Taken

This. Movie. Was. Awesome. That's all I have to say. Total guy movie, but even I enjoyed it. It's a bit violent so it's not a movie to watch with young kids in the room. First off, I really like Liam Neeson, and he's fantastic in this movie. It's rated PG-13, and it has a bit of language but if my memory serves me right, it didn't have the F-word in it and that gives it a big thumbs up from me. Bo had a coworker tell him "Taken is a movie that every dad needs to see, and that every dad needs to show his daughter." Bo is definitely going to own it!

Jumper

I was undecided about seeing the movie Jumper. It looked good, but it could've been... I don't, not good. For a friends birthday, they had rented it so I watched it with them (Bo was out on a call so he missed it, but I took it home for him to watch later). I thought the movie was alright. It had an intriguing story line that keeps you interested, and enough funny parts to keep the movie not too serious. My issues with the movie are one, the lead guy, you know, young Darth Vader (Hayden Christensen) was in the movie. Literally, some of the faces he made were like “I didn't know this movie had Darth Vader in it.” My other issue was that they left the ending wide open in a lot of ways, when the movie wasn't really that good to make a sequel for. I mean it was good, but not that good. It even had a cute kind of love story in it, so that made it good, but still not good enough to make more than one movie. Worth seeing once, but we probably won't own it.

Sweeney Todd

One movie we've watched recently was Sweeney Todd. I had to see it because it has Johnny Depp in it, he's nice to look at! :) I was a little hesitant because it is rated R, but it's only rated R for bloodiness. So we took a chance and watched it. We weren't really impressed, at least with the movie. The music was FANTASTIC! Who knew Johnny Depp could sing? I have since bought the soundtrack and have listened to it many times. There are some great actors in it, and I have to admit that the more I think about the movie the more it grows on me especially because of how much we like the music. Bo says he jokes when people ask him about how a movie was, he usually tells them that everyone dies in the movie. He said after this one that he could honestly say that's really what happens. The bloodiness of the movie is rather fake-ish, but it is a pretty dark, serious movie. I watched it in concert on YouTube, and it was much more funny, or at least it had some humorous parts in it. I did feel a bit like I was watching Harry Potter though; Snape, Wormtail, and Bellatrix LaStrange co-star with Johnny Depp. They all sing their own parts, and really they do a wonderful job. Bo says he wants to own the movie because we like the music so much, but really it was just an okay movie. It might be worth seeing once if you can stomach the blood, but I would definitely listen to the Soundtrack if you are into Broadway style music.