Draft Day
Genre: Drama, Sports
Main Players: Kevin Costner, Jennifer Garner, Patrick St. Esprit, Chadwick Boseman
General Gist: A NFL general manager, on Draft Day, must make several decisions to rebuild his team, while taking into consideration several outside influences.
Tiff's Take:
I feel really bad that I went to this movie without Russ. He really wanted to see it and I know he would have liked it. And he would have appreciated and understood it a lot better than me. I think a lot of the little details of the actual draft day were lost on me. Obviously.
So even though I'm a football idiot and basically know nothing about what goes on behind the scenes (or in front of my face) I still really enjoyed this movie. It was fascinating. It almost made me want to watch the draft. Ha! Okay, not really but it made me appreciate the process.
Kevin Costner was really good in this. I didn't quite believe the relationship between him and Jennifer though. I really liked her in this but the relationship aspect seemed a little forced and could have almost been left out of the story altogether. But other than that this was a great date movie that your man is sure to enjoy.
Tiff's Rate: Friday Night
Deb's Take:
Brian went to this movie with us, and I was happy he was sitting next to me, because like Tiff, I didn't know the details of an actual draft day, and Brian was so kind as to answer my questions during the movie. Which is HUGE, because I am a big believer in not talking during a movie but I broke my own rule so I could follow the whole process with more knowledge. I enjoyed the movie much more knowing what was going on. It's really not too suprising that I like the movie, because it's a sports movie and I can't think of a sports movie I haven't enjoyed. I am with Tiff on this one..the love story side could have just been left off the table. Maybe the writer's were trying to cater some to the female audience with that storyline, but really it was unnecessary. I liked the idea of his personal assistant having so much knowledge about football, but wish there would have just been a "female in the male world" spin and no romance at all. I absolutely loved Kevin Costner in this. Although, like sports movies, I have a hard time thinking of a Kevin Costner movie I didn't like. He is still so good at his job! Yep, this one was a winner for Friday night.
Deb's Rate: Friday Night
Preview: Neighbors
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Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Sunday, April 13, 2014
2014: Week 13 1/2: 3 Days to Kill
3 Days to Kill
Genre: Action, Drama
Main Players: Kevin Costner, Hallie Steinfeld, Amber Heard
General Gist: A dying CIA agent is offered an experimental drug to save his life, in exchange for one last assignment
Deb's Take: This movie actually has a little "spin" in the title. This movie has two separate story lines going on at the same time. In one story line, Kevin Costner is reconnecting with his teenage daughter, Haillie Steinfeld, while her mother is out of town for 3 days...Hence, they have "3 days to kill." In the second story line, Kevin Costner is paired with Amber Heard in an attempt to save his life from cancer, and he has 3 days to kill...literally, the bad guys. Ok, so the second story line is much more complicated then that, but all in all that's the general idea.
I went to this movie with my high school BFF as Tiff and I were 1600 miles away from each other for the week. We both agreed that the storyline with his daughter was a little unnecessary. There were some moments that could have been intermingled, but sometimes the whole idea was a little overkilled. The movie had a lot of unnecessary scenes, that really didn't play into the whole movie itself. There was a lot of action, fast driving, shooting, and bad guys, but all in all I wasn't really impressed with the story lines. Kevin Costner is still a great actor, and Amber Heard was decent but this movie just didn't really hit the spot for me.
Deb's Rate: Rent It
Genre: Action, Drama
Main Players: Kevin Costner, Hallie Steinfeld, Amber Heard
General Gist: A dying CIA agent is offered an experimental drug to save his life, in exchange for one last assignment
Deb's Take: This movie actually has a little "spin" in the title. This movie has two separate story lines going on at the same time. In one story line, Kevin Costner is reconnecting with his teenage daughter, Haillie Steinfeld, while her mother is out of town for 3 days...Hence, they have "3 days to kill." In the second story line, Kevin Costner is paired with Amber Heard in an attempt to save his life from cancer, and he has 3 days to kill...literally, the bad guys. Ok, so the second story line is much more complicated then that, but all in all that's the general idea.
I went to this movie with my high school BFF as Tiff and I were 1600 miles away from each other for the week. We both agreed that the storyline with his daughter was a little unnecessary. There were some moments that could have been intermingled, but sometimes the whole idea was a little overkilled. The movie had a lot of unnecessary scenes, that really didn't play into the whole movie itself. There was a lot of action, fast driving, shooting, and bad guys, but all in all I wasn't really impressed with the story lines. Kevin Costner is still a great actor, and Amber Heard was decent but this movie just didn't really hit the spot for me.
Deb's Rate: Rent It
Preview: Just catching up on all our reviews. A few more to come.
Friday, January 17, 2014
2014: Week 3: Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
Genre: Action, Drama
Main Players: Chris Pine, Keira Knightley, Kevin Costner, Kenneth Branagh,
General Gist: A young Marine is recruited to become a covert CIA analyst and uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy.
Deb's Take:
First off WOW! What a great movie to see in the IMAX. I don't usually care if I see a movie in the IMAX theatre or not, but this is a great one to spend the extra couple bucks if you like a good thrill ride.
I will start by saying that movies that address the stock market, economy, international conspiracy, ect, always sort of make me feel ignorant. I am trying to do better at understanding worldly economics, how the stock market works and how the government comes into play. I am getting smarter, but still have a long way to go. This movie was all about terrorists, economy and the stock market. I think I actually had all the logistics figured out in this one. (Go Deb!) Because of my understanding the movie was much more enjoyable. It wasn't rocket science, but I'm still happy.
Ok, as far as the movie itself. I had forgotten how much I like Kevin Costner. He is such a cool actor. I like his calm, cool, collected nature that so many of his characters portray. He sort of seems that way in real life too. He did an excellent job in this movie, and, as usual, he was his calm, cool self. Chris Pine is an actor I often forget about until I stumble across one of his movies. He has the young boy charm, but the movie lover's face. What I liked most about his work in this movie, was the ability to capture the emotions of his character. He had some really badass chase scenes and stunts. He did such a great job. Kenneth Branagh plays an amazing bad guy. I would turn and run if I ever crossed his path in real life.
The story line was engaging and the action was non stop. There wasn't a point in this movie that I wasn't totally sucked in. A great date night movie! Thanks Leslie and Brian for joining us on this one!!
Deb's Rate: Opening Night
Tiff's Take:
I'll admit that action movies aren't my all time favorite types of movies but I always enjoy them. I really enjoyed this one. As Deb said, it was fantastic in IMAX. Definitely worth the extra cost to see it that way.
This was fast paced and kept you tensed up throughout the whole thing. That's a sure sign of a good action movie. What I liked about this one was that it didn't spend a lot of time setting things up. It got right to the point and just started right in. It wasn't unnecessarily lengthy. Another thing I liked about it was the fact that it wasn't super confusing. I knew who was bad, who was good, what the problem was and how they were going to fix it. I often enjoy these movies but I usually leave them not really sure what happened. So, good writing I guess.
I had no idea until after the fact that Jack Ryan is a character in other movies/books. So can't really compare how Chris Pine was versus Alec Baldwin or Harrison Ford or whoever else played Jack Ryan but I'll say he did pretty darn good in my opinion. They all did. I literally loved everyone in their roles. Well done!
Tiff's Rate: Definitely a strong Friday Night.
Preview: Looks like another pre-screening for us. "Labor Day" with Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin coming next week.
Genre: Action, Drama
Main Players: Chris Pine, Keira Knightley, Kevin Costner, Kenneth Branagh,
General Gist: A young Marine is recruited to become a covert CIA analyst and uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy.
Deb's Take:
First off WOW! What a great movie to see in the IMAX. I don't usually care if I see a movie in the IMAX theatre or not, but this is a great one to spend the extra couple bucks if you like a good thrill ride.
I will start by saying that movies that address the stock market, economy, international conspiracy, ect, always sort of make me feel ignorant. I am trying to do better at understanding worldly economics, how the stock market works and how the government comes into play. I am getting smarter, but still have a long way to go. This movie was all about terrorists, economy and the stock market. I think I actually had all the logistics figured out in this one. (Go Deb!) Because of my understanding the movie was much more enjoyable. It wasn't rocket science, but I'm still happy.
Ok, as far as the movie itself. I had forgotten how much I like Kevin Costner. He is such a cool actor. I like his calm, cool, collected nature that so many of his characters portray. He sort of seems that way in real life too. He did an excellent job in this movie, and, as usual, he was his calm, cool self. Chris Pine is an actor I often forget about until I stumble across one of his movies. He has the young boy charm, but the movie lover's face. What I liked most about his work in this movie, was the ability to capture the emotions of his character. He had some really badass chase scenes and stunts. He did such a great job. Kenneth Branagh plays an amazing bad guy. I would turn and run if I ever crossed his path in real life.
The story line was engaging and the action was non stop. There wasn't a point in this movie that I wasn't totally sucked in. A great date night movie! Thanks Leslie and Brian for joining us on this one!!
Deb's Rate: Opening Night
Tiff's Take:
I'll admit that action movies aren't my all time favorite types of movies but I always enjoy them. I really enjoyed this one. As Deb said, it was fantastic in IMAX. Definitely worth the extra cost to see it that way.
This was fast paced and kept you tensed up throughout the whole thing. That's a sure sign of a good action movie. What I liked about this one was that it didn't spend a lot of time setting things up. It got right to the point and just started right in. It wasn't unnecessarily lengthy. Another thing I liked about it was the fact that it wasn't super confusing. I knew who was bad, who was good, what the problem was and how they were going to fix it. I often enjoy these movies but I usually leave them not really sure what happened. So, good writing I guess.
I had no idea until after the fact that Jack Ryan is a character in other movies/books. So can't really compare how Chris Pine was versus Alec Baldwin or Harrison Ford or whoever else played Jack Ryan but I'll say he did pretty darn good in my opinion. They all did. I literally loved everyone in their roles. Well done!
Tiff's Rate: Definitely a strong Friday Night.
Preview: Looks like another pre-screening for us. "Labor Day" with Kate Winslet and Josh Brolin coming next week.
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