Movies

Over the last week I have taken in a couple of the new movies coming out and I was disappointed with a couple.

TED - It looked promising & funny, Seth McFarland is hilarious on family guy & Mark Wahlberg playing the part of an adult with a talking degenerate Teddy Bear looked hilarious. The story had a weak plot and the gag got old (The Teddy Bear is a bad influence on Wahlberg’s character). Some of the lines were funny but the humor seemed so crude it was offensive and not funny. I cannot recommend going to see this film.

Moonrise Kingdom - I have thoroughly enjoyed all of Wes Anderson movies I have seen (Bottle Rocket, Royal Tenenbaums, Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Darjeeling Limited, & The Fantastic Mr Fox.) Moonrise Kingdom is the first Wes Anderson movie I did not enjoy. Wes is true to form by creating a world of quirky characters in that end up in a very unique story. The actors all gave great performances but I did not get into the story. The main characters where two teens and I did not recognize them so that may have been part of the problem. The joy of his movies is watching well-known actors pull of odd characters. I can say I was disappointed and will not watch this one again!

I have one good movie recommendation from this last week & it is for Larry Crown. I was bored on July 4th as my plans did not pan out so I stayed in to watch movies and Larry Crown was on so I thought I would give it a watch and it was wonderful. The actors all nailed their parts, and the story is not predictable as it follows Larry life after losing his job and going to college. There is care free angle to the film that reminds me of many 80’s films. While this is not academy award type material or acting it is a fun feel good movie. After being disappointed by TED & Moonrise Kingdom I needed to feel good! I recommend Larry Crown.