Monday, April 4, 2011

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules


We took our kids to see this movie rather than suffer through another three hours at Amazing Jake's. It was SOOOOO worth the trade! This kid is a funny character. He demonstrates the plague of the middle child well. Between his abusive older brother and his tattling younger brother, he can barely catch a break...but then something happens to turn the tables...
My only complaint is that the 'mom' was LAME! We aren't all like that, y'know...
Wimpy Kid was clever and FUNNY! I wasn't the only one who was entertained...the three 14-year-olds with us were laughing pretty good...especially at the "poop scene"...Ha ha ha!

My advice: grab some kids and go see this movie!


~Cinema Sampler

Limitless

Limitless....the possibilities... I think they pretty much nailed it with this movie. Bradley Cooper is just some poor schmuck one day, and a few unpredictable turns later, he is on top of the world...or at least on the top floor of the apartment building he lives in, about to plummet off the balcony to make an impression of the concrete below! It's been a while since I have seen a movie that develops the right amount of substance in the plot that it actually takes you along for the ride...where plot twists actually twist! Limitless had a slow patch or two, but that was quickly forgotten. I think I may have underestimated Bradley Coopers ability to fill out his character so completely. The bum was as believable as the political candidate...(yes, that many plot twists create a winding road). Robert DeNiro's character really tied the whole thing together. He is so powerful, so intimidating, so in control...but is he really in control? I guess you'll have to find out for yourself. My advice: Go see it in the theatre...you'll be glad you did! ~Cinema Sampler