Django Unchained

GENERAL INFORMATION
Release Info: 25 December 2012
Running Time: 165 Minutes
Staring:  Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, and many more.
Rating? R (Well deserved Might I say)
SPOILERS? YES

REVIEWS
IMDB: 8.5 of 10
MY RATING: 9 of 10

MY REVIEW:
I loved this movie. Yes, it was violent and bloody, but so was the history of the United States.

OMG Amazing acting skills in this! Jamie Foxx leads the ensemble cast as Django, a freed slave. He's partnered up with Dr. King Schultz {Christoph Waltz} on the hunt for his wife Broomhilda {Kerry Washington} who is still a slave who was sold to an unknown owner. We find Broomhilda now in the care of Calvin Candie, {Leonardo DiCaprio} a crass rich plantation owner who treats people like trash. Calvin Candie lives on his plantation called Candieland and is assisted by his manservant Stephen {Samuel L. Jackson}. Just a few more stars in this movie: Walton Goggins, Don Johnson, Tom Wopat, Jonah Hill, and many many more!

Violence was a large part of this movie and it was prevalent throughout the whole movie. At first I thought it was over the top, but the longer the movie went on, the more I realized that it was warranted. More than warranted. Necessary. This is a very hard Rated R and deserved. Then writing was excellent and the dialogue was a perfect element the movie needed. Quite good.

On a personal note... I took a few pictures... Happy Holidays from Boomer and Spot.

Jack Reacher

GENERAL INFORMATION
Release Info: 21 December 2012
Running Time: 130 Minutes
Staring:  Tom Cruise, Rosamund Pike
Rating? PG-13
SPOILERS? YES

REVIEWS
IMDB: 6.0 of 10
Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 62% Audience: 67%
MY RATING: 6 of 10

MY REVIEW:
I hate to review a movie when I really loved the book and I was indifferent to the movie, but here goes. I feel that the book flowed very nicely together, but that didn't translate to the screen as nicely as I had wished. There was a ton of action and I enjoyed some of the sequences that seemed comedic, but there seemed to be a lack of any real THRILL. I liked the idea of Jack Reacher being Tom Cruise. He fit the bill rather nicely.

I was indifferent to most of the casting choices until Rosamund Pike. I just feel like she was not the Helen that I would have liked to have seen. I just really didn't find her scenes much less than good and a little annoying really. She's not a horrible actor, but i just think they could have come up with a better person to play this character.

Overall, this was a decent movie. Average. It was a good story and as long as you're not looking for an intellectual feast for the brain, this will be a good movie to view. It's entertaining and visually interesting.