Up In The Air

This was my second favorite movie this year. George Clooney is wonderful. The supporting cast is great. You really feel for these people even though you have never met them before in your life. Over the past few years I have spent my fair share of time waiting in airports and the director really got the feel of that waste of time. You really believed that he truly felt that he was doing a service to these people that he had to fire. He found out about their pasts and he would help them see their future. It was just wonderful and I hope it wins some awards this year. Of course, anytime you can spend a few hours with George Clooney are never wasted.

The Princess and the Frog

I took my almost three-year-old granddaughter, Juliana, to see this movie on Thursday. We had a really good time. It wasn't her first movie but it was her first movie viewing experience with me. She enjoyed the movie and I really liked the movie too. It was a good flick and I would recommend it to any person with small to medium aged children. There looked to be some good movies coming out in the next few months too.

Invictus

My daughter Kate and I went to see 'Invictus' yesterday. It was great. I really enjoyed this film and it made me feel so good that when I left the theater I vowed to turn over a new leaf and be kinder to my fellow man. That lasted until we got into the car and tried fighting all the crazed Christmas shoppers out on the streets of Denver. Invictus is Clint Eastwood's retelling of a small part of Nelson Mandella's first days as President of South Africa and his plan to unite his country. Everyone should see this movie. It is terrific. I have always been a big fan of Clint Eastwood when he is directing a movie. He is an incredible director and writer. I have loved Morgan Freeman ever since "Glory" and have followed his career. I only hope that the movie, Eastwood, and Freeman all receive Academy nods in the spring. I recommend anything with Morgan Freeman in the film, including "Bruce Almighty" when he plays God, "The Shawshank Redemption", "Glory", "The Bucket List" where he holds his own with Jack Nicholson (which you have to admit is a very daunting task in itself) and "Driving Miss Daisy".

2012

I finally went to see '2012' this morning. This is the kind of movie that looks good on the big screen and not at home on your small television. It was really exciting and it had a good message, if we can't be good to each other than humanity is doomed. I don't understand this big glut of end-of-the-world movies that have been coming out lately. It we don't all die in some disaster we may be scared to death by Hollywood. It justs goes to show you that my favorite comedian Wanda Sykes says, "somethings gonna happen". Everyone from the Capital to Hollywood is going to scare us into buying more things and preparing for the end of the world. Anyway, back to the movie. It was exciting and kind of scary. My daughter, who has a Pembroke Welsh Corgi will be happy to learn that the Queen of England and her Corgi's survive. This movie is fun to watch on a slow Sunday morning when you really should be out buying Christmas presents but just don't want to face the crowds. I enjoyed it. I also recommend the original "The Day the Earth Stood Still" if you want to keep with the destruction of the world theme.