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10:20 AM - 08/06/2014

The topic: Advance screening: The Hundred Foot Journey

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Oh, yeah. I liked this movie. I liked this movie a lot. It's at the top of our list of the movies we've seen over the past year. 

No special effects, no sex, very little violence, no swearing, just an amazing job of telling a very touching story.

Hassan had a talent and it was obvious from his early days helping his mother do the shopping at the market. The family had a restaurant, but due to events following an election, they were forced to move to another country. They moved to England, but left because it was cold and the vegetables had no flavor. They ended up in France. Beautiful scenery. Lovely country. And the vegetables were perfect. 

And that's where this story unfolds. And a wonderful tale it is. I'd like to say more but everything I want to say I'd consider a spoiler. So, I just won't say anything. (I really have to figure out a way around this obstacle.)

If you get the chance to see this, do it. You won't be disappointed. I promise.

 


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entertainmentstuff
09:11 AM - 08/06/2014

The topic: Advanced screening “Into the Storm”

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Spoiler alert.

It's about a big ass tornado system. It's about the relationship between two boys and their father. It's about a boy in love with a girl who doesn't even know he exists. It's about a storm chaser who's had an incredible amount of bad luck finding storms to chase. It's about a couple of drunk rednecks.

But mostly it's about a big ass tornado system.

On the way out of the theater, a fellow attendee described it perfectly.  "The weather was great, the acting was awful."  Yep, that was the movie in a nutshell.

I checked my way cool movie watch after watching this tornado for what seemed like forever. An hour and five minutes. I didn't know how much more I could take. Not that the storm wasn't a powerful image, but it just got old. It got boring. The storylines weren't all that great. More of the movie was spent on the development of the storm than the characters. 

The theater we sat is was specially equipped with special speakers and before the film began we were forewarned about how it might seem as if the seats were moving. He pointed out the special speakers in the back of the room. Afterwards, when Brian mentioned the big build up for the sound system, I said "yeah, it was much ado about nothing". 

Should you see it at the theater? Well, the special effects are pretty impressive. Especially where the bodies get pulled into the tornados and you get to follow them up. But there's no way I'd pay full price for it. 

 


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lisaviolet is seventy something, married with no kids, takes care of lots of cats, likes taking photographs, loves Southern California weather and spends altogether too much time avoiding her responsibilities.

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