I managed to catch up on some movies that I hadn't seen in Ontario(except for Momma Mia). I must tell you that I saw these films on a couple of primitive TV sets of the 1980s. The screen wasn't very big and the color was a little on the darkside. Obviously, a movie would have to be very good to impress me under those circumstances.
- Review 135: "The Blind Side" This is by far the best Sandra Bullock movie that I've ever seen. This heartwarming tail is based on a true story of how a poor black lad was adopted by a white family and went on to become a football star. Four stars!!
- Review 136: "Hairspray" John Travolta was laugh as the big white mother in this picture. The songs and dances were also well done and indicative of that period of time. All in all, it was lots of fun for people of any weight, gender or race. Three and half stars.
- Review 137: "Momma Mia" I enjoyed this picture more on the second viewing than on the first. Meryl Streep's singing emphasized the dramatic situations in the story. While too long in the telling, some scenes were very exciting and moving. Three and half stars.
- Review 138: "Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince" This episode is more of murder mystery than the others. Harry becomes like Sherlock Holmes trying to track down Voltmort by putting together all the clues. It was too slow moving for my liking. Three stars.
- Review 139: "Click" To begin with, some scenes were just hilarious, but the same jokes were used over and over again and then it got too serious for too long. Two and a half stars.
- Review 140: "No Country For Old Men" The story starts well as a drug deal gone wrong. The bad guy chases the good guy who has the drug money to the Mexican border, but the film comes off the rails when the story degenerates into senseless killings of just about everybody. With no strong hero to out smart or out shoot the bad guy, the storyline peeters out with no climax. Two stars.
- Review 141: "Angel and Demons" The story should have been about some Illuminati conspiracy to "Control the World" or kill "The Roman Catholic Hierarchy". However, it was about neither. It ended up as "A Man Who Would Be Pope" story. Not real, not good. One and half stars.
We saw most of the movies in one week.