the reboot of Friday the 13th, I was a little skeptical/ Two nights after Halloween, Netflix sends us the first Halloween movie of the Rob Zombie series.

This movie was great! Having never known the origin of Michael Myers, it was interesting to see how tormented he was as a child. With his stepfather being an out of work loser and his mother working as a stripper, he was in white-trash hell! It didn't help that he was picked on in school, and his older sister could care less about his needs. I also liked how they explained why he hid in masks. When the janitor tells him to live inside his own head, he takes it to heart and creates all sorts of masks. I thought Malcolm McDowell was excellent as the child psychiatrist who tries to treat Michael Myers.

Melissa mentioned this to me and I'm starting to agree. The art of horror movies isn't about the movie being scary anymore. I don't know if it's because the directors can't get the audience to jump, or that we've seen real scary moments in our lives that scary music and an unpredible death just isn't enough for us. Either way, I loved the story. I can't wait to see the sequel, even though I already glanced at the plot on wikipedia.org.

American Pie: The Naked Mile

I remember this one time, in American Pie, when Jason Biggs' character heard that the inside of a women was as warm as sweet apple pie. So Jason's character, Jim, took it upon himself to have sex with an actual apple pie, to only be caught by his father. I remember this one time, in American Pie 2, when Jim, Stifler, and Finch were in some lesbians apartment and were forced to play a truth or dare game with the girls, granted it was more dare than truth. I remember this one time, in American Wedding, when Jim shaved his pubic hair and tried to throw it out the window, to only go all over his wedding cake and future in-laws. I remember this one time, before the American Pie franchise started, when no one heard of Sean William Scott and Eugene Levy was just a bit player in Steve Martin movies. Case in point, the American Pie franchise gave us many laughs over the last ten years. Then came the spin off years.

I don't really remember much about AP: Boot Camp. I never saw AP: Beta House. With the beauty of Netflix, we got to see AP; The Naked Mile. Let me just say this, it's time to close this franchise up. After the first five minutes of the movie, the funny moments were few and far between. My biggest problem with this movie was that they would keep with a scene about five minutes too long. The midget football game was a funny sight gag, but ten minutes of it was too much. Correct me if I'm wrong, but was Steve Stifler (Sean William Scott) a master cocksman in high school. If I remember correctly, he was the one who could throw the parties where OTHER people got laid, not him. Since when did the Stifler name meant that girls would fall all over you.

Imagine watching Lethal Weapon without Mel Gibson and Danny Glover. Imagine watching the Ocean 11 movies without Clooney, Pitt, and company. Imagine going to see a superhero movie and not ever seeing the superhero. That's what this movie is, the American Pie name, no substance to follow.

Milk

When the Oscars took place this past year, I was a little miffed that Mickey Rourke got looked over for Best Actor to Sean Penn for his protrayal of Harvey Milk. After watching Milk last night, Sean Penn was the obvious winner!

This movie was correctly casted! You don't realize that until you see the ending of the film! I thought Sean Penn did a wonderful job as Gay Activist Harvey Milk. Having never heard the story of Harvey Milk, I wasn't aware of how he died, with the exception that I knew he was assassinated. It was interesting to see what the chain of events were that led to his death. As a side note, earlier in the day, TBS was running the first Airplane movie and we hear Leslie Neilson make reference to Anita Bryant. Little did I know that Anita Bryant played a major part as oppostion to Harvey Milk. I will say that in the beginning of the movie, I was bored! As the film progress, I got more into it.

This movie is very topical in todays world. I found that while we have grown to accept the gay community, although there are people out there who still feel threaten by it. While the talk of gay marriage, gays adopting kids, and religious groups who picket funerals of gay people, this will always be a hot button for the world to grasp. Harvey Milk was one of those figures in American history who tried to break down the barriers for the gay community. Sean Penn did a wonderful job in this film!