Movie reviews

Not much going on here today.  Fall has definitely arrived  in N. Michigan.  The air is colder, the leaves are just starting to turn in some trees and I am thinking of putting a fire in the fireplace.  We are also having vegetable beef soup for dinner.  Soup season has arrived.

Bud and I have seen a few movies in the last few weeks.  Some were interesting and others were just a little strange.  When Leo was up last weekend we went to see the newest Jason Bourne movie, The Bourne Legacy.  It was a typical action packed movie and good for the boys to watch.  I actually enjoyed it too.  A couple of weeks ago we went to a different and kind of strange movie, Hope Springs.  It was listed as a comedy and although it was funny at times, I felt it was more uncomfortable than funny.  It stared Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones.  It was about a middle aged couple that had lost their 'spark' in life and she arranged for a week of counseling for couples.  Anyway, I wouldn't strongly recommend the movie at least not if you are expecting a comedy.  We also went to see a different movie last weekend called Intouchables. It was a french movie (so it had subtitles) about a man that had become a quadriplegic and hires a man from the 'projects' to be his attendant.  It was a very inspiration movie about the relationship between these two men and their friendship.  It was based on a true story.  I LOVED that movie.  Last night we went to see Beast of the Southern Wild which was about VERY poor people living in the bayous of Louisiana.  It was a sad movie and it made you think of what life must be living in a 'Third World Country" but it was our country.  The little girl did a great job of acting and it has received a lot of 'press' but I didn't find it very uplifting.  I wouldn't recommend this movie either.

WELL, that is my fall movie review.  Some good some not so good but that is just my opinion and we all know that I am full of opinions.