In our effort to help America green we wanted to give some advice about whether you should spend your money, time, and gas going to see some Spring's hottest flicks.
I Think I Love My Wife
Chris Rock comedy about being married with kids in a sexless marriage.
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Wife's comments |
Chris Rock's is a great comedian, but this movie is a mess. I always worry when the same guy is directing and acting, one of them suffers. (See Spike Lee.) The jokes are stale and predictable. A protagonist is never developed. The narration, which is a hit on the tv show Everybody Hates Chris, doesn't work in the movie. The funniest thing is the move is mic boom which continually appears in the shot above Chris's head. * |
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I heard a rumor some time ago that Chris Rock had filed for divorce. I recently saw him on Oprah with his wife and children and I figured the divorce filing was just a bogus rumor. Well after seeing his latest movie I wonder if the movie was an open scribe to his wife. I'll never know but what I do know is that as Randy from american idol would say "dog...it wasn't good". Chris is a brilliant comedian and I hope he will have the chance to redeem himself with his next movie...but then again maybe he should stick to stand up... * |
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300
Graphic novel turned graphic movie. Based on the historic Battle of Thermopylae. An incredible fight where about 1500 Spartans and other Greeks killed 20,000 men from the Persian army of Xerxes (Ahasuerus in the Bible).
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| A comic book come to the big screen. Fantastic cinematography. Beautiful people. A little corny and excessively violent, but people love corn and blood. If you like to see brown people (Asians, Africans, Persians, Arabs) mowed down like ripe wheat, this is the movie for you . ** |
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As my godson Juwan would say...GARBAGE!!!! Now I know this was a huge box office hit and most people who've seen it will think that I'm crazy but I say again...GARBAGE!!! It was basically one big battle scene with some formulaic dialogue thrown in hear and there. However, it piqued my interest in the true history behind the movie and I've heard a few cases of people being inspired to get in shape by all those "beautiful bodies" so for those reasons alone... * |
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Daddy's Little Girl
Single Dad fights for custody of his three daughters.
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Wife's comments |
| Good family movie. Atlanta fairy tale. I guess it was alright.** |
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A sweet love story. Admittedly cliche at times, some might even say sappy but entertaining nonetheless. We see characters like the dad so rarely that this movie provided a refreshing point of view. Hats off to Tyler Perry for yet another "good for your soul" movie. *** |
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Reno 911
Incompetent
Reno staff on the move.
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Wife's comments |
| A sophomoric offering with gratuitous butt and booby shots. Leave this one to junior high school boys. You can always catch it on Comedy Central this summer. Niecy deserves an Oscar for flaunting half a screens worth of ass! * |
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More garbage...though I must admit I did laugh at some of the sophomoric jokes. It was basically an "R" rated version of the cable show. I wouldn't waste time watching it again but at least I didn't feel cheated when it was over. * |
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Pan's Labyrinth
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| Sub-titled film about a girls struggle in reality and fantasy during WWII in Spain. Beautiful scenery and good actors. Much more realistic and gritty than an American film surrounding a child would ever be. Entertaining and suspenseful. One of the few movies I have seen in years that did not seem too long! Best movie monster, a redead zombie, since The Thing (1985). *** |
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A pleasant surprise. Wonderful cinematography. Engaging storyline. By the end you question what was real and what was fantasy. Nicely done. Definitely one to see. *** |
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
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| Fantastic movie. Lots of quick, meaty dialogue. The actors have a class and grace that is missing today. The plot is still plausible in most of America today. And the lessons are timeless. No serious movie lovers collection is complete without it.**** |
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Fabulous!! What a great movie. Great dialogue coupled with equally great acting tends to be the exception rather than the rule these days. Its a good thing Poitier's character was such an upstanding citizen. If he'd have been a garbage man dinner would have been cancelled.**** |
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Lilies of the Field
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| The movie for which Sidney Poitier won an oscar. Strange by today's standards. Most people would have just left town. Probably the first role for an African American in which he was just a man, not a black man (see Guess Who's Coming to Dinner). His singing of Amen was terrible. ** |
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Entertaining enough. I appreciate the fact that Poitier won an oscar for a role in a movie he could be proud to watch with his momma. ** |
Personally, I am waiting on Spiderman 3. Finally, the backstory is told and we can get on with the action. I beg them to please not make this a sappy love story. Let Venom, Spiderman, and others battle. Millions of us have read Spiderman for decades and we want to see the excitement that we grew up fantasizing about. Not some teenage romance from the soaps. So please Marvel movie producers, there are tons of crappy, corny romantic movies, make this one for the guys.
