Jess and I got to go see "Ocean's 13" on Friday night. She liked it a great deal, so if you want a really positive review, talk to her. I on the other hand liked it, and I think it does the series justice, but not so much. Ocean's 11 was a breath of fresh (cool) air. The scene where Brad Pitt and George Clooney walk out of the club and the young actors are mobbed by fans and nobody notices Pitt or Clooney, that was funny. The introduction of character and the intricate heist all were great fun to watch. Then came "Ocean's 12", with more offbeat humor, Catherine Zeta Jones and is that Julia Roberts or not? On top of all that, there was the villian, a Frenchman who was up to the challenge of 12 good guys and does a techno laser dance... Personally, I think I liked the second film even more than the first. That being said, the third movie is more like the first. There is good motivation, funny lines, suprises, and other stuff like that, but ultimately I found it to be just more of the same. My favorite scenes were actually with Casey Affleck having discussions with co-workers durring his part of the mission. It was so original, and so off the wall that I was cracking up before the visual pay-off. That was some good writing. If you liked "Ocean's 11" and saw "Ocean's 12", go see "Ocean's 13". If you don't, where will you be when they bring out "Ocean's 14"?
Alright, here's the deal; I kind of don't like harping on this but I just must... Focus on the Family should be writing movie reviews. We Christians should have someplace to go to get advice and critisism of current movies from similar perspectives. I went to see "Mr. Brooks" last week, and I decided not to write a review because although I thought it was a thought provoking movie, it's one of those movies best discussed on a personal level as opposed to on a public blog. Maybe I should approach movies like "Grindhouse" the same way, but I think I write enough disclaimers to cover myself. Anyways, after I saw "Mr. Brooks" I read the review over at Plugged-In just for kicks. Suprisingly the reviewer got the gist of the movie, although in a movie about a serial-killer, he seemed awful suprised that there was some violence. Here's why I'm writing about Focus on the Family; while I was looking around for the "Mr. Brooks" review I saw that they were going to review "Hostel Part II" on Friday night. I just checked out their review, and I must admit that I was left a little dumbfounded. I'm sure some of you question the appropriateness of my movie viewing, so I understand that we all create lines for ourselves, but what in the world is Focus on the Family doing sending one of their own to a theater to watch "Hostel Part II"? In most Christian establishments going to see that movie would most likely be grounds for dismissal. I bet at Focus they frown on any other employees seeing any rated R movies, let alone one like "Hostel" Then to top it off, the reviewer goes into the gory details of the movie, at least it wasn't a video review. Seriously, not only are there references to all the stuff you shouldn't see, but as he tells us what profanity was used he leaves little to imagination. Is it just me, or doesn't it make it almost worse when you see the three little stars or a blank space, I know I dwell on the word a little longer. Also, in a movie like "Hostel" does it really matter if the characters are drinking hard cider? If your only stumbling block is alcoholism, maybe there will be enough other stuff in "Hostel Part II" to distract you. The other thing I'd like to know is how they come up with thier f-word counts. Do they have like four reviewers, each with a click counter to tabulate profanity? Does the one who gets the least clicks have to write the review? If the guy who writes the review is keeping track of all the bad stuff too, I feel really sorry for him. Alright, that's out of my system, now I guess I should come up with some positive outlet for my fustration, maybe I'll write movie reviews or something.
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