Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole

I saw this movie in San Jose with my nephews. It was a pretty decent story. I guess it was from a children's book because my nephew Quinn mentioned during the movie that he had read the book. They both enjoyed the movie. I thought it was ok. Taught some ok messages without too many popular references, might end up being a classic kids cartoon.

The Town

Ben Affleck co-wrote, and I think he even directed this. A decent crime drama movie, about Boston folks that rob banks for a living. And of course they throw some love story in this.

It was interesting and some good visuals here and there.

Machete

I enjoyed all the cameos by interesting actors, Bobby Deniro, Lindsay Lohan, etc., but overall it was just bad. I think they were trying for making it so bad that it would end up being good, a forced B movie, but to me it was just bad. I did like the line, "Machete don't text." There were a few other cheesy lines like that and were good for a chuckle but nothing more.

The American

This was kind of a strange choice for George Clooney. I expected more because of Up in The Air, Men Who Stare at Goats, etc. Clooney was making interesting choices. This was just kind of unbelievable. An assassin that also designs and makes guns, it just seemed unreal, kind of thrown together. Maybe they left a bunch of good stuff on the editor's floor. Didn't like it that much.

The Expendables

Blech, that is all I can say. Blech. And I go to too many movies, this was one of them.

The Switch

Hmmm, looking at the ticket stub, and am not remembering this movie at all. Oh, now I remember, Jason Bateman, Jennifer Aniston, sperm is switched. Kid ends up being neurotic and troubled like Bateman's character. They should've gone darker with it though, like some real personality disorder that Aniston's character would've noticed and figured the switch out herself.

It was enjoyable and even funny here and there. Bateman played a pretty interesting character for a romantic comedy, and he's a Howard Stern fan in "real" life, so of course I like him.

Cats and Dogs in 3D

I saw this with my nephews. Pretty silly movie with animals that talk and save the world from cat domination. My nephews enjoyed it.