Post #5 Hollywood 14 Theaters

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The Hollywood 14 Theatres in Topeka is a great place to go and watch newly released movies. Including Mirror Mirror,  Dr. Seuss' The Lorax, and 21 Jump Street which are all comedy movies that have been released this past month.

Post #4 The Chaperone

This week I decided to review a movie I normally wouldn’t watch called The Chaperone. The movie is about an incarcerated father who has been released from prison and wants to be a changed man and reconnect with his daughter who was little when he was sent to jail. The daughter, of course, wants nothing to do with him and pushes him away but he still tries to be a part of her life. Throughout his time trying to spend time with her he is also trying to get rid of his past including his old buddies who got him in jail in the first place.

The movie is no way at all a comedy. Sure I chuckled at a couple parts and enjoyed watching most of the movie, but there is no way I would classify it as being a comedy. It was more of a family drama type of movie. The movie starts out extremely slow. Within the first five minutes of the movie, I could tell it wasn’t going to be a movie that would make me laugh out loud. Eventually the movie does pick up the pace about halfway through and starts to get a little interesting.

Not only does the movie start out slow, but the actors don’t really do a good job of showing true emotion. The girl who played the daughter never was sincere and her acting was over the top too dramatic mad at her dad and not at all believable.

If you are interested in watching this movie I recommend you only do so if you can sit through a movie and wait for it to get better and not expect to laugh much. It is however a good family movie, which is hard to find these days.

Post #3 Hot Tub Time Machine

When I saw that Hot Tub Time Machine was available to stream on Netflix, I was extremely excited. However, when I finally got a chance to watch it my excitement was not as great by the end of the movie.

The movie is about three guys who used to be best friends back in the day. As time advanced their friendship wasn’t as great as it once had been, They ignore each others phone calls and are all unhappy with their life. They are all brought back together when one of them gets hospitalized for an attempted suicide, after which they decide to go to a ski lodge they used to go to when they were best friends and end up going back in time to the night they stayed there in the 80’s.

First of all, the movie is not a family movie. It uses a lot of sexual references and profanity to portray its humor. Which I admit can be funny in most movies but I think they overused these references to the point that made it seem ridiculous.

Secondly, the movie lacked story. I felt like the storyline was just absolutely choppy. There would be a scene that was completely random and was never tied back to the story or why it was important, making it pointless.

I will admit there were some scenes that had me laughing really hard but overall the movie wasn’t memorable. I can’t honestly tell you I hated it but I can’t say I loved it either. It was one of those movies that you just watch because you are curious about it. Definitely not a movie that deserves a second play.