Movies On My Mind

James Bond is back - again! - in the rather oddly named, but eagerly anticipated QUANTUM OF SOLACE, to be released on Friday,…

Mamma Mia! was a rather delightful comedy/drama. Of coarse people that do not enjoy ABBA will disagree but it really all depends on your taste in music. The movie is about Sophie, a young woman who is about to get married in her home in Greece. She wants her father to give her away but trouble is, she does not know who he is. Her best guess is three men from her mom’s diary. So, she mails three wedding invitations pretending they are from her mom. Trouble ensues when all three come to Greece but Sophie’s mother, Donna, does not know that they were invited by her daughter.
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What to say about this latest installment of one of my favorite movie series? It was actually somewhat disappointing, I must say. Although the fighting scenes were great and nicely reminiscent of the three original movies (Lost Ark, Temple of Doom, and Last Crusade), the alien angle was overkill. The previous movies dealt with more supernatural, magical, or religious things (take your pick) while the aliens were just out of place. Fine, even if the aliens were still in the movie, the giant saucer at the end was seriously awful.

This Indiana Jones film is hard not to compare to the earlier movies, for obvious reasons. As an individual action flick it was rather good, but
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Iron Man was probably one of the best action movies of its kind that I have seen. Marvel movies are usually very tasteless and appeal to only a narrow audience, but this film is an exception. The film is about a millionaire by the name of Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) , who also happens to be a technological genius. He made his fortune with his father’s weapon company and after being kidnapped in the middle east and escaping with the help of an awesome metal suit,
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I’ve been going to the movies long before I started reviewing them, and I have the ticket stubs to prove it. When it is necessary, I can also have a critical eye, and it is necessary for reviewing films.

I guess you can say that I love looking for great movies. A movie that pulls you in and does not allow you time to step back and say that it is just a movie, is a great movie. A story that may not necessarily be realistic but touches your heart, is a great movie. A film that keeps you in your seat even if you had a little too much soda and nature is calling you, may be quite possibly, a great film.

Thought provoking, funny, exciting, sweet, spooky, makes-me-wanna-cry-I’m-so-happy. This is the stuff of great films.

That’s what we are trying to do. We watch movies and then tell people if is is indeed one of those rare, great films.

- Hodgepodge