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Monday, August 13, 2012

Coming Soon 8/17/12

The last movie I saw was Total Recall.  I haven't even had time to put in a DVD lately.  I will eventually go see the Bourne movie and I hope it's before this friday.  Why?  Because there is one movie coming out this week that has me VERY excited.

1) EXPENDABLES 2:  All the aging action stars from the 80s lace it up one more time as they take revenge for the death of one of their own.

The Good: It's 80s action stars doing their thing.  And now there's more of them.

The Bad: This is a movie series that apires to be a bad 80s movie.

Final Thoughts: Nobody is going to call this movie any kind of masterpiece.  But it's going to be a lot of fun if it's anything like the first one.

2) PARANORMAN: A young boy who can talk to zombies must protect his hometown from an ancient curse.

The Good: I dare you to come up with a story like this.  It's crazy, the animation looks great, and I expect some genuine comedy.

The Bad: It's a kids movie and it just won't go to the extremes a story like this could have.  aka The 6th Sense.

Final Thoughts: If you can't get in to Expendables 2 this weekend, this one might be a great second choice.

3) THE ODD LIFE OF TIMOTHY GREEN: Two young newlyweds adopt a child that grew in their garden.

The Good: Someone was on some serious drugs.  This has one of the most creative premise I've heard in quite a while.

The Bad: This is a cutsy movie with not a whole lot of depth.  It'll try to make you cry but instead have you scratching your head.

Final Thoughts: Movies like this scream pretense.  It's too busy trying to be dramatic than telling a good story.  Wait for rental.

See you at the movies

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