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Red Dawn has always been one of my favorite movies. The newest, 2012 version, had a lot of updated special effects. Chris Helmsley also played a great leading role, as good as Patrick Swayze from the 1984 version. I really don’t think Josh Peck can even act though.  I guess since the breakup of the Soviet Union they had to update many of the scenes and storyline. Instead of Russia being the enemy it was North Korea. As I watch the movie I couldn’t help think, “North Korea does not have the finances or resources to invade America”. We have to many soldiers, former soldiers and people with guns to even attempt an invasion in the great USA.

The new movie was okay but all-in-a ll I still preferred the original Red Dawn. Don’t get me wrong it is worth a watch. I just really expected more out of Chris Helmsley than this and Cabin in the Woods.

The Awakening takes place in 1921, the main (female) character is overwhelmed by the loss and grief of her husband, during World War I. It a suspense / thriller movie that kept me guessing until the end. She is a ghost investigator who disproves ghost and supernatural events, until she is called to a boarding school where it’s her that start seeing ghost.

Yes it’s a great late night movie, but I really miss this type of movie. I hate gore and most of the horror movies just isn’t scary anymore. I love to watch an old Frankenstein or Wolfman move in black and white. lol

The Awakening isn’t a great movie but it’s a good movie. Watch it for yourself and let me know what you think.

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Frank Capra 1934 movie “It Happened One Night” was an Excellent movie! It stared ” Clark Gable” and “Claudette Colbert”. I had seen Clark Gable in a few different movies but this one really brought is acting to an entire new level. I can’t say enough good things about this old black and white film. Funny and entertaining for today’s audiences. 

Make it a nice romantic evening with this great movie! I’ll forever be a fan of Clark Gable!

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I’ve had this copied to my computer for about 7 years and thought about watching several times but never did. I guess it was the name?

The movie “Road to Perdition” starring Tom Hanks is placed in the 1930 with Mr. Hanks playing a hit-man for a gangster. His son accidentally see a hit, and so begins the movie.  I don’t want to say anymore just in case someone hasn’t seen the movie. It’s very entertaining, nothing like Tom Hanks has done before. I’m ashamed it took me 10 years to finally watch the movie.  If you haven’t seen the movie and like the old gangster type this is for you. Paul Newman and Jude Law also star in the film.  I think was Paul Newmans last film? He did the voice of Doc in “Cars” and did a couple of TV movies after this.

If you haven’t seen it, do!

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Life of Pi was a slow but excellent movie. At the end it left me wondering what was real and what was the story. Was it a metaphor to explain what happened or was the other story the simplest and easiest to accept?

The movie stars Irrfan Khan (the Amazing Spiderman, Slum Dog Millionaire) as played an excellent part.

Watch this is blue-ray on a high definition TV, wow what colors and special effects it’s worth it!

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Yes, I watched both the 1956 and 1978 versions of “Invasion of Body Snatchers”. Although the effect in the 1978 movie was better the 1956 version was much better. Maybe it was because 1956 was in black and white filming, and the other in color. Maybe the actors  Kevin McCarthy seemed more believable than Donald Sutherland, or Dana Wynter was hotter than Brooke Adams, or just because it was the original? Both movies are worth watching and I’d recommend taking a night and watching both, back-to-back.

Not as scary as when I was a kid but still you have to love the film and story line.  Kevin McCarthy made a special appearance in the 1978 version!

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I really enjoyed “The Hobbit” movie.  I had re-read the book because it had been 33 years or so since I had read it. The movie followed the book but at first didn’t understand how Peter Jackson was going to get 3 movies out of the book. It’s the shortest of the 4 books and didn’t have a lot happening. (Compared to the “Lord of the Rings”) But I enjoyed Mr. Jackson spin on the story and going even more in depth with the characters than the book did.

Excellent movie and can’t wait to watch the next 2 in the series. Was it a “Return of the King”? No, but then again it wasn’t suppose to be… it’s the beginning not the end. It’s a must for all science fiction fans out there.

Awesome documentary on the “Trials of Andersonville”. After the civil war and the liberation on the Andersonville Prison the southern guards have to stand trail in a military tribunal. Watch the movie, it’s a great history lesson. It’s one I hope we never repeat!

Andersonville Prison is in southern Georgia and is definitely worth a visit. Spend a couple of days as see the museum and burial grounds.

I watch “Django” expecting something different than what it actually was. I’m not real sure of what I expected but after hearing Jamie Fox with his racial slurs about how much fun it was to kill white people.  It wasn’t a bad movie but at the same time I would not recommend anyone else watching it. It was very corny, but had a bunch of predictable action.

Again I would watch this again nor recommend the movie. My opinion is not worth much sometimes.

The movie, “The Assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford”, took me a few years to actually watch. Seeing that there were some good actors in the movie I decided to watch one evening.

It’s not that is was a bad movie but it’s not one I’d watch again. Slow in most parts but probably accurate of the times of “Jesse James”.  It told the story of “Jesse James” from the point of one of the last train robberies to the end of his life. I’ve heard since I was a kid about Jesse James and always got the idea he was some type of hero. I knew otherwise the after watching the movie realized he was a thief and murderer who really doesn’t deserve and recognition.

The movie is worth a watch ONCE, but never a second time.