Movies!

We are Redbox frequenters, and I thought I might share a few of the movies we've seen from there and give my two cents about them.

Lakeview Terrace

This was super suspenseful. I liked it quite a bit. The idea is fresh and the lines and scenes were never as predictable as I thought they were going to be. It's about a couple that moves in next to a crazy cop and even though they try to just be good neighbors at first, things get uglier and uglier. Although the couple's lack of good communication skills gets really frustrating sometimes, overall it was well-paced and entertaining.



Taken

This may have been my favorite of the movies listed here. I really like how they made a movie that attacks the issue of sex trafficking which is real and super serious and scary. Also, Liam Neeson played his role fantastically as the protective ex-government spy father. There is quite a bit of violence involved, but he never does more damage than he has to (I didn't think so anyway... see what you think) and you find yourself getting really immersed in the chase. It feels almost personal.


The Soloist

We both liked this movie, but maybe because we both love classical music. And cellos. For some people this movie may be too long and slow-moving. It addresses the issues of homelessness and mental illnesses and attacks the question, is it really "help" if you try to give someone medication and everything else they need to lead a more successful life, or should you let them choose a life of poverty and homelessness? The actors do a great job of presenting the issues in a gentle and realistic way.


Passengers

I was a little nervous about renting this movie because from the previews I saw, I thought it was going to be too scary and creepy for me. However, trust me, there is nothing to worry about. Anne Hathaway gets asked to counsel some plane crash survivors and begins to suspect unnatural things. It's kind of a puzzle movie, although not the most memorable, but it does all right.


The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

This was another fresh, unique story. A baby is born with the physical attributes of an 80 year old, and ages younger and younger from there. There's a certain amount of "weird" to it, but the cinematography is beautiful and the transitions are smooth. It seemed like it should be really deep but I'm still not really sure what the real point was. Maybe that everyone is born to do different things.